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I used Pipe \u0026 PIPE ThePoet, as pen names for both Music and Poetry, for some time. Yeah, and my friends call me Ninté.\"\u003e   \n\u003c/head\u003e\n\n\u003e My first poetry project. I used **Pipe** \u0026 **PIPE ThePoet**, as pen names for both _Music_ and _Poetry_, for some time. Yeah, and my friends call me **Ninté**.\n\n[visit POETRIQUE on Instagram](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n\n[read NEONBULLSH_T](https://usheninte.github.io/neonbullsh-t/)  \n\u003c!-- ![NEONBULLSH_T cover](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1517942657/NEONBULLSH_T.png) --\u003e\n\n[read The ADHD Chapbook](http://bit.ly/adhd-poetrique)  \n\n[read ODD HEARTS](http://bit.ly/read_Odd_Hearts)  \n\u003c!-- ![Odd-Hearts_COVER](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/q_100/v1527885711/htmlpoems/OddHearts.jpg) --\u003e\n\n- - -\n\n## Understand\n\nwe are odd  \nas a glitch rainbow  \nthat's why, queens  \ndream, when we say so  \n\nwe are digital Freuds  \nour mentality  \nis hot as fuego  \nour spirituality is firm  \nyou must know  \n\nwe are the children  \nof tomorrow  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-23-018  \n\n- - -\n\n# We Are At 4K Lines\n\n![htmlPoems_4K](https://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/v1537597982/htmlpoems/htmlPoems_4K.png)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-22-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## Pretty\n\nI need me a poet  \na pretty rose  \nblack, with a heart  \nand skin of gold  \n\nto walk with me as  \nI will conquer oblivion  \nsomeone, bold  \nwise enough to love truly  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-22-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## Vulnerable\n\nI will open up  \nbeing successful and alone  \nis painful, stressful  \nyou can not know  \nhow it hurts  \n... to the bone  \n\nI need no pity  \nI need no love  \nall I want is warmth  \na heart to nurse my mind  \nand comfort  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-20-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## I Said\n\nI am not a player  \nI am a lover  \nwho happens to like games  \n\nno two hearts are the same  \nyou sing out my name  \nwhen we dance the dance  \nof the moon and the stars  \n\nI only want warm love  \nyou said, I said  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-20-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## rule your world\n![wonexo_3](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/v1536065971/htmlpoems/wonexo/wonexo_3.png)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Wonexo](http://twitter.com/wonexo) ::: SEP-20-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## King Talk\n\nmove like you speak  \nman is a lion  \nnot a mouse  \nso man will no longer squeak  \n\npride, this is not  \nhide, I can not  \nfor my destiny is more ablaze  \nthan the tip of the sun  \nin the sky  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-19-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## Night\n\nto each his own  \nto birds, flight  \nto gods, night  \nto men, fright  \n\nwhen you the sun falls  \nI rise up, I take off  \nI take what's mine  \nI hustle \u0026 break hearts  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-18-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## With You\n![pj_2](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1536065173/htmlpoems/paul_joe/pj_2.jpg)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; PeeJay](https://twitter.com/peejay41) ::: SEP-17-018  \n- - -\n\n## Bad guy\n\ni have never loved  \ni have been loved  \ni have never fought  \ni have been fought for  \n\ni am white gold  \nand my lovers are the  \nnight sky  \n... breaking every rule  \ni am rare and bold  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-17-018\n\n- - -\n\n## best version\n![wonexo_2](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/v1536065958/htmlpoems/wonexo/wonexo_2.png)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Wonexo](http://twitter.com/wonexo) ::: SEP-14-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## I love JavaScript\n\nthat yellow streak  \non my G*thub repo  \ngives me joy  \nmakes me leap  \n\ni am a warrior  \nof the digital order  \ni will master this sword  \nbefore lifting any other  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-14-018  \n\n## To My Crush\n![pj_1](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1536065174/htmlpoems/paul_joe/pj_1.jpg)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; PeeJay](https://twitter.com/peejay41) ::: SEP-12-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## offline\n\n#### Highways\n\nheading to the city  \ncoming from the jungle  \nI will be a King  \ndo you not hear  \nmy words rumble  \n\nthe road is not the journey  \nthe path is not the way  \nI know this, and can say  \nmuch more  \nbut not today  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-12-018  \n\n#### Non\n\nyes, indeed  \nI know what I need  \nnot belief alone  \nI have planted the seed  \n\nyes, indeed  \nI know why I bleed  \nnot for joy alone  \nbut for the war ahead  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-12-018  \n\n#### Her Words\n\nhis mind is sweet  \nit tastes like  \nwine and poetry  \nfire and history  \n\nhis soul is something  \nelse entirely  \nwild, yet sweet still  \nit could build or kill  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: SEP-12-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## Hard to stay sane\n\nSo much in my head  \nit's hard to stay sane...  \nThe next person might have it  \nworse so I try not to complain...  \n\nIn a world where even she  \nwho smiles can't tell if her  \nsmile is real or fake...  \n\nStill I find pleasure  \nin life's endless possibilities,  \nin the bittersweet naughtiness,  \nand in everything that makes me Ray…  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ray Okaah](https://twitter.com/RaysCode)   ::: AUG-26-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## terminal maestro\n\nI am a different kind of person  \nI think in color, and breathe in static  \nMy people are **electric**  \n\nWe come from the planet  \n... after Pluto, and  \nlove machines beautiful  \nWe have _souls_ prone to changes  \nWhen we push and pull our hearts  \n\nWe are of the race, digital \u0026\u0026 bohemian  \nI am a coder, my lovers are alien  \n\nCTRL+C : that is all  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: AUG-22-018 \n\n- - -\n\n## Beauty in  the war\n\nI was told not to trust a soul...  \nMade to understand that  \nthis place is not my home..  \nIndeed so many, so many  \nthings I've been sold..  \n\nBut your love, your love baby  \nthe only thing that keeps me whole.  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ray Okaah](https://twitter.com/RaysCode)   ::: AUG-21-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## deviant developer\n\ni am a coder, **yes**  \nme no like stress, **yes**  \n\nman used to be  \n_mighty mighty anxious_  \nused to hunt steady  \nfor that nicotine fix  \n\ni am a coder, **yes**  \nme no like stress, **yes**  \n\ni need no more  \nto smoke, or fear  \ni can still be different  \nwhile breathing clean air  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ninté](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: AUG-16-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## I am YOU with a different name\n\nWhen I look at a child, my baby I see...  \n\nThoughts of my parents come alive  \nwhen I'm in a space with the elderly...  \n\nBut whenever I see a young man or woman,  \nI see myself with a different name and face.  \nI see the image of  \na boy or girl that could have been me…  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ray Okaah](https://twitter.com/RaysCode) ::: AUG-15-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## wine games\n\n![wonexo_1](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_400/v1533673788/htmlpoems/wonexo/wonexo_1.png)  \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Wonexo](http://twitter.com/wonexo) ::: AUG-08-018\n\n- - -\n\n## Double You\n\n\"We\" wouldn't be an item  \nif not for the letter \"W\"...  \nIt kinda reminds me of a part of you  \nI can't wait to suckle soon.  \nW and double u are pronounced alike  \nso maybe I should double you.  \n\nObviously am playing with words here but  \nAll I'm tryna say is last night when you asked me  \nif I wanted a threesome? my heart whispered yes baby!  \nDouble You.  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Ray Okaah](https://twitter.com/RaysCode) ::: AUG-03-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## patience\n\n#### clouds\n\nthe art, the artist  \nlove, and lovers  \nall exist  \nto feel, to be  \n\nthe brave  \nshould never fear  \nto be free\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: AUG-03-018  \n\n#### soul\n\nnever whisper  \nyour dreams  \n\nnever offer  \nyour soul, for  \nno price at all  \n\nit is worth, so  \nmuch more\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: AUG-03-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## haiku samurai\n\ncan i make you wet  \nin two or three words  \ni must regain, my control  \nover the syllable slim  \n\npoetry brief, is bold  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-31-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## the citadel\n\n#### premium\n\na taste of greatness  \nwas what i first sought  \nwhen i got into the citadel  \n\na taste of meekness  \nis all i still seek  \nto rise up, from where  \ni once fell  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-25-018  \n\n#### aqua vita\n\nwater is life  \ni know no more strife  \ni have wedded peace  \nshe brings me new life  \n\neach time that we tangle  \nheart with soul  \nflesh with skin  \ni learn more of wisdom  \n\nwe **make love**  \nsweet, _sublime_  \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-25-018  \n\n- - -\n\n## confession\n\ni cannot promise you joy     \nfor i yet still learn it     \nthe road to strength, to truth     \nis full of labour and wrath     \n\nif you still choose to love     \n**by all means** continue along     \njust beware, i am more used to     \nthe anxiety of vigour     \nthan being under love's stupour     \n\ni will teach you, heal you, give you     \ndrops of warmth and wisdom     \nfrom the sun and way beyond     \nthat is all i can offer, in place of love     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-19-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Sacrifices\n\n![milzapoet_4-sacrifices](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1531406644/htmlpoems/milzapoet/milzapoet_4-sacrifices.png)     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Milzapoet ](https://www.instagram.com/milzapoet/) ::: JUL-19-018  \t\t\t   \n\n- - -\n\n## Scaredy-cat\n\nBrightness of the day fades away.     \nThe rise of a gloomy night.     \nOwls echoing within the walls.     \nBoom!!! That sound of thunder,     \nTook the whole of my fears further.     \n\nIllusion; what it first seems like.     \nSlowly, a U-turn into pure reality.     \nOne by one, step by step,     \nit breaks the soul to pieces.     \nA candy that became suddenly sour.     \n\n**_“Face your own fears”_**     \nThe quote that every tongue quotes,     \nLike it is as easy as ABC.     \nBut when the demons rise up,     \nRunning seems to be the best option.     \n\nScary, scary, scary     \nDark nights are scary,     \nDamn!!! Nights are scary.     \nAnd I am weary.     \nI am a scaredy-cat.     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; zee_zah19 ](http://instagram.com/zee_zah19) ::: JUL-19-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## vent\n\n#### redemption\n\nprophet prophecy     \nprophet tell a lie     \nprophet tell me why     \n\ni beg for redemption     \nbut i am denied entrance     \nto the kingdom in the sky     \n\ni ought to speak positive     \ni am a member of the throne of heaven     \n_do not ask me how, or why_\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-19-018     \n\n#### i hardly sleep now\n\ni code when i wake up     \ni dream in JavaScript     \ni scream into the terminal     \nthat is my mind     \n\nthat is how i push these poems     \nmy own self-prescribed     \nliterary pills     \n\ni do not strive to feel     \nthe feelings come yet still     \ni know now, not to think     \nof them, at all, as real     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-19-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## first\n\n![mambo-1x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-01.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/poetry_by_mambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e ::: JUL-XX-018\n\n- - -\n\n## This is about you lol\n\nAs I lay down to sleep     \nI suddenly get a glimpse of you      \n\n\u003e in my head and a smile appeared on my face      \n\nKnowing that you're into my head      \nWhich is good but yet so terrible      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](http://instagram.com/n_d_yy_) ::: JUL-14-018       \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-2x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-02.jpg)     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/poetry_by_mambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e ::: JUL-14-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Preacher\n\n![milzapoet_3-preacher](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/q_auto:best/v1531406642/htmlpoems/milzapoet/milzapoet_3-preacher.png)\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Milzapoet ](https://www.instagram.com/milzapoet/) ::: JUL-12-018  \t\t\t   \n\n- - -\n\n## gemini choices\n\n#### strong++\n\nweakness is not a choice     \nnot an option anymore     \nyou cannot climb great mountains     \njust at the peak, to fall     \n\nyou think you are so different     \nfrom great minds born before     \nthey all did watch their demons roar     \nthen beat them to the floor     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-12-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### black stoic\n\ni must withdraw     \nand only wisely pursue sensation     \nfor i am too inclined     \nto quick gratification     \n\nthis is a thing,     \nthat springs from the virility     \nof youth, of man     \nof passions held down     \n\ni must look at my soul     \nand force it to look at me     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-12-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## treason\n\n\u003cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BlFWCJEn7Jq/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BlFWCJEn7Jq/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eA post shared by Usheninte (@poetrique)\u003c/a\u003e on \u003ctime style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-07-11T07:46:34+00:00\"\u003eJul 11, 2018 at 12:46am PDT\u003c/time\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/blockquote\u003e \u003cscript async defer src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-11-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## bohemian prophecy\n\n#### the African\n\nconfident as a lion     \ni will no longer shave my mane     \nto claim one is a king     \nand then to fall, are not the same     \ni must be what i choose to be     \n... do what i have to,      \nto do what i want to     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-10-018     \n\n#### dotcom money\n\ni code for the art of it     \nwrite, for the love of it     \nlove, for the act of it     \nwork for a simple reason     \nfor the feel of paper cheddar on skin\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-10-018     \n\n#### godzone\n\ni have a tough yet simple     \nrelationship, with the Creator     \nmy Creator, a creation      \nprobably, of his Creation     \n\nwhen in the godzone     \ni think in colour     \nand dream in odd numbers     \ni want to be blessed, so     \nthe universe I address     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-10-018     \n\n#### zero hero\n\nnot a saint, kind of godly     \nthe first i sigh for     \nthe second, i pray for     \ni collect every drop of strength     \ni have tossed into the universe     \nfor She tells me, it should not     \nfrighten my soul anymore     \nthat i am old enough to love her now     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-10-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Ears to the sky\n\nIf you listen to me      \nyou'll be able to tell      \nthat I'm not alright,      \n\nthat I'm dying and      \nthere's nothing you can do about it     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](http://instagram.com/n_d_yy_) ::: JUL-10-018       \n\n- - -\n\n## Blackbird\n\n![blackbird ZEE_ZAH19](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1528205453/htmlpoems/zee_zah19/01-blackbird_zee_zah_19.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; zee_zah19 ](http://instagram.com/zee_zah19) ::: JUL-10-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## rhythm\n\nsmile when you see me     \ndarling react. Yes, really     \ndare to make me feel     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## jungle\n\n![jungle BY Usheninte](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1531116859/htmlpoems/ninte/jungle.png)\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-XX-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## no more white lies\n\n#### nymph\n\nwhat or who, do you worship     \nare you brave enough     \nto love the broken, and rough     \n**_bad gyal_**  you claim to be     \nyou wild lies have no teeth     \n\ncome at me, test a poet warrior     \ntwist and combine your thighs with mine     \nlet us erupt an artistic volcano     \nmy mind is a rabid ocean     \nyou will not survive in your canoe     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-08-018     \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n#### a million\n\ncan honesty fit     \nin a tight, five-lined haiku     \nthoughts roar in me     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-08-018     \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n#### crown\n\nshe said, she was not a queen     \nshe claimed she was too dirty-minded     \nto be that within     \nshe did not believe my lies     \n\ni am no saint     \na crown does not mean honesty     \ni told her honestly     \neverything i did see     \nthat her vanity was far deeper     \nthan the oceans, than any sea     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-08-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## strength\n\ni feel the weakness     \nof my wrong decisions     \nit will be dealt with     \nwithout resolutions     \n\ni will redeem my fire     \nthe strength that i desire     \nit will come to me     \nas surely as blessings     \nfrom clouds on high     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-08-018     \n\n- - -\n\n[milzapoet_2](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1529740776/htmlpoems/milzapoet/milzapoet_2.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; milzapoet ](http://instagram.com/milzapoet) ::: JUL-08-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## enter my universe\n\n#### venus\n\ni do not want a girlfriend     \n_that's childish_     \ni want a **lover**     \n_that's grown sh!t_     \n\ni want my moon     \nto tickle a star     \ni want a sun     \nto wrap around     \nmy cold heart     \nand kiss me with warmth     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-07-018     \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n#### pluto\n\nlove is for **the brave**     \nand the brave don't sleep     \n... the brave don't keep     \nwhat they _don't need to_     \n... the brave don't _weep_     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-07-018     \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n#### uranus\n\nwe dance close to the sun      \nnearer to the moon though      \nfor **love is** lunacy      \nand a heavenly **fantasy**      \n\nbut i can promise nothing      \ni am darker than eternity      \nthe joy of life, the pain of love      \nsound alike to me      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-07-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## moist\n\nto speak to my readers     \nthe _young_ and **bold**     \nof desire, would be     \nto preach to the choir     \n\nwe seek in the hearts     \nof our lovers, nothing but warmth     \nin the lips of our heart-throbs     \na liquor pure and hot     \nbetween the thighs     \nof our flings, something nice     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) ::: JUL-06-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Open places\n\n#### 1. Wasted\n\nMy dignity given to a damn fool     \nJust like common water, thrown away     \nwithout value     \nAll for the pleasure of fame...     