23/30 National Poetry Month Challenge

Touch me
Everywhere
From the inside out
Stimulate my brain
With words that provoke
The emotions
With monumental impact
To the love quotient
And run your fingertips the length
Of my nerves
In a good way
Leave me speechless
Touch me
Everywhere
From the inside out
Tap my heart muscle
Make it want to dance to the music
Invoked by your rhythms
Let our beats mesh
Palpitate when one lows
The other highs
Contracts and relaxes
We move in unison
Touch me
Everywhere
From the inside out
Penetrate my walls of resistance
With your purpose eloquent
And make me
The lifeline of your
Memories.

20/30 National Poetry Month Challenge

Why do I even care
Why do I tell him
My where's
When after it's all said and done
I'm still the lone one
Holding onto a memory
That fades in and out of view
With the mention of his name
Flashbacks running around in
My head
I'm crazy about him
But not sure if he's good for me
Because time keeps moving
While emotions become placid
And love flails

16/30 National Poetry Month Challenge

I tried to tell them in more ways than one
what it is you dislike about me
shines bright like the sun
I didn't create it
but I am part of it
by the hands
by the breath
by the thought
and by the heart
I'm way past your
tainted perception

I tried to tell them in more ways than one
injustice shall have a fight
but it won't come from me
at the end of the day my support system
has documented all the wrongs inflicted
there's a force that will respond
to every misguided vendetta or
retaliation against me simply because one
doesn't understand the strength of my ethics

I tried to tell them in more ways than one
there are boundaries set in place
for their protection and for my grace
they shall suffer the same pain and then some
that they tried to inflict on me
revenge is saved for Him who can
give it justly
I'm just a humble servant
with a glow that shows

15/30 National Poetry Month Challenge

I'm in love with my imagination
Of him
Seems to be the only way we
Both win at least
That's what decorates my insides
Here in my daydreams
We like who we are
Our behaviors mesh
He ain't trying to rescue or repair me
And I ain't trying to change or trick him
We just harmonize like the lips
Of an artist on the metal
Of my harmonica
He kisses me and I melt
He smiles and I melt again
Like oil and water blend
Making butter that glides
On bread
He feeds me
And I nourish him
I'm in love with my imagination
When I close my eyes
And hold my breath
I feel him
Cover me like a blanket
Soft, firm and comforting
I exhale
He inhales
Me
Like I'm his survival, his gravity
Polar tendacies
We're connected
Galaxies apart
I hold onto hope and romance
Because he's real, he has to be
But for now
He's creativity
My imagination
My pen
My poetry.

14/30 National Poetry Month Challenge

Justice shall prevail
The beginning was strained
And the middle was twisted
Energy has been zapped
But not depleted
Forces of evil have encamped
And held captive
Chains have a weak link
Calamity has a new address
I've been rescued
Revived, resuscitated and renewed

11/30 Soul Strong

It's what's in me that counts
That essence
That stirs up
Souls
That power
That engages and ignites
Fires of freedom
Dances of delight
It's what's in me
That has some
Persecuting
Pressuring
And slandering me
But that one thing
That's in me
Has already risen
And assured the
Victory

1/30

Poets do it like this
And sometimes
Straight to the point
With precision
And paper
Making cause and purpose
Plainly understood
We use passion
Pens and pencils
To give voice to our thoughts
And your feedback
So the masses and the majority
Can be heard
So the silent and the poor
Don't get overlooked
Misunderstood
Or left behind
Words are powerful j
And moreso when given life
Through performance
Or speech
Get a mic
A megaphone
Or a box
Stand up
Stand on it
Just stand for something
Make a difference
Change a mind, a world
Or a direction
When it's all
Written, spoken and copyrighted
And put to beats
We become a drum
And the globe marches
To a rhythm set
Poets do it like this

2/30 Rays

My ray of sunshine
Has been hidden
Throughout my lifetime
Yet
It's not all that's needed
To see
For when I close my eyes
From within everyone and everything
Is precisely clear and visible to me
One will never know the depth
Of my soul from the outside
Search, feel and breathe the same
The revelation
Is still elusive
The revolution
Turns
Revolves and swings me
I'm a pendulum
The beginning and the end
Yet eternity
My ray of sunshine has been hidden
Deep within
But today I think I see him
Looking back at me
I'm a reflection of the love I seek
Come closer
Cautiously
Sychronosity
Because loves fire
Burns hot and hotter
But doesn't consume
For I am diety
Godlike simplicity
to touch me
Is to know me
To feel me is to kiss
To have me attached
Is penetration
My ray of sunshine
Just came in.