Domestic Love by Bo-Edward Lawrence

Domestic Love

How does it feel to be loved?

How does it feel to be loved by someone that loves without pain so silently engraved with it?

How does it feel to embrace a man and have his hands all over me and leave red love marks that don't show purple or blue. 

I once loved she mutters.

I once felt wanted

I want to be the girl you like, no! 

Not like Beyoncé !

I want to be the girl you love to the point you change your ways ! 

You surprise me like pop rocks I can't take the pain! You pop at your mouth until you pop mine until blood flows out.

We are in a hurtful marriage that has no white gowns and tuxitos 

Just me and you at the alter with boxing gloves but there is never a ring 💎

That night you stumbled in drunk 

I can smell the whiskey it never missed me I feel the pain before you even raise your fist to hit me!

You kill me emotionally! 

My eyes that swell like oversized acorns can heal!

My bruised legs that hurt when i walk can heal! 

My arms from holding you up all night will heal

But my heart and mind can never heal nor forget! 

I am broken

How do you heal bruises you cannot see? 

I use to use make up to be beautiful ! 

Now with these purple smudges I use make up to feel normal.

I try to see the good in him but the eye liner won't line up to the reality. 

I pat my face over and over and over to try to get grounded or some type of foundation 

I'm uneven to the point where I can't Contour these feelings 

I feel lonely

Everyday of the week that I breath

How do I move on

I left him but I feel like the puzzle pieces of my life are broken 

How do I move on

I see hatred gleaming in his golden eyes I seen them when I stare at the sunset no matter how much years ago it may be

How do I move on

When I take pictures 

I try to smile but I can't seem to feel happy and beautiful how do I move on

How do I move on 

I said how do I move on

In the desert of the heart tears do not touch the ground. 

in the winter of my heart my tears freeze against your fist

let me move on

-Domestic Violence is real, and affects many couples all around the world. STOP this cycle and don’t be afraid to speak out for the sake of yourself and your family.

-Bo-Edward Lawrence

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Dial Tone By Bo-Edward Lawrence

Dial tone 

All I can hear when I call your phone. 

The echoes sound like distant moans.

The ring sounds like wounded angels trying to sing.

Pitch black shadows lean as the light of my screen breathes on my skin 

My fingers ache from pressing call with no answer at all 

Voices I hear in the distance linger in my mind like schizophrenic thoughts 

Your voicemail I memorized after hearing it a thousand times . . 

Goosebumps fills my valley like skin.

I tremble although in the sheets. 

I feel cold although alone ❄️

Swallowing ice I can see my breath take shape of frozen ghosts. 

I am cold yet alone accompanied by demons singing your dial tone. 

Yo. . 

Your. . 

Dial tone sounds like a broken song. 

A faulty note. 

A flawed symphony . 

I await to hear your voice on the other end of the lingering notes. 

But all i am ever left with. 

Is a never ending

Never changing

Dial tone. . 

-Bo-Edward Lawrence

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America The Free By Bo-Edward Lawrence

America the free, 📝 

Would have a nice ring to it if prejudice wasn't underneath 

I mean. 

Come on, its black history month and we are more inclined  

To worry about if a dress was gold or blue I think we are still color blind. 

Just enough to not realize  

That yes white against black violence is bad but black on black is the worst crime.  

But you know as a negro I can't be a hero  

Is what I once thought. 

My thoughts make me tired. 

The bud make me tired. 

Never an alcoholic the Budweiser.  

There's prejudice all around us even beyond race.  

At school I use to know a friend that was gay, 

Got bullied every day  

Spit in his face  

And was called a disgrace,  

But sometimes I wondered when God himself was gonna come down and wipe the tears off his face, Because at the end of the day  

To those ignorant souls, a bullet won't make him think straight. 

Accept people for who they are. 

Because America is the land is the free. 

Prejudice is just hate, 

And hate is to big of weight for my  

soul cannot take  

this miss domineer.  

If your words hold weight make sure your pronouns and nouns don't shake,  

Because I hate, Fake  

Apologies sound late, 

To a suicidal child in debate  

His fate is a razor blade to a beat away  

My heart shakes for you.  

I'll pray for you. 

America I hope you stay free. 

To sign this letter, 

I'll finish with a shot at the ignorant souls that are trapped in mental cages I feel sorry for you. 

Negativity breaks you down body part by body part. 

Because you have  

Lips that conceive lies 

With a breath that reeks of regret 

Makes me realize why your teeth shows gaps of faith and crooked promises and hopes 

Your a mouthful pessimism  

That makes me choke ! 

My chest and ribs become compressed because my stomach can't understand or process  

that you ain't shit but a thigh away from being alone  

A leg away from depression  

And a toe away from death. 

Young and Educated Created by Bo-Edward Lawrence

Don't let someone limit you to your age

Brave New Voices 2010 - "Favorite Color"

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Beauty in Calm

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I Want that Unconditional Love