my manhood, my curse

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my manhood, my curse

much more a painful thought that has been bestowed upon me
let me rest in the pathof mine own enemy
let me be at ease as if it were meant to be like before
let odds be odd, let evens be even as evening our score
much more of a pain than that of being hurt but feel betrayed
let mine own execution be carried out, not let be delayed
this poem comes to mind since it's true as the sky is blue
there's hurt in this and the sorrow for inflicting on you
I have not words to say but I do write hard hands tied
The day I hurt you is the day that my heart and soul died
I'm empty inside and the lonely feeling much more worse
this to me is not a gift, it's my manhood, my curse
Not starved for affection, not dying from lack thereof
Not any of the things mentioned but didn't come from love
it came from a callous being of the devil manipulating minds
Staying true, remaining true surprising to what one finds
I write this with no style but off top of my thought
This is the result of what hurt love and pain has brought
It's been a long time since I sat and feelings spilled on
Love is love indeed but it's cold when the thrill is gone
Stereotyped once, twice and it dares happen again and again
I attest to this, one man can make one woman hate all men
Those that love need to love the ones they love come first
This to me is not a gift, it's my manhood, my curse.....
Edward Orlando Griffin

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1990lh commented on my manhood, my curse

08-06-2009

once great poem i look the whole i thought it was very deep and i would like to say i love the fact that u say u have no style when u write cuz i feel the same way i write once run through my mind and in my heart and i can see u do 2

Spiralout1022 commented on my manhood, my curse

05-06-2009

to sit down and spill yourself onto a piece of paper or screen like this is fantastic, good read, theres alot of things in this reminding me of a previous love, no matter how good my intentions were there was always something going wrong, in the end our relationship had changed us so down to the core i know we would never be the same.

BlacknWhite commented on my manhood, my curse

03-15-2009

Ok this is amazing. it moves me to read it. I love the rhymes. Excellent. Shows you think of a relationship from both sides and feel the pain from the other side.

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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