You spoke to me like I was human But I had big eyes and antennas Still you took patience Carving stories like hands under henna Pausing for my breaths And then a Sweet check up to see if I was keeping with But I wasn’t I was fluttering eyelids And seeing triple There were ripples [...]
Author: lyricdeep
Poet.
Funder Bolted
I think you’re the bee’s knees Even on days like these When life don’t treat you To the things you deserve When you ain’t served Lurve or kindness When you got that blindness To your wonder And those smarts That bring a beige day Thunder. By Lyric Deep.
Don’t Die For Da Dates & Grades 17/06/22
17/06/22 I wrapped up my second year at university in May. I handed in my final essay a couple weeks earlier than it was due, one-part because it was finished and I didn’t want to tempt tinkering, one-part because once it was given in I could let me hair down and get glad-ragged without worrying [...]
Fruit Fly
I slam my hand against the wall Praying the little body will fall Then praying it’ll ascend above Because you can never kill with love I slam my fists against the wings Take from God his little things Then smush with tender touch Because you can never kill with love I slam my fingertips into [...]
Tit
You thought you were so stupid in that moment That you voiced yourself and were an embarrassment That you got it all totally wrong And missed the glaring obviousness That everyone else picked up on You kept a brave face, didn’t twitch Didn’t let the room know you had awareness of the slip You took [...]
Ode To My People 17/05/2022
17/05/2022 I’ve recorded the EP! FINALLY! My seven piece band and I spent the 16th and 17th of April in Satellite Studios, Enfield, securing our months of hard work into a fixed project that we can share with the world. I feel so proud, and so excited. After going to an Orii Jam in Hackney [...]
Fastloosen
Got VIP, priority, Cos of my network Had Faith in the line, with love as my net worth Dropped off coats, two for one Some tap water and out of date crisps Looking round I knew I didn’t fit in I got all 70s for a show in the now It was a little bit [...]
Towards You
Walk with me Not against me The wind is pushing us My direction So turn and head me Face the thing You wish nature Would thrust you from Because every time you cut The journey short You just end up on the long Way to Because every time You run from me I run faster [...]
Oracle Girl Baaaby 17/04/22
17/04/22 http://www.oraclegirl.org Ooo La-La, it’s that time of the year again! Oracle Girl’s Silent Immersion Retreat. In April and October of every year, Oracle Girl does a remote retreat that - and this is no exaggeration - will change ya muthafuckin life. In 2014 I was introduced to the OG. I had been in and [...]
I Don’t Care Cos They Don’t
The quicker you learn No one gives a fuck about you The better your life will be. Sounds funny, dunnit? I know. But I learnt recently That the more pressure you put on those Who don’t pick up on your frequencies The more free you are to love them At the capacity They can receive [...]
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