Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
116 · Feb 2022
An Old flame
Dru Feb 2022
Yesterday, Liz took her dog to the park
That's when saw her old password
She ruefully smiled
How time flies
She thought she'll have residual feelings
Not anymore,
He was just another face
She glanced over and kept on walking
He was now just a footnote in her life
An appendix and nothing more



...
116 · May 2022
Choice and control
Dru May 2022
She doesn't want to go home
She's happy to face the dawn
Walk of Shame and the whole shindig
She wants to stay with me tonight
She's a big girl now.
She wanna chill with the big boy.
116 · Apr 2021
Unshackled mind
Dru Apr 2021
Dangerous
Wild
Untamed
Scary
Creative
A loaded gun
A blank slate
A new dawn
The real freedom
Courageous
No bias
Winged
Please Unshackle my mind
116 · Dec 2022
An original Fake !
Dru Dec 2022
Wigs
I hate them,
Oh boy! I loathe 'em

Don't start me on lifts
What lie
A cheap lie

You see, she got herself brand new twins
The ol' ones had deflated
These ones are real *******
What an illusion

Forget the hardware
I care about the software
Who you are on the  inside
That's who I wanna see
115 · Oct 2020
I Choose to suffer
Dru Oct 2020
In silence I suffer
It seems to go on endlessly
It leaves me emotionally drained
Physically am a wreck
But I trod on
I will still keep at it
Even though the end is still not in sight

Every now and then when I hear her voice
Her excitement washes all the pain
Her smile numbs all the aches
She's full of life ,
A chat with her refuels me
She brings meaning to the suffering

She's my little girl
But she's more than that
She's my rock
Bring color to mind world
Makes the hard work worth it
The joy of providing for her
Makes me forget all the aches
115 · Jul 2022
Chronic
Dru Jul 2022
Everything ached and pained
She labored on mundane tasks
The sickness took her to dark space
Friends and family gave support
But she had to do this by herself

Why me she wondered
It all seemed to be one bad dream
Life begins at 40 they said
Her world was crumbling around her
More questions fewer answers

She craved answers
She wanted to be whole
Nothing seemed to work right
She crawled into her bed and prayed
She needed to be there for her girl
Her daughter meant the world to her
She will beat this
115 · Aug 2022
Elections
Dru Aug 2022
Democracy, you scoundrel
You led me a stray
You told me vote
What a powerful statement
Minority have their say
The majority have their way
Lie
He who casts the vote matters not
He counts the votes matters a lot
Despair , anger , loathing
Stolen, my voice has been silenced
What now !
I pain
113 · Sep 2024
Unrelenting
Dru Sep 2024
Like a trickling tap
That needs urgent attention
But it's the middle of night
Its freezing , but the sound won't go
Such is the urge to write the next poem
Fingers itch
To write the words that bewitch
Cast a spell
Give them words they can't spell
Where do the words come from
Deep inside they form
Once I get in the zone, am bound
It takes a while to unbound
I dunno how long I have had it
It comes to me like a fit
All I want then, is raise my feet
Let creativity take control
Give them something to troll
I watch as their mouth foams
The hate comes in different forms
113 · Oct 2020
Horse Blinders
Dru Oct 2020
A horse bolts from the gates
From the saddle the jockey guides it
Together they work in a tandem
The crowd rises to its feet
The pace gathers
Surely they have this in the bag
Everthing seems to go plan
The gamblers cross their fingers
Others nervously chew on their nails
Now only the front three can win
Suddenly, it all comes to halt
A crushing ,harrowing stop
The horse had looked to the side
Rattled by the screaming crowds
Saw the other Jockey waving his stick
The other horses seemed too close
He lost focus ,he pulled up
Throwing the jockey off the saddle
He did not have any blinders on
He failed to keep his eyes straight
Because of this, many hopes were crashed
A certain win has become a tragedy
Such is life, we all need blinders
There are many distractions,
Especially from people who feel threatened
To get to prize , the mind must clear and focused
Like a horse our mind needs BLINDERS .
109 · Sep 2024
The Old Piano
Dru Sep 2024
She looked lovingly into his young eyes
It was a fluttering infatuation
She had forgotten this old feeling
Her heart flickered like an old lamp
That is what years of  loneliness  does to one

She had finally found strength to go out again
That's when she met the young man
He held her hand and wiped her eyes
He was godsend
He told her stories and they walked in park together
They grew close,
A bond was forming
In his company, food tasted better
She started swaying to music again
Their chats and walks were healing her
But she still had moments when fear gripped her

