Guiding Light Poem by Laquory Jones

Verse 1
This world never made quite any sense
With Days leaving you up in suspense
People going through their time of the
Lent, But never taking the time to repent
Or admit any sins some claiming
They're big on religion
Richie where did that even come from?
I'm not sure but war is what really
No one ever really wants
I'm channeling my Mozart to the ninth
Degree while composing my art to a
Tee hoping the ancestors provides the
Keys to vital poetry with unseen artistry
Just trying to tap into their tapestry
While channeling it into my own
Destiny inside of my poetry

Chorus:
Dark and light silhouettes
Experiences that we could never forget
Poetry embedded deep inside of my bones
For the nights when I'm feeling alone
People be casting their stones
When they're thinking no one's home
Society wants us to watch our tones
While the world's revolving
Not knowing poetry is evolving
Ironically bonding through these pages
While walking on these molecular stages

Verse 2
Lately people been trying to place us
Inside of a box thinking us poets are
One in the same not knowing that
Each one of us has been through the
Pain going crazy slightly while half of
Us perhaps are going insane
Richie better stick to your lane
I've witnessed tornadoes and hurricanes
And their rippled effect
Late nights under duress when you
Find yourself having to tap into your
Intellect while pouring beads of sweat
& Lest us not forget
The ripple of pain that we as poets
Tend to get at the dawning of the night
And the blazing of the sun
Or when we're feeling the gravitational
Pull of the Moon sometimes I can feel the
Bitterness of the room as if no one is
Willing to believe in you no one wants to
See any of your dreams coming true

Chorus:
Dark and light silhouettes
Experiences that we could never forget
Poetry embedded deep inside of my bones
For the nights when I'm feeling alone
People be casting their stones
When they're thinking no one's home
Society wants us to watch our tones
While the world's revolving
Not knowing poetry is evolving
Ironically bonding through these pages
While walking on these molecular stages


Verse 3
While trying to change your life's direction
Through their self reflections
Not knowing that you're bound to hit
That intersection or that fork upon the
Road usually we're never sure what road
Leads to home it's this feeling that
Urges its way inside of our bones
Like when Zeus ascended upon his throne
Or when the Greek God Apollo became
One with the sun bringing into the light
The setting of the new dawns
Richie just wants to be that guiding light
In the midst of your silent nights
Bringing love and all of its might as the
Days continues their flight as I lift up
My flaming sword spreading light within
Your darkness, Have you not seen my
Art yet, Just because you can't see its
Value, does that mean its artless?
I bring passion of poetry to the heartless
Meaning there's no way for you to discard it

Chorus:
Dark and light silhouettes
Experiences that we could never forget
Poetry embedded deep inside of my bones
For the nights when I'm feeling alone
People be casting their stones
When they're thinking no one's home
Society wants us to watch our tones
While the world's revolving
Not knowing poetry is evolving
Ironically bonding through these pages
While walking on these molecular stages

4/06/2023