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](http://instagram.com/n_d_yy_) ::: JUL-06-018       \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n#### 2. Him\n\nHe read my words and understood me     \nThe words I didn't understand he understood     \nAnd drawing meaning out of it,     \nGave me something I had forgotten.     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](http://instagram.com/n_d_yy_) ::: JUL-06-018       \n\n- - -\n\n## july 5th 2018\n\nevery time thunder     \nkisses the night sky     \nthe stars shift with grace     \ni hear the heavens sigh     \n\ntwo perfect lovers     \none inconsistent, shy     \none dark and sure     \ntheir love, both bold and pure     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) 07-05-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## pipe no longer smokes\n\nthe moniker holds no meaning     \ngames are for the weak     \na name is nothing to play with     \ni bear mine, and lose no sleep     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Usheninte](http://twitter.com/Usheninte) 07-05-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Mambo Exclusive\n\n![mambo-4x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-04.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/poetry_by_mambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-17-018\t   \n\n...     \n..     \n.     \n\n![mambo-3x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-03.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/poetry_by_mambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-17-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## untitled\n\nI think of ways to  give up for good     \nBut remember that my life isn't mine     \nWaiting for suicide to come as death     \n\nI really want to cut myself     \nBut I can't,  because I  made a promise     \nI'm sad angry and hurt     \nI'm tired of life     \nI want to cry but I  can't     \nI'm so sorry for ranting to you     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](@n_d_yy_) 06-22-018       \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-5x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-05.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/poetry_by_mambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-22-018\n\n- - -\n\n## shall i speak of love\n\nwhen a boy     \nI wanted a father     \n\nnow a man     \nI search for a lover     \none to bless with kisses     \nof philosophy and bliss     \n\na warm soul     \nlike no other     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe Epic](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-22-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## A Single World\n\n![a-single-world ZEE_ZAH19](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1528205455/htmlpoems/zee_zah19/02-a-single-world_zee_zah19.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; zee_zah19 ](http://instagram.com/zee_zah19) 06-21-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Uncertain\n\nI fell in love with you to lift my burden      \nBecause I couldn't carry it alone      \nI wasn't strong enough to       \n\nI thought you knew it       \nNow I wake up an empty vessel       \nIncomplete       \n\nUncertain of how to continue...      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](http://instagram.com/n_d_yy_) 06-21-018       \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-6x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374065/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-06.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-21-018      \n\n- - -\n\n## Bravado\n\ndon't need your platform to perform      \na chance to prove myself      \nam improving I just need to money-proof myself      \nstill selfish with beef     \nmany were called I choose myself      \nmake e'm see reasons never to re-introduce themselves     \njust praise ma absence     \ncrave ma presence      \ni propose your purpose is to be obsessed      \nwith the power I possess      \nso you can expose secrets n dispose      \nyour fears then do away with whatever      \ncomes close when you suppose      \nbring down to nothing everything      \nthey think they have upstairs     \nthen leave e'm upset     \nlights cameras action     \nAm I yet on set?     \nnah fuck fame     \nam a project in progress n     \nwinter is coming     \nbrace yourself     \ncreate some space to separate spite from hate,      \nlight from weight,then embrace      \nyourself hoping someone relates     \nforsake the fake to die for a sake      \nn wake when everybody think its late     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)     \n[\u0026copy; theorvcle](https://www.instagram.com/theorvcle/) 06-08-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Daddy's Little Girl\n\n![daddys-little-girl=zee_zah19](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_100,w_550/v1528205454/htmlpoems/zee_zah19/03-daddys-little-girl_zee_zah19.jpg)     \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; zee_zah19 ](http://instagram.com/zee_zah19) 06-05-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## when i was low\n\n- - -\n\n#### gravitated\n\n\u003e **_i am great_**     \n\ni whisper in my mind     \nall alone in the universe     \nbut i am just a teen     \n\n\u003e **_i am great_**     \n\ni want to believe     \nas i write this     \ni am alone on a field     \n\n\u003e **_i am great_**     \n\nbut my worth is in the stars     \nand i am on earth     \non dust and stone, far from home\n\n\u003e **_i am great_**     \n\nbut who cares in truth     \no breathe in smoke     \nto ease the pain     \n\n\u003e **_i am great_**     \n\nbut talk too much     \nbut feel too much     \nwill this gravitated pain, ever stop     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### rooftop\n\nnext and first     \ntime i make love     \nit will be beneath the sky     \non an elevated level     \nthe simple will call a roof     \n\ni will be high     \non a love potion     \nof wine and lean     \ni will forever afterwards     \nbecome of poetry, a god     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### sparrows\n\non a wire line     \nseem at peace, and very kind     \nthey seem so happy     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### calmer than stone\n\nmy special yellow pill     \nmakes me hungry     \nand inclined to sleep     \nmakes me inclined to weep     \n\nif i were a bird     \ni would never fly.     \neven with wings     \nlarger than the sky     \ni would be too shy to fly     \n\nno one understands me     \nso i will withdraw     \nnot into a shell, that is but hell     \n\nsolid i shall be     \ni know nothing yet     \n\nof the true me     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## just zip it\n\n- - -\n\n#### why speak\n\ni seem weak     \neven with my     \nmetal soul     \neven with     \nmy liquid heart     \n\nmy mind is broken     \ni have pushed my     \nmuse away. What     \nelse need be spoken     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### silence breathes\n\ni need to be     \nwho i am, really     \ni have to be     \nwho i am not, really     \n\nlock away     \nmy beautiful     \nordinary ways     \nsilence raves     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### zip it, lock it, toss it\n\nbaby please forgive     \nme for my folly     \nyou did no     \nwrong     \n\nsorry     \ni am just     \na man of worry     \ni slip as i grieve     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## life choices\n\n- - -\n\n#### got me here\n\nso i do not care     \ncannot have a fear     \nwhen to no one     \ni am truly dear     \n\ni am brave i know     \nfor i can call     \nand dismiss     \nmy soul     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### dry heart\n\nmy blood is cool,     \na beautiful type     \nof eager drudgery     \n\nmy love is an edged,     \ncrooked type     \nof honest pottery     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018  \n\n- - -\n\n#### polymath blues\n\ni do too many things     \ni wear upon my head     \nholy banded rings     \n\nenough crowns     \ncan cripple the mind     \nand turn an able king     \ninto the loudest     \nof clowns     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### soul-ache\n\ni know not     \nhow to smile     \nwithout misery     \nhow to paint a lie     \nlight and lovely     \n\nright and justly     \nhave i     \nbeen treated, fairly     \nby the forces     \nof love. Here i _sigh_     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## torch\n\ni burn away     \nthis night, this day     \nall shame - the way     \ni once did     \nchoose to sway     \n\ni ignite within     \nthe torch of truth     \ni shall wear it bold     \nupon my soul's     \nvery cold, tooth     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 06-04-018     \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-7x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374067/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-07.jpg)      \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 05-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## Mark My Words\n\nIf I ever left a permanent mark on my skin because of you       \nThen know I loved you       \nKnow that you hurt me and disappointed      \nKnow that each mark represents every time you left me       \nKnow that you're killing me without even knowing it     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](#) 05-09-018       \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-8x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_500/v1519374067/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-08.jpg)      \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 05-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n![milzapoet_1](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,w_400/v1525712962/htmlpoems/milzapoet/milzapoet_1.jpg)      \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Milzapoet ](https://www.instagram.com/milzapoet/) 05-07-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## hunger\n\nnot for food      \nbut for prophecy      \n\nno to be loved      \nbut to give greatly     \n\nnot for money     \nbut for blessed glory     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) \u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-fire\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\u003ci class=\"em