She kept reminding him
Her heart was an old piano
Broken and unused
She requested he be gentle with it
It needed mending
Tears welled from her eyes often
The youngin always wrapped her in his arms
'I got you', he would whisper tenderly
108 · Jan 2021
A winner
Dru Jan 2021
I scored myself a winner
Oh boy what a catch
This is what mama always talked about
A lady on street and freak in bed
I share with her my dreams
She knows my worst fears

You see she wanted a man
Not just any random man
A real man
She asked me, are you that man
I had to man up


We've been together for a minute
Promise you, this ain't minute
Big , that what it is
What a lovely thing this is
This is total bliss
Dru Mar 2022
Even she be a strong-willed woman
But from time to time
Her heart longs for a man
To be with and cherish, because
Life is too far to walk alone

Every now and then
At night she tosses and turns
She seem not to get any to sleep
Unending loneliness is Her biggest fear
Life is too far to walk alone

Memories of a time gone by
When she had someone she called her own
Haunt Her soul without letting
The what ifs and maybes echo in her mind
These dark clouds do not seem to lift
Yet she's got to journey on even though
Life is too far to walk alone
107 · Oct 2021
Stalemate
Dru Oct 2021
She went " deeper"
I responded "tighter"
Long pause
Then Nuthin'.
107 · Aug 2022
The art
Dru Aug 2022
****** the mind
The body will follow
Convince
Don't confuse
And In your love they shall wallow
106 · May 2021
Turn me loose
Dru May 2021
Girl am taken by your beauty
Engulfed by your perfume
Girl my soul is filled with desire
Leaving me with longing
A craving only you can satisfy
Let me drink from your sweet waters
Quench this thirst oh girl
Am ready, Turn me loose
105 · Apr 2021
My prayer
Dru Apr 2021
I come to you at dawn
Oh source of my strength
I turn to you in hope
Asking you guide my step
For the climb is steep
Light my way and lighten my burden
I plead


Yesterday's hopes linger on
But today reveals its promise
Time to lace my boots
Yes, I need to soldier on
Yesterday is gone
Tomorrow is not mine
All I have is now, today

Grant me clarity of mind
Let not my spirit be broken
Show me my limits
Let me exploit my strengths
At the end of the day
When I lay on my bed tonight
Even when I be weary and beaten
My heart will sing
For you walked with me today
105 · Feb 2021
Am poorly
Dru Feb 2021
I sit here quietly, contemplating
Is there something I could have done differently
I sure hope it's not late in the day
Life starts at 40 they say
Mine seems to be collapsing around me
Everything seems to ache
My eyes are all blurry
The unseen enemy inside
Keen to take me down with heavy body shots
I soldier on as I should


How I would do with someone besides me now
It's an arduous ask
Weighs heavily on my shoulders
So much left undone
Many wishes and hopes
I need my full health to see them come true

I swallow a pill after another
I drop this meal
Oh can't have that too
How did it come to this
I don't want to be a wreck
I got to beat this
A lot is at stake
In the I hope I will enjoy a Steak.
101 · Jan 2021
Solitude
Dru Jan 2021
I hope you are not planning to stay
Go away ,
Please close the door behind you
I want to be alone
I don't hate you, no way

You see am an addict
I enjoy my on company
I don't mind occasionally mingling
Quickly I seek to be alone
To go find peace and quiet

Treacherous friends
Meaningless conversation
Bland talks
Back stabbing
Oh ...yes choice of music
Are all to blame

I want to be alone
I will see you when I can
If I must
Time to close the blinds
I promise to wave when I see you next
100 · Aug 2022
Come let us Fight
Dru Aug 2022
With dark eyes, you stare at me
They pierce the soul
I can tell, you are raging inside
Because other day I did you *****
Your trust I betrayed
Now you can't find words
You avoid conversation
This kills me, in ways unimaginable
Say something
Don't just sit there,say something
Come let's fight, I beg
100 · Feb 2022
Oh I miss her
Dru Feb 2022
I miss her , Oh God I do
Oh I miss her to the bone
She is my blood
My untold joy
Almighty keep her
Keep her 'til I see her

I've been away, many a mile
And it has been for a while
Since I saw her smile
Heavens know the bile
The misery heaped in pile
Hopefully this will end in a short while
Then I will see her smile
My daughter's smile
98 · Apr 2022
Fool's gold
Dru Apr 2022
She lay awake beside him
Thoughts swirling her mind
The guilt, was consuming her very soul
She had slipped to deepest depths of shame
How does one recover from this

