LRAE Poetry

the tunnel dims  to darkness  all of my hopes  cannot be promised like a settlement that takes  many phone calls to receive blood bleeds green, seems like  that’s what the system sees gasping for air, it’s not just  the nose that is impaired fighting for equality,  what is right and fair now that's not the only thing  crooked running from the repercussions, I booked it and I kept running  until my knees ached like I’m in a marathon those plans I once had,  now appear far gone grasping for strength  because God wants me to be the strongest  of them all and from what I’ve  learned  since I was born,  is that I’ve been raised to fall and endure the dirt  that comes my way burying me down to  make me feel small - Leah Rae

hold me in  your arms promise that I  won’t break I tell you that  I’m strong, but honestly, I keep  my heart in a protected case I water my stems  like flowers in a vase afraid that it’ll drop  to the ground and break Glass on glass, Shiny and shimmery, make forever last Smoke on smoke, Hazy and white Hold me in your arms As I sleep all through the night - Leah Rae

It’s a song, it’s a poem,  written in the look of my face   It’s all the things that  want to release from my brain,  the picture I  want to trace The ideas I want  to make,  the motivation for change because I can’t stay in the  same place for too long I get cabin fever, my  rhymes get weaker  on the tip of my tongue,  I’m a brutal thinker    A tangent speaker and  Quotation repeater  busting out of my skull  are these notes I wish to put together,  but the pieces fall apart  too quickly to remember  My attention span blows  away as if it was soft like sand Procrastination, my  enemy, gives me too many reasons to withhold my plans and all of this might  seem  very difficult for someone else to understand, Although I know I can  make it on my own Reflecting back on  my successful milestones I’m still learning to toss  these rocks that have kept me down  ...