em-honey_pot\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e 05-06-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## in the storm\n\nblazing, truly amazing      \nin the cold, yet still bold     \ni no longer subscribe     \nto all the lies that they told      \n\n\u003e that i might not be that great      \n\u003e that i have to stop low     \n\u003e ... to suckle on my fate      \n\nthey will not soon know     \nthe wonder that i birth     \nand then when they do     \nthey will plead, but waste breath     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 05-05-018   \n- - -\n\n## i have lost the cocoon\n\n- - -\n\n#### mad butterfly free\n\nkaleidoscope fantasies      \nkeep a broken prophet afloat      \nkeep my ever sharpened    \ndagger-like mind      \noff my soul's throat     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-29-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### hey there\n\ngirl who ran away     \nwhen i simply     \nwanted to fetch a shirt or two      \nfrom off, the unisex dorm clothe line      \n\ni can not blame     \nyou. It was midnight      \ni was in a tracksuit and a dark hat     \nplus i walk deadly      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-29-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### i know, i do\n\nthat i am great      \nthat i hold my fate     \nin the same hand      \ni construct this poetry with      \n\nlike a soul with      \na one-eye mind      \ni should not debate     \nwith the guard, of      \nmy blackened heart's gate     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-29-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### what she said\n\n\u003e called me a loner      \n\nclose friend of the muse      \ni am still inclined to adore     \n\neven when she     \nleaves me in my agony for him     \ni can trust     \nshe believes i can be more      \n\n\u003e called me boring      \n\nwhen i think in every colour      \nof the most twisted monochromatic rainbow     \n\ni do not try to repent      \nof the anguish that i repress     \nfor even gods weep      \nand some still have much fear     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-29-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## wait for my hair to grow\n\nthen you will know      \nthe manner of       \n**this** ancient bloody flow      \n**this** beauty that is my pain     \n\n_that_ boy you thought was nothing      \n_that_ genius you left, with no loving      \nyou will learn that i am golden     \nbroken, wavy and holy     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-29-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## rainy days\n\n- - -\n\n#### sorry, nah\n\nto everybody      \nto nobody, sincerely      \naint apologizing      \n\nfor shit you dont like      \nfor love you dont have      \nbye-bye one minute darling    \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-13-018\n\n- - -\n\n#### vegetarian\n\nfor a year      \nclean blood for two     \nno toxins or nothing    \nno lean or nothing      \nno nicotine     \n\n**_thats something_**\n\nso you hear     \ni have no fear      \nwith a cross on my wrist      \ni cant stand fake gist      \ncause Christ didnt die for eish     \n\n**_thats something_**\n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-13-018\n\n- - -\n\n#### propane\n\nshadows in my brain       \nmock my pain        \n**...** and again       \n\ni must refrain      \nfrom breathing propane      \nif i keep thinking fire insane      \ni might pop a mental vein     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-13-018\n\n- - -\n\n## salvation\n\nis for the hopeful        \ni am too inclined to holy folly     \ni know my sins      \nare not that gnarly     \n\nam i to be saved      \nor be repraved      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-09-018\n\n- - -\n\n## nothing\n\ncan save me       \n**change** me       \n\nnot even        \nthe cold hands        \nof a former lover       \n\n_nothing_       \ncan save me       \n**change** me       \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## trascend\n\n- - -\n\n#### amadioha\n\nthe world is simple       \ni know this, deep within i fear       \nthe game has changed        \nthe new altar is the internet       \n\nblood is not african polite       \nso data be the sacrifice        \ndo you pray in mb       \nor in gigabytes       \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### zamunda\n\nwhat if you were a king       \nor a queen with a crown and a ring        \nwhat if you were a royal        \nwith friends like family, loyal       \n\nwhat if you were invisible        \nan intellectual, lost amid the chaos        \nwhat if you were simple       \nwould you not still be african        \n\n**_grow from negro_**       \n**_to negus for your negast_**        \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-09-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## simple questions\n\ni love life     \nyet want to die     \n\nhow about you?      \nare you waiting for suicide     \nto come as death?       \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; ndindy ](#) 04-06-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## why i smoke\n\n\u003e to choke        \nthe pain within me ...        \n\u003e to stroke     \nthe heart of my humanity        \n\ni no longer feel        \nthe blessed touch of vanity     \ni am indifferent now        \ni no longer need to     \n_puffs_ ... smoke       \n**coughs**      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-03-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## mirrors\n\nwhen a soul         \nlike mine i saw         \ni felt some joy         \nbut life is coy         \n\nmy new muse         \nis a regal woman        \nno simple child         \na true human        \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-03-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## new week\n\n- - -\n\n#### mystery\n\non a high stallion          \nwent to secure          \nthe blessings           \nof Saint Nico           \n\nat the edge         \nof the group            \nin a room           \ni feel the gloom            \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-03-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### medusa\n\nhas mystique            \na quality           \nregal like cleo         \n\nblinds a normal man         \nmelanin blessed         \nby the African sun          \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-03-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## bread and water\n\nthat feeling of being artistic          \nthat borders on madness,            \nfar from realistic          \n\nthat makes the simple           \nto feel they are kingly         \nthat waters pure folly          \nand ruins humanity          \n\n**_it now haunts me_**          \n**_shall i fall or stand_**         \n\nthat feeling of being artistic          \nthat helps the weak         \nfeel strong, and more than heroic           \n\nthat makes the broken           \nrise and scream prophecy            \nthat trims off all evil         \nfrom the soul of man            \n\n**_it now haunts me_**          \n**_shall i fall or stand_**         \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe ](http://instagram.com/poetrique) 04-03-018     \n\n- - -\n\n## east to west\n\n- - -\n\n#### Just right\n\nI’m not even sure how all this ties up,       \nTo make sense but it feels right,       \nWith knees to the ground and eyes up,       \nIt just feels right.        \n\nWith every mistake made and repeated,       \nLessons not learnt and mind undefeated,       \nRepentance, repentance, secreted,       \nIt all feels just right.        \n\nEncounter upon departure,       \nDeparture upon merger,        \nTightly-knit circles,       \nNow this, this feels quite right.       \n\nLoyalty to betrayal,        \nThere’s never a round for trials,       \nOnly those that are tribulations,       \nThe test run is the actual situation,       \nCalculate your risks,       \nEven if you don’t,        \nAt some point,      \nYou can get used to anything,       \nIt will all feel just right.        \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; apoetpepa ](http://instagram.com/apoetpepa) 03-31-018     \n\n- - - -\n\n#### How to cook pride\n\nChop it into pieces,      \nStir it up in a bowl,       \nBoil it,        \nSprinkle a spice here, a tear there,            \nMarinade it in justification and excuses,       \nPreheat your Dutch oven         \nthat is you ever-so-accurate mind,      \nWith a side of your largest ego,        \nYou can butter the pan with the         \nlies that you tell yourself,        \n\nFry it if you want,         \nDeep-fry it in the depth        \nof all the disappointment,      \nAs the snaps of their heart         \nbreaks echo from the fire,      \n\nAfter you have done all this,       \nOr whichever you please,        \nYou may swallow it.     \nAnd wash it down with a tall glass       \nof that ice-cold heart.     \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; apoetpepa ](http://instagram.com/apoetpepa) 03-31-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### Power to will\n\nDiscipline,         \nIs the power of willpower,          \nThe power to will your mind into        \nselectively choosing what is right for you,     \nEven when what is right for you         \nis not what is easy for you,        \nEven when what is right for you         \nmight not be what is good for you,      \nAt the time,        \nEven when what is right for you      \nmight just be what brings you pain,     \nEven when what is right for         \nmight not actually be right for you but right for,      \nHim, for her, for them.     \n\nThe power to will your mind         \ninto choosing tomorrow over today,      \nTo look up from your screen         \nso you can see the bigger picture.      \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; apoetpepa ](http://instagram.com/apoetpepa) 03-31-018     \n\n- - -\n\n#### Get to know you        \n\nThe most fun I have ever had            \n is getting to know me,         \nFor me,         \nThrough me,         \nThrough God.            \n\nMy likes, my dislikes,          \nMy path …           \nWithout the pressure and noise          \nfrom the buzzing of notifications,          \nWithout justifying me           \nand actually being true to me.          \n\nWithout feeling the need            \nto be complemented by anything or anyone,           \nRushed by anything,         \nCompared, measured,         \nGenuinely living for me,            \nIt is like an extra Sunday to the week,         \nLike the extra five minutes in the morning,         \nLike always being on top of your own peak,          \nAnd like the nightingale, I will sing,              \nThe song of my rejoice that need not be sung,           \nFor it is its own anthem.           \n\n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)         \n[\u0026copy; apoetpepa ](http://instagram.com/apoetpepa) 03-31-018         \n\n- - -\n\n## lost heroes\n\n- - -\n\n#### artsy heart\n\nlife is a tart        \ni doubt that i have       \neaten one       \n\n_yet still_       \n_imagine it apart_        \n\nall torn up       \nin front of you        \nshowing you secrets       \nwhat do you do        \n\n_yet still_       \n_imagine it apart_        \n\nhow do you do       \nwhat you should do        \nseems like life       \nis fucked from the start        \n\n_yet still_       \n_imagine it apart_        \n\nlife is like an egg       \ni eat these often       \nthey are good for the heart       \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-26-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### proud dropout\n\npicked letting my sis       \ngrow smarter, over        \nsome dumb paper       \n\ni was **top** of a division       \nof a form, they made cause        \ni studied maths and history       \n\n_got first place, first term_       \n_then **left**_         \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-26-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### eastern city flows\n\ni lived in the land       \nof **_ndizi_** and **_chapati_**        \ni am a wanderer       \ni am not just talking       \n**sipigi kelele**\n\ni laugh as i write this       \nconfused just as i was        \nback then when life was       \nmuch simpler, when ties         \nwere held up with smiles,       \ninstead of lies       \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-26-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### tape covered notes\n\nwith you did i      \nfirst know love     \nintimate and timid      \nwith you did i      \nfirst know loss     \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-26-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## peacock soul\n\n- - -\n\n####  watch me dazzle\n\ni walk the simple way       \nof an angel, that does not pray     \ni know my path      \ni move now with decision      \n\ncut at my folly like a surgeon      \nyou might not believe this      \nyou who judge me      \n\ni do so too      \ni also think my mind is ugly      \nindifference saved me     \n_from you and i_      \ntaught me not to blink, as i fly      \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### dreadlocks\n\nmy hair is messy now      \nin an afro frown     \nwith nappy curls      \npure as the first     \nafrican god's smile     \n\nbless me whomsoever     \nis in charge of it all      \ni feel free, without worry      \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### sleep like death\n\nforget the title      \nthis is a happy poem      \nthis is a mental totem      \n\ni sleep like my soul      \nis more than exhausted      \ni have had to ignore Saint Nico     \nhis once holy kiss     \nnow poisons     \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### long sleeves\n\ni feel like the chains        \ni painted on my skin      \nhave washed away      \n\nthe sweat and blood     \nof murdered dreams      \nbeat loud enough within     \nme, to awaken my soul\n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## song of modern icarus\n\ni fall then       \npretend       \nto repent         \n\ndo not go       \ntoo close to angels       \ntheir lovers        \ntend to fall        \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## be not deceived\n\ni am **far** from common        \ni am **near** genius        \ni am a creator        \ni build and destroy       \n\ni am not a boy        \na man was i from birth        \ni never had a childhood       \ni thought with        \ntoo much **depth**        \n\n_       \n[=POETRIQUE=](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### maybe this is meant to be\n\n**_maybe_**  i am meant     \nto be alone and godly     \n**_maybe_**  i am meant     \nto have no one to love me     \n**_maybe_**  i am more      \nthan ugly - but dont know this    \n\n**_maybe_** **_maybe_** **_maybe_**       \n\n_       \n[by POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## waterfall\n\n- - -\n\n#### the wash\n\nlife is but a journery      \ntaken by the brave      \nand emotionally weak      \n\ni would say     \nlike a rollercoaster too      \n_but i have never been on one_      \n\n_       \n[by POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### drowning happy\n\nwash your soul      \nin the rivers     \nof euphoria     \n\neat like a baby     \nfeel wavy     \nlearn your weaknesses     \nthen train your demons      \n\n_       \n[by POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### reason to fly\n\n**do i need**     \nin truth, a reason to fly     \n**do i need**     \nin truth, a reason to lie     \n\n_to myself_     \n_to my mother_      \n_to my father_      \n_to my lover:_ to be      \n\nwhy can i not      \nlike the ugly, just be      \n\n_       \n[by POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n03-22-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## achy breaky heart\n\ni know why girls      \nthink i am rare     \nbut common      \n\nit is cause     \ni drag my clouds      \nthrough the dust      \n\nso they think i    \nam but a pretty baked morsel      \n**_with no crust_**\n\n_       \n[by POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n03-21-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## five simple minds\n\n- - -\n\n#### dark web\n\nwhat is life, what is love          \ntell me if you know         \nwhat's a crow, what's a dove            \ntell me if you know         \n\nthe way a beat does         \t\nwrap itself around a soul, if you know          \t\ntell me if you know         \t\n\nall we can ever do,         \nis ride low         \t\nthere is no black         \nson of god, no dark apostle         \t\n\nbut i hold it not against any religion\t       \t\t\t\nyou see, its all supertition            \n\n**_what if god lives in the internet_**         \t\n**_that is heaven's best bet_**         \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### soul\n\ncreatures of the darkness,        \n* they feed on the darkness,        \n\nthat lurks in our soul        \n* pressuring our misery         \n  to build their bones        \n* destroying our walls,         \n  and stealing the stones       \n\nso we're lost in the ruins,         \nof our newly corrupted soul.        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Itz_Gana](https://medium.com/@Itz_Gana)       \n02-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-9x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1519374067/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-09x.jpg)\n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e        \n02-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### one day\n\nMaybe one day life        \nwon't be so complicated,        \nMaybe one day we'll shed        \nall the insecurities        \n\nthat have grown on us and have         \nsouls that are pure and naked,        \nMaybe one day our innocence we'll regain,       \nWhen that time comes we will be children again        \n\nWe'll be free to cast our worries aside,        \nForget our problems and throw away        \nall the sorrows we have to hide,        \nMaybe one day we'll be free to soar         \nthrough life like birds in the sky,       \n\nAnd maybe one day         \npigs will grow wings        \nand learn how to fly        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; JUNGGLE GEORGE ](http://www.instagram.com/jungglegeorge/)       \n02-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### prince turned king\n\nI remain hidden in fluctuating        \nshades of grey and black        \n\nHorrified by the slaughter of my people       \nHorrified by the slaughter of my kind       \n\nI remain hidden for fear of my demise         \nAnd with pain I watch as my father is also        \nSlain       \n\nThe crown falls from atop his head        \nimmediately I'm sure he is dead         \nCause the African holds on to the crown till death        \n\nStill in motion the crown         \nfinds my hiding place and         \nstops it's movement at my feet        \n\nI was a prince but now I am king        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; HUNTER BORN ](http://www.instagram.com/hunterborn_/)       \n02-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## fool no more\n\ni am a fool no more         \nlife is cool no more        \ni stare at reality        \nangry and calm        \n\ni count my sins       \nthey climb up to the stars.       \nnothing soothes       \nno one can choose       \nthe darkness of their soul        \n\nmomma wants me to be holy       \npoppa just wants me to be         \nyet he is never around me       \n\nthere is no one to ease       \ni seek no longer to please        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-23-018    \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-10x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/v1519374067/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-10x.jpg)\n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e        \n02-23-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## save me\n\nno one at all       \ni desire nothing now      \nbut to bask     \nin the silence of my sin      \nwhat say you      \nwill you come too ...       