Shar Thompson Poems

Where, oh where, does misery end,
who determines your share,
my cup runneth over,
my worlds in constant fear,
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The most intricate, mysterious and perplexing entity on this planet,
is a black woman's mind.
The most rejection, misrepresentation, and miseducation,
is of a black woman's heart.
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Your eyes watched as my chained body is dragged across the great sea.
Brother, it's me!
Your whips and fist blazed down on my flesh,
and peeled my skin until it bleeds.
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I can’t remember if we had ever seen eye to eye,
but the last night I held on to you and cried.

My views bent to the left yours skewed to the right,
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Kings, I am your image, your movements in dark shadows, your reflection in shallow waters, In the tears of your abandoned daughters, I am you.

Kings, I am your end before your life begun, endangered species through loaded guns, the agony of your orphaned sons, I am you.
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY

Isn't it a beautiful day :) 

the wind passing through the leaves as the branches start to sway
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LOVE QUESTIONED

My love...
If you were to see me across a dim-lit room
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Hello my aspiration
in your arms my hopes abides
you have crept into my conscious mind
and set myself beside
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In a year filled with challenges, trials, and triumphs,
ONE MOMENT stands out like wildflowers fully bloomed in June,
filling my lungs with fragrance the way frankincense consumes a room,
glossing my eyes over with rose-colored dew,
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I cannot hear you, touch you, see you
but your world reached inside my soul,
undressed my spirit and caressed every morsel of my being,
your innermost thoughts penetrated my consciousness,
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