He slept soundly beside her
A hint of great satisfaction etched of his face
He had dreamed of this night a long time
He had preyed on her weakness
Without mercy exploited her generosity
Using charm, he exposed her vulnerability

Now what next,
She had bared her body and soul
Given everything
Now, she lay there without a thing in return
She could not keep him for herself
He isn't hers now, never was
Moments with Married man,
Are just a fool's gold.
98 · Apr 2021
What now
Dru Apr 2021
May be I should get me a 9-5
Many say it is a piece of cake
May be I should get me a slice
Many friends I meet are fake
May be I should be more wise

What now
I trod on a slippery slop
With axe hanging above me ready to chop
I know not where this road leads
Everything is clear as muddy water
As wild dogs chase
Friends are scarce
What now
98 · Mar 2021
Heartbroken
Dru Mar 2021
The old man's heart pained
He stared blankly into his phone
It had not rang for a long time
Days had turned into months
Since his son drove off in the middle of the night
He had not heard from him

He dared to question his son's love life
He tried to understand his boy's choice
Why would he want to move in with someone's wife
He prayed that he'll come to his senses

The young shouted and argued with his dad
He was in love and that's all that mattered
She was his world
All he ever wanted
Dad shook his head as he watched his boy disappear into the night
He started his truck , gone

The old man missed the days when they fished together
Times when sat cross each other around the camp fire
When he took his little boy to support the local team

Now he had become his own man
He did not need his dad to hold his hand anymore
This left his old man heartbroken
Not since he had lost his wife, had he felt like this
Losing his boy was too much to bear
He contemplated. It crossed his mind
But he said , just one more day
He might just come back .
98 · Sep 2020
Yesterday
Dru Sep 2020
Yesterday I was a foregone conclusion
Yesterday, my dreams faced a sunset
Yesterday I running on an empty tank
Yesterday the night came at noon
Yesterday, I walked on lonely road
Yesterday, no one gave me a prayer
It's a wrap they said
That was Yesterday
97 · Sep 2021
It is on your Schedule
Dru Sep 2021
Give 'em a show before you go
Don't always be bore
No, you don't have tomorrow
Today is your chance
Take a stance
Let's see how well you can dance

Winds of time drive everything
No one is allowed a break
Shoulders to the wheel
Soon the curtains are drawn
Some see their end, many don't
But the exact moment, nobody knows

What you have is now, today
Make that call and ask her out
Play your favourite music
I hate to remind you about death
But it is on your to do list
It is on your schedule
97 · Apr 2021
One to one
Dru Apr 2021
My empress
Heaven knows am deeply impressed
I can't wait
Tonight against you I want to press

Let's lose the crowds
Let me take you to the clouds
Its OK if you wanna be loud
Because tonight its you I wanna pound
Today your deepest secrets will be found
93 · Oct 2024
Ying and Yang
Dru Oct 2024
I love you, I hate you
I love you, I hate you
I want you, I need you
You're my joy
My misery when you step away
I experience all kind of emotions with you
A rollercoaster, a thriller
My Ying
Oh yes my Yang
You compliment me
No doubt you complete me
With you am whole
92 · Sep 2024
Life is Hope.
Dru Sep 2024
Life is a caterpillar  turning into a butterfly
Life is the sound of child's laughter
Life is the look in thankful eyes
Life is the silence of war guns
Life is the cry of new born baby
Life is redemption of an addict
Life is the smile of the bride
Life is the colours of spring
Life is Parent's Not burying Children
92 · Nov 2021
The Journey to Nowhere
Dru Nov 2021
Storms of emotional turmoil rocked her heart
She liked him from the outset,
When she started to know him
It seemed like blissful adventure at first
That trip that promised a lot
Suddenly it became a rollercoaster
Twists and turns, ups and downs
She seemed lost in all of it
Amazingly , he seemed calm
He was calm
How  could he manage this
He was driving this ship like a maniac
Taking random turns
Which was driving her mad 😠 😡
She asked to see the map,
Where are they headed , she queried
Where the wind takes us, he answered casually
She started to wrestle with her emotions
She was willing to abandon this trip
She needed her life back
Its no time for silly adventures
The time and place for that had gone
What she wanted is a plan and structure
Stability and Control
This ..whatever this is
Offered none , she felt
He looked at her with understanding
He was cut from a different cloth
He came from a different universe
He chose to look at life differently
Circumstances don't make him
They revealed who he is
He welcomed her to stay the course
But did not it insist
May be the great connection , wasn't a connection after all
It was just but a passing infatuation
A spark that threatened to start a inferno
But soon extinguished without a whiff of smoke
What a shame, all is left  is sense of wonder
Unfulfilled desire, unrealised wish
But then, Such is life.
91 · Oct 2020
Enchanting
Dru Oct 2020
She walks elegantly
Oh she moves like ballerina
Like wild horse
She's free, untamed
Anyone who sees her is captured
She lingers on in the mind
Well after she has disappeared from sight
Many want her company
Want to keep her for themselves
It never happens
They all be left thirsty
Their bodies aching for her
Truthfully they can't handle her
Undenying beauty
Sharp wit and good sense of humour
But she wants a Stallion
Someone brave like a lion
If you want be a companion
Otherwise keep walking on
91 · Oct 2024
Fingers crossed
Dru Oct 2024
I had a date last night
It was perfect
Tomorrow, I'll try a grape
90 · Oct 2021
Everything in Between
Dru Oct 2021
He's can smell it, it is familiar
He has been here before
He loved and lost
He lusted and was left flustered

