who applauds me?

I watch the tears, and see your pain hidden in your face,

It almost works that wore out smile plastered on your face,

If only I hadn't see your eyes, that yell and scream inside.

your sorrow, hurt, and regret you all so well can hide,

I applaud you sister for making me believe your just as happy as you use to be,

I applaud you brother your anger you hide although it's breaking you, like a hammer to a plastic key.

Or is it me I applaud? for saying it will be okay, for promising a brighter day,

When I know so well the pain you feel, but try so hard to pretend it's not real.

Is it me I applaud? for a smile I can fake that seems so real that everyone else smiles too.

Or how about the lies I tell to keep my living life from hell, to try and live like once before

Do I applaud me? for my skillful joy that lingers when I leave, although inside like the rest of you I grieve.

Who applauds me for the hurt that I've caused? And the joy that I bring to fix it all

Who applauds me for the things that I've done? for the hope that I have, for the love that I give?

Who applauds me When the world turns their back on me, when the ATTACKS are thrown at once?

I applaud me, and you applaud you. If we do not know our own worth who else will?

So we must know what we are, who we are, and where we're going.

To all of you We applaud each other because we are strong 

So remember that you  applaud you and if you do it right every on else will applaud you too.

My created proverb

"Fear is poison, its only antidote is courage"

This means fear can keep you from living, and a life run by fear is no life at all. 

Leon Stan

Beware of Leon Stan,

THis man puts thief in thief

He's a the master of it all, a real crooked man

This man he stole my golden cap directly off my teeth

He dresses really well and now I know why

With blue buttoned shirt cuffs that were red

He had to steal that shirt off  the back of  some guy

Maybe he gambled or haggled then fled

Leon Stan is quick, Leon Stan is cool

He ends up with it all and takes it bit by bit

Leon must have broken every rule

But got away with it

So if your stuff just ran away

Leon Stan found your house today

Storm Sestina

Whistles in the wind, the night that's dark and cold

We cuddle by the fire, we talk , laugh, and play

Th rain now starts to fall, harder than before

Lighting strikes a tree right outside my door

He pulled me closer, "it will all be over soon"

He tells me once again, "It will all be over soon"

Now the thunders screaming, louder than before

It never took so long before, night turning to day

To keep our minds off the rain, a game we continued to play

Sitting by the fire, We covered up, but yet we're still freezing cold

As our lights blow out and fire dies down, there was a knock at the door

Ode to my robe

Oh lovely Robe

I got today

For Christmas eve

Your fluffy balls

On a string

Entertain me

Your sown with

clouds and bunnies

and cotton balls

All dyed red

You keep me

Warm and dry

When I wear you

I feel like I can fly

The moon

The moon tells a story to all,

As the sky listens and stars do a magical dance

The flowers dream of sea

And the stones dream of being like me

The night guides the lake as the morning will take,

The stars and the moon away,

The moon tells a story to all

As dawn begins t

Night now falls

Go steelers

         Bright yellow and black

 With whitened stripes on their back

             Steelers are the best

What they didn't tell us

"Life ain't easy" is what we're always told

But they never said just how hard it is.

Everywhere I look I people struggling to survive

The reality of it is not everyone is treated the same

No one ever told us there would be so much ever told us there would be so much hatred and ignorance of the great things we can become

They never told us we can make it,

that we can own Corps; and be president, and not just be doctors but own hospitals.

Instead they told us we would drop out of school at 16, or that all girls of our color will all be pregnant before 18, that we are to dumb to learn,

so they dumb down the material, but we let them!

WE prove them right everyday, we do just what they said we would do.

But what about what they didn't tell us?

Some of you were told you would never accomplish anything, SO prove them wrong

Who says we're any different than Whites or Asians, But we are

Not because we're dumb, but because we don't apply yourselves to things that matter.

"We aren't good for anything but killing each other" they say

We make up excuses on why we're not "equal"

I don't know about you but I'm going to forget what they told us and focus on what they didn't.

I want to be great things and you should too,

You should no longer focus on the people who told you you can't make it , and focus on the people who told you you can, or the people who haven't met you yet.

We can be so much more than teenage moms and drug dealers.

WE ARE EQUAL, and it's time to prove it.

Know what they have tried to hide from us, no longer be ignorant of our races greatness,

We have to work as one so that other people can know our greatness too

Now you know what they didn't tell us and its your chose on what you do with it