Shaquana Adams- A Poem

Silence Me

They tried to silence me

And change the fact that I am free.

Lock my lips and throw away the key

That is what they want to do to me.

My words aren't poetry they say

Called it immature child’s play.

Said my emotions were not real

How are they going to tell me how I feel?

When I was writing in my journal

All the emotions that were internal

Came out gushing not like rain

From all of my secluded pain

So I did the only thing I could at

Three o clock in the morning.

I wrote until my pen ran dry

Or until I hit the pillow snoring.

Let me just make this clear

For all the people who will not cheer

Because they think I write about lies

But who have never seen through my eyes.

No I will not shut my lips

Nor take the pen from the paper

Nor will I let your stupid shit

Stop me from being a creator.

If you can’t handle what I spit

Feel free to get up and walk away.

Because entrapment is the last thing I’ll permit.

Not tomorrow, not today!

Shaquana Adams is an internationally published poet with a fondness for the color purple. She is quiet on the outside but goofy on the inside and writes because the best thing about writing is that she can say what she needs to say. It is an awesome experience.

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