America

By Talisha Holmes

America…

People listen…

People on the street

People on the move

In these times

Thoughts are running wild

No one doesn't know

And the feelings always show

In these streets alone

Can we be a voice?

It's convoluted, thick with agitation

I don't know how to deal with this damnation

America…

To not belong

Is to belong

While we're longing for peace

And prosperity

And I know i pledged allegiance

But I know

I just wanna go far away from this Galaxy

If My freedom here is so much more than many

Then why do I feel like i'm going crazy?

America…

We stay and fight

To make it right

Fill up the streets with black and brown

Military police

Kill and silence me

We've had enough; Burn this whole place down

We've tried your way

To make our voices pleasing

They laughed and 

hung our likenesses in effigy

America…

Brakes

By Talisha Holmes 

You never broke my heart

I was already in pieces

Since that day so far away

I don’t even remember

I don’t even remember

You never made me cry

Didn’t have any tears left, No

Anyhow, maybe now

You can stop telling people that

You can stop telling folks that, now

You never stole my heart

Such a lie, such a lie, such a lie

I never believed you meant the things you said

Tell the truth, dear

Tell the truth. Tell the truth.

You said you let me down easy

But that’s assuming I was ever up

And if you let me down “easy”

I’d hate to see “hard.”

Please. Stop.

Stop

Why did you do that to me?

I fell so hard.

You say you let me down easy

But that’s assuming I was ever up

And if you let me down easy,

I hate to see hard

Oh, just stop

Follow Me

By Talisha Holmes 

Through the fire and the rain

Every drop in these veins

Link tight to this chain

Stay in this lane

And we’ll fly

We’ll race to dawn

When we can’t fly we’ll run

Growing stronger from the sun

Side by side as one

In these arms

When we reach the place

We’ll be love we’ll be safe

Just don’t look back…

Follow Me I’ll go 

Follow me i’ll go

to the land

follow me i’ll go

follow me i’ll go

to the land

Never shying from the truth

Holding on to our youth

While branching out from the root

Ignoring in all pursuit

And we’ll reign

This place of ours

We own all the power

Just don’t give it away…

This thing that we have done

has Shadowed the moon and drenched

the sun

Just don’t look back …

Follow Me I’ll go

Follow me i’ll go

to the land 

Follow Me I’ll go

Follow me i’ll go

to the land 

Go, Fight,Win 

By Talisha Holmes 

Open your doors

Bring out your guns.

We’re gonna risk our lives

To save our sons.

We're gonna fight.

They need a protector

Not a venomous snake

Injecting it’s poison

For evilness sake

We're gonna  fight

We're gonna stand

Darkness wins...

When we decide to lose

I’ve a  right to live

Cause our lives have value

We not gonna run no

We're not gonna hide no

We're gonna fight yeah

We gonna stand yeah

We not gonna run no

We're not gonna hide no

We're gonna fight yeah

We're not gonna run anymore

We'll  face them in the street

United

We matter

Well March with weapons in hand

He commanded the children to shout

And the walls come tumbling down 

I’m Really Happy

By Talisha Holmes 

Well I heard about your brand new baby girl

10 fingers and 10 toes

With the life long love of your youngish life

Can't wait to see her as she grows

I'll send a gift in the mail from Amazon

I couldn't make it to your shower

But I'll be there next time with little bells on

I'll aim a little higher

And I'm really happy for you

From the cellphone that I'm texting on,

As I lay in my room

And I'm really happy for you

For you

I heard they're on tour in Germany

You know those guys deserve it

They're so talented, and beautiful on stage

I know they're gonna kill it

What's next on their horizon up ahead?

They're selling out at every show

They're not even worried bout the rent anymore

I got tickets, but I'll be in the last row.

But,

I'm really happy for them

As i pull into my driveway

And i stare across the fence

I'm really happy for them

For them

I finally left an abusive relationship

Doesn't seem my life is anything (anything, anything)

And my mood has suffered a dip (I’m so low)

I just want to make sense of everything (I don’t know, I don’t know)

A good day means not crying (ooo)

But I'm safe when i come home at night (I’m free, I’m free)

And this time I'm not lying (ohhh)

Cause there's only me to fight

Now

I'm really happy for me

I'm in a better place now

But still not where i should be

I'm really happy for me 

I'm ok

No Judgements

By Talisha Holmes

Your stardust makes patterns in the sky

Nothing scientific about it

It just is.

Shapes of circles and arrows

Body's and galaxies

Something to gaze upon

Something to gaze upon

No judgements  rendered.

Your waves do something to the ocean

But I know its mostly on the surface

The reef below

Remains essentially the ocean

Something to experience

Something to experience

No judgements rendered

But what I'm trying to say

Is I love everything about

Exactly how it was, and is and will be

With you

You are something to be apart of

To experience and

To love

Someone too wonderful

You're just too wonderful

No judgements rendered…

But what I'm trying to say

Is I love everything about

Exactly how it was, and is and will be

With you

You are something to be apart of

To experience and

To love

Someone too wonderful

You're just too wonderful

No judgements rendered…

Right into It

By Talisha Holmes 

The thought of you smelling my scent

Or even knowing it at all

It so excites me

Right into it, I'm gonna fall

Right into it

Right into it…

With you

And i want you to know what i feel like

Inside

Outside

I'll open wide

Right into it

Right into it…

With you   

Can you sense what i feel?

And the taste of it

In your hands

Of what we've missed?

I'm losing

Myself

While you're

Gaining on me

As soon as these elevator doors close

I'm gonna show you

I'm gonna show you

As soon as those doors close

I need to feel your hands on me

Inside me

Woah

I'm losing myself while you're gaining on me

Kiss me please

Kiss me sweet

Love me

Fall right into it...

Sacrifice

By Talisha Holmes 

Slowly

Going

Hurting

From everything

Struggling

Emptying

Angry in my mind

Only it can be

A tragedy

Confusing in my self

Not knowing

Not controlling 

It's my mind, mind

Trudging around

Wondering if it matters

Handfuls of ground

Sifting through it to find the answers

Coming up short

Clutching on for so long

Trying to start the dawn

Who has hope for hopelessness

Who has time for the useless

I can't do this

Worried

Fighting

Hiding

From everything

Losing

Sleeping

Crying in my mind

Because this it seems

A tragedy

Confusing my self

Never knowing

Never controlling

My mind, mind

I sacrifice

My life

to this thing

that's killing me

Slows me down

Takes my mind

Spins me around

Makes me blind

Steals my smile

Burns my skin

Stops my heart

How can I win?

Who has hope for hopelessness

Who has time for the useless

Wartorn 

By Talisha Holmes 

See them lying there. 

Victims of disaster

Never saw it coming on

Flags of alabaster

We are war torn

Beaten with debris

From stars that fell

Sometime ago

The stories they tell

We are war torn

Not just you

Not just me

There is no them 

only we

Where is your white flag

Is it burning

Is it burning

Is it burning

We are war torn