Life in a Poem

  Integrity I Traded for Truth Integrity I traded My truth For your back stabbing lies My youth, for proof of purchase You had me to hire labor Reap what you sow Seeds don’t sprout, yet by there own will Trees don’t only grow from roots The flower I wear are the color of my mood Integrity, I traded for truth   It’s the will of God With help from the sun and water The courage to grow up fast The fight to want to live Not by your kill But my ill feeling Integrity, I traded for truth   I stand alone Nurture and give Smile by the branches I strengthen The taste of my fruit is sweet While bitter is your pallet Snakes cursed to rome the earth Hands and legs removed for a reason Taste buds only of dust in treason Why would you become that remorse Negative in the mind, posses Integrity I, traded for you   The only way to rid a serpent Of an ugly purpose A spell put on me Action is louder than words Integrity I traded for truth     (c) esther douek 2013

As I wallow through my pain, I want to walk again I find the sense of touch, a helpful hand of too much Pending and patient, inspecting engagement Frustrated a companion in crime Fearful of dignified calculated compromise Questions and queries stand in a qu Moments thrives, they undergo Pits of potential pat on the back Staging the act to collapse Under pressure is no way to rise Understanding finds way to surprise Invisible to the naked eye The star that stands in silence So far but between us Talent in touch in so much greater A tap on the heart to revive You see me but you don’t have to Because I’m there in words In moments in suttle gentle current Hold it and never let go Fold the flow fast to finish Pull the cord that electrifies life in dead Night is a cure for better tomorrow You know it’s coming when your conscience Offence and defense play science Math had it out for you before you started Code in carless kills Cape covers, basking in the mask of time Prime reaches and peeks punishing in decline