a young langston's views

Where an already endangered species is on the brink of functional extinction...

Oh, and 500 million animals unique to this country have already lost their lives, upon homes that have been destoryed and lives lost of people as well...

I mean... we're only living in a literal inferno...

415 fires. Fuck are we dying...

Oh yeah and people are just fleeing to the damn ocean, you know?

Do you want to know what Hell on Earth looks like..?

Because there it is in all it's unfiltered, firey rage...

There it is... my home from space...

This is only the beginning. Our country has not only entered a new decade, it seems a new dawning era as well, because this flaming apocalypse doesn't show any sign of stopping any time soon.

And you know what saddens me? I've never seen Australian tragedies trending here on this website. I mean it's been going on for months and only now does it seem to really be getting recognized, even if it is only at #9.

And I'm going to be honest with you here - the internet, and media in general is so American centric, this website being no exception. You'd think that an entire continent being on fire for several months with devastating consequences would have more recognition, but no, it really doesn't. The most notes I've ever seen on a post about the Australian fires is at least a few thousand, and that's about it.

Yes and no

Hot and cold

This game with you gets old quick

I’m TIRED of the bullshit

451 degrees Fahrenheit

What it takes to burn paper

It ain’t shit to catch a flight

I want you now stupid, not later

273 degrees

Below centigrade

Your flame me grows colder

But mine will never fade

I feel as you can tell

That you make my heart swell

But still you won’t honestly tell me how you feel

The clock is running out of time

I’m doubting if you’ll become mine

You’re convinced that I won’t stay

Some poets get on stage and speak for hours

That ain’t me

Some people find poetry in every flower

That ain’t me

Some people assume it’s easy to write

That ain’t me

Some poets think all they lines is tight

That ain’t me

Some of y’all like to not claim each other

Saying “we just friends” when it’s clear y’all lovers

That ain’t me

Some of y’all like to string people along

You feign being nice when you’re just leading them on

Some folks never have the courage to speak up

They trample over you and now your hearts been dragged through the mud

That ain’t me

At the end of the day everyone moves different

Just stay true to you that’s my only advice

If you’re sweet please don’t act belligerent

And if you’re brash don’t waste time being nice

Impostery is our generation’s downfall

Out here tryna be something you’re not

Being honest really ain’t that hard now

Take one day and just give it a shot

If you take nothing else from these rhyming lines

Promise me always remember one thing

I ain’t y’all

dark

rich

sweet

smooth

your presence precedes you

An essence that can be felt from leagues away

Drawn ever closer to you

I chase after you each day

Your heart

Your mind

Your life

Your soul

Chocolate

Chocolate

You’re so decadent

So sweet

But still you slip through my fingers

Melting from my heat

You hold the key to my heart

But I’m afraid being with you

Will tear me asunder

I want to be your peace

The brilliant sunshine

Amidst resounding thunder

I MUST stick out from the others

Like a throbbingly sore thumb

Growing tired of this front

You play hard to get while I play dumb

Chocolat

Cocoa bean

So decadent, so sweet

I love you yet you melt from my heat

Chocolate

Oh chocolate

So fragile, so cold

Let me pick up all your pieces

A dog chasing a toy

A father and his boy

As his mother watches in the distance

Scenes that bring me joy

Dark black hair

Matted and nappy

To young and bright to care

A dog chasing a toy

A father and his boy

As his mother watches in the distance

Scenes that bring me joy

Dark black hair

Matted and nappy

To young and bright to care

dark

rich

sweet

smooth

your presence precedes you

An essence that can be felt from leagues away

Drawn ever closer to you

I chase after you each day

Your heart

Your mind

Your life

Your soul

Chocolate

Chocolate

You’re so decadent

So sweet

But still you slip through my fingers

Melting from my heat

You hold the key to my heart

But I’m afraid being with you

Will tear me asunder

I want to be your peace

The brilliant sunshine

Amidst resounding thunder

I MUST stick out from the others

Like a throbbingly sore thumb

Growing tired of this front

You play hard to get while I play dumb

Chocolat

Cocoa bean

So decadent, so sweet

I love you yet you melt from my heat

Chocolate

Oh chocolate

So fragile, so cold

Let me pick up all your pieces

Some poets get on stage and speak for hours

That ain’t me

Some people find poetry in every flower

That ain’t me

Some people assume it’s easy to write

That ain’t me

Some poets think all they lines is tight

That ain’t me

Some of y’all like to not claim each other

Saying “we just friends” when it’s clear y’all lovers

That ain’t me

Some of y’all like to string people along

You feign being nice when you’re just leading them on

Some folks never have the courage to speak up

They trample over you and now your hearts been dragged through the mud

That ain’t me

At the end of the day everyone moves different

Just stay true to you that’s my only advice

If you’re sweet please don’t act belligerent

And if you’re brash don’t waste time being nice

Impostery is our generation’s downfall

Out here tryna be something you’re not

Being honest really ain’t that hard now

Take one day and just give it a shot

If you take nothing else from these rhyming lines

Promise me always remember one thing

I ain’t y’all

Yes and no

Hot and cold

This game with you gets old quick

I’m TIRED of the bullshit

451 degrees Fahrenheit

What it takes to burn paper

It ain’t shit to catch a flight

I want you now stupid, not later

273 degrees

Below centigrade

Your flame me grows colder

But mine will never fade

I feel as you can tell

That you make my heart swell

But still you won’t honestly tell me how you feel

The clock is running out of time

I’m doubting if you’ll become mine

You’re convinced that I won’t stay

Falling falling ceaselessly

Roses and bouquets

Engrossed and enthralled

As the chronometer counts the days

Not only have we committed

Our lives to one another

But now our strings are intertwined

Our flame will never be smothered

I want to grow old with you

Your allure grows each day

Of course you’ll grow tired of me

I wouldn’t want it another way

I want to argue with you

To bicker and to fight

Because conflict breeds resolution

And we’ll strive closer to the light

I want to establish a life with you

There’s not a second you should miss

I want to start every sunrise next to you

Back and forth

Opposing forces

Trying to make me choose

Wait patiently?

Leave hastily?

What do I have to lose?

A sensitive lover

A friend like no other

Choices that I am forced to make

What’s healing to you

Inflicts a pain that’s new

Magnets pull yet they push away

Birds fly south

But in the spring turn about

Why is this always my fate?

I feel I’m wasting my time

Is this the end of the line

Why’d I let you do this to me

Again caught under the Apple tree

Searching, praying, begging for fruit

But all that I could find was you

I thought you were different

I prayed you would be

Yet I’m still here

Still lonely

I tried to make you happy, to bring you joy

But clearly to you, I’m just a toy

You pick me up when you want to play

And carelessly you always throw me away

Hopelessly laying on your bedroom floor

Watching you as you walk out the door

Crying sobbing as you leave

Learning I’m just a want

See

Father can’t you see?

Just how quickly the leave you, once they give in to me

One so innocent

So naive

The other far too focused on things that are yet to be

Trapped

Deceived

Tricked

By me

I knew I couldn’t get them in the same way

But when she got a taste

I had sealed both their fates

Yes the garden is beautiful

But within its gates

Grows long grass

The perfect hiding place