What must a man do
When feelings come upon him
Like waves crashing in
When his heart is rocked with confusion

Went through a rollercoaster of emotions
From being infatuated
To utter disgust and contempt
That's what your heart does to you
What an unkind master
Leaves you Fed up , tired
And Everything in between
90 · Sep 2020
It is sore
Dru Sep 2020
She gave all she had and more
Sweat seemed to come out of every pore
She felt the betrayal in her core
She wondered why she did not see it before
Every piece of her being , he tore
She felt treated like a cheap ***
But in her, he's got himself a foe
Oh boy her soul is sore
90 · Apr 2021
Not an Easy Road
Dru Apr 2021
It's not an easy road
Many see the glamour and the glitter
And think it's a bed of rose
Who feels it knows
Lord help me sustain these blows
From the minute of birth you enter this earth
Obstacles in your way to overcome first
Throughout everyday they seem to get worse
Oh my God cast away this curse
Everybody is trying to make ends meet
Through every way the endeavor
Lord God you see it
No matter what the world may say on the street
Must have to survive, won't accept defeat
Now I'm weary, tired and dreary
Got no time to waste.
89 · Sep 2024
I curse you Fate
Dru Sep 2024
It was yesterday when we joked
Laughed at our problems
Spoke openly about what we lacked
How money would help
Help us gain regard
Respect, even affection

Today you're gone
You lie horizontal on a cold chalk
I try to say something , something is stuck in my throat
Confused ,angry and alone
I have no one

A drunk driver's actions
Left you sprawled
Brains splattered
I scream , I rage
My friend is gone.
88 · Mar 2021
My Intentions
Dru Mar 2021
Can I ****** your mind
Disarm you with words
Make you go wild at the thought
Leave you in amazement and wonder
Yes I want to tickle your fancy
Engage you in a private show
Lead you into temptation
Hope in the end to turn you out
87 · Jul 2021
Lost and longing
Dru Jul 2021
Hey , can you spare a moment
Am trying to find my way home
Am lost
My heart aches
My soul is empty
I need to be among my own

I drifted away
I went away to search for better life
Like the prodigal son
I was curious of what was out there
Now it is just chasing the wind
I sit here full of emptiness

Am a sailor lost in the high seas
With a broken compass
Hit with emotional storm
I pray for favourable winds
Am ready to sail home
Be with them
Those who bring meaning and warmth
Am going home
Am heart longs .
86 · Oct 2021
Unwashed feelings
Dru Oct 2021
Am too forward you say
I don't know how to act
I say the wrong things
There was a time I was fidgety
Awkward and restless about self expression
Then I was not
I bear them openly and proudly
I say what I want to do to you
Without shame or hesitation
I ask if I can help you out of your clothes

You're a rascal, you scream
Uncultured swine, you call me
I smile, nothing bothers me
I trod on, stumbling and staggering
You've made me drunk in love
Now I dunno how to act
For you I have these ***** feelings
I promise they're honest feelings
Just Unwashed.
86 · Nov 2020
Its cold
Dru Nov 2020
Am freezing I told her
She smiled
Can I come in
Sure, she said
I slid in
We both went ....uuuuh
86 · Dec 2020
The doubles
Dru Dec 2020
You are my double p
My pleasure and pain
With that I get my balance
Oh yes that life tolerance

