Flirtatious

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Its likes a game.
Sometimes you win
Sometimes you lose
But it is all the same

It is made to be innocent
You don't necessarily want someone
It can just b all fun and games
As long as you don't get hurt at the end.

Thee days it is with your best friends
Of the opposite sex.
Doesn't mean something is bound to happen
It is just a game.

Its not an attention seeker
Though some think it is
But it is a sin when you are married
Bu it is all the same

Bring your top game
Nothing is bound to happen
Supposedly a new fun way of hanging out
But at the end, its not my kind of game.

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A Deadly Sin, One-Way independence

Monday, April 29, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I claim my independence
I've been sheltered throughout my childhood.
That makes my life more relevant
If only I could...

Power is not what  I crave
Respect is what i want
No clowning
I don't need superpowers

Saving ones energy
To let it go to waste
I am my own temple
But sometimes I want a little taste

Nothing to harsh
Taking my own pleasure
Having my own fun
Somewhat a deadly sin.

I grew up from the innocent one
Being teased and criticized
I won't shut you down
But I will clearly shut you own

I aim for my own success
Trying to claim it
Eve if I create a sin
No consequences is caused.

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Ante Meridian

Sunday, April 28, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Before noon
In the morning
Ultra cool
So bring on the noise
Waking up like clockwork
Hashtag, only hard work
Eyes temporarily peripheral
Central point to the work
Is like a subtle design
It's humanity!

I live through and around it
Day by day
Where my routines are hijacked
Irrelevancy of where I lay
Fast or cooked breakfast
Need to be out in a dash
Dress like a lady, not as trash
Point taken, a lovely morning it is

I'm watching the clock
It time to go out
Enjoy all parts of the day
Even though it is still ante meridian

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Black

Saturday, April 27, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

It is an absence of color.
A hole full of nothing
Nothing bright
Nothing dark
Something simple
Somewhat falling apart
Matches with everything
Counted multiple rings
Cover up old wounds
Creating brand new ones
No mater the bad
No matter the good
Something to wear
Along with a hood
Part of a culture
Even a single ethnicity
Cliche in numbers
Question marks I wonder
It's all of everything
As well as none of nothing.
A subtle goodbye.
Lost in translation of a simple "hi".

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The Incredible Dishonesty

Friday, April 26, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I'm not different from the rest
No need to impress
But sometimes I fall short
To all the musings of the incredible dishonesty

Let me be taken
As far as it can go
Turn int he white flags
and don't give in.

Society
Full of utter dishonesty
Nothing to be trusted
Or even to go on, if I say so

No one to listen
No one to hear me scream
The incredible society
Of nothing but deadly sins, so it seems

Lies and more lies
Nothing is ever the truth
The cotton coated candy
May taste too sweet for a while
But turns sour after some time.
Nothing but an incredible dishonesty
Society's best kept secret.

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Boredom, A Wate of Time

Thursday, April 25, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Sitting here with nothing to do.
I have nothing to loose
But why so many people waste my time
Save so I can enjoy my life

Ambition, day in and day out
Rambling beats through my head.
Having all sorts of doubts
Tell me, why am I here?

Again, why is my time being wasted?
Life is too short
I don't always need to have fun
But need a continuos learning experience

Lose of attention
No kind of focus
Need some affirmative action
Opportunities, aimlessly

I'm bored out of time
More and more time being wasted
So set me free
Or make some of my time useful again.

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Go, I Need A Destination

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

When I'm satisfied
I get plenty full
But when I'm low
I'm pretty pitiful

Life makes me dizzy
Way worse than vertigo
I jut have to go.
I need a destination
because I feel like I'm loosing control

Be my inspiration
My motivation
Somewhat falling apart.
So I need you here and now.

Why, oh why
I should be hesitant
but its looking more of an testament
One lease on life

Come catch me
I want to lash out
This life of mine is closing on me
Making it all hot and dizzy like!

I need to go somewhere
A simple destination
Somewhat unfamiliar to me
But I don't want nothing to change the life for me.

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Failure, The Constant Case of Melancholy

Tuesday, April 23, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I'm tired of my failure.
The every non-forgiving emotional anchors.
Badgering from others
Its not making me any tougher

Claiming that hard work pays off
But that is nothing more than a mere write-off.
Feeling unloved and unappreciated
Did I do something wrong to you?

Everyday working for the common people
Nothing more than a different form of paid slavery
Somehow I'm always willing and able.
But it is starting to make me totally angry

Trying to find my life
Live it the best way I can
Find a job that can help my dreams alive
But nothing but utter disappointments and failures.

Tell me why these things happen.
With so many interviews.
No success of landing.
I don't know anymore, full of fumes.

Tell me, why am I here?
Body crossings, utter exhaustion
Failures put me into to tears.
Constant case of melancholy.


