TEMPTRESS

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TEMPTRESS

EVERYWHERE I LOOK I SEE A MALE, WHEN I DESIRED ONE THEY WOULDN'T TELL.  ALL THEY SEE IS WHAT I HAVE, THEY DIDN'T CARE THAT I NEEDED TO LAUGH.  NO ONE CONSIDERED MY INNER NEEDS,THEY ONLY FIGURED THAT I GRIEVE. I NEVER HAD THAT COMPASSION, BUT I DID UNDERSTAND WITHOUT ASKING.  ALL THEY WANTED WAS AN EASY WAY OUT,THAT'S WHY THEY FELL WHEN THE TRUTH CAME OUT. WHEN YOU BASE A FOUNDATION ON LUST, YOU DON'T GET HOPE OR TRUST. EVERYTHING WAS BUILT ON A LIE, BUT THE TRUTH DIDN'T BYPASS THE SKY.  EVERYTIME I FEEL I DON'T BELONG, THE HEAVENS OPEN UP AND I HEAR MY SONG.  IT'S VERY EASY TO CHEAT AND STEAL AND BLAME IT ALL ON LOST MEALS.  SHOW SOME REMORSE FOR THE THINGS YOU DID, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN EARN THIS GIFT OF HIS.  GOD DOES EXIST AND HE'S IN MY LIFE, AFTER ALL I AM HIS WIFE. WHY DO YOU GO WITHOUT IF YOU WERE BORN WITH IT ALL? I HAD TO  UNDERSTAND WHEN JUSTICE FALLS.  IF I CAN'T APPRECIATE WHAT I ALWAYS HAD, I WOULD NEVER EXPERIENCE THE GOOD OR THE BAD.  THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN'T GO WITHOUT, ONE OF THEM IS THE WORDS FROM THE MOUTH.  AS LONG AS YOU FEEL YOU DON'T NEED TO BE REAL, YOU CAN NEVER DISCOVER WHAT THE OTHERS SUFFERED.  AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING, YOU DON'T KNOW JOY OF ANYTHING.  YOU GO ON LIKE THERE'S NO CARE, TRUTH IS YOU CAN'T HANDLE YOUR OWN STARE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR FACE AND YOU SEE YOUR RACE.  YOU CAN'T COMPREHEND WHY I DON'T NEED YOU AS A FRIEND.  IF YOU CAN'T EVEN BE YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO OFFER THAT I CAN'T MYSELF?  IF YOU TRY TO PLAY THE ELITE, YOU WILL GET BEAT BECAUSE I NEVER CHEAT.  I TELL IT LIKE IT IS AND I'M GLAD I DO, THAT WAY I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEW.  YOU COULD NEVER TAKE OVER WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.  IT DOESN'T MATTER YOU CALL YOURSELF A FAN.  YOU WON'T BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FOLLOW, YOU FELT MY RULE WAS TOO TOUGH TO SWALLOW.  ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE UP, YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF TRUST.  UNTIL YOU REPENT FOR THE THINGS THAT YOU DID, YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF THIS EARTH OF HIS.  WON'T BE LONG BEFORE YOU ARE GONE AND THEN THERE WILL BE MANY STARES, AND THE SURVIVORS WILL QUESTION A PRAYER. PEOPLE WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT MY WORDS BRING ABOUT AND THE FACT THAT YOU EXISTED WILL NEVER COME OUT.  DID I DREAM THE IMAGE THING?  COULD IT BE THAT I'M TOO SUPREME? ONE CAN'T MEASURE UP AND WASN'T MADE FROM DUST. THERE ARE TWO OTHER CREATIONS, DON'T CRITICIZE AND GET TO HATING, YOU COULD NEVER RULE MY NATION.  THEY WILL NOT RESPECT ONE THAT WON'T WORK AND THEY CAN NOT RESPECT ONE THAT COVERS DIRT.

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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.

PRIESTESSMACK’s Poems (29)

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TO GIVE OR LIVE 0
Declaration of Self 0
THANKFUL 0
Nectar of Love 0
THE TIGRESS 2
THE FALCON 0
THE LIONESS 1
DISPLEASED 1
THE GOVERNESS 1
FEMALE PHAROAH 2
TEMPTRESS 0
THE EAGLE 0
THE DONESS 1
TRUE STATEMENT 1
ADMISSION 2
THE NEGRESS 3
HURRY LOVE 2
DARK STRANGER 1
MYSELF 4
GIVE ME A BREAK 2
SpoKen 2
UnSpoken 3
MYSTIQUE 6
OUTSPOKEN 1
BLACK BRIDE 1
SWEET AGONY 4
WHITE ROSE 4
REVEL/AWOKEN 0
DONESS T'S BLUES 1