I Need You Lord

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When my world goes dark

When all goes cold

I still have your love

Your love lifts me up

My eyes are on you

Daughter

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Children come into this world reflecting God's unconditional love. - Ms. Casila  

My daughter,

My precious, my angel, my doll

She reaches to touch my face,

She pulls me in closer to connect our souls.

She sees me, and I see my heart,

She sees me, and I see my gift,

She sees me, and I'm given strength,

She sees me, and it restores my zest for life.

The Lord has given me someone new,

He's given me someone pure and true,

She is a reflection of His love; she loves without conditions.

Christmas Eve

10 Digits - Photo by Casila

There is nothing in the night that I want

Seeing your light,

There's no love in moonlight,

An intoxicating glow that fades in daylight,

A fantasy gone at sunrise,

There's no love in thee illuminated night.

Glam done at ten

...for ten numbers on a napkin,

His name, handwriting to examine,

He seemed really smart,

Said he had a smart job,

He was pretty clean, smelled divine,

Charming, funny, real attentive,

Generous, kept replenishing my drink.

Celebrity | Poetry (video)

Video, Poem originally posted February 4, 2021 - Celebrity

An inspired poem to celebrate the one you love with the same passion of a celebrity - Ms. Casila

Flowers

Still Life #1 - Photo by Casila

This poem was inspired by this piece of art that was made with acrylic yarn and paint, plastic bottles, chicken wire, and fishing line.

You beg for flowers?

You narcissistic manipulative witch who loves conditionally

Gaslighting me for decades

Let me not embarrass you

Plastic bottles, chicken wire

Fishing line, in this newer life

Reducing consumption of your negative energy

Reusing this abusive experience creatively

Hoping that others will awaken to this type of trash

Recyclable for the good

Another poem to read: Extinction

People Watching

Lake - Photo by Casila

She walked over the paper, on the ground

Decided to turn around, for closer observation

She started collecting pieces of a photograph

Not carried away by the wind

She gathered them into a pile

Photographed her collection

Then gathered the pieces in her hand

Stuffed them in her jacket pocket

Someone's symbolic ending, became her treasure

She left

That moment behind

Another poem to read: The Rough Draft

Hustle Culture

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Here comes the train

Trample me

Step on my feet

Breathe on me

Fall onto me

Irritate me

Rush out the doors

Street stampede

Run like a bull

Corporate Drive

Watch out

Running of the bulls

Tick tock

Watch out

Lights turn red

Watches out

Tick tock

Watches are out

Rush in

Elevator closed

Boxed in

Tick tock

Breathe

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

Rush, quickly

Clock-in

Breathe

Another poem to read: God's Plan

Alpha Women

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Wear the pants

Buy the bread

Pay the rent

Made to stand

Near seated men

On the bus

On the train

Don't you fuss

Don't look touched

Don't look weak

Dry your eyes

"Smile", he said

Grin, with teeth

Another poem to read: Co-parenting

Midnight

Photo by Casila - Row of Trees 

Let's pray for those who have spoken their truth, whose words fell on deaf ears. 

If I’m capable of searching

My mind

Lend me your heart

To understand 

Energy, absorbed by trees

Growing to new heights 

Making room

For hidden stories

Suppressed

Another poem to read: People Watching

Heart of Bricks

Photo by Casila - Heart on a Brick Wall

I dived deep for this man, cause I saw he 

was drowning, he was already

dead, so I opened my hands

I had to let him go, and 

float 

To Get Her Together

Everything Will Be Ok - Photo by Casila

My creation 

She's dealing with self-hatred

She thinks she's ugly, unworthy

I created her in my image

She's dealing with depression

Rejection

Addiction

I created her

She's dealing with oppression

Discrimination

Manipulation

Deception

I am her Creator

I will stay with her, forever

She is my child

I am her Light, in this dark place

Another poem to read: Powder

FaceTime

I Believe in You - Photo by Casila

across the ocean / are your eyes

my heartbeat / a reason

to smile / across the sky

is the quickest avenue / to

touch you / hold you 

for a while /

time / rises to daylight

drops the line / lost connection

with my face / ending the call

goodnight

Another poem to read: Desire

Starry Nights

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Imagine stepping into the night 

Surrounded by city lights

Then looking up to the sky

Covered in stars

Would you stay inside

To fix the atmosphere

Would you mindfully

Look up

Another poem to read: Midnight

Co-parenting

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Eleven years

Couldn't stop the affairs

Couldn't stop being...

Someone else's man

My son

He looks like his mother

Suitcase packed

No eye contact

I'm so late for my weekend

As expected

I'm so fake with my greeting

As expected

Still

They give me grace

The deepest of acceptance

My son

He looks like his mother

Painting a rosy face

Another poem to read: Hustle Culture

Smile

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She is dressed to the nines

Wearing a luxury scent

Well-groomed and manicured

Perfect

Pretty

Pleasant 

Classy and ladylike

Always smiling

Because she isn't happy

Still

She smiles

For you

How old were you when you learned that every smile isn't happy?

