My Poetry

Jakeem Carrington

I always run fast to my poetry

Where I'm heavenly protected

Where I could uplift or criticise myself

Without feeling ashamed, judgment or neglected

My poetry, my place of safety and vulnerability

The one place where I can simply just be me

Without holding back smiles and painful tears

Just me, my pen and my paper, just chilling here

I write these poems to show my true authenticity

To show my love, my values, my qualities

Plastered all over this gracefully broken page

My poetry that sometimes bends but never breaks

I could say “I love you” one thousand times

But only God knows if you really care

But the words I write never leave my side

No matter how I feel, these words will never die