Intention of Attention

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Intention of Attention

I YELL OUT LOUD
YOU SCREAM TO BE SEEN
WE CURSE TO BE HEARD
OPEN YOUR EYES SO YOU CAN SEE
ATTENTION IS WHAT WE  CRAVE
WHETHER BY WORD OR BY DEED
IN ACTION OR IN  FASHION
LIKE FAKE EYELASHES OR MUSCLE SHIRTS
IN THIS HERE MEDIA AGE SHYT IS GETTING WORSE
ATTENTION IS WHAT EVERYONE IS GRABBING
LIKE EATING REALLY FAST AND  BURPING
BEING UPSET AND ACTING BERZERK
OR DRINKING REALLY LOUD IS CALLED SLURPING
I NEED ATTENTION IS WHAT I’M REALLY SAYIN’
AS MY EGO SCREAMS
AND THOUGH OFTEN FLEETING IT SEEMS
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME!
BEHAVING OR MISBEHAVING
RUNNING OR WALKING
IS WHAT I WILL BE DISPLAYING
MY DRAMATIC OVERTURE SCREAMS
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME
PUT ALL YOUR ATTENTION AND
FOCUS TO ME.
PANTS ARE SAGGING,
HIP-HOP AND RAP IS ANOTHER FORM OF BRAGGING
TALKING IN THE FORM OF CUSSING
COLORS REPRESENTING
LIKE POETRY EXPOSING
RAISING YOUR VOICE WHEN DISAGREEING
PULLING OUT AND BUSTING A GAT AS A FORM OF PERCUSSION
OR JUST A REASON TO NOTICE ME
BEGGING AND PLEADING
ATTENTION IS WHAT I MUST HAVE
ATTENTION CAUSE I’M MAKING SENSE IN,
ATTENTION IN MY NONSENSE AND
ATTENTION TO PRETENSE
ATTENTION TO MY PARANOIA
ATTENTION TO THE PLIGHT OF THE  OPPRESSED 
FEELING ALL FENCED IN
ATTENTION IN MY VERSE
ATTENTION IN ONLY MY FRIENDS
GROUPS THAT GIVE ME DEFINITION
ATTENTION TO ENEMIES OR RIVALS I WILL NEVER SEE
ATTENTION TO THE WAY  I MUST DANCE
ATTENTION IN ALL THINGS I BE PORTRAYING
BUT YET YOUR GAZE IS SO SHORT
THAT IT HAS TO BE A DISTORTION
ARE YOU REALLY SEEING ME?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
OR BETTER YET OVERSTAND MY MESSAGE
BY THE TIME YOU TURN AWAY ARE YOU  FORGETTING
WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY
MUST I GET BOLD AND BRASH
AND COME OUT SELFISHLY AND MENTION
THAT I NEED ATTENTION
IN ROMANCE
IN WRITING
IN SPEAKING
IN BEING
IN SINGING
TOTAL UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
IN PREACHING WHAT GOD HAS SAID TO ME
GIVING ADVICE
OR TREATING OR MIS-TREATING
ATTENTION IS  APPARENTLY MY  GOAL CUZ YOU’RE STILL READING
WHY CAN’T YOU GIVE ME RECOGNITION
LIFE IS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU
LIFE IS NOT ALL ABOUT ME
BUT ATTENTION GIVEN
IS SURE ENOUGH SATISFYING
TO EVERYBODY
SO SEE ME
FEEL ME
HATE ME
RATE ME
BUT I FEEL GRATEFUL
THAT I HAVE GOTTEN
YOUR ATTENTION!

