For me, there's real beauty in embracing words that elicit deep emotion. They may sometimes be hurtful, sometimes profound, but are almost always thoughtful. Unlike the so-called Instagram "poets" of today, that only promote rainbows, unicorns and contrived happiness for "likes" and "hearts", I believe true joy comes from recognizing one's pain and overcoming it.
Like me or not, I try to speak my truth as I know it, to intimately share my feelings, my thoughts, and my journey, not for a fucking "like"....
Full of Nothing
Empty of Something
Wheels in my mind
Spin fierce, spin fast
Round and round
My thoughts race past
Flapping and flopping
Going nowhere, but last
Strange thoughts
Fill my head
Drive my soul to a dread
Now I must stop
Let this madness retreat
Now I hold fast
Rid these memories that reek
Now I endure
These black images so bleak
Now I must try
To abort this deep bleed
Now I must try
To erase this dark feed
My mind still plays tricks
So deceitful, so cruel
It's haunting yet truthful
It dares taunt this fool
Choosing it's own path
Regardless of care
My mind only wants
What the heart can’t repair
My mind only needs
What the heart still despairs
My mind cannot have
What the heart shall not share...
- Jameel Haiat