Poems by Lorenzo Alexander

My first ever public poem entry, I hope you guys like them.

Steam

Slowly but surely it rises,

Never the straight path, there's always compromises

Drifted by the air

Taken with no care

it rises.

Your Smile

How do you react to a smile?

Do you smile back?

When I see you smile, it makes it harder to relax

When my brain shuts off, all that's left is emotion

Your smile brings me to a place where I leave the notion......

To Think.

The Audacity

You have some Audacity to love me

Offended by your attention

Don't hug, kiss or touch me

Disgusted by the glare in your eyes

How can you love me

You have some audacity to see me

Don't see me as beauty,Not until you leave me

I don't want to love you

You're Translucent

I don't need to know you

I can understand you with your eyes

I just want to show you

You're clearer than California skies

The goal isn't to expose you, it's to expose myself

Exploit my own feelings to complement your wealth

In a car full of smoke, I see you the best

All you saw from me was the burn in my chest

My pockets empty, just lint and a penny

Your smile fills my soul like Forrest did Jenny

It's not the physical essence,

Don't chase it like a mile

You're translucent I can't see you,

but I can always feel your smile

Oppress Me

The soul of the oppressed, live forever

(So Oppress me)

My skin is too tough for you just like leather

(So Oppress me)

Feel the whips like a slave, I feel no pain

(So Oppress me)

I have the DNA of a gay, black, Muslim, woman embedded in my veins

(So Oppress me)

Me against the world,

trust me I don't mind

The struggle helps me,

On my road to divine

Not the path that caused the colonization,

But the path that led to my emancipation

The oppressed, are the most free.

Mama

Why'd you kick me out mama ,I love you unconditional

I know money's important but you not understanding my visuals

You made my spirit free,

Envoking me,

Provoking me

Promoting me

Soaking me,

...in tears don't do this mama

Schools not for me mama,

The streets not for me mama

Rules not for me mama

Black’s not for me mama

White's not for me mama

Contract back to me mama

I'm just being the spirit you raised,

I'm trying to find me

I'm trying to find your praise

Don't let me go mama

Tough Love

I hate tough love,

Don't watch my struggle

I do it all for you

You still nag rebuttals

Can tough be tender

Can I just surrender

I don't want a lesson

I just want my blessing

Show me soft love

lift my spirits like a loft,

I need your uplifting love

Read between my lines,

Like Jesus on the cross

Death is beauty

Dark and mysterious was all I ever wanted

How am I breathing yet my spirit is Haunted

Haunted with unwanted memories

Don't visit me at home, visit me at my grave

Stone heart, I'm good as dead

Cold heart, vitals were never checked

Bold heart, I sacrificed it all

Old heart, If I take my life can I still be sanctified?

My death will be beautiful

My death will be full of creativity and innovation

No explanations, No connotations

The purest form of art is birth and death

To live is to follow those until regret

Give me what I'm promised,

I want death.