Glimmer on the Glass

Copyright © 2016 by Jesslyn Rene’e Street.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2016900774

ISBN:            Hardcover            978-1-5144-5102-1

                       Softcover            978-1-5144-5101-4

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Rev. date: 01/15/2016

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Contents

Paradise

Relax

Bittersweet

Soul Mate

For Granted

Mr. Valentine

Barbed Wire

How You Do Me…

Unknown

Glimmer on the Glass

Lipstick

Proud of Me

Sometimes…

Mirandized Love

Crazy

From Silver to Platinum

Cliff-hanger

Continuous Vapors

Disappearing Act

Music

Any Day

Fatherless Child

Peephole of the Mind

Revive

We Endure, For Tomorrow

Why Do You Make Me Cry!

Under the Stars

Crashing Tides

The Weeping Willow

Inconclusive

Sensibility

That Day We…

Compass

I woke up…

Honey Bun

Naive

Dual Blades

In the Pocket

Light Blue Jeans

Into the Darkness

S.I.U

Blown

R.O.M.L

Overflowing

The Half-Baked Story

The Heart

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 1)

Apple Pie

Praying Mantis

Hookah

Twisted Parallel

Skittles

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 2)

In the Middle of the Moon and the Sun

Pandemonium

The Man’s Lyric

Through the Power Lines

Angles

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 3)

Baltimore

Fired

Detective Anderson

Moon Stars

A Real Love Song

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 4)

Listen

Breaking News

Dripping from the Canvas

Tormented

My Verse (RAP)

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 5)

Dip into Me

Home Run

Nothingness

A Little More

Blind Ears, Deaf Mind

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 6)

The Hidden Jungle

The Boulevard

Detective Anderson Part 2

Entity

Moth to a Flame

Nightmare on Dream Street (The Temptress Part 7)

Tornado of Dreams

The Soft Spot

The Temptress

White Butterflies

Blocked Out

The Twelves

Every Time I Ask

Once Were Together

Grandma’s Love

Any Other Nigga

5 Types of Fellas

Detective Anderson Part 3

The Wine Glass

The Whistle of Missiles

This Damn Bird

There Is Blood on the Street

Until Their Eyes Met

Background Noise

Shinobi

Angelou

Cotton Candy Clouds

Graffiti

That Black and White

Camera Lenz

The Struggle

Bow to Violin

Slasher Movie

The Masks We Wear

The Dancer Inside of Me

Float

School’s Out

Hourglass

Into the Propeller

Remember Me

I dedicate this book

to every person who has felt pain

reach from behind you

unravel you,

chew you up,

and spit you out

only to leave you in the dark

but yet gave you the courage,

the strength,

to evolve

and seize your own

rainbow!

Every word is for you . . .

The real tragedy of life is to be succumbed by routine never meeting, never knowing, never becoming who you are to be or be who you are to become!

—JRS

Paradise

My Paradise . . .

A beautiful vision,

It always starts out the same

The sun glistening on every grass blade

I walk through the meadow

As the wheat weave between my fingers

The corner of my optic cavity

Glimmering with brilliance

From that golden solar plate,

Beaming from the sky,

The same silky coloring of my skin

Shining so brightly

Reflective in the eye of your ocean

Oh! How it peacefully fills me!

With every joy of the notion

This uplifting, freeing feeling

That my body

Comprehends with devotion

Echoing the words

Of unspeakable unbelievable love

As close as my fingertips

To a wing of a dove

. . . Paradise

Relax

I need to inhale

Then exhale

The negativity I’m feeling

Brain so drained

From this anxious feeling

HUSH!

Don’t move . . .

Stop your pacing . . .

I can’t stop moving

The emotion I’m feeling,

Is very consuming!

Intoxicating, in the worse way

It makes my stomach

Swivel and sway!

Just breathe . . .

Close your eyes,

Drift into serene

Sweet thoughts

Breathe life

Into the word

C_A_L_M

Bittersweet

I saw you today

And you took my breath away

You literally

Made me speechless

Made my heart ricochet

Bounce off

The walls of my rib cage

Ignite that smile

I couldn’t make stay

A glimpse in your eyes

Is all it took

You shook the world

All in one look

How couldn’t I?

But really I can’t look!

So bittersweet

I can’t take that last glance

To watch you walk away

I can’t put myself on that hook

That bittersweet moment

When my heart was took . . .

