Shawnice_Pate's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Shawnice_Pate  —  There are currently 45 poems total — keep up the great work!

Solving

I've listened to more than just my mind.

The combination of my mind and heart helped me realize my wrongs I held within.

I see them destroyed from my life.

It's a new age in growing years.

Facing things passed my fears.

A new time in...

by Shawnice Pate

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Broaden My Horizons

I normally don't care of who I like…except the Mexican people.

It's not my thing because I cannot relate to them.

I've dated Blacks and Puerto Ricans in my past.

I cannot relate to everything.

But I can understand with reason.

Since...

by Shawnice Pate

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People Repeat

I've seen and the expected cheating.

In the past, I was never at fault.

If all people do is the same repeated thing, will their relationship history repeat?

I am about furthering a relationship.

Not faithfully end it.

Does the blame...

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My Problem With People

I done in some time about who I like.

The way I love is passionately in depth.

I am a woman who is vividly in romance with the heart.

I am a woman who loves, creates and imagine the kind of possibilities.

I love to be a creator with...

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Strong Women And Girls

I don't like the delicate, damsel in distress types.

There should be stronger representations about women

No matter what color they are.

Do you see them weak around us?

That is how some fictional characters are.

I cannot respect them...

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Fix On My Own

I wished to be forgiven of my past had done.

The time of my age is now.

I ran away in the past facing dangers alone.

I was the one to be picked one long ago.

Have you faced horrid battles alone?

I came from a dark place, saving people...

by Shawnice Pate

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Studying Decision

I've started my studies in my current time.

The choice is between my writing dream or coding's technology.

What is better for me?

Crafting characters and world building or designing?

The design would have to look and sell well.

I have...

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A Wish Of Better Things

I want to write the topics that flexes my creative writing.

It's more exciting than to dream about something that can be used to show the world.

To help out and be whatever my heart desire.

I wish the same for any child and those who are...

by Shawnice Pate

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I Remember

I remember the time I was in love.

Fast forward of choosing me, I hated the treatment.

Is it terrible I chose my beliefs over yours?

I remember the lovers I had and their friends.

Having friends around a love?

It was a bad choice.

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I Choose Me

In my absence, I've self claimed my theme to change.

Change and mold myself as if I'm shaped pottery.

My imperfections had done wrong and I've seen them for myself.

I gradually grew up in my development over the years.

Talking about the...

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Pursue

I choose to pursue my dreams.

The dream to enjoy my work and become well valued for it.

I have the determination to continue.

My words needing to be my actions.

The job makes a person along with their social circle.

The message can...

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Shy

I am quiet when you get to know me.

Not talking too much or too less.

I am not silent about my situations.

Because of this people

wish to silence me.

I can be shy to approach people now.

I wasn't shy to ask people out to be with...

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Sneakers

I've been bound to wear sneakers and flat boots.

I am not too tomboyish anymore.

The kind of tomboy who wear plain clothes and shoes.

The nice kind of clothes is for me.

I like the good sneakers I want and buy.

To be admired for my...

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Rarely Give Time

I spend the time to buy food for the unfortunate.

I spend time to listen to a man of losing his job.

I give money and gifts away out of kindness.

A struggle I can relate to.

In my past, I'm geuninely nice enough to give them food when...

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Good Quality

My taste is unclear, black magic.

If I could save well, I will be save myself from solitude.

The taste in clothes define what I am into.

Good quality clothes and never been into jewelry.

I could never settle for bad quality.

The...

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Bound To Play Games

They play silly games after things are never the same.

It's an attack on the kind and soft hearted.

At times I have been watching out for them.

Despite my tedious tendencies to the online world.

You have to talk to me to know me.

Read...

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Sing From My Heart

I've been singing from my heart.

My voice warms my heart

I sing about what I go through

Sometimes constant or at once

Within different times of the day and evening.

My songs are sung happily.

Happily sung with escaping emotions.

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The Question About Love

I can be quite demanding.

I ask for standards in relationships.

Is the unfaithful really what love is?

I am thinking if it's the truth

What's going on right in front of me?

Can love be a good thing?

Would it be admired if adultery...

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Answers Revealed

I get sad at times over what I find out.

Must I be the one to remain in the dark?

It's not so soft and sugar-coated like I thought.

Sometimes finding out about I mean to someone hurts the most.

Isn't it funny to speak about it first?

...

by Shawnice Pate

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Cruelty Of Cool Kids

I wanted to be around them.

Oblivious to the cool kids.

Wanting friends despite the innocent cause.

The innocence of my pure thinking.

Not knowing that surely disaster will strike.

The cruelty in people with a lot of friends is...

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A Tried Friendship

I can be liking her a bit too much in the past.

Now I can live without her.

It was a crush that went to far in obsession.

Something that should have been ended.

But the friendship was kept in the dark.

Would it be a friendship without...

by Shawnice Pate

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Crush On You

I haven't been myself lately.

It might be crazy if I continue to crush on you.

Obsessed with the idea of liking a person

Even if it's to fall in love as well.

My kind of liking a person includes attached feelings and romance.

Treating...

by Shawnice Pate

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Suicidal Case

I am a suicidal case.

Thinking about it once in awhile.

The depression sometimes saddens me.

