Rope

Beauty lies within the controversy of undiscovered love

Echo – Love

Flawed, so they separate for the art

Echo – Apart

Bound by darkness for the sake of metaphor

Echo – Ignore

Tortured poets live and die by their own hand

Echo – Withstand

Drowning in hopes of infinite light

Echo – Spite

Gravity defied, only to add more weight to the heart
Echo – Art

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Light.

Originally from my Instagram  

Muse: @kweenkreyol

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The Holy Ghostwriter

if these words could uplift

themselves from the page

they would praise you
like a pastor on his knees 

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Untitled

when my crown fell into the 

flames, I went down with it; 

I put it back on and endured 

the pain until the crown 

became a part of me; thus, 

my personal hell was now 

my kingdom. 

Posted for dversepoets; 

originally from my Instagram.

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You

Calla lilies black as the night sky
bring me to the bed
we once laid in

Your mouth grazes my back
like bison in the meadow
your nutrients seep
into the pores of my skin
as I lie in the afterglow
and you sleepwalk
into my dreams at 2am
awakening me
from these memories

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The Words the Dead Speak

for Frank Stanford

You are the darkness

that backs my shimmer of hope

like the night sky to a red moon

like the woodlands

to a wolf in slumber

Death brings sober words

to drunk characteristics

Death reads the stanzas that

fall from my fingertips

in a language I find hard

to understand

as I see a lock

of curly hair fall

from beneath its hood

The closest I'll ever get to hearing
your voice

©2015 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

For Poetics.
I've written plenty of poems dedicated to Frank Stanford;
I wouldn't be the poet I am if it wasn't
for copying his bold style until I was comfortable
enough to find myself artistically. 

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The Dayz

I'm from solitude drenched in wonder, faith

and determination; bein' man of the house

while retaining the heart of a child

long walks through lush lands

and livin' for late-night hangs

I'm from a time where 'I'

brought thoughts of self

and not losing ourselves

in the latest iphones

I'm from momma's meatloaf,

mashed potatoes and gravy

followed by banana pudding

goodnight's, I love you's,

and say ya prayers sealed

with a kiss

I'm from Hip-hop

hi-hats over hard-hitting

bass backing rhymes of bitches,

hoes and who got the fattest ass

to conscious streams of Amerikkka

and poets revealing their darkest days
with every 16 bars acting as a therapist  

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His Confession

Time ran away from me while chasing wants

I thought were necessities

obsessions with pussy money and weed bled on the floor

of the confessional this was the first time

he didn't mind asking for help

the art of compromise

but before hand bad habits

from the nuisance of itchy palms

lead to the scattering of regrets

and he continued

the mother's baby I took her for granted

and I lost the only thing I ever wanted

in the beginning and in the beginning

the writing was on the walls but

it's like I stabbed myself in the eyes with the pens

so I was blind to the fact that I had it all

he said

She was the virgin mary

and I was judas on my life

ready to betray god if

this bitch decide to have my baby

devilish

devilish

she said

how'd it turn to this

how'd it turn into this

the whites of your eyes turned

into dark lies and what's to hide

in a home when the glass is tinted

and your soul is cut from the world?

He said being an artist is too big a responsibility

for some art is the only thing worth believing in

that means someone out there believes in me

the way one might believe in god

and I can't take the pressures of believing

in myself because that would make me my own god

so I'll stay in disbelief

like america being the richest country

yet we got millions with nothing to eat

just food for the soul when it's dark and lonely on this road

they call the life of an artist

usually plagued by a dead end and suicidal thoughts begin

to take over when those world wide sales were dismal

and international success didn't take over

that's why my sweetest dreams are my nightmares

and it's so hard to focus when you're not there

and I lose it wondering if my muse will ever

end up face down on the pavement before I do

the importance of preeminence

can be fatal if you're not passionate

and it feeds off you

©2015 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

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A Love like No Other

A landscape was created with every word I spoke;

you're like a canvas begging for another stroke.

And like a sign from heaven I hear your hum;

so, in meditation for the wolves, my bones they broke.

Not a holler in my heart for it beats to your drum.

I hope you maintain faith in me, or my flaws I will become.

The goddess of my kingdom, royalty is what you bleed;

even the trees love the taste of your breath and then some.

