Isn’t it amazing how one voiced perception can sway so many in a completely different direction?
Some try to make it seem easier to follow offering infinite protection
Assuring you that you shall never again feel or fear that cruel sting of rejection
They won’t ask much, no one expects perfection
“So long as you listen closely, do things exactly the way I say you will find no need for correction”
So easily some are entangled in their webs of deceit
Having you believe you’re winning when in reality you’ve unwittingly accepted defeat
Who could have known all alone you might feel more complete
Sadly I’ve come to realize I can rarely trust smiling faces I meet
Don’t forget each and every one of us is unique
Unfortunately there are so few left who have remained, who did not retreat
The ones you know you can always count on in your time of need
Those amazing few left unconsumed by the greed
There with only a moment’s notice, not a single hesitation nor a second wasted waiting for you beg or plead
The ones who not only mean what they say but say exactly what they mean
Category Archives: Writing 2014
A Piece of Peace
I wonder how I’ve stayed in the game so long
So incredibly strong when the effort is made so others will hold on
How can I be so meek and weak when it’s help for me I seek?
How can helping others initiate my self-destruct sequence?
If I were more like them and only cared about myself would it help, would it even make a difference?
Why is it so easy to hide our pain from the rest of the world?
Why is it I’m always confined to the rain, where my hair like this twisting rd is curled?
A complete mess, still I separate myself from the rest
I know without doubt I could pass any test
My will cannot be broken; my soul will never be barred
I’ve had my fill this time, I’m not jokin’
It’s beginning to take its toll
I refuse to let it carry on it’s already gone too far
The end of this game is near,
I know this that’s why I have no fear
I could so easily do this on my own
Aren’t you aware my mere mood sets the tone?
You will see my powers, I know my effect
Yet no one brings me flowers, still I get no respect
Left to simmer on the back burner, a lil disturbed all this time I’ve gone unstirred
Alone awaiting new arrivals
These times are all about survival
Everyone believing they only need to make it out
Don’t have the time nor feel the need to know what it’s all about
You can’t learn it all too fast
Before you know it you’ll have realized your life has passed
Take the time, enjoy the small pleasures
Forget finding a way all can be measured
The answers aren’t always exactly the ones you seek to find,
Sometimes what matters is just the journey thru your own mind
Take every opportunity to share the wealth of your knowledge
You never know, you just might be helping someone climb down from that ledge
We can only take so much before we start to lose touch
If we would all just help one another instead of fight
They say we won’t find world peace, but who knows we just might
Better
Ignorance and arrogance together make for a frightening foe
Persistence combined with your resistance makes for a tiresome show
If only these infuriated children would take the time to grow
There’s so much in this world none of us know
Though it seems futile trying to make some one wake up let alone see
Seems there are just too few people out there like me
The one’s you just know when you need will be right there to care
Then eternally claiming we are the ones you can’t scare
I wear my invisible invincibles each and every day
I must admit I often wish there was another way
Can’t we finally put an end to all the fights, maybe go outside to play?
Can’t we all let go of our insecurities, stop running the other way, even just once find the courage to stay?
To hold it all together is sometimes harder than you might think
So many of us are out on that ledge, too bloody close to the brink
Just one wrong move and you’ll find your self back in a free fall
So rarely we attempt to lend a hand , too afraid we might fall from our own walls
Why must we choose to keep all our feelings inside?
Why is it we feel safest when we choose to hide?
Could it truly be that people just don’t care enough?
Or do we really think secrets or deception make us look tough?
I really doubt it makes you stronger bottling it all up
Going it alone makes it a bit harder to get back up
Life shouldn’t have to be so damned hard
The best way to win is with a team, everything could be just exactly the way we dreamed!
© Shavon Taylor 2013 “Cloversallover”
No Escape
Laughing lightly as they try to fight me
Don’t they know I’ll never truly leave them be?
I will haunt them in their nightmares and their dreams
They will wake frightened by their own screams
Let your whole world fall into my hands
I’ll let it slip slowly through my fingers like times sands
Lost but never lonely cuz ya always got me
Rarely did you come by choice; most of you in fact were brought to me
Handed over like you had no free will
No choice, just wouldn’t listen to that inner voice
Maybe that’s why your here still
Here I will hold you for as long as I can
No escaping me, don’t matter how far you ran
You need more will power than you got
If only you were earlier taught
Maybe you were, maybe you merely forgot
I wish you luck
Try to get rid of me I laugh ha f*ck…
©2014 Shavon Taylor
It Is What It Is? (I cannot stand this saying!!)
Isn’t it amazing how one voiced perception can sway so many in a completely different direction?