Another poem to read: Alpha Women

Birthday Party

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I'm having a party

For the living and the dead

Ring in the present

I'd rather promptness instead

Souls, honored to be remembered

A joy to be present, now

In my human existence

Still alive, forever in my life

I, a soul before birth

Born to look out through...

These windows

Another poem to read: Ugly Sweater Party

Harps

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Harps

Make it sound sweet

Bang! Bang!

Walked up to the door

Yeah, I'm outside

Didn't knock

Looked through the window

Saw her inside

Bang! Bang!

Walked backward down the steps

Here I am

Looking in every window, walking down the sidewalk

Hearing a thousand instruments escalating, maxing my mind

When the trumpets sound, it's a triumphant sound

The sound of a thousand angels in Heaven

Telling me to empty the clip

Bang! Bang!

You're dead

You're dead, Kill him off

The sky is about to cry

Bang! Bang!

You're dead

You're dead and done

Dead to me now!

Harps!

Another poem to read: Diamonds

Stuck

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I see the shore

It's getting closer

Pull me towards it

This boat is sinking

The waves are crashing

My tears have broke

Damn it caved

Busted

Overflowed

Blurring vision

I'm drowning from within

My feet are cemented

Another poem to read: The Gentile Converts

Powder

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Tears shattered on a cracked bathroom floor

Powder, razor blade

Better days don't matter over what I'm feeling today

Children cries, don't wash away the pain 

Children cries don't medicate

I need this, so I don't feel the fall

I need this so I don't feel the day

I need this, so I don't feel 

The night, so I don't feel

Everything, in-between my feet and my mind 

That is disappointed in everyday life, 

How could you know?

I validate you with a smile

Flower your self-esteem

Support your dreams

Everything in-between, your feet that I kiss

Kiss the temples of your crown

And everyone around

Another poem to read: Smile

Desire

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We're hot 

Sometimes, you're cold

A match

Ignited

Intrigued with each other

Smothering 

Hot kisses

Dissipating 

Evaporating

Desire 

Vanishing

Where did you go?

Celebrity

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels

You think I'm beautiful

Interesting

Yours

I am joy

Warm

Light 

Wonder

A full appetite

Surreal

Love, in your heart

Celebrated

I see it in your eyes

You have made me

A celebrity

I think of you the same

Celebrated

God's Plan

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This poem was inspired by Last Words, a poem by Rita Dove.

I don't want to live on a page

Of fiction and bliss

With feet sunk in pink sand 

Comparing Essie's talk to the sand 

I don't want to soak and bathe

In a clawfoot tub, Moroccan rose oil

Floating rose petals, Santal 26 candle burning 

Sipping Angel Champagne, in a daydream 

Some may think this is all too much

Or maybe not enough

This is my Lamborghini

This is my version of a Hermes Kelly

The Gentile Converts

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This poem was inspired by Psalms 118, an abecedarian poem in the Hebrew Bible.

Amen! 

Bended knees and prayer has reached the King,

Caring hands hide me from the enemy,

Doom covers the wicked,

Evil-minded men, beware.

Faith has brought me out of darkness,

God's grace and mercy saves me, 

His lovingkindness is forever,

I am grateful for my blessings,

Jesus is my Saviour.

Kind beyond my understanding.

Life has brought me many lessons,

Many times, I have fallen.

Nailed to the cross, crucified for my sins,

Open the gates of the Temple, I need to thank Him,

Praise the Lord!

Quarantine can't stop my praise,

Rejoice and be glad, this is the day that the Lord has made,

Scriptwriter of Revelation.

Thank you, Lord, for loving me.

Understanding, that I am weak, but He is strong,

Victorious in fighting my battles,

Why do I worry?

Xmas is every day, for every day I am blessed,

Yin and yang, all things are working together for my good,

Zero, no one greater than the Lord, He is the Alpha and Omega.

Another poem to read: I'm Fine

Rose Quartz

Casila - Photo by Casila 

Am I your breath,

Your rib, taken from your chest

Created so you wouldn't be alone

Your companion

Helper, suited for your need

A part of your flesh and bone

Together we are one

I am gifted to you

You called me, Woman.

Another poem to read: Celebrity

Diamonds

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This year, my friends, shine bright like a diamond.  I'm beginning this year with a diamante poem about love and hate.  When I decided on the subjects, I didn't have any problem with the latter.  My rough-draft consisted of words like self-seeking, shaming, dishonoring, corruption, offensive, wronging, and slandering. 

When it came to choosing words to describe love, I struggled.  Ask yourself, what is love?  I pulled out the book of life, the Bible, like I was going to fail another open book test. I read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8; I didn't want to divert from the subject.  How did I do, friends?

 

Love

Merciful, Considerate

Entrusting, Appreciating, Protecting

Kings, Queens, Trolls, Wicked-Witches

Betraying, Neglecting, Violating

Cruel, Greedy

Hate

Another poem to read: Stuck