The poetry of Kori Cheek:
Bio:
Kori Cheek have been writing since i was 16 with a special love toward poetry. I found poetry a good way to vent during those awkward teenage years and am still writing to this day. I have written just over 2,500 poems in my life and plan to keep writing until i run out of things to say. I write to encourage, inspire and make people think. We change the world one person at a time and I feel like that if someone comes out a better person for having read my work than that's what it's all about.
Kori Cheek have been writing since i was 16 with a special love toward poetry. I found poetry a good way to vent during those awkward teenage years and am still writing to this day. I have written just over 2,500 poems in my life and plan to keep writing until i run out of things to say. I write to encourage, inspire and make people think. We change the world one person at a time and I feel like that if someone comes out a better person for having read my work than that's what it's all about.
(Editor's note): The poems published are but a sample from Kori Cheek collection called "Give Peace a Chance".
For Me
Beg for me – plead for
me
Grieve for me- scream
for me
Reach for me- believe
for me
Cry for me – breathe for
me
Try for me – pray for me
Laugh for me – love for
me
Speak for me - be for me
Live for me - die for me
Be everything that that
I’ll ever need
And when you’ve done
that you can have all of me
Revolution
A revolution is stirring in the world today
People are gathering and
beginning to pray
The blood of the martyrs
has come before God
Killing the prophets is
mankind’s song
Those that are sent are
mistreated and abused
The exploitation of them
is all over the news
The priests and the
monks weep bitter tears
And our Lady of Lourdes
is shackled with fears
The earth begins to
tremble at the sounding of the noise
Violence erupts and
suddenly is heard the voice
Of one who is crying
alone in the dark
Neglected and abandoned
– simply humanity’s heart
The Savior breaks through
with the sounding of a blast
The war has finally
ended and so peace has come at last
Nnocence
There exists in the mind
of a child
The hope and innocence
lost in surviving
The maddening streets
where people conform
To hate and greed –
adulthood is born
New to this world the
child only laughs
Darkness and pain are
not known to them yet
They bring only sunshine
and light unto all
The world that they know
until the corruption of walls
Are built around their
heart – now they know masks
Covering up heartache –
painting faces that will last
Until they learn to
regress to that state
Of sublime
understanding…new life that awaits
Worthwhile
Eagerly awaiting a day
of peace
To fall upon the earth
and all of humanity
I sit and pretend that
it’s already here
My make-believe world is
visually clear
I see it all around me
in the flowers and the trees
I see it in the wind
that whispers through the leaves
I see it in the eyes of
a stranger passing by
And I see it in the
innocence of a fluttering butterfly
I see it in the birds
and the sun that shines bright
I see it in the clouds
hanging in the blue sky
I see it in the little
puppies that play
Casually romping and
wasting days away
I see it in the moon
when it comes out at night
And I see it in the
stars as they sparkle - shedding light
I see it in the face of
a smiling little child
And so I will wait for
when it come’s it will be worthwhile
It Can’t Wait
Rage is hidden by a mask
that is painted with smiles and love
Laughter blocks out what
I’m after – mainly the understanding of
Upper class parents who
don’t even bother to notice the fact that I’m down
Left to wallow in my own
self-pity – I come home to an empty house
I need to talk just to
get it all out but they tell me to wait till tomorrow
They tell me that they
don’t have the time – the truth is their chasing the “dollar”
They are too busy
chasing the “American Dream” with all its wealth and power
To give a care-less that
I am depressed and perhaps don’t have a “tomorrow”
Segregated Earth
Separation begins with
the color of skin
At least that’s what
society says time and again
The media stirs up
racial dissension
In place of unification
there’s nothing but tension
If we were united we
would rule undivided
But that can never
happen for we are all still buying
The garbage and trash
that infiltrates our brains
Brings nothing but
division where love and harmony should reign
Someday the truth will
cut through the lies
And when that day comes
we will all be color blind
But until then we will
continue to search
For a way to keep peace
on a segregated earth
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