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-19-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## grinning sinner\n\n- - -\n\n#### rare mirth\n\ni hardly laugh      \nwhy should i      \ni am too weak to cry       \nhow could i       \n\ni seek gold in mines of coal       \ni heal, then rip apart my soul      \n\npoetic i would claim, i be        \nwhen in truth       \ni am a prophet      \npeddling vanity       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-18-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### beggar piper\n\ni hold a gift     \nnay, many       \ni could have all      \nyay, any        \n\nbut i fall for i am weak        \ni beg when i should preach        \nstutter when i could teach        \nthe blind, of hell's true peak       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-18-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### the silent path\n\nshould have been more       \ni seek joy's true door      \npain, the heavens pour        \non my heart's very floor      \n\nno one understands        \nthat is the girdle        \nof my confusion,         \nthe girth of my delusion        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-18-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### wakanda\n\nam i a black panther        \nis there anything royal about me        \nall the tanzanite in my soul        \nwho can see ...       \n\ni fall into the darkness of sin         \nyet feel godly        \nis there a cure for humanity        \nlet me drink it,        \nand fall sound asleep ...       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-18-018    \n\n- - -\n\n![mambo-11x](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1518956052/htmlpoems/mambo/mambo-11x.jpg)\n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; mambo](http://instagram.com/manlikemambo) \u003ci class=\"em em-candy\"\u003e\u003c/i\u003e        \n02-18-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## pointless\n\ndo not fight        \nthe demons that you see       \nthe pain within your soul       \nyour sorrows turned to joy      \nthe world is just too cold        \n\ndo not fight        \nthe love you know to doubt        \nwhisper and then shout        \nthe gods are too asleep       \nto help you out         \n\ndo not fight        \nwho you know you are        \nyou could be a star       \nor a blackhole        \neither way, you are in the sky        \n\ndo not fight        \nwhat helps you remember       \nyou are made of gold        \nwho cares if no one cares        \nwipe away your tears        \n\ndo not fight        \nthe colours on your soul        \nthe red that proves you are bloody        \nthe black that is your mind       \nthe green that is your flag       \n\ndo not fight        \nthe pointlessness of life       \nthere is no rhythm to reality       \nno one will sing your song        \ntill you claim it is your anthem        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-16-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## dirty high\n\nalmost fell off     \nthe last cloud      \nheaven loaned me      \n\nmy sin was bold       \nmy sorrow deep        \ni croaked to cough        \nand gasped to weep        \n\n**_my weakness_**       \n**_is why she left me_**\n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-13-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## black panther\n\nman be an urban warrior     \ncode on the cloud       \nin the internet corridor      \n\ngithub [@Usheninte](http://github.com/Usheninte)        \ncause i am the new Kunta Kinte        \na negus like **Selassie**       \n\nthe **_green_** in my heart       \nthe **_gold_** around my soul       \nthe **_black_** be melanin        \n\n... the hue of blessed sin        \n... 'pon my pagan skin        \nnot every apple gets to be a tart       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-11-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## red\n\n- - -\n\n#### tainted heart\n\nthey are the angels       \nand i the demon       \n\nthe blighted son of Helen       \neven when good        \nnot hard to leave\n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-09-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### burnt rose\n\nshe said goodbye        \nwith a wry smile       \n\ni was not bad enough        \nto tear her from her        \nspirit guides       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-09-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### puff puff pass\n\naway your pain        \ndo it today       \ni have        \n\n'cause even if        \nyou give your all       \nevery good is       \nbound to fall       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-09-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## moth light\n\npray tell me **stories**        \npray tell me **_tales_**        \nbeauties of ages        \n\n**glorious and gone**       \n\ncurse all my **worries**        \ncurse all my **_wails_**        \npain, though once pent up       \n\n**glorious and gone**       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-08-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## SILLY THOUGHTS\n\nSometimes I feel invisible or like      \nI exist only in someone's subconscious.       \n\nLike, what if I'm not real        \nI mean, what if I'm just a part         \nof someone's reality.       \nOr what if this is just         \nsomeone's nightmare, Because        \nI'm definitely not living a dream.        \n\nI mean, I know for sure         \nthere could be infinite alternate realities        \nto every reality.       \n\nMy reality isn't convincing enough.       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Itz_Gana](https://medium.com/@Itz_Gana)       \n02-07-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## goth king\n\n- - -\n\n#### superficious\n\ndo you think      \nmy black nails are      \nsimply superficious     \n\nmy dark soul        \nis simply maleficient       \n**...** i am something      \nmore than, just magnificent     \n\n_even my girl knows i am far from normal_       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### mad lullabies\n\ni **do not** sing often     \ni have **ever** fewer true friends     \nthan the digits on any human hand     \ni understand but do not **fear the**      \n**darkness**, you claim maddens you ...     \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### clipped wings\n\ni am far from icarus      \ni am far from heaven sent     \ndown to darkness, i seem bent       \n\non falling headfirst        \ni must paint this lest i repent       \ncarve a rose in ink on my chest       \n\nmaybe then the world will know        \nno every savior need be a saint       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### never repeat\n\nspeak twice no more     \nthird time, is the charm     \ni just fell once more     \nfelt the thirst for the nicotine      \n**_damn_** : few things hurt so       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### more than man\n\ni fall not to repeat my sin     \ni bathe in Hades' river     \nto rinse my mind clean      \n\nthe calmness of Olympus     \nseems to me to be but     \nordered chaos     \n\nhow can gods sit upon     \na mound of stone      \nand call it home      \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### rare evening dove\n\nfew are truly honest      \nfewer, yet still calm     \n\nmost are aged yet young within      \nmy dove is young, yet aged without      \n\nsmart as the anvil near Vulcan's flame      \nshe wears her thoughts with no drop of shame      \n\nif i am the heat of an ancient desert     \nshe is the smoothest singing palm       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n02-05-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## nicotine sanity\n\na cigarette a     \nday, keeps the doctor away      \n... or so i dare say        \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## tell them\n\n_words of_ warmth     \nif it will make them      \npause and believe     \n\n_words of_ war ...      \nif it will make them      \nrise and acheive      \n\nif it will make them      \nact and perceive      \n**_words of_** warning      \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## choir noir\n\n- - -\n\n#### the anthem\n\nit hums in silence      \nshould i ignore it      \n\nor let it sink it     \nit mocks me, and      \nat my pain, laughs softly     \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### hungry revolutionary\n\nhe wanders on the field      \nfor the bread of peace      \n\nwalking into      \nthe **_enemy's den_**     \n\nunafraid of hell      \nfor from a heaven, he fell     \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### les jacques\n\nlike in a tale      \nof two cities     \nthe spirit      \nworships two deities    \n\n1. one of **patience**      \n2. one of **angst**     \n\nagainst and for     \nthe soul they fight     \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### dumb lead\n\nthe music of reality      \nrarely parts my lips      \n\ni wander 'cross ancient galaxies      \ncollecting teardrops of skylight      \nwill it all amount to _aught_     \n\n**i am the dumb lead**      \n**in an opera, take heed**      \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### caramel blunders\n\nand melanin wonders     \nenvelope my     \nyouthful soul     \n\nin parts, in whole      \ni smile and **thole**     \n\n_excuse_ the grammar\n_my heart_ does stammer\n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-28-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## remembering normal\n\nthe absence of thought      \nis not a thing in itself      \n\nblink mentally      \nremember normality      \nit is a gift for the mundanity      \nyou offered to bleed gold     \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-27-018    \n\n- - -\n\n## no sleep\n\n- - -\n\n#### i am numb\n\ni am cold now       \nfrom dipping my soul        \t\nin lofty icy depths         \n\ni catch swift breaths       \nof redemption       \nas i slip       \never deeper into        \nholy perdition      \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-27-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### who i am in truth\n\nis no more than a shade         \nthan a blunt yet sharpened blade        \n\nrare as the ancient jade        \nsilver when it sold the son of god          \n\n... _i but banter_      \ni am but a semi-righteous being       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-27-018    \n\n- - -\n\n#### whatevz\n\nyou cannot control me       \nyou would       \nhave to understand      \nfirst, which you do not     \n\n**lol**         \ni am not your boy       \n\n_       \n[@ POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)      \n[\u0026copy; Pipe /\\/|\\/\\ ](http://instagram.com/poetrique)       \n01-27-018    \n\n- - -\n\n[![All Dark Hurt Darling](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512928695/a-d-h-d_poetrique.png)](http://bit.ly/adhd-poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## a boy named ransom\n\n- - -\n\n#### denied\n\na chance at love by the holy     \ntold that