Poