SOULFLAME MAGAZINE

  HOW IMPORTANT IS QUARREL! How about Mr Joshua Who tapped the daughter's back glory And she took it so mean I'll never fail to mention Sir Ken Who asked a sister, “Do well to drop it on my bed” you know what that means Not to talk of Sir Duke, a Reverend! Who knows about her underwear And where it tears. You desire that I say more? In the cause of protecting their images Mr. & Mrs. Ben have bent their daughter's womb My boy! Never tame the untame Tame that which can tame it, “the mind.” They should...that I die with this little swamp Of secrets. At which, if no fellow hits, it dies in me. Peter Simon! Begone with your sword For him who the sword so cliff, death comes This, they all know. Him who teaches and they who hear The same can relate. AUTHOR’S NOTE This poem emerges from a profound reflection on the hidden realities within society, realities often concealed beneath silence, fear, and the desire to maintain a public image. It considers how wrongdoing can be widel...

X CHARACTER   I would love to marry you! But you would never part my source and hatch a chick,  You would never love my Dad and give a new name, And you would never love my pals and bark at them. "You dare not in my ear your beauty reverberate". Like a frustrated prostitute, You need not appear so innocent. I would love to marry you! But you would never love your church and join my coven, You would never hear my story and keep your peace  And you would never dance my beat and miss your step. "A brothel is a motel!"  Only that it camouflages like a hotel. "A bad character is like a hostel" So I would in me make you my fair Juliet, And in reality, be to you no Romeo. CONTENT ANALYSIS   The poem X Character is a literary piece that brings to light the negative effects or consequences of exhibiting a bad character as a young lady who’s supposed to have a promising future in all facets of life. The X in the poem’s title, X Character, symbolizes bad. That’s to s...