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Mr. Right

Monday, April 22, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

*Inspired by Ne-yo's - Miss Right

Hello and good evening
I normal come here to shut the world out
Nothing to really get into
Nothing to be about.
Just a simple bite and have a quiet good night.
By no means I wasn't looking for Mr. Right

Clearly he was there in the classroom with his boys.
No so alone but handsome with no defects on.
This made me think about the future someday
But first i'll try to say hello
and Good evening

Mr. Right
What were you doing here.
I surely wasn't expecting you at all tonight.
How about we disappear
Come to my room
If you have the time
Come and be the rest of my life.

Isn't this amazing
Spent forever looking
A lot of time wasting
As soon as I give in and quit
There my future sits
I never that could happen
But I gave it one more try
For you to be my Mr. Right
Finally, you became the rest of my life.

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Story Of My Life

Sunday, April 21, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Finding yourself involves sacrifice
but also a great deal of understanding story of my life.
Something to never think twice
I think I developed it something wise.

 Modest in speech
but exceeds in actions
Something I need not to preach
Always pretty tactful.

 My glasses
Somewhat un-relavent
Hardworking
Sometimes overworked
Never stopped searching
For my prominent success
My life is a constant test
Something I too, don't understand

 I'm called weird
Simply because laugh often
My dreams big and not locked away in a coffin
Because actions speak louder than words

 I believe what I see
and forget what i hear
I am who I am
Because, in all honesty, you can't stop me or my dreams

 Thats the story of my life
Constantly ever moving
Two timing ridiculed
But God didn't make it easy.

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And Our Love Continues

Saturday, April 20, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

We're still young
Some words still left unsung
We're enjoying the life given
As a couple, no one is hidden

Passion, love, and common place
Love us because we do not hate
There's no pressure
Our journey is life lessons

Together since college years
Started as encompassing little fears
Being with someone so dear
My decision are ever so clear

Every year enters a new phase.
Our love constantly grows, never fail
Filled with meaningless arguments and last minute things
I love you way more now than I ever did
You bring out the very best if me.
And our love continues
Forever more.

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No Days Off

Friday, April 19, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Ten time fold
Someone to hold
As I think to myself
As everyone else need constant

Phone rings
Should I answer?
Or maybe somewhat
Cannibalizing

From the 215 to the 610.
Traveling distances to another area code
4 days a week
Even in the rain, sun, sleet.

Even with work in the morning
And graduate school in the evening
Nothing stops me
There are no days off you see

Everyday with a notebook and pen
My bag and my things
I speak my own words
I keep it moving

I take no days off
Unless nature forces me to
That has nothing to do with any of you
I'm following what's best for me.

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Harmonize

Thursday, April 18, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

A new song pops up in my head.
Vocalizing in words that can not be said.
So faithful, so true.
Written as I look at the lit moon.

Intricate melodies
In perfect harmony.
Those sweet chords.
In in my own world.

The rhythm beating in my heart.
Just like the notes on a musical scale.
All the way from C to B.
original, a truthful tale.

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Swing Phi Love

Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

It started back in 69
Oh how time flies
The bond that ties
That's no lie

Women of true sisterhood
Me and my LS's still very new
The love for this organization is so true
Nothing will ever make me change otherwise

Hardworking
Daring to be different
Never changing, always evolving
Never ending problem solving

Oh how I love being a Swing
Even with my daily ranting
My sisters are still with me
Lovingly always, forever free

It started back in 69
Taking inspiration from our loving founders
The white and black bond never dies.
Oh how I love Swing Phi.

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Frankly, My Dear

Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

You send me messages in the morning.
As you are off to work.
With a soul glow
I didn't know you were that way
A jerk in a way
But frankly my dear
I don't give a damn
Something you won't know in the morning
Won't hurt in the evening
Still I love you
But you sure have time
And right now I can't have your time
I should be hesitant
And use my common sense
I should be your shoulders as you lay your head
I'm for real
I can't deal no more
You are still my core
Trust you are the only place I rather be
But sometimes you may not be the same way I feel.
But frankly now I just don't give a damn.

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Cherry Blossom Festival

Monday, April 15, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

The opening ceremony
Intricate guest speakers
Surrounding by the beauty
My eyes utterly speechless

Surround my thousands of Cherry Blossoms
Pink and in bloom
Togetherness of culture
Like a scentless perfume

The festival of drum and dance
Beauty and aroma
Flips and stance
Entertainment, expressing the appreciation of life.

Japanese Arts and culture
Under cherry blossoms
Full of spectacular sights
Somethings that totally excites

History of Japan and Philadelphia
All along Fairmont Park
What a beautiful sight
Blossoms of a signature and trademark

Music playing everywhere
Hundreds of cosplayers
Harajuku fashion show
Loving every single minute of it though

Right next to the Shofuso Japanese House.
Beauty ad nothing more
Souvenirs and a tour
Right next to a rocking rock band.

Another day, another minute
In season, these Cherry Blossoms
Such beauty
Way beyond a day at a Japanese festival.


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Obey? Break These Chains!

Sunday, April 14, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I do foresee a problem
I'm not your object to be won
And here I am, and my disclaimer
The truth underneath the sun.

I have followed rules my entire life
Tired of trying
Obey?
I won't regret the changed moment

Obey?
You tell me to stay in my place.
Well, I'm meant to be out of place
Out of sight and out of mine

All that remains
To finally break these chains
I couldn't withstand it
I had to let them know.

For me to obey again
Like some worthless non-mortal
It is interesting sort-of
These chains now have been broken!

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Emotional Lines of Distraught, Don't Patronize Me

Saturday, April 13, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

This has no meter.
No beat.
No style.
No lines that long and linger for the comfort of a smile.
No form to be worth your while.
In some ways, it doesn't rhyme. 

It's imagery lacks depth and imagination.
No, it does not show potential.
It is not “clever” or “good” or “interesting.”

Quit feeding it lies.
Don't Patronize Me.

And if you dare write “nice”
Or “good” one more time in the margins,
I swear I am not .

This isn’t going on anyone’s fridge.
It does not deserve a “super” or an “A+.”
It deserves to die.

Do not be concerned with how I feel.
I’m thinking to myself, “let’s flush this fucker down.”


So as you’re sitting there, kindly, patiently reading
This beer guttural splatter,
Please just be honest.
Who are we kidding?
Stop it.
Don’t patronize me.

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Spoken Word, Don't Destroy My Work

Friday, April 12, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

To the person reading this poem
To person hovering over this with their eyes and a pen
Waiting to say kind, patient words in response, do me a favor:
Stop it.
Don’t Patronize me.
I did not slave over life with hammer and anvil
Shaping my goals into a masterpiece.
I didn’t paint it onto the ceiling of some church,
Going blind from the pain and the stress.
I didn’t waste any time.

And while I’m writing this,
You can bet I’m not concerned with lambs and troches and Italian terza rima.
No, I’m concerned with how much water is left in my water bottle. 
I'm concerned with my dreams and achieving.
This isn’t a masterpiece.
Who are we kidding?
I just write because I am.
You’re not going to hurt it, and you most certainly aren’t going to hurt me.
Stop it.
Don’t patronize me.

I don't want you to destroy my work.
I don't want you to rip it to shreds with sadistic dominatrix glee.
Tear it apart from margin to margin;
Laugh openly at its crippled, struggling body.
Stab through its sputtering heart with the sharp edge of your pen..
I mark this as your own. 
My release from the world around me.

You don't need to handle this with all the delicacy and surgical precision 
of a butcher in a slaughterhouse
of a Craigslist killer and rapist
of Caligula ripping a baby from his sister’s womb.
Harsh, no!

Touching this is like ripping through my dreams
Jabbing a knife through the soft flesh of my stomach
And gut it like a fish.
Watch it gargle to breathe as letters pour out of the wounds.

You want persona?
I am the speaker.
This is my humpbacked, pulsating blob of a poem.
And you are Jack the Ripper.
You are the sin the the evil is trying to place upon me.
Don't destroy my work.

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Strangers

Thursday, April 11, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Stranger comes along.
Catching your ears and eyes
Back and smile
Waiting for a reply
Now friends.

Sometimes weird
Or sometimes out of control
A long life connection
Or someone you may never want to see again.

It is ironic right?
A stranger can be out of sight
Or past time acquaintance
Experiences on either side of the same story

You may never know.
Who you may come accross
Stranger may become friends
Or just walk right by.

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I Have A Dream I Must Follow

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I have a dream.
A dream I must follow.
I don't want to grow old and hollow
I want to live with ease.

I can't allow no one to stop me
I can't let it be
Random
Collecting
Subtle thoughts
Something I claim my own
I will be a rurouni if I may be
Until my dream is fulfilled
Or until parts are locked and sealed.

I have a dream
A dream I must follow
Working days and nights
Whatever it may take.
Until its in my sights
I am what I was born to create
That is.
No one really knows
But my determination shows
There is nothing that will stop me
Unless I end up dead somewhere
But then I would have had accomplish my dream already.

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Expectation With A Clear Vision

Tuesday, April 09, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I don't need to live up to the expectations
But people seem I do
I set high stands from the beginning.
As I got old it came unhinged.
Background fades into the set.
Society doesn't even care I'm willing to bet.
I don't need to stand in the streets.
I won't cause any heat.
I don't even takes drugs
I don't smoke
I don't drink.
I rather enjoy nature next to a little ladybug.
Don't be mad at me.
It is not my fault I'm the way I am you see.
I won't change
Not for anyone.
I'm straight edge
But I'm no saint.
Nor am I pure.
I just have a clear vision
I won't be clouded by the tunnel vision.
I am just me.
Because its true
I can't deny it
I wont try
I stand by it
I won't hide anymore

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Frustration

Monday, April 08, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Common mass of adrenaline.
Multiply that by one hundred and ten.
Even though I am not turning red
I'm still blowing steam off the top of my head.

