The Poetry Marathon

Life is so fragile
Often unfair and volatile
The color of our skin
The different shades of melanin
Offensive to our next of kin.
Created by a God of love and mercy
Have we lost the sense
That we are all worthy
Worthy of our breath
Worthy of our right to be.
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
Three words we shouldnt have to say
Just to be able
To live a life
That everyone deserves
Just the same.
I pray the stigmas broken
And the norms we know re-written
No one should be the victim of
I can’t breathe.

Rebelí

Oh if only I could show you
What I see inside my mind
Your perception
Would be broadened
You’d see life
With different eyes.

The things we rarely see
We must embrace
With open hearts
Or we may as well be blind
For in our minds
Is where is starts.

Rebelí

The dawn of a new day
The skies open armed
Ready to receive a new wave
Upon the shores of life’s oceans.

The possibilities a vast array
Of rainbow colored sunsets
And opportunities
to be embraced.

Our presence here
All the reason to have faith
That God has bigger plans
Than any we have ever made.

A walk by faith is simply
A confession from our mouths
That the love we have been given
To this day without a doubt

Is a love not many give
But expect and don’t reciprocate
Let love be the addiction that you crave
Let your heart be filled By His mercy, love and grace.

~Rebelí