poetry
Hey You
It’s been a while …
Hit rock bottom and threw in the towel
Now after I ran a mile
I’m sitting here with a smile
Monet Allen-Kemp
Seasons
Going through transitions
Its my mission to transcend this
Realm of inconsistent love
My innocence is like a dove
Caged from flying in the sky above
Lately I just need a hug
I can’t seem to shake this bug
Everyone’s just giving up
My hope is like a raisin in the sun
No one ever seems to be the one
I seem to be the only one who's not having fun
Pretending I don’t feel my lungs
Burn with fatigue while I smoke on some tree
Pollen blows through the breeze
No bees to take it where it pleases
Flowers bloom in my mind
Then wither away with time
I myself seem to be losing rhyme
Seasons have reasons
People breathe treason
Their words talk of love
While their actions leave lesions
Monet Allen-Kemp
Beauty Queen
Look at how society has programmed me
A black beauty queen to be…
At default is on her knees
Ready to please
Begging for release
Please believe me these bindings
are laced with time
Unwinding as I climb
an everlasting mountain of truth
While you sip on your juice
And hang from your noose
Brotha man understand
I am the womb of this land
Do not try to claim from me this clan
My passion you can not withstand
It rains from the heavens drowns out the fakes
The narcissists & pessimests
of this generation
There is no time for hating
Only generating a new nation of greatness
Black women rising up from the hatred...
Monet Allen-Kemp
Freedom?
How free is the bird confined to the sky?
How free is the fish confined to the sea?
How free is man confined to this life ?
How free is the soul confined to this flesh?
How free is free when it is defined by me ?
Monet Allen-Kemp
4 am
Existential crisis wake up call
First anger consumes me...
Pent up frustration causes me to burst
Allowing other people to disrupt my energy,
Bad mood fucks up my synergy
I’m tired of everybody using me
Everybody takes and takes
Pulling at the pieces to my car
Now I’m driving fast with no brakes.
I see my life in takes
It only takes one minute
To break a bond thats formed with time
Rain pours on my window pane
Pretending I don’t feel my pain
Never had a best friend
Cause all these people are pretend
They’re never there in the end
They only want you when your in
Monet Allen-Kemp
Sight
The truth is in front of you
Open your eyes
You're blissfully blind
You believe the disguise
See with your mind eye
You will not be surprised
There is truth in the lies
And that I despise
I hear all the cries
Beware all the signs
Monet Allen-Kemp
Jungle Rose
Concrete jungle rose,
Exhale the smoke through my nose
Already predisposed to all of life’s woes
No grass to feel through my toes
Only pain in my soul
Nobody really knows all of my greatest foes
Reside in my head, they lie in bed
Those lies they do spread
They always bring dread
While I eat my daily bread
They invalidate my credibility in my abilities
Incapacitate my sensibilties…
Monet Allen-Kemp
Pressure
Pressure pushing in at all sides
You wanna sit and wonder why?
Sometimes you ever think you wanna die?
You know those times when you cry ..
Fears not real it’s just a pill
Sit back, relax & try to chill
Breathe…
I know it works a deal
Monet Allen-Kemp
Facade
Mentally unstable
Physically able to hide the distress
The way I dress hides my mess
You failed the test
I digress, in constant stress
Which way is west
Which way is east
Im where they meet
My soul I greet
When I’m at peace
Yet I don’t see all I could be
Monet Allen-Kemp
Hydration
Water isn’t wet
No path is ever set
If you expect
be ready to regret
Give and get give
Live and let live
Monet Allen-Kemp
Ascension
Freedom is nonexistent on this plane of existence.
Our spirits are slaves to the self satisfactory pleasures of this world .
Always seeking temporary pleasures to a reoccuring urge
Addicts is what we all are, no matter what it is to, material things,
drugs,sex,etc...Looking and searching for a peace that can not be
achieved through physical means. Spiritual stagnation is damnation and we’re
pacing the line of termination. All it takes is determination to grow to greatness.
Self awareness is key to be free, that is why I have to learn me. I am my ancestors,
They are me. Every culminating moment has led to this. The discovery of who
I really am. The immortality of the spirit never ceasing. No stalling, always moving,
ever present, my identity across all identities. Every past life passing the light , so that I may
shine bright….
Monet Allen - Kemp