Some try to make it seem easier to follow offering infinite protection
Assuring you that you shall never again feel or fear that cruel sting of rejection
They won’t ask much, no one expects perfection
“So long as you listen closely and do things exactly the way I say, you will find no need for correction”
So easily some are entangled in their webs of deceit
Having you believe you’re winning when in reality you’ve unwittingly accepted defeat
Who could have known all alone you might feel more complete
Sadly I’ve come to realize I can rarely trust the smiling faces I meet
Tho I try not to forget each and every one of us is unique
Unfortunately there are so few left who have remained sweet
The ones you know you can always count on in your time of need
Those amazing few left unconsumed by that terrible greed
They’re there with only a moment’s notice, not a single hesitation nor a single second wasted waiting for you beg and plead
The ones who not only mean what they say, but always say exactly what they mean
© Shavon Taylor 2014
The more I hear people say this the more it bothers me! It is what it is? How about it is whatever you make of it!!!!!
Who the F*ck are You?
Time to take this world by storm
just wait till they see what i got in store
Fakes n phonies just thrown to the floor
That’s rite I’m at the plate n it ain’t dinner time, not commercial, industrial, nope not even coffee break
Imma crash down on em all so f*ckin hard you’ll feel thunder shake the earths core
Next comes lightning flash so brite ya lose sight
blinded, so now how u think you gonna fight?
My fame’s gonna spread like a bad rash
Albums passed ‘round like free cash
Everybody wants their piece of my sweet sweet pie
Guess what b*tches none of y’all were there
Not quite fair you didn’t see me n my inevitable fate
I bet sum people even getting a lil irate cuz ya just didn’t stack up
Now you’re claiming you’re rite there,
Like now your my back up?
Too good for me then, or just too f*ckin soup solid pretendin’ to be friends?
In reality you just had your backs up
You didn’t stand up when ya heard em talkin’ sh*t
That’s ok tho, that’s when I was busy writn’ this sh*t
News flash:
I don’t give a f*ck ‘bout you
Sure i did then, back when i thought you saw the power in me
Na, powerless more like what you thought of me
Instead you just tried taken advantage of me
Funny thing is:
Good things come to those who wait
Treatin’ me like lower class, trailer trash or better yet just 2nd rate?
Not once did you offer to clear your plate,
Banquet hall sittin’ in front of me then
Now you come to me wantin’ your just desserts?
Most of y’all ain’t gonna like it…
Mud pie extra worms
F*ck sum of you i’d pay to watch eaten ‘em while they squirm
You just laughed while u watched me fall
Well now how bout you try n uncry all those tears? Nope!
It’s exactly what you feared
This sleeping beauty just woke the f*ck up
Grabbed a Hoover n sucked her sh*t up
Many ppl who claim they knew me back when, they never knew me
N I aint givin’ another clue out for free
I was an open book to anyone who’d listen as I was trying to find myself
Now I remind myself, I did it by myself and I’d do it again
true i’ve f*cked up ain’t saying that’s why I’m proud
Everyone slips, sum stumble sometimes even crumble
Maybe just for now I forgot to be humble but nows my time to shine so I think it’s Okay…
act like you knew me?
WHO THE F*CK AM I TODAY?
©2014 Shavon Taylor
Family Tree
Where problems seem apparent,
May not mean it’s all relative
If for a second you feel the need to seek help don’t give it a 2nd thought
I’ll take your hand, I’ll pull you back up
If we both stretch and still I cannot reach worry not for I’ll find you a branch
It rarely is as hard as it may seem, especially if we work as a team
Brother, sister, friend you’re of the same worth to me
I’ll do everything in my power to make your wish my will
I’ll catch you falling right out of the sky or just out of this family tree
Whomever, whatever it is you seek you will always find faith in me
I’ll fight fire with water from your “Dark Sea”
Fear will be all that drowns today
I will help you to see it can’t continue on this way
Even if I have to carry you I promise you we will make it thru to a new day
©2014 CloversAllOverShavonTaylor
***WARNING***
I do not claim to be a rapper, strange the things that come out when you just allow them to. When I wrote this I remember imagining that I was already famous, to be honest it usually isn’t very often I am this confident! It felt good though, really good to not only be proud of my work but surprised by it as well! I never expected to write something like this yet I’m VERY glad I did! Hope you enjoy! For those who don’t like explicit lyrics, you may want to skip this one, tho it may be worth the read…
Time to take this world by storm
Just wait ’till they see what I got in store
Fakes n phonies just thrown to the floor
That’s rite I’m at the plate n it ain’t dinner time, nor commercial, industrial, nope not even coffee break
Imma crash down on em all so f*ckin hard, you’ll feel thunder shake the earths core
Next comes lightning flash so brite ya lose sight
Blinded, so now how u think you gonna fight?