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The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

SILKYTWEED’s Poems (132)

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MIST 0
Crowds of Misery 1
MY DEFENSE 0
Across My Heart 0
Object of Your Projection 0
Love Tribbles 1
Survival Is Never Casual 4
Solace from the Masses 1
Love Rehearsals 2
Can I Get It????? 2
Feats By Hands....(aka Feets and Hands-ticipat
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1
Inscribe Life's Embers 0
All I'm Say........ 0
The Retro Nubian Futuristic Afro Story 5
Mind Blowing 3
YANKEE ROLE MODELING.... 3
MY SYNONYMOUS EXISTENTIAL 1
Hue Beings 1
Forefathers to the Fatherless 1
Playing For When..,... 0
Write Out Pain 1
DISCIPLINE IN THOUGHT DISCIPLES 0
Best Believe LOVE 0
Love Is..... 1
A Playa's Creed 1
MY LOVE TODAY......FO
REVER
1
I Still Wear Yesterdays' 0
The Grammar of Posting 0
ACCESS DENIED 0
Of the Unwanted 0
Precipitation in the Valley 0
A Reluctant Tool 1
Love Roots 1
A Look Into Eyes 0
Don't Feed the Animal!!! 0
Eyes in SanPaKu 0
‘The gallows and the sea refuse nothing,’ 0
A HEAVY ROTATION 0
Mourning Til Daylight 2
LETTER TO ALCOHOL, FROM ANONYMOUS 0
Saved By A Rainbow 3
Cascading Waterfalls 2
Coma of Love 1
Disclaiming Destinations 1
A Love-Hate Relationship'
s Finest Hour.......No
? Yes!
0
Perfectly Being 1
WORDS OF SPITE 0
OF LOVE CONSEQUENCE..
...
2
Drugs of Choice 1
THE BAG 1
OFFENSIVE....
.
0
THE AIR I BREATHE 0
Indivisible Faith 1
MY CLAIM 2b 0
A Warrior's Promise 2
REFLECTION ON AFFECTION 2
TRAFFICKING IN FEELING 1
Ungrateful Relatives 1
AMERICAN IDLE 0
ACAPELLA HOLLA (an acrostic poetic piece) 0
Watching Her Movie Move Me 0
A Held-Over Engagement (The Story of Co-Dependency
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0
To Come Through..... 0
COPING 0
Keeping Love UP 3
FISH KILLS 1
DON'T MIND ME 1
SONGS OF A RENEGADE 2
KNIGHTS OF BLACKNESS 1
How Many(s)....A Life's Daily Conversion 0
Love Done Left Here 1
THE RIDE TO WORK 3
MUTE COMMUNICATION 2
LOVE TREASON 0
Love Me Like A Brother 0
Nurturing the Nature of Love 2
PERSONAL REVOLUTION 0
CEILING TO ETERNITY 0
THE LAST SUMMER NIGHT 0
WRITES OF WRONG 0
LOVE DAZE 0
CHEESE IN THE CRUST 0
BACK IN THE DAYZ versus NOW A DAYZ 0
OBSESSION OF CURRENCY 0
PEACE OF MIND 2
Cakewalking 0
What Was IS Always 1
BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE 2
CAN'T TAKE BACK WHAT I DONE PUT IN 3
EXPANSION 0
THE BOOK 0
PASSION ATTACK 0
WHAT'S THE STORY 3
MARCH TO SEPTEMBER LOVE 4
TO CLIMB FROM BEHIND 2
A FISH OUT OF WATER 1
The Siren 0
AWAKEN TO LOVE 2
MULTITUDES OF THE ONE 1
MY ILL BLUES 0
Travels of the Fool 2
I ASPIRE 3
Love's Goodbye 4
MY HEART HEARS YOU 4
MY HOOD (a fairy real tale) 1
NEEDIN' A READING 5
WATCHIN' "THE" NEWS 0
Life Recognition 3
WHEN LOVE AIN'T NEW 2
MY STAR 2
SILENCE 2
IDENTITY 2
Love Revenge 2
Panhandlin' Love 2
FAMILY OR PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH ME 2
Intention of Attention 0
Oh Say Can't You See 1
A Love's Debt 2
PIMP'S KARMA 1
Travelin' Without Moving 0
HIS STORY IS MY STORY’S MYSTERY 0
GIVE ME THIS DAY 0
Intense Heat from a By Chance Meet.... 2
BATTLE OF RELEVANCE 3
WHAT DO I DO? 4
My Fruity Passion 1
That Feeling of Reeling 1
IF A WOMAN WANTS YOU 2
A Woman’s Design 4
INSPIRATION 3
THE MIRROR 9