(Twitter, @CardiffBros)
Words by Cardiff Brothers"I take one step forward and three steps back, don't know what it is, but I can't relax"
Words by Bethanie
I stop in my tracks. Three steps back. I feel hijacked by life
Pull the earwax outta my ears
So you can you hear me. I am restless, Tossing and turning.
Fill my cracks, Because I am not a beautiful piece.
My heart is burning on my arms, Can't you hear my screams?
I have so many dreams, but I just can't see it over the terror.
I am the only one with my vision, But I have no idea how to make it happen. I know I am a dragon hiding within awaiting to burst forth from my cave.
I only crave success, to be seen as something worthy.
But I don't want any worldly items,
what should I do with a piece of paper with numbers on it.
NO, What I want is for the crying of another soul.
To understand that one is not alone.
Sure I am talented, but how can I solve all of this pain.
I just want to drain my own pain, but its the only thing that I can write about it seems. Sometimes I want to be a blood stain, to abstain from myself.
But I am only left to confront this monster within me.
Within my chest, the dragon is roaring.
The lion is shaking the cage,
(Shaking the cage,)
the beast within me is coming out weather I like it or not.
But I am so afraid of that stage,
I don't want to stand there and be rejected. Such an outrage,
I want to pull my hair out.
So many desires so many dreams,
How can I walk away from myself.
Get on my wagon, because I am about blow this roof.
With what is screaming within, I
have a message crying in my heart, and my soul.
I will not be controlled, I will not be censored, I will not be ignored..
I will pull the sword from its hilt, and I will slay all of my demons. Until they are skeletons before me, pouring out of my closet,
I will kill it all, and I will defeat every flame, and overcome every pain, and every tear that falls from my face.
Don't you dare mistake me. Just so you have clarity, I will not bow down to you, I will not allow these chains within to trap the dragon.
You will all die, from the flame within as I scream and make you bow down to the queen that I am. I will make a scene. But sometimes it feels like
"I take one step forward and three steps back.."
Its all wack,
And sometimes I feel like I have jack.. Shit!
I am not counterfeit I might be a hypocrite that's true I admit.
I will always commit myself to this dream to this vision.
And I will not die..
Unless my fire turns into an ember.. But you will have to dismember me from the neck down to make me quit.
YOU ARE READING
Spoken Word #2 (2018-2020)
PoetryBook number two on the poems that I have written, and will continue to write. Its really the only thing I know how to do. Sometimes I feel is if its the only thing I know how to do. While I stay silent .. Physical words are so hard to speak, All I...
