by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
THE LONELY SLEEP -by Neo Blaqness In quiet dark when night is deep flickering sounds for company keep unheard by ears adrift in space dreaming whilst yet still awake of someone in that empty place inside and beside your pillow’s reach this is how the lonely...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
PROMISE FREEby Neo Blaqness-I’m not looking for a forever love because we are only promised this day we know nothing of tomorrow no matter what we think for if you say you truly love me I accept that for today if you don’t live up to it tomorrow you...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
VERITAS by Neo Blaqness Restless minds which cannot sleep belong to lives bereft of dreams occupied by unsolved pains and worries of what dawn may bring stare they deep into the night to no avail seek they the light the evidence for which they wait hope unseen...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
FULL HOUSE by Neo Blaqness Do you ever wonder like I do had we met before I became me and you became you bound to the places our lives have brought us to and all the ups and downs that we have come through would there really be a chance for a me and you instead of...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
SPEAKIN MAH PEACE (Inspired by a Letter) by Neo Blaqness I know this may sound a bit forward but would you mind if I sleep with you? I know you thinkin I dun lost my mind but it isn’t that at all but what I find whenever I am close to you even online I’m...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
TREE OF LIFE -by Neo Blaqness There are moments I cannot help but be jealous of a tree and how easily it can shake loose its leaves in the autumn breeze and fold its life into itself until the cold of winter melts and its branches yawn outstretched for spring to hug...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
THE WALL by Neo Blaqness There is a crack in the wall between me and you If I press my face against it I can see right through and upon my cheek a kiss of grateful air that has found a place to move a yearning breeze squeezed between two hardened hearts of stone...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
NIGHT SHIFT by Neo Blaqness The hardest part about bein single is wurkin dat night shift punchin dat clock afta dark closin dem eyes an tryin ta drift but ain’t nuthin movin stuck in park ain’t got no ride so you just sit there watchin time go by with...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
TRUE LOVE by Neo Blaqness When a smile upon a face you love means much more than your own and the mere whisper of their name makes your heart feel at home thinking of the many ways their love has caused your life to grow even though you’ve never even had them...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
TEARLESS by Neo Blaqness There are tears I no longer cry About things I no longer ask why Feelings I have allowed to die Just so that I can live and survive without you
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
EXES by Neo Blaqness There are questions which vex us when speaking of exes like how long did you stay and why after you knew in your heart it was over and how long did you cry
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WHEN THE RIGHT ONE COMES ALONG by Neo Blaqness When the right one comes along There’s a song You can’t stop singing A bell that won’t stop ringing In your heart when they are near When the right one comes along Every wound that...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
UNTHORNED -by Neo Blaqness I know sometimes you visit even how often you stay and read and ask yourself how is it once upon a time you were married to me On my way to who I am we shared a portion of our life knowing now what was not known then still no regrets I have...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
THE WAY OF THE WORLD -Neo Blaqness Sometimes I think if eyes would blink and from the earth I would fall most wouldn’t give a single thought that I was missing at all
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IT’S A DATE by Neo Blaqness Today I celebrate the anniversary of your touch I’ve never been the kind of man that such things really meant that much until my arms found their place around you and my lips touched yours and the sound my...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN MOURNING SICKNESS -by Neo Blaqness I think I’m pregnant it’s past the date when I should have had a visit from my friend I’m nauseated can’t hold nothin within just been tired funny actin too hormonal for a man craving...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN DAWN TOO SOON -by Neo Blaqness Tonight I felt your head beneath my chin your breath upon my chest the follicles of my hair waving like grass in a soothing breeze as you gently kissed and caressed the bosom part of me never knowing a man could...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN SALUTATIONS – by Neo Blaqness Meet me under the moon where my love longs most for its reflection where the peaceful waters flow beneath the stars this side of heaven tho this portion of my life be measured by the sands of time my soul knows...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN MUCH OF A MAN – by Neo Blaqness Don’t ask me how I know for to tell the story would be to break into pieces once more what is still quite difficult to hold for I suppose you would think it unnatural for a man to admit knowledge of...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN REHAB – by Neo Blaqness My strength is drained by the weight of each tear that follows along the cracks of my swollen face filling the pillow that we once shared with each breath I labor just to turn my head away from the scent of your...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN HOOP DEE by Neo Blaqness So many times have I poured my heart empty into vessels unfit unworthy or too damaged to hold its love making excuses for flat tires broken windows or lack of an engine trusting my life to a vehicle in obvious disrepair...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN FLY BALL by Neo Blaqness You know sometimes you just gotta let go despite every reason you want to give yourself to continue to hold onto something that will eventually cost you your health and the wealth of blessings you have already come to...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE OTHER HALF by Neo Blaqness There are moments when she says she loves me I peer deep into her eyes just wanting to be sure that it’s not someone else in disguise Even tho I’ve grown beyond the man I used to be I didn’t think...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN RESPITE by Neo Blaqness I never understood before people’s fixations with old stuff on a shelf or cars that no one hardly remembers anymore until I finally grew into the shoes of a man and felt the gravity of the world Then it it hit me...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN JOY LUCK by Neo Blaqness Have you ever come so close to happiness that you could literally taste it by its aroma on a morning breeze a scent that fills your belly’s hunger from loneliness putting your mind at ease that the full course would...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN SPEAK TO ME by Neo Blaqness For you I would walk across the ocean tho lose my life upon its floor I would swim the clouds of heaven free falling straight to the earth’s core and pull forth my sword of righteousness call out to Satan’s...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN U by Neo Blaqness There is a letter missing from my life no matter how often I speak or how much I write It fails to show up on my lips or when I type and yet nobody notices that it’s not there but me and...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN AVATARS by Neo Blaqness In the deep quiet of the night when all the world seems still my soul feels the restlessness of your struggling will over what next what was what is why and because all fighting for the prominence of first place in your...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CREATIVE MINDS by Neo Blaqness I spent the night inside of you our hearts were intertwined in rhythmic pulse as our minds clenched and held each other tight penetrating with each thought I thrusted to your soul denied me not you opened up and...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN FISHIN -by Neo Blaqness Have you ever tried to breathe with a heart so broken that you start to wheeze before a single word is even spoken Like someone done literally reached in and did with their bare hands pulled out that rib right through the...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN CORPSES by Neo Blaqness There is a crime that has people doing time It’s called accessory after the fact When a person’s decision to make an omission of things that should have been said is as damaging as the crime itself even though...
by Neo Blaqness | Faith Matters, Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WAKING UP TO YESTERDAY -by Neo Blaqness This morning for some reason I slept in resting past the sounds of the birds singing welcoming the break of dawn Something I never do without two arms around me or a breath upon my chest or legs intertwined...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN PROGNOSIS – by Neo Blaqness How do you heal a wound Without knowing where it hurts When all you feel Is a something You wish would go away Like that sound in the night You can’t locate And won’t let you sleep Or that itch That always seems...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE OTHER PILLOW ~By Neo Blaqness Tonight I shared my bed with the other pillow where she once rested her head where our eyes would slowly meet and our lips would gently greet before drifting off to sleep knowing that my eyes would open moments...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IRREPARABLE by Neo Blaqness How many times can you climb to the top of Heart’s Hill with all your might and all your will holding on for dear life to another until they send you head over heals tumbling down covered over by the load of...
by Neo Blaqness | Poetry, The Lonely Sleep |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN Y LUV by Neo Blaqness Why do I even want you in my life I can’t even give you away without paying some price lawd knows Im no saint I don’t do it to be nice I don’t claim you to be something that you ain’t I give you away cuz its right and...
