Poetry Monday: Hashtag Censorship

In this digital age
There’s a new kind
Of censorship – 
It always starts
With words – 
The hashtag
A symbol of 
A searchable category
Some hashtags are blocked
Others have a disclaimer
Hashtags are only words – 
And they’re telling us
What words we can
Or cannot use – 
I’m using the banned words

From the poetry collection Cats, Coffee, Catharsis.

Flashback Friday Poetry: The Never-Ending Story

raped again
it never ends
molested again
too many friends
it hits within
the pain wont mend
i can’t defend
it happens again

why’s this happening
it isn’t stopping
all of them screaming
i can do nothing
i hear when i’m dreaming
all of the screaming
it keeps increasing
never ceasing

causing more tears
from childhood fears
the devil’s face appears
through eyes, oh so sincere
all it does is leer
at everything from the rear
while their future is unclear
his thoughts they will fear

Early poetry from James. From the poetry collection Pariah Bound: The Lonesome Poetry.

Throwback Thursday Poetry: When the Wind is Lost

when the wind is lost
searching for time
trapped in the frost
the sun wont shine

it is a place
the dead men can find
life is not safe
with a man’s mind

within the snow
no one can stand
all that is not so
has now began

we will not rest
the search goes on
for what is left
and all that is gone

when the wind is lost
the dead men can find
all that is not so
and all that is gone

Early poetry from James. From the poetry collection Pariah Bound: The Lonesome Poetry.