November Poetry Contest Winners

Unnamed

No matter how many adjectives or verbs
I’m still a voice to be heard
When my vision to you is blurred
I’m still a voice to be heard
When I am mentally disturbed
I’m still a voice to be heard
When my reason for speaking is absurd
I’m still a voice to be heard
When my pathway is deterred
I’m still a voice to be heard
Even when I can’t say a word
I’m still a voice to be heard

MOMMA AND DADDY

Daddy was angry and he passed it on to me
Daddy left so fast that I couldn’t even see
Daddy hurt momma that she almost lost me twice
Daddy hurt momma that she’s calling out for Christ
Daddy replaced me with a baby girl named Sophia
Daddy left so quick he didn’t even want to see ya
Daddy bought momma’s joy with roses in a bunch
Daddy dropped the roses and offered mom a punch
Daddy hurt me all because he left
Daddy left a hole burning through my chest
“Why don’t he love me momma” burning through her brain
5th grade father and daughter dance swallowed by the drain
Another kid says “my dad is the best I ever had”
Daddy’s little girl says “my daddy ain’t ever coming back”

LITTLE DOES SHE KNOW
Momma took her baby and ran
Momma played the mom and dad
Momma fought for the baby for 16 years
Momma prayed against her baby’s fears
Momma tries to fill the hole in her baby’s heart
Momma says there’s a reason momma and daddy are apart

Unnamed

Sounds of screams surround me

A door slams

Minutes later

My bag opens

As I set on a foil flat with minor wrinkles

I stare into the empty and soulless black angry eyes of a human

As I’m being put down along with the tray

A phone is answered on speaker more screaming

Surrounds me vibrating the foil in the bass of

His voice then I get picked up again

The look in his eyes

I feel heat

Eyes violent as ever

I melt

Smoke up

And enter

I tell him relax

Calm

I will love you more than

Anybody will

I give a loving feeling

I lie

And feed off his energy

Steal his flesh to the bone

And put him to sleep everyday at anytime

I tell him to not trust

I tell him to keep consuming me

For I need to consume all