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Here is some of mine:
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My Poetry

All poems by: Tomika Skanes


'I wasn't finished loving you'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

I wasn't finished loving you
and like a moments thought
you came and went
I wasn't finished loving you
much too short a time was spent

and your song
so few had heard
I memorized each verse
I had not chance to love you more
our time was much too terse

I wasn't finished loving you
the day you went is the day I died
I never fathomed it would be so soon
we'd have to say goodbye

So many things we were to do
so many things I never knew
I damn the day you left, my love
I wasn't finished loving you



'Closed Doors'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

i was clutching at straws
receding further, behind closed walls
raking with fingers
at a tundra of things
unable to comprehend the ways nor means.
a single hope divided
beyond dispair
to ravaging like an eagle
with no wings.
unable to fly
to seek
to know
i stumble along
locked,
behind closed doors.

A wayfarer at best
too young to know better
too old to regress.
fighting the urge
to surrender it all
wasting time
as time wastes me
years surpassing
ambitions and dreams.

creating a prison
containing myself
remaking myself
repeating myself
my steps
my past
the same mistakes owning me
pinning me down
i suffocate, drowning
crying aloud.

yet unheard, unnoticed
my books unread
the pages keep turning
all the while burning
the steps that i've tread.

We grow to gain
yet in the scheme of things
there's no distinction
we're all the same.

The same journey
though different paths
yet we seek to attain
what the other man has.
in bettering ourselves
we forget ourselves
encircling a lie,
linking wrongs with rights.
falsely accusing
dispatching the blame
there's still no distinction
we're all the same.

The truth is apparent
yet seldom is seen
confused with knowing,
a different belief.
We pound at the door
misinterpreting the signs
the door was wide open
while locked was our minds.

Creating a vacuum
empty space to behold
pained to reveal
all lacking to know.
realizing the fault
now plainly i see...
i was held hostage
by no other than me.





'rain'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

rain
snips at me
panicked
like my mother's screams
i stand and watch
the sun
dying within my eyes

haunted by
this face of death
there is such
that nothing's left
but the sobbing, aching
sounds
that clouds the conscienceness
of the mind

reasoning all disipates
as i sit
and calmly wait
how grim
and calculated
is this fate
i've yet to analyze



'Mine Iniquity'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

beguiling words
you do secrete
preempting hands
do take hold
empty promises made to me
yet enamorously told

you occluded my empassioned heart
you bastardized my soul
and in a state of sullen stupor
my innocence you stole

an iniquity you were to me
and slimy to the touch
profound wonder it is to me
how i loved you much





'Moments'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

and with gentle touch
he bows my head
down
to kiss his cheek
so there we stood for a week

he looked at me with pure delight
slowly sauntered to my right
peeled off his shirt
what could i say?
there we stood for a day

soon that day turned to night
and the hours became minutes
until i found myself
grasping for seconds
or just a moment longer with you...

'The Lord is With You'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

When the road seems long and rugged
and you feel you're on your own
Remember the Lord is with you
you're never all alone

When you feel the tasks are many
more than you can do
Remember the Lord is with you
to help you make it through

When the baggage that you carry
is too much for you to hold
Remember the Lord is with you
to lighten up your load

When the results, you feel, are few
and you've done all that you can
Remember the Lord is with you
to lend a helping hand

When the days are full of worries
of the world that's so unkind
Remember the Lord is with you
to lift them from your mind

When you feel that life's a battle
and defeat is all you gain
Remember the Lord is with you
to ease away your pain

When you feel your heavy burden
is more than you can bear
Remember the Lord is with you
for God is always there

No matter how long the journey
or how rough ahead the ride
Remember the Lord is with you
He's standing by your side




'In My Arms'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

i held you in my arms
last night
i didn’t want
to let you go
i caressed the features
of your face
memorizing each life trace

i almost cried
laying there
your body
so close to mine
and i held you there
in my arms
as we slept away
the night




'Burning Brightly...'
poem by: Tomika Skanes

Maker of the light
keep light to my heart
burn it brightly
so it waits for one

sometimes i forget
and soft fingers sway
to cap the light
for which i wait

now glass shield surrounds it
i've willed it there
through time
i've found the strength
to hold it
steady with my mind

until you come back to me
waiting i will be
forever burning brightly
so you'll know
exactly where to find me


Please visit my poetry section of my website to read more of my poetry!