My pen speaks volumes Poetry by Lezy de Yong
To all the readers, This collection of poems from our friend Lezy represents some of the best we have seen. It is not just another set of words. This is poetry deep-felt by a person who reflects on life. Somehow, the pain and joy of living has been captured and it shows a person deeply concerned about where we are going as people and society. That these poems are worth it is and understatement. Ivan Otterstrom Romele Publications
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r Guardian See when day makes way for the night We start to lose our minds Love lost is never found Cause we chasing time Enemies don’t even wanna reconcile They torn apart By what is called little white lies Twisted thoughts Has made us lose track of what’s right We taking walks in the night Cause we never want to see the light Problems are never solved Cause they said to be a strong man you gadda put up a fight So I ask “ what are we fighting for?” The truth is this will never end We’ve heard a lot of conspiracy theories So we never wanna repent I’m the guardian Here to speak the truth cause I’m God send And I’m sick of this nonsense
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She’s a very good judge of character Though I’m not part of her list I’m trying to make the director’s cut But I’m not part of her script She’s looking for a fighter But I don’t like using my fists She thinks I know nothing about pain But I have taken a lot of hits Painted my scars gold So all she sees in the glow U must not be from around here why u speak so good? On those 2 wires on your teeth? Must be very expensive too! U must not be from this Hood Sounded kinda funny cause she has no clue er brain doesn’t compare to her looks I should have told her my truth lled me a coconut a cheese boy when asked what’s her favorite book She judged before reading and said I’m boring wow so soon? Was trying to start a conversation But ended up looking like a fool Guess I’m a bad judge of character she got me tripping not cool Glad I had to go through all that Cause now I found someone who’s the total opposite Of You
The colou They’ve turned us to non-believers With all the fabrications they feed us Gave heroism to fiction leaders With the aim to deceive us Watch them turn to soulless creatures The color green the only thing they speak of Though the grass ain’t getting greener Freedom of speech comes with a price tag Politically be correct in your sentences Make you serve a sentence This doesn’t make no sense
ur green Heard are those in positions of accumulating cents Dollars, Euros and Rand’s ‘Cause cash rules everything around this planet And we follow the rules that the 5 families have planned Fortune and Fame Be the name of the game Forced to conform to this norm So we all play
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when I was 3 years old g but a rolling stone r seen his face now his place t to even care never been there ommon that we share God for the sins of my father the best for my nd Daughters what the future holds y u love me et me go s where I call it home for the sins of my father d sometimes I cause trouble om them as I grow brought back my glow found myself a home
Going ma At times my heart’s desires give me anxiety When my eyes are close enough to see But my hands too far to reach When my subconscious says it’s reality But my consciousness says no it was just a dream This is not what I have imagined my life would be Depression slowly creeping up on me Self medicating drowning my sorrows in liquor and weed Ain’t nothing wrong with trees But at the rate I was going I would have been six feet
ad slowly So I started therapy No shrink I’m talking music and poetry Ink on pages words on QWERTY keys Eliminated negativity Started craving positive energy Made peace with my dark past That place was cold and very lonely No self-pity nor sorry These pages tell my story I owe my life to these rhymes They saved me from this raging war inside of me I’m now free So I let my pen speak!
Life ... or Too many expectations Society with their discriminations Family with these questions Primary, secondary and tertiary qualifications Go to school, get employment and a bit of remuneration Get married, have kids and live a legacy for the next generation Live a lie and pretend like life has no complications Do it better than the neighborhood kids no healthy competition In your perfect little world hiding your imperfections Too quick to judge and criticize someone else’s imagination With such hypocrisy How on earth will we build this nation
r death? It’s said that good things happen to those who have a lot of patience But it’s a rat race in the maze with us And the cheese is what we chasing We run over each other on a daily basis Then our egos collide Only the strongest survive That’s the one that will lead Where power and greed are normalized And make a feast out of the weak Minds blinded and paralyzed Toast on concrete floors like a pair of dice Life is a gamble we forgot about the basics We in the city of sin searching for paradise W.A.R (we are rebels) What a life…
K i n g s a n d Q u e e n s
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Today’s paper Yesterday’s news Nothing is ever new
The circle repeats itself over and over again What you know doesn’t start by you A wise man once said knowledge is power His experience was the proof Cause those in the know rule the world And those who rule the world have power over you Teach yourself to learn the truth And unlearn what doesn’t make sense to you Too quick to argue with no facts
SMILE Makes you an unknowing fool
Learn to listen before you speak And speak when you are spoken to Know the difference between right and wrong Protect your energy too Smile, laugh out loud when it’s funny But be compassionate too Love wholeheartedly and unconditionally Cause love is the water the quenches thirst The true fountain of youth Peace, love and light To you and you and you
