shots fired...

You probably think this poem is about you

well this one time you're right.

there's a thin line between self love and vain

and your prideful shoe muddied with narcissism is straddling...

and down shit's creek you are paddling

set on a course to my last nerve.

so, for the record:

Go somewhere and sit down

because it ain't all about you.

Blog Poetry Slam 41: Falling

We all fall.  We fall in love.  We trip and fall.  We fall into depression.  We fall for folks' shenanigans.  For all of these scenarios there is a poem just waiting inside of them ready to written.  Why not not let it be you as the author?  Today's Blog Poetry Slam challenge is to write a poem about falling.  You can do it, I have faith!

In the comments write a poem related to the theme of falling.  It can be silly or serious, short or long, or can be as simple as a haiku.  I look forward to seeing what you guys come up with!  My poem is below:

I can't let go

But I have no choice

Because the handles on you are slippery

I know

Because I poured the water there

And the more I cry

The slicker they get

And when I fall

I have to realize

That the one person who could have caught me.

Was you.

imagination

i don't use my imagination...
i treat it nicely...
just in case i need it later...
don't want to burn any bridges...

Blog Poetry Slam 40: picture this...

I thought it would be interesting this week to write about this picture I found on Post Secret.  It inspired a poem for me and I would be curious of what it would inspire in you guys...  Give it a try: Write a poem in the comments.  It can be silly, serious, long, short, even a haiku.  Give it a try, you just might like it...  Make me proud!

I hate circles
Especially the ones that keep you out of my sphere
The games that cause you not to be around
Yet I make 360 excuses not to break the cycle
As the circumference of my pain is steadily expanding
I never end out on top except that I'm spinning
Guess it wasn't love that made me dizzy...
It was all those damn circles.

preview...

I found this on Post Secret and it spoke volumes...  I think it will be the topic for the Blog Poetry Slam tomorrow... make it a little twist, instead of a topic we will write about the picture... just a thought... what do you think?

Smile...

I am forever be writing poems about smiles... it even was a Blog Poetry Slam topic back in May of 2009... (http://blackwomanlost.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-poetry-slam-18-smile.html) ... so here's another...

I want to smile

Until it hurts

But to where that pain is worth it

And all the pain from before is worth it

And I want those laugh lines to be poetry


Written all over my face


To be the rouge on my cheeks so I never again have to be blue


Yes, I want to smile


And for you to be the reason