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23 year old poet and rapper trying to introduce my creativity and talent to the world
Sometimes I pretend you made it to the army
You made some friends
And we lost touch
You graduated basic with flying colors
You showed the world you could be tough
You did things no one ever expected
Made it out
And started life
You grew bigger than the mountains you climbed
Overcoming with every stride
So many people must be proud of you
I know that I still am
Wherever you are you still protect me
The best way that you can
Either way you fought a war
That so many will never see
Behind the lines or closed doors
You were the best you could be
Maybe I am stupid for giving in to my fantasy
But if I pretend you’re in the army
I don’t have to think about
How you’re no longer here with me
Ive had a lot of friends over the years
Some closer than others
All of them swapping stories that I never mixed up
I could write books full of lifetimes of happiness, sadness and all the in between
And so I do
I let their stories inspire me, encourage me, devastate me and bring me back to life
My pen dances across the paper finding its steps along the way
My mind is blank as I let the ink run out of its vessel
Creations unfold before me never revealing who or what or where they came from
Fragments of the chatter all around us
Collected onto a single page
A new story emerges
One I was never told
But inside I see the parts of all those who chose to share with me
What it means to be them
What it means to survive and to die and to live
Some part of me hopes they will notice too
To see how much they meant to me
That I still think about the times we had
And that
Even if we no longer speak
I still speak of them
Like a whisper in the wind
Saying I’m still here
You will not be forgotten
Phantom
I get told what to do
How to act
How to appear
How to sound
And how to think
I get told not to live the life others want you to
I get told to listen to advice
But how do I know when to listen and when not to
When to live and when to die
I think I need to listen to myself for once
I block out the noise and hear myself whisper
I’m tired now
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Have you ever seen a ghost out of the corner of your eye?
Just a shadow just a figment of reality its why
They will never know I’m coming
Till I’m running the inside
And by then I’ll have them twisted
Till they’re standing right behind
- Phantom
03/19/2023
New poem coming soon 🏳️⚧️
Her heart is like a flower,
Plucked from a garden, based on its beauty
With no thought of the repercussions.
Used for all it had until the water turned brown and the leaves fell off.
Replaced as easily as it was picked.
Proving yet again that she was something to be used and discarded.
Passage of Time
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For the first time in a while I noticed change
As i talked to my sister in law like time hadn’t passed and we hadn’t aged
before things went to s**t
before walls were re painted
But I still hear the pain when she mentions the name
of a person we lost
I wonder does she blame me?
as much as everyone else
like I had something to gain
from the nights spent awake
feeling scars on my veins
from things used to numb them
Always planning my escape from
the words on the page that have doused me in shame
Its an up and down rate of how fast time moves
I paint the sky red and I still feel the blues
My chest feels like lead I search for the bruise
Its worth being said that I crave the abuse
Really I crave the affection that leads me to heaven
As the demons they lead me to hell dressed as brethren
I stew in the flames while they bake my depression
7 layers like a cake that was cooked to perfection
As I climb through the circles the pressure builds in my head
And I start to have thoughts that I’m better off dead
But whose burden is that?
I have no one to fault
To restart the cycle
Unlearn what I’ve taught
To everyone around me Ive given the talk
About living life to the fullest even when you are stopped
brought down to your knees by a thought passing by
To feel lumps in your throat and the sting in your eyes
To witness the beauty as if you were saying goodbye
To hold on to life when you’re living a lie
You’re not living at all youre just acting alive
Doing what you can to try and survive
But you die every day
You’re getting too tired
I say no you must stay
I cant let you expire
But I guess Im a liar for preaching a truth
That I don’t wanna learn
So I’ll make an excuse
That I’m plenty okay
After all
This is just a poem
A story I’ve written
It is One often told
But not many listen
So I guess it gets old
To hear words on repeat
leaving grooves in your skull
But I can’t bear to sit and stay quiet
When people are dropping like flies
In a world that is silent
But people always speak up when saying how selfish it is to leave
So let me remind you
Its not easy to grieve
When someone is gone they will never come back
You can be mad or have whatever feelings you have
But those around you who have felt the same
Will always remember the words you chose to say
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01/04/2023
Idealogical Death 
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If you were on your last breath
Hole in your chest
Blood pouring out
Shirt soaking wet
What would you chose to say?
Would you like to confess?
All the stuff that you’ve done
all the ways you’ve been blessed?
Would you reach out your hand
To the empty blue sky?
Would you scream would you cry
For the life you will lose?
Would you take out your phone
To tell loved ones goodbye?
Would you send out a tweet for the last couple views?
Tell me would you pray
Finally take up religion?
Would you beg for forgiveness
For the way you were sinning?
Would you climb to your knees
Shouting praise to unknown?
Would you sit there and question why you were alone?
See I want you to wonder
I w**k you to think
Let your life flash in your eyes
Before you’re on the brink
Then sit down and focus and ask yourself this are you currently happy with the life you have lived?
Its really that simple
a yes or a no
Its the closing of curtains
On your puppet show
No one left to pull strings
Just you and your thoughts
Either you start to make changes
Or you let yourself rot
Take a risk take a chance
Before fate take’s your hand
Because no matter how lucky
Your end can’t be planned.
12/19/2022
Dropping after the 1st now. I don’t wanna release something that isn’t my best work… it’ll be worth the wait
❄️ dropping this month ❄️
12/04/2022
❄️ dropping this month ❄️
Hey everyone!!
Now that I‘m almost graduated I’m getting extra serious about music and spoken word. If 2023 isn’t my year then I’ll take the focus elsewhere but I have a good feeling. Much love!
-Phantom
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