i was nothing     \nby the ugly and the lowly     \nand i have believed them all     \n\ni ought now to bolden up      \nand firmly stand tall     \ni shall explain my soul no more     \ni shut now the last door     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### gifted\n\nbelieve you will never     \ncome across a star like me     \neven i do not know     \nmy full glow     \n\ni need to press it harder     \ninto the furnace of life     \nhit it on the anvil     \nof madness and strife     \n\ni am gifted     \ntwisted and blistered     \na purple diamond     \ni will earn a galaxy     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### forgotten\n\nGod forgot to make a mate for me     \nhe or she decided      \ni do not deserve companionship     \n\nno love sticks, my heart is bark     \nyet i have been burdened     \nwith a soul of sap      \n\nof honey golden running impure      \nable to see love but never sure     \n\nif i was meant to be happy     \nthen this numbness in me     \nought not to be a reality    \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## f*ck it all\n\nlet me down     \nlet me fall     \ntaste the dust     \ni will never call     \nout for help     \nnot anymore     \n\ni have waited too long     \nat love's door     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## ugly duckling\n\ni am kin to none     \nin truth, in fact     \n\nmy species have laughed     \nwhen i tried to look back     \nleave me in my misery      \n\ni am not dark     \n_just the opposite of white_     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## wolf abuse\n\npuppy dog love     \nturns to wolf abuse     \n\ncome not to me     \nwhen he does refuse     \n\n**nothing is ever worth, feeling anything**     \n\nperhaps i was too cocky     \nand the lord thus decided     \nto shock me     \n\n**nothing is ever worth, feeling anything**     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## nostalgia\n\ni miss the former days     \nwhen life passed in a daze     \n\nand i knew never time     \nnor place     \n\njust after i fell     \nlike a dark angel     \nfalselly accused     \n\nfrom grace     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## expletive\n\nbullsh*t they try     \nto feed me on the steady     \n\nfor the new god     \nno one can be ready     \n\nmy manner is bloody     \nruddy and cold     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## emotions\n\n- - -\n\n#### my reality\n\nit takes an insect     \nin my eye to make me _weep_      \n\nand a prescribed pill\nto make me **sleep**\n\ni gamble with machinations     \nfoster calculations     \njust so, i do not feel like **_sheep_**\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### queen\n\ni knew her for half a second    \nthat was enough     \nshe is the last    \nin a recent rapid succession\n\nto ignore my love     \nand my soul rebuff\n\nshe had a     \nrapid fire spirit     \nbright as the sun, was she ...     \nshe was my new religion     \ni stood at her pulpit     \n\n**_now i know_**     \n**_i can never serve_**     \n**_the god king of love_**     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### nerd for life\n\ni have used up     \ntwo blue ink pens     \nduring these exams     \n\nof life: reality tutors me     \ni obey my teacher alone     \ni cannot stop      \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### nothing changes\n\ni made my lips sweet     \nfor a _convo_ that never held     \n\nfor a spluttering sparrow     \nof a bird     \nto become in a triangle     \nan unwilling third     \n\ni still cannot share my love     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### good night\n\nnothing can improve     \nfor a star-crossed poet     \n\ni am fuzzy inside     \nbut never show it     \nmy pain must turn to profit     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## premium\n\n- - -\n\n#### fired\n\ni Need No muse    \ni have dropped every ruse     \ni am    \n... ... plaiN aNd cold     \ni am     \n... ... mad aNd bold     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### the blessed\n\ncome across love    \nthe holy    \ndraw Near to god     \n\nNothing is to me       \na source of joy    \npermaNeNt     \nor vaiN    \n\nfrom Needless mirth    \narouNd me, refraiN     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### capitalized N\n\nfor Ninte    \nfor kNowledge    \nand for     \nmy saNity    \n\ni am an aviaN    \nvisioNary    \nflyiNg across a cloud    \nNoir aNd full of storms    \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n[![ampersand-online](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1510499535/htmlpoems/ampersand_poetrique.png)](http://bit.ly/Ampersand-Online)\n\n[read AMPERSAND online](http://bit.ly/Ampersand-Online)\n\n- - -\n\n## spaceman\n\ni feel nothing   \ni am a star    \nout of place   \n\nnot joy, not anger   \ntruly not even **_pain_**   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n## fallen\n\ndrops of gold  \nout of my heart   \nout of my soul   \n\ni hear the laughter   \nof the angels that do weep   \ni do not blink   \ni can not sleep   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n## 2 shots\n\ndown from on high   \nshot like a fool   \ninto the ground   \n\nwent back for   \nmore pain   \nhurt again   \n\ntake this not   \nfor weakkness   \ni remain a titan   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n![collage](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:ukulele,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512801064/htmlpoems/12-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## bae book\n\n- - -\n\n#### snap boy\n\nhe took my picture   \ni am after    \nhis girl   \n\ni will get her   \nshe spins on her toes   \n\nhim a snap boy   \nme a bad man   \nmy mind is no safe toy   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n#### ants in a coda bottle\n\nlick up   \nall the joy   \nyou sober fighter   \n\ndo not hesitate   \ntake what is left   \n\n**do your best**   \n\npass the test   \nof sweetness   \nand sobriety   \nget high on your soul   \n\n**do your best**   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n#### ratatata\n\nmadness   \nis a rhythm   \nsadness: is a game   \n\nmy soul   \nis free and complex   \n\n_yet still intact_   \n\n**_ratatata_**   \n\ni speak   \nin the language   \nof pain sweet   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n#### gutter\n\neffortlessly, i cut   \nthrough souls   \nlike they are butter   \n\n**_yet still, though_**   \n**_my heart is a gutter_**   \n\ni breathe in gasps   \ni talk in riddles   \nso my muse believes me   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)  \n\n- - -\n\n#### alpha\n\na, b, c   \n1, 2, 3   \ni am a king   \nand a knave indeed   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -  \n\n#### relunctant      \n\nan adviser she   \nclaims to be, but she knows   \nshe is more with me   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n#### aim\n\nshe wore a dress   \ncolder than reality   \n\ncloser to sanity   \nis she, than i   \n\nfor her i aim to fly   \nbut i have no wings   \nthus i must fall   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)    \n\n- - -\n\n## colosseum\n\nexposed to the sun   \nnaked like a maiden   \nor a mind unborn   \n\nyou were a palace of madness   \nyou are nothing but a ruin   \nbut a dream now   \n\nwas it sinful   \nthat i did not come so often   \nto worship, before you fell?   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)   \n\n- - -\n\n![htmlpoems](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512800578/htmlpoems/11-HP_poetrique.jpg.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## the show\n\nwe are on the waves    \nsurfing, but never drowning    \nscreaming but never shouting    \nspeaking from our souls   \n\nwe keep it simple    \nopen and unspoken    \nmoving agendas,    \nshinying shields, and blades   \nmental precision   \n\n**_the show is more than the mic spit_**   \n**_we pilot the art - this is the cockpit_**   \n\non the steady   \nclearly ready   \nnothing bloddy   \ndirty logic   \n\nwe are the new scientists   \nancient like kings   \npostmodern relics   \n\nwe are the new preachers   \nteaching the soft religion   \nmoving like ghosts   \nwalking like wolves   \nwe are the new magicians   \n\n**_the show is more than the mic spit_**   \n**_we pilot the art - this is the cockpit_**   \n\nwe know all our brothers   \nwe rock all the borders   \nwe are up in the air   \nlike bluebirds    \n\nof all the cool faces   \nwe make up two-thirds   \nwe are aiming for greatness    \nwe do what we want to     \nthere is nothing holding us back    \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## explain\n\nwhy can i never    \nrelay as in ink   \nmy words, in person - sharper   \n\nthe faults i feel i have   \ni have told them to you   \nyou should not remember   \n\nnever bother   \nthe humble and shy   \nare not oft recalled   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![love](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512371745/htmlpoems/10-HP_adawrites_2.jpg)\n\n[\u0026copy; ADAWRITES](http://instagram.com/adawrites)   \n\n[view ADAWRITES' other works](http://instagram.com/adawrites)\n\n- - -\n\n## who i need to be\n\n- - -\n\n#### a man\n\nfirst and foremost   \nthus, i need a companion   \n\nno one can truly breathe alone   \n\nteach me to roam    \nacross the brightest part   \nof Hades' sky    \n\nso i can be the one for you   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### love galore\n\ni can be loyal     \ni need someone   \nto be so for   \n\nleave me when you feel    \nnothing again   \ndo not just drift   \nlike golden dust, again   \nlet me know - **then**   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### chocolates\n\nkeep you joyful   \nbut i   \nhave no sweet tooth   \neven if, the first soul   \ni ever brushed was a gem   \n\nmelt upon me   \nsigh atop me   \nkeep it simple   \nblunt and free   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### deaf man words\n\nyou might not like   \nmy ways, my sayings   \nmy thoughts and ideas   \n\nbut never doubt my   \narithmetic rhythm   \nalways and forever   \n\ni will prove a deaf man   \nspitting on the sun   \ncold words   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![love-secrets](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512198576/htmlpoems/09-HP_poetrique.png)\n\n- - -\n\n## last page\n\nno more