My despair suppressed by help and guidance.

Through medicine and talks.

They soothe me in my depressive mood.

My own suicidal moments gets...

by Shawnice Pate

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Heal My Mind and Emotions

Mentally scarred from what I don't call love.

A scar shouldn't be this deep to take with me for years.

The pain of the aftermath shrouded in regret.

Should the effects heal my mind and emotions will too.

The heartbreak will calm down and...

by Shawnice Pate

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Wicked

Done wrong, I always blamed myself

It had to be heart-felt.

Something to relate to.

We have bad ways we do.

The intentions we have for these actions.

Why would there be laughing?

There's a crime on hearts that got to pay.

A...

by Shawnice Pate

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Storytelling

I have the inspiration to write a person

Is it right to be this way for certain?

The creation of storytelling wouldn't be nothing.

It will be I have to open the curtains.

My creativity is always flowing.

I will have the tales showing....

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Growing Up

I feel I've grown up

From all this fuss

Yes, I've been naive.

It doesn't mean I couldn't see.

I am maturing each passing year.

Seeing through the blurry mess

Perhaps it was my...

by Shawnice Pate

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Hype

I take my time to recover from this hype.

I get excited no matter it's dark or light.

Inspire me.

Inspire to my reach.

When things are brand new, I know what to do.

I need to be happy for the new things.

They raise me up saying new...

by Shawnice Pate

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Just Be Myself

I came to realize what's inside.

My complete self revolves around realization.

Realizing what I needed to be facing.

The time arrives what I denied inside.

For many years I had fears.

I fought through my battles with strength and...

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Be Someone Else

I've been wondering if my journey was for real.

The way to be someone else feels.

I chose to be in their shoes.

Formerly I had to lose myself and choose.

It's a way to enact roles for motivation.

They excite me for the inspiration

...

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Models

I thought crazy wasn’t for me.
Looking intently at people's beauty.
Checking daily on TV and model magazines.
They always look skinny, muscular and lean.
I meant nothing by my attraction.
Seeing someone pleasing to the eyes
They are always in...

by Shawnice Pate

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First Harsh Truth

In rejection from romance, I take my stand.
I believe in searching for love in a man.
They need to be the ideal man to look up to.
I am the real deal about what I go through.
My first harsh truth against a chance in relationships.
I wanted to...

by Shawnice Pate

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Think Like A Boss

Think like a boss, cutting my loss like he’s NotFaust
I am independently depending on myself.
My drive got me in with religion's Kingpin.
Cutting these losses like I did with these sins.
He was once a savior to these Arcs.
Saving me from chaos...

by Shawnice Pate

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Be More Truthful

Why is it nice to formerly be oblivious?
They kind and mean to you when serious.
Mistreating you ‘cause you're so new to it.
Don’t be fake around me.
The rude insults get no love for me.
Tell your truth like you want people to do.
Once you...

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True

If people cannot handle my truth, I let them down easily.
When you are true to people, you can see right through me.
My words are honest and true about what I must do
I once thought lies made people happy because it’s cool.
I have seen the false...

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Into Men

How can a lesbian be into men?
Is liking women the next new trend?
Old me would get hurt if I go that way.
They reject offers harder than when I stay.
If they look good, they need to walk out of my hood.
I am disgusted for vagina like I should....

by Shawnice Pate

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Think Differently

I think differently than half the people I know.
It can’t be listed on my hands who come and go.
These friendships are bad enough.
A relationship that is hard to trust.
Are they ideal friends for me?
Telling false lies you see?
The...

by Shawnice Pate

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Black Bomb

Watching myself destruct and erupt through my passion. A black bomb blowing up my feelings....

by Shawnice Pate

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On your knees

See them quiver. Bend on your knees and examine them carefully. For what they're doing, the cowardly nature they possess. Sin corrupted us all. You cannot escape it. Give them a rise and they'll snatch it. As if it's...

by Shawnice

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Aggression

Wrinkling nose and gritted teeth symbolize my anger. I linger in the pools of aggression. There's no need to confess. Emotions are reacting and I don't...

by Shawnice Pate

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No confusion

Disperse your feelings. Speaking so dirty, there's tar in your mouth. The rotten you are, the more captivities you got. Born to talk, doesn't the mind bend? You cannot confuse the enemy for a friend. Foes going down south as my message is wordy. Are...

by Shawnice Pate

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Don't Want To Grow Up

I am eight years old. No redemption attached, attending what it must be done. Knowing where I came from, grown ups' maturity get robbed like a pack of gum. We play on the playground more effectively than people have mistresses drastically....

by Shawnice Pate

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Red Sonja

She strikes men where it hurts the most: Their pride.
Blood tainted her hair, ruby stained.
Daring men tried to take a woman who fought with all her might.
The sharp blow never ceases to satisfy her.
Red filled fury; Sonja walked the steps of...

by Shawnice Pate

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Release The Puppet

I snagged the strings, freeing myself.
Freedom is denying the uncontrollable
The puppeteer is now...

by Shawnice Pate

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Shade Of Blue

Scent kissed flowers are your collection
Alienated by the different shades
Color my garden, fill it behind the white fences.
Autumn petals plucked, gone out to...

by Shawnice Pate

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