Be the man My grandma taught me That what doesn’t kill me will make me stronger She said never put the burdens of this world on your shoulders By and by as times goes forward Find a place of warmth before the world gets colder And when you feel the devil getting closer Call out to the heavens and you will find closure She said no man has a manual nor formula You only see the true color of the sky as you get older Drunk men’s truth may be lies when they are sober But the true substance of a men is honesty which makes him bolder And beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder So love yourself enough not to seek approval from a poser
you can be Don’t look over your shoulder You only learn from your mistakes when you own up Be a man of your words and learn to show up Humble yourself cause it’s not your age that shows you have grown up But it’s the wisdom and knowledge Bravery and courage That separates the Man from the boys Don’t cry Be strong You are a Man You have grown Go find your place of warmth In this cold, cruel world
Pretending Stains on your pillow From the tears you cry at night Nobody can hear you cause you all alone And in the morning when you wake up You put on that pretend make up on And a smile on your face and just carry on Though sometimes you forget the act and drift away When you get back home the situation is still the same You realize there’s no point in running this never ending race Where are you going to run to anyway When asked how you doing You say I’m okay You never let them know how you feel That you not free
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g ... I’m fine
cars are so deep its hard to heal bottle open and take another
love the sense of illusion u craving for something real tell you make friends with your
ment gives you chill have looked death in the eyes kill more than climbing a hill developed strength from being
d to be expressive ou are a voice for those who k he Gospel you preach
You’re different Being different is what makes you stand out There’s only one of you in a crowd There can never be a duplicate of you Even twins have their own personality Though they may look similar identically There will always be some difference physically And that it’s a proven theory Embrace you Appreciate you and your flows Show love and respect to yourself
That will generally make those around you Do the same Self-hate inflicts more pain More than the animosity from the claws of Satan Love is God and God is love And he made us different for the world to balance To learn and teach each other Our experiences come in different ways And days are never the same Just like our fingers and toes Though our existence is as important as them You too are important
Things are not the same anymore The whole world is rotten to the core The risings are now less than the falls We are not growing smart just growing tall We refuse to see the truth But lies are quick to be recalled Laugh at his downfall get the cam press record Tik Tok about it to pass time Don’t care about the negative impact it makes at all Dumb everything down Cause we’ve all become class clowns
Smart comments about one’s frown Start a trend on your timeline Turn a blind eye We refuse to read between the lines Loose heads drowning in narcotics and white lines Twist the truth with white lies We are that kind Microwave generation labeled weak when you act kind We are thrilled by a slippery slope and scared of an uphill clime Will we ever get better in time?
Frustrations I’m getting tired of spending time with my thoughts Been running a race in my head like I’m afraid Of getting caught I can’t seem to find the finish line and I feel lost I ask my heart to help me find my way he says at what cost Cause nothing is ever free u need to pay the price of course My body owes me sleep I think I’m taking him to court Sue him for all the sleepless nights he caused For the war that I and insomnia fought And for not keeping me entertained when I’m bored Thought you were funny but you just a fraud
... and pain When I needed laughter to heal my pain It’s more pain that you have brought I play my favorite song to keep me sane But why do I still feel the same? Then remembered the words you said When I start to feel this way Fight your frustrations and emotions with a pen on a page Feel your shoulders getting lighter As you get rid of this baggage that heavy weight The next chapter you start on a new page A clean slate
Getting used Falling in love I never used to see my beauty When I looked in the mirror Hard to recognize myself With all these face apps and filters I had become an onion with layers upon layers Try to pull me you stand a risk of crying a river Scared to face the true me it sends my spine into shiver Losing my spark like a bulb when it flickers Too many skeletons in my closet I barely had room for my sneakers My life defined by that sad song playing on my speakers
d to myself e with myself Trying to dial a friend but there’s no one at the end of the receiver Forced to build up strength and become my own pillar Music and poetry be my only redeemer So got high on my own supply it felt better than sativa Made up my mind and left the make up to divas Began to see the beauty in me Now I’m the biggest achiever Took time for me to fall in love With what I see when I look in the mirror
Covid make This so called Covid-19 Is it a scam or a pandemic? Does it have anything to do with human life or economics? Is it the end of humanity as we know it? An introduction to new technology A breed of half humans half machines Controlled by computers and micro chips I just wonder to myself as I devour this big bag of chips Watching my favorite shows on television then it hits Are they telling lies to my vision? Just to make my mind lazy to think Am I being considered in the decision making of my life? Or am I just part of the statistics? Just another number on the hit list
es me think I read an article today that made me question this shit Will we live long enough to know how freedom feels? Or will we be swallowed by the mist Rumor has it That this pandemic is a myth So confused we don’t know what to believe But it’s the fear on not knowing that kills So we lock ourselves in Cause we are afraid of being next on the list Too many questions no answers Cause ignorance is bliss I’ve learned to social distance Now I just Netflix and chill I’m not going to ask about the connection between Covid and 5G