stories       \nto tell     \n\nit is unentertaining       \nhow often   \ni have fallen    \n\n**_one last hurrah_**     \n**_for the trip in the sky_**    \n\nthe bravest ones    \nnever win    \n\nand surely too    \nthose farthest from the truth    \nnever lie    \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## soul food\n\nage your ideas       \nfiner than wine       \n\nupon your soul     \nfeast and dine     \nyou are all you require        \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## cobain\n\nwhen the   \ntime comes   \n\ni will   \nfeed my  \nmind   \n\nits proper   \ndiet   \na bullet\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![gandalf](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512196010/htmlpoems/08-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## what i have to say\n\n- - -\n\n#### for now\n\nthe pain is a game   \na two minute race   \nwithout face   \nwithout pace   \n\nits a mental mirage   \nthat burns from within   \nit soothes too, i must confess   \n\nherein lies the truth   \nof my pathetic sin   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### barsman\n\ni burn bars   \nnot for ectasy   \n\nbut to reclaim    \nthe key to reality    \nmy once sober clarity   \nmy weak hold on vanity   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### better already\n\ndo i swim or wade through life   \nseek out bitter, endless strife   \n\nneither in truth   \ni drown each day     \n\n**_in the pool_**   \n**_of my mind's tear_**  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## make-believe\n\nthoughts imaginary   \ni pull out   \nof my magic black hat   \nwith a rabid white rabbit   \n\nthere is no   \nsaving me   \nfrom make-believe   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## assay\n\noften, and with care   \nwithout reflection   \nor a drop of fear   \n\nnever ignorant   \ngetting goals accomplished   \nevaluate all   \nregardless of where   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![loyalty](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512092145/htmlpoems/07-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## a-levels\n\ni dropped out to focus   \nand study more   \nand mentally soar   \n\nyou knock on the door   \nfor the encore   \ni fly, for the high   \n\ni never sleep   \nfor in the heavens   \nyou cannot snore   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## dar es salaam\n\nraised in the city   \nof peace, and chapati   \n\nwent to the ocean  \nwhen i wanted   \nworked on walls      \nwhite - with graffiti      \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## create, debate\n\nart is argument    \nart is peace   \n\nrelease, now   \nyour next work   \nlike it is      \nyou last bow     \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## in truth\n\ni am nothing    \njust a shell    \njust for show   \n\ndark warm snow   \nam i. Nothing else   \nnothing mo'   \n\n...\n\nmo' money   \nmeans   \nmo' monkey biz   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## other poets\n\nare better than me   \nsimpler, you see   \nfree as can be   \n\nwith regard to myself,    \ni know   \n\n- this is catharsis   \n- this has no rhyme   \n\nmy depth is shallow at best\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![not-easy](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512029156/htmlpoems/06-HP_adawrites_1.jpg)\n\n[\u0026copy; ADAWRITES](http://instagram.com/adawrites)   \n\n[view ADAWRITES' other works](http://instagram.com/adawrites)\n\n- - -\n\n## to my future love\n\n- - -\n\n#### trust\n\nis a seed   \nthat does   \nnot just grow   \n\nfirst you sow   \nthen you mend   \n\n**_on and on_**   \n**_without end_**   \n\ni will give   \nyou will take   \njust do not   \n\npretend   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### desire\n\ncome at me always   \nwith the heat   \nof pure fire   \n\nnever relent   \nin loving   \nand i too   \nwill never   \nin adoring   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### want me\n\nits not complex   \ntruly simple   \nyou and me\n\nwant and need   \n_not me indeed_   \n\nbut the passion   \nyou and i   \nknow i breed   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### reflect\n\non the way   \nyou once did walk   \nbefore i passed   \nyou my cross   \n\nblanched as chalk   \nis my soul   \nwith a center   \nfull of **melanin**\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## impatient\n\ni tire   \nof waiting   \n\nof skating   \non the fence\n\nof relating   \nwith pagans   \n\n**_full of pretence_**   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## bitter blunt\n\nyou sting   \nand whisper   \na tale of death   \n\nbut im not coughing   \nbut im not choking   \ni accept it   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![hey-namrata](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1512007384/htmlpoems/05-HP_poetrique.png)\n\n- - -\n\n## just because\n\nlets do nothing   \njust because   \n\nlife is a game   \nyou catch   \nand toss   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## mean\n\ndo not like me   \nif you wish   \nthat does not matter   \n\njust do not speak   \nbehind my back   \ni hear your chatter   \n\ni taste sweet   \nask your soul   \ni am a honeyed black adder   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## darling\n\ncome to me\n\n**_in a dream_**   \n**_smile and dance_**   \n\nleave me be   \nif you can   \n\n**_in a dream_**   \n**_smile and dance_**   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## midnight\n\ngod bless   \nmy magic yellow pill   \n\nfor drowning out   \nthe pain surreal   \n\nthank you lov*   \nfor being real   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![skin-\u0026-bone](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1511933811/htmlpoems/04-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## question\n\na stranger asked   \n\"are you okay?\"   \n\nno friend can stand   \nwith me by day   \n\nask not why i repress my pain   \nleave me this way   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## antihero\n\n- - -\n\n#### batman\n\ni am alone      \nthat ought not    \nto be stated    \n\nyet i save    \nthose i can    \nfrom falling    \n\ni am no saint    \nyet still,    \nhalf-martyred    \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### the punisher\n\nguerrilla warrior   \nsweeper of deceit   \n\nnothing poetic   \nbreathing crooked   \npure artistry   \n\nanger is a weapon   \ni know too well   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### john constantine\n\nchain smoker   \nmy pain is hidden     \nin a box   \n\ndemon caller   \ni know my faults   \n\nnot worthy of a lover   \ni lie to all   \nleave me be   \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### catwoman\n\nindependent    \nbroken    \nindependent    \n\nall in turns    \nno pain burns    \n\nwalk on edges    \nfly off rooftops    \nall to run away    \nfrom love\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## bye\n\ntrue poetry   \nthey do not  \nfeel your truth  \n\ntrue love  \nthey do not  \nwant your warmth  \n\ntrue peace  \nthey do not  \nseek your girth  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n![singular](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1511827448/htmlpoems/03-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n\n- - -\n\n## del ray\n\n_lana knows my soul_  \n\ni guess  \ni think  \ni cannot know  \n\n_lana knows my soul_  \n\nshe breathes  \npure gold  \nyet wants nothing  \n\n_lana knows my soul_  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## simple\n\ncould love not be  \ndirect as smoke  \n\nstraight as a tree  \nother than  \nfull of glee  \n\nwhy do we  \nclaim we know  \nwhat we do not  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## guns and roses\n\nlife    \n_*_     \nlove  \n_*_   \nabstinence     \n_*_    \nabsence    \n_*_  \nemptiness    \n_*_  \nempathy\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n![b-l-u-e](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1511827495/htmlpoems/02-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n- - -\n\n## lack of\n\nthe absence    \nof sleep    \nmeans not  \ninsomnia  \n\nthe lack   \nof love  \nmeans not   \nloneliness  \n\nnothing can  \nfill a thing  \nthat is nothing  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## cold poetry\n\nlook not    \ninto my eyes    \n_i cannot look back_     \n\nlook not    \ninto my soul    \n_its kind of wack_  \n\nmy poems  \nhardly rhyme nowadays  \n_now thats a fact_  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n## do not\n\n- - -\n\ndo not look  \ndo not see  \ndo not feel  \ndo not speak  \n\n_understand_  \n_there is no point_  \n\ndo not love  \ndo not hug  \ndo not smile  \ndo not reach  \n\n_understand_  \n_there is no point_  \n\ndo not wonder  \ndo not ask  \ndo not bother  \ndo not sigh  \n\n**...**\n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n![i am nue nue](http://res.cloudinary.com/poetrique/image/upload/c_scale,e_art:linen,q_auto:best,w_500/v1511761478/htmlpoems/01-HP_poetrique.jpg)\n- - -\n\n## CONFESSIONS\n\n- - -\n\n#### no one can\n\nsee this  \nso  \ni will no try  \n\ni cannot cry,  \nwill not be  \nheard when i die  \n\ncare for  \na half-broken soul  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### understand\n\ni cannot be  \nhappy in the  \ntrue sense  \n\nthere is a  \nrhythm to joy  \ni might  \nnever learn  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### the way\n\nthat i feel  \nis not so deep  \nnot so complex  \n\ntruly  \nnot so slick  \ndisposable  \nas a tick  \n\nyet i strive  \nfor no reason  \nfor a season  \nof spring  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### my mind beats\n\nillogical  \nbalanced and grotesque  \n\nlike a jungle  \nvoltaire  \ni think _candide_  \n\ninstead  \nof my heart  \ni need it to feel  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n\n- - -\n\n#### ... i need a muse\n\noffers were up  \ndown to the ground  \n\nno one can hear  \nmy soul's very sound  \n\ni tire of speaking  \npainting, and explaining  \n\nthe pits of my being  \nand broken lofty peaks  \n\n[\u0026copy; POETRIQUE](http://instagram.com/poetrique)\n","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnullthefirst%2Fhtmlpoems","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fnullthefirst%2Fhtmlpoems","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fnullthefirst%2Fhtmlpoems/lists"}