Earth's Sin

Earth is full of delight
One puff and your in flight
Life's natural high
Isn't enough for you
To touch the sky
You fill up with the deadly Earth's sin
Breathe out and never breathe in
For the moment it heals
It's up to you to proceed and appeal
Hold your breath until you turn teal
As blue as the sky
As high as you will fly
A damaged soul is what you replenish
Please stop once you finish
Only I'm the one who understands
Why you choose not to live on everyday lands
Do YOU know what IT is?
It's all one gigantic shove
Maybe even something we call love

Maybe One Day

I am unique and delightful
I wonder how I look from other people’s perspective
I hear the crackling sound of dry ice melting underneath my feet
I see the naked truth as if it were human
I want to go back to the past so I can have a profound future
I am unique and delightful

I pretend to be the only person in this world
I feel alone at times, but reality snaps and I’m a civilian again
I touch my reflection as if she’s someone else
I worry that she is happier than I am
I imagine her in a better life
I cry because I realize she is me and I live that life
I am unique and delightful

I understand I have left the only person I knew on the other side
I say his life will get better just as mine has
I dream that one day he will find someone who will bring out the good in him
I try to help, but help isn’t enough
I HOPE some day we could be friends again and everything would be back to normal
I am unique and delightful

What is my real name?

My real name is Aries

Don’t be fooled by the soft exterior perceived as a sensitive Pisces's,
Look inside and you can see the inferno
Fiery as a spring Equinox
Innocence isn’t the word to describe
The feeling of confusion I feel inside.

In my dreams my name was Taurus

Deliberate about my own life,
But too lazy to take action
The promiscuous girl who doesn’t care
Thin stiletto heels and long brown hair.

Secretly I know my name is Leo

I’ve centered myself
Self-centered
Gold and fiery shades of fur soar
The mighty lion always comes out and roar

My mother and father think I’m two different people

Gemini is what they think my name is
Twins at heart but only one at bay
It could be Siamese, but only one can win
Am I really me or is it my twin

Risks of Love

It could happen to others
Such were the risks of love
I love every waking moment with him
I also love the non-waking

In love with the way you flex and cock your hands
When I hold yours you won’t slip away

His eyes are endless in a deep pool of beauty
Thirsty for the love
I turn
I see you
Even in the faces
I can only gaze into those orangey eyes for so long
If only you would turn and see me
Seeing you

Love is eternal as long as it lasts
The space between what is possible
And what is lost
I want to assure you that there will be enough
I wonder how he got me to fall in love with him

Motherless Child

We were all young at times
When we use to run to the ice cream truck with quarters and dimes
Asking the driver “is this enough”
And he would say that will do just fine

I remember like it was yesterday
When we didn’t have to initiate we were there by saying “hey”
I would just grab a ball and jump in
And see which of the better teams would win

There was on e family down the street
Their house and no A/C no heat
There were older brothers and sisters, but no mom or dad
Every time I walked into their house, it made me sad

The inside of their house was devastating
The Chihuahua looked like it was at 9 weeks gestating
She lay there at her resting place
Such peaceful eyes and a cold face

They hid their pain so well
But everyone on Walter Street could tell
The smell of mildew was so strong
How could a mother do her seeds so wrong?

Young Chris and Miguel would ask us to play outside
This time the pain was what they couldn’t hide
Their mother had left them with no food
So heartless, mischievous, and cruel
My grandmother provided them with everything they need
They ate it so fast out of hunger and greed.

One day they just disappeared
We all hoped they would reappear, but they didn’t
They vanished into thin air
No one could ever compare

By Ashley Sykes