-g.k.

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Between stations

the music playing

on my phone is at the loudest volume

it doesn't matter to me, if i miss what

the train conductor says

i'm stuck, tired and late.

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Hurry Rain

surroundings are flooded feet off the ground where do we go now? nothing is dry, not even faces tears run down the sky isn't clear the clouds are hidden only rain coming from the ceiling i float above, no i don't drown may it be Holy Water? i am found – g.k

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my debut poetry collection ‘Poetic Garden’ is available on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Nook (Barnes and Noble) https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/poetic-garden-grace-kadisha/1126573659?ean=9781543418002

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Sliver Platter

how can i be seen and valued as a meal on a menu? you desire my chocolate as eye candy my body is not a dessert to be craved your hands melted on my melanin your sweet tooth bit into my apple God watched you, as you sinned you took off the wrapper that covered all of my sweet wonders you picked me up for dinner although we weren't lovers you put me on a plate and i knew my sweetness would rotten the knife sliced me into pieces and as a whole i was forgotten each part of me was crumbling i satisfied your hunger while i was left to starve i blame myself for being a woman who is soft now i am nothing but leftovers to you in my emptiness, i hope someone will see i am soul food

-g.k.

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Unknown

there’s feelings in me they haven’t yet created words to describe thoughts in my mind collide, unable for me to be defined none of which are linear they seek to judge my exterior i am a stream of experiences capturing my feelings with words to visualize everything i rather hide

-g.k.

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Calling

i don't want to be a poet i have to pick up a pen when my thoughts are at there lowest whenever i speak my voice goes unnoticed somehow these words find me and cross my lips to be spoken i don't want to be a poet i'm closed off yet my mind is open i'm alone with words to create moments i found my peace from my heart being stolen to be a poet is to realize you were chosen -g.k

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These Pages

only the pages that i fill with my soul know who i truly am these pages know the pain, the happiness, the let downs and the growth when i was 14, i remember writing about love thinking i knew what it meant, but i knew the pain i felt these pages won’t ever forget the memories, bad times and friendships i wrote about people who i thought i knew and now i’m not the person who they first met these pages showed me all my growth from the first of the year all the way to the end almost 3 years, i kept writing about the same pain the happiness that my soul needed during the sorrow God put me through what it feels to be defeated these pages keep telling me there is a reason it was needed

-g.k

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Patience

the only thing you should keep from the past are the lessons sometimes we all need a reset button the good is coming and the bad wasn’t for nothing i know you’ve been asking for just this one thing but you should be careful of what you ask for it might bring more than you think sometimes you do have to sit and wait to learn the beauty of patience

-g.k

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Silence Speaks

i would tell you how i feel but i’ll lose you trying to find what’s really been on my mind on the outside i’m so quiet but inside my thoughts are so loud

-g.k

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Betrayal

i was wrong about you thinking our friendship was true you left me stranded and had no clue i thought i was used to this but this time around i didn’t know what to do

-g.k

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Melody

be in tune with yourself turn off the world please take care of your mental health the negativity that goes in through your ears will make the vision in your mind fog let all the bad noise disappear channel your inner thoughts walk with a fulfilled heart that beat will keep you going long enough you are the song and know that when you are listened to you are loved even when you get stuck pull the chord the sound of feeling unsure will come but always remember you have the plug

-g.k

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Survivor

i’m tired of sharing my good heart to people who don’t even know what i’ve survived when i don’t have a savior of my own sometimes i just feel like putting my heart to rest my heart has faced battles it didn’t ask for i’ve suffered through the breaking and falling and somehow i won without even noticing only when i take a moment to see the smoke is clear

-g.k

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You

the energy between you and i shouldn’t have to be questioned it should be destined our love can’t be forced it has to be genuine my feelings will spring my mind won’t think i just want it to be you and me

-g.k

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Cover

you put a dent in my heart as i did in these books the inside of me had pages you couldn’t get through although i am appealing you shouldn’t judge me based on my looks

-g.k

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Your Loss

you decided to find your happiness in temporary people when you knew i was willing to stay for good this one time i trusted the feeling, as you stuck to your habits i called, i texted you ignored, left me on read all i did was pour my feelings and my tears still i don’t understand what i did wrong but you are the one who took the loss

-g.k

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Friends Leave

for me keeping friends is holding on to a dandelion the leaves are still during silence when i don’t speak, no one knows i’m crying the leaves aren’t strong enough to hold on when the wind is shifting my life is the wind, i have no control any direction it takes me, i go every time i’m in a new place i stand on my own every leave in my life left me to stay where pretty things won’t get blown

-g.k