Soul Mate

As I close my eyes

and drift into darkness

Our hands touch,

under shadows kiss

We interlock our fingers,

as if they were our lips

Something feverish

and yet so beautiful

One can only describe as . . .

Bliss

An aura so magical,

It hovers over you like mist

Completely devours you,

Moves swiftly into you

Bringing all emotions to the surface

From the first sight of being curious,

From the first date of being nervous,

From the first kiss of being serious,

True love proved to be infectious

Awakening the immortal heart of me,

Proposing an equal,

of timeless infinity

Capturing love’s promise

Making its fairytale true,

for you and me!

For Granted

There are things in this world that I can’t even imagine

Living without you is one I can’t even fathom

This is the worse emotion that I never wanna feel

In the life we live this is something enviable to all

Something only God can heal

So I need you to know that I love you with all my heart

I have never taken you for granted

Mom, you are amazing!

You have the kindest heart!

We have a relationship with an unbroken seal

You taught me to love, you taught me to feel

You taught me forgiveness

Upon lesson after lesson

Having you as only MY MOTHER

Is beyond a blessing!

I have met women with broken souls

Who have lost touch of their children

Consumed by madness with no ambition

Women who have lost their mind after being dragged through hell

I don’t know how you gained your strength

Or how you passed it to me as well

You are the reason in every single way

That I could be who I am

The baby girl you guided and raised

The young woman you gave legs to stand

I love you mommy

You are the beauty in my face

I’m so grateful to have you

You could never be replaced!

Mr. Valentine

You make me feel . . .

Like I have something to hold on to

As if my world couldn’t crumble

Because of you . . .

That undying love that runs in you

Evolves in your veins

And becomes you . . .

The oxygen you breathe

Because I need you . . .

Be anything possible

To relieve you . . .

No, I’m not mistaken I believe you

Nope, not one person could exceed you

The tenderness in your heart,

I couldn’t leave you . . .

I’ll say it again . . .

I know I need you!

To be with you on a romantic day . . .

Is too good to be true

You can be sure

I won’t mislead you

or

Do anything to displease you . . .

In fact . . .

Let me please you

Be there for anything you need, boo!

This goes for every day

Not just Valentine’s Day

Because I love you!

Barbed Wire

You pricked your finger

When you touched my heart

Vessels frozen from the abuse

Emotions torn apart

Seduced from love

A taste so tart

Visions so reckless

Your movements never smart

I swam through the ocean,

that you filled with mud

Showered in the water

that just became blood

Oozed like the puss

of a pimple pushed too hard

Became the corn on your feet

My emotions were scared

I tremble at the thought

of this revolting life

Do I stay with you?

Condemn myself to this strife

To be born again . . .

How could I say no twice?

The angel within me won’t come off that nice

Every single woman has her

sugar and spice

I loved you from the grain

I didn’t have to suffice

You meddled with rubbish

Brought pain in my life

To paint you this picture

I would start with the tears that I cried

Then loneliness overwhelmed

and flooded my mind

It rained so hard

I was empty inside

No attempt to eat

Lost every appetite

Never been so skinny

I could blow like a kite

Never had I found evidence

of you doing wrong

But once you proved me right

I pulled the trigger on that gun

I exploded with anger

Venom in my lungs

Ran clear across the earth

Just to show you I’m strong

I leaped

as the phone connected

to the back of your head

Grabbed on to your body

and pounded until my knuckles turned red

started to gag

when I realized

It was you I was touching

Pushed you away

you stumbled to the ground

where you belong . . .

You are Nothing!

As I walked away screaming

I punctured my soul

on something

Was it metal?

plastic?

or the box cutter I’m holding?

But that young li’l bitch you wanted

claims she’s got something coming!

I pace back and forth yellin’

Bitch, I’m not runnin’!

You crawl to me,

try to calm me down

and claim I’m not being the woman

That you fell in love with

I burst with laughter

so tickled I can’t control myself

Screaming . . .

"This is exactly what you wanted!

A gangsta-ass bitch,

a loose pussy,

where all the boys fall in!

You wanted a selfish li’l girl

with dreams too far to grasp

when you had a woman

who loved you as if you were

first class!

You wanted a girl

who could proudly say . . .

I fucked your bitch in your bed!

Bitch, Are You Crazy?

Think about what you just said!

You wanted a female with no self-respect!

A female that couldn’t give you nothing

That’s the reason you crept!

I decided at this moment

I needed to take a walk

Kept the box cutter on me

Just in case that li’l bitch ain’t smart!

I glided up the street

Thinking of everything that just went down

And just