The call of your name fulfills my every need;

forever together when I plant my seed.

You're the reason I awaken from my nightmare;

like a dove symbolizing peace, I am freed.

My dreams are woven with your hair;

sleep becomes a necessity only when you're there.

Of all the possibilities we could share,

I just want my dreams woven with your hair.  

Written in the rhyme scheme of AABA-BBCB-CCDC-DDDD for MTB

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Dyin' of Thirst

your heart is like a frozen waterfall

and I'm climbing your icy depths
without a stitch of clothing
because I can't stop thinkin'
with my dick

these hard-ons

don't faze you anymore
'cause you know me so well
you know when pain is hidden
in the inky-blacks of my eyes
or maybe it's just you're
used to typical niggas
you read me like an open book
sprawled out on the floor



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X̶̷̸̲̲̿

                                                                              X

                                                                 Hair: like bondage

                             it

              wraps            wraps
                   and        and
                        wraps
                  and        and
             wraps           wraps    

 

   around the arms and

not only stops movement

  but it slows down time

 

 

 

Bound by the hair on God's knuckles, it forces 

 them to reflect on every memory they

wish they could forget; thus, the

enjoyment in pulling out

your hair is found.

 

 

 

I know it hurts but continue sipping love nectar

until you're unrecognizable

 

    

 

 

 

be my bitch                                                                                          be what I'm looking for

 

 

                                                                     

 

 

 

 

and water me

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meditation

I gave you the light that revealed the constant stranger

Turned relic to keep my faith from wandering 

In the land of waning freedom 

Where our daily bread 

Is down to crumbs like the bottom of a toaster 

Because each slice is devoured by the field talk 

Of itchy trigger fingers 

These elitist hands play magic tricks 

And with each puff of smoke 

Another slain nigger disappears into

The magician's hat faster than 

The swipes on a fogged mirror 

After washing away the blood 

Of the innocent and plagued those  

Poetically looking for temple

To express themselves 

In a world that condemns nudity 

Of the spirit so I hide my tears 

And let them rain on my innermost thoughts 

 

©2014 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

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The Beauty.

She is the color of Swahili Aphrodite laid

against the night sky—not limited to darkness.

She kisses the sun red

to blend the bloodshed
down to a matter of perspective
so her view of the world isn't so bad.
Her presence brings a tear to the eye
like raindrops that distort your
reflection on the edge of a pond.
She dances off the high of long-winded
debates on heaven and hell's existence
while running her hands over loved
ones whose time has yet to come.

All after washing the dirt

of religion from her socks
one last time in the same
bathwater she used to
cure her loneliness.

©2014 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

 

writing from the perspective of the dead for Poetics...

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Metamorphosis (A Painting)

Dear heavenly father,

my mother is my number one fan and her good feelings

are my faith when I'm short on patience

you birthed me mama but when you said the

words, “This could be a poem,” that's when the legacy began

Like a book without a 1^st 2^nd or 3^rd chapter

but of continuous prose without punctuation

deciphering Schoenfeld's watercolors

revealing//passionate//canvases of pure romance

in red//pale flesh//blue//with sky hues

numbering page after page of Miller's rapid scenery

amplifying the language of insects

and even the smallest encounters are painted

in grandiosity with a final transition

to Wheatfall's black & white subtlety & power

reminiscent of the strength in Van Gogh's
Wheat Field with Reaper and Sun 

©2014 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

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Creation of Skeleton

The dead the alive the diamonds

they survived

The slaves the prisoners the raves

they celebrated

The eagle the night the sky

they danced

The hero the villain the victim

they merged

The dumb ass the teacher the stubborn

they learned

The genius the ignorant the minion 

they taught

The artist the tree hugger the archaeologist

they created

The leader the wall the guards

they fell

The peeping tom the girl the onlooker 

they understood

The killer the boy the saviour 

they changed 

The man the woman the child 

they loved

The predators the angels the demons 

they walked

© 2010 Anthony Desmond Scott. All Rights Reserved.

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Condemned

In hell you are me looking in
Watching the consumption of
Those in the Devil's den
Eyes without tears
Minds with no fear
Combust in searing fleshtone
A mockery of the blessed
Merit within woes of 
The unholy prototype
Bind the life in love and hate
The bodies of those engulfed
By Hell's Gates






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