My fame’s gonna spread like a bad rash
Albums passed ‘round like free cash
Everybody wants their piece of my sweet, sweet pie
Guess what b*tches none of y’all were there
Not quite fair, you didn’t see me n my inevitable fate
I bet sum people even getting a lil irate cuz ya just didn’t stack up
Now you’re claiming you’re rite there,
Like now your my back up?
Too good for me then, or just too f*ckin soup solid pretendin’ to be friends?
In reality you just had your backs up
You didn’t stand up when ya heard em talkin sh*t
That’s ok tho, that’s when I was busy writn’ this sh*t
News flash: I don’t give a f*ck ‘bout you
Sure I did then, back when I thought you saw the power in me
Na, powerless more like what you thought of me
Instead of help you just tried takin’ advantage of me
Funny thing is: Good things come to those who wait
Treatin me like lower class, trailer trash or better yet just 2nd rate?
Not once did you offer to clear your plate
Banquet hall sittin’ in front of me then,
Now you come to me wantin’ your just desserts?
Most of y’all aint gonna like it…Mud pie, extra worms
F*ck sum of you I’d pay to watch eatin ‘em while they squirm
You just laughed while u watched me fall
Well now how bout you uncry those tears?
Nope! It’s exactly what you feared
This sleeping beauty just woke the f*ck up
Grabbed a hoover n sucked her sh*t up
Many ppl who claim they knew me back when, they never knew me
N I aint givin’ another clue out for free
I was an open book to anyone who’d listen as I was tryin’ to find myself
Now I remind myself, I did it by myself and I’d do it again
True I’ve f*cked up ain’t saying that’s why I’m proud
Everyone slips, sum stumble sometimes even completely crumble
Maybe just for now I forgot to be humble, but now is my time to shine so I think it’s Okay, like you knew me?
Who the f*ck am I today???
Cloversallover.com
Who The F*ck Are You?
Ever After?
How do you continually say such hurtful sh*t?
Next you apologize then I’m just supposed to forget?
Like it all just goes away?
How can you say you don’t mean the things you say,
When you say the exact same as you said yesterday?
How can you say you love this person you so venomously describe?
How can you spit such hate, while looking me dead in the eyes?
How do you believe you love me when all other evidence proves you’re beginning to hate me?
Why is it such torture when we are together?
Who am I trying to kid, when we’re apart it ain’t much better
Every breath, every moment, every word seems to go completely unheard, unnoticed
Underestimated is the pain of such misunderstandings
Tell me, honestly if we haven’t figured out how to be happy together yet, do you think we ever can be?
If we still spend every night like this will you ever attempt to understand me?
I realize nothing I do seems right to you,
I do things a lil differently than most I’ll admit
To be completely fair tho, it’s not like I kept it a secret
What is it you used to love about me?
Did I somehow change so immensely, or did you just finally let go of trying to make me the person you think I ought to be?
Once you say something you can’t just take it back
There’s always some truth behind it, no matter how hard the attack
Some I wish you could undo tho because they feel like the sharpest knives in my heart and trying to slice right thru
My heart that’s where you generally aim your linguistic sword, always going for the kill shot
Each blow hurts so much more than you may have thought
Yet I get back up, trying to hold on only to be pushed back down again
Fighting so f*cking hard to just ignore the pain while refusing to show my shame
I truly am so lost you know, no matter how hard I look I rarely seem to find my way anywhere
Do you really think I float so freely thru life, nothing in my head but air?
If only you could peek inside and see all these damn thoughts weighing down on me
I’m like a chameleon always in the background, seeming to blend right in
I just can’t keep up the fight any more, it’s really beginning to look like neither one ofus will ever win
Hurting each other instead over and over,
every day and every night
Aren’t you tired from this fight,
because honestly it looks like there’s no end in sight
©2014 Clovers All Over
River Rock Walkin’
Down by the river pickin’ up some heart rocks
No music, just a few friends, even fewer talks
Serenity sensationally silencing, surprisingly
Lost in awe, thoughts contained, far from drained
Energy in fact picking up with the winds whim
Worries turn to wonders
While the wisdom washes away all cares
Nothing like the feeling of the crisp morning air
Chills to the bone like ripples around the crashing waves
Almost reminiscent of more youthful days
Soft soothing sloshing sounds slowly seeping in subconsciously
Finding myself reminding myself not to listen too intently
So easily I can get lost in my own thoughts
The mind almost begging for the change in the air to rub off
Hours can pass as quickly as the clouds
If I get caught in a daze
Sometimes it’s hard to see thru the misty morning haze
Even on some of the clearest days
©2014 Shavon Taylor @ Cloversallover.com