My sweet and sour
All the different flavours
Like a rainbow
You bring all these different colours

My strength and weakness
Just you and no one else
Our union let God bless
Beside me , come stay
85 · Apr 2021
Unquenchable thirst
Dru Apr 2021
Like a trickling tap
That needs urgent attention
But it's the middle of night
Its freezing , but the sound won't go
Such is the urge to write the next poem
Fingers itch
To write the words that bewitch
Cast a spell
Give them words they can't spell
I watch mum's pride swell
You see she has been unwell
Where do the words come from
Deep inside they form
Once I get in the zone, bound
It takes a while to unbound
I dunno how long I have had it
It comes to me like a fit
All I want then, is raise my feet
Let creativity take control
Give them something to troll
I watch as their mouth foams
The hate comes in different
85 · Jun 2021
Saturday Morning
Dru Jun 2021
Last evening in the bright lights
Danced well into the night
The vibe was right
No fuss no fight

Came home and had that slow grind
Anita Baker playing
Our bodies swaying to the rhythm
Quenching each other
Nothing else existed in our world
In the end ... there was no end
No one wanted an end

It is Saturday morning
The sun rays hit my eyes
Rolling over, there you're
You smile and snuggle up next me
I start having Ideas
You egg me on
I oblige
85 · May 2
Spoken for
Dru May 2
They stood there ogling
Without shame or respect
Admiring her openly
Others dared to step up to her
With gifts and charm
She ignored them all
And hang unto my arm like her life depended on it
What the men did not realise
She was already Spoken for
84 · Oct 2024
A Crying Soul
Dru Oct 2024
What a ruse
A tall tale
Can't believe I fell for all the Spurious claims
I will live to tell
What made my eyes to well
What left me heart aching

You.. you bare the blame
Arsonist...
The bearer of the flame
With a frozen heart
83 · Aug 2021
Tell me !
Dru Aug 2021
Do you want someone who rings your Devil's doorbell
Or one who leaves your heart yearning
One who makes wetter than the rain in a tropical forest
Or one who amazes you with deep conversations
One whose touch send electricity down your spine
Or one who remembers your birthday
You don't need to choose
I got you 😉
81 · Apr 2021
Age of Reason
Dru Apr 2021
Can I get a beer, you bet
Oh yes I can vote
By all means I can go for a draft
It's has eons since I left school
All documents show am an adult
They will admit me in at local strippers

But, I have only attained age of reason
Now I understand seasons
That there are friendship levels
Now I appreciate solitude
I can say no without the need to explain
Oh I love my new age

Purity of intent drives me now
Not the fear of punishment
Or a dangling carrot
I see with so much clarity
Life is much simpler
Age of reason
You beaut,
Why did it take me so long to be here
81 · Sep 2020
Me
Dru Sep 2020
Me
I gotta be me
What else can I be
That's all I know how to be
Sorry am not your usual cuppa tea
I know you wish for a different me
Sorry you are barking up a wrong tree
Keep walking and don't mind me
May be the other me you don't want to see
To disagree on this,we must agree
Like the wind let me be free
I gotta be me
81 · Dec 2020
Cats
Dru Dec 2020
Oh boy you got love 'em
Them majestic beasts
They don't have owners
They have servants

Loyalty, that's dog's ****
It's over rated
Them cats know better
They're their own masters

They scratch you 'til you love 'em
How can you not love the purring
Rub them right you might see tail wiggle
But don't get too excite  
Breaking hearts is what they
80 · Nov 2024
Mama Warned
Dru Nov 2024
Promises are a comfort to a fool
Mama advised
And yet that's all the boy has
Promises ... Promises of forever together
Music to her young ears
Nothing else matters
In the end, Premium tears will be shed
79 · Nov 2020
Sins of Father
Dru Nov 2020
I watch him grow everyday
A familiar feeling overcomes me
His stubborn attitude
Never lets an opportunity go
To say his mind
Appearing to know it all

Oh my son
I remember being just the same
I never understood why it frustrated many
But it equally impressed others
Now you're older
How wiser has my dad become

Dad , I wish you were here
Your grandchild is all grown
Making all the mistakes that I did
How did you manage it all
My conscience tells me don't be harsh
Could it be nature driving him on
Oh the sins of the Father.
Next page