No one listens
No one even bothers
Seems like I'm worth nobody's time.
I sometimes can't do this any further

Sometimes I want to run away and not be bothered.
Yet that is life and I will always be hot and bothered
Though, too many people stress me out
Make my head hurt.

I think life is out to get me
Or punish me
I must have done something wrong
I just want to scream and shout!

I want to let out all my frustration
But I'm too exhausted to try.
So why oh why?
Must this all be a part of my life!


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Dreamer

Sunday, April 07, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Don't let it be said
That a dream is a waste of time.
Dreams are our realities in waiting
In dreams
We plant the seeds of our future.

Sweet and serene
Clean and neat
Horrifically challenged
Memories unhinged

Our dreams is set in the minds
Of those wanting to dream
It is the future coming that hides
Like a subtle shining beam

Dreamer of of flight
Journey far out of sight
The failure to realize
It is our only true reality

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What I Want

Saturday, April 06, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

What I want
Is normally simple
I move along the things
I thought I could want:
A pretty face, a room, an open book
And these things don't even bear my name.
Yet others now want things from me.
What I want do not even matter
What I want seems to appear in dreams
Wearing oblivious disguises.
Wanting now becomes a desire.
Holding out our arms
And in the mornings, arms ache.
I don't remember the dream
But the dream remembers me.
It is there all day
Under subtleties
The stars are there
Even in full sun

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I Miss You

Friday, April 05, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Even though you are right here.
Sometimes I find myself shedding a tear
I'm constantly always on the move
But all I can think about is being near you.

Us working everyday
Our moods in all shades of gray.
Never have time for each other
But we know how much we care for each other.

You are constantly out working
I'm working but job searching.
When you do get home.
I'm am on my way out again to class.

Everyday I'm missing
Phone conversations I'm listening to.
Feeling down because I can't be with you.
But I love everything you do.

So we will have our life.
Together like our college days
Once our careers take flight
I won't be home constantly missing you.
Because I love you and I miss you.

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Always On The Go

Thursday, April 04, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments



Exhausted
All logic is tossed
Nothing more or less
Somewhat physically obsessed 

Constant moving
Always proving
My self worth
Something never unfinished

Steady commuting
Transportation never suited
Because its never on time
No choice to rely

No time wasted
Never time for relaxation
Hard at work
Steady creating

You see my day is never done. 
I'm up when the sun's up
Catch me now or you won't later
Society is a subtle hater. 

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Culture Spoken Out Loud

Wednesday, April 03, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Underground written
Poetry spitting
Expressing the culture
The African American struggle.

Us bound and chained
Limbs cut and slain
At one point there was no hope.
All we could do is live and cope.

Of course we want to entertain
Education...
For the younger generation
Reach out to others
Unity of a common place

The modern struggle
Controversies of the ever-changing urban culture.
The environmental impacts in urban communities
To the social implications of the role model's negativity.

Living with this
Gives us something to think about.
Sensitive, vulnerable, and frustrated testaments of strength
Culture spoken out loud


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Ignorance

Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I can fend for myself.
You need not to save me.
Change is good.
But in common rage
You can't tell me.

Ignorance must be your best friend.
Ranting and raving.
Telling me how to do things.
So much negative.
Violation of my craft is massive.

I'm tired of hearing all of it.
The constant "I'm not allowed".
I don't need no one telling me what I want to do.
Like society is too damn proud.
I'm fed up with people telling me to be someone else but me.

Ignorance must be everyone's best friend.
Somehow I'm judged even on my craft.
The silly ways of life seemingly handcrafted.
I tell people things.
But no one clearly listens.
I'm considered delusional.
Like it never happened!

Stop!
Just stop!
No more!
Because I'm fed up!
With all the
"You should do this"
"I shouldn't do that"
My middle finger is gracefully in front of you.
Full blooded ignorance in return.
From me to society!

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Enjoy The Time

Monday, April 01, 2013 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

I want to move
Move like I will never see tomorrow.
It's on.
Like I have nothing to loose
Passion
Fashion
Elevated thrashing.
I want to enjoy the time of my life.

Leather skirt
High heeled boots won't hurt
Are you comfortable?
Well, I'm feeling wonderful.
So ordinary
Not your typical un-ordinary.

I want to be the most
It is the look in their eyes.
Adverse overdose
The thrill of the chase
I still want to move
Living the life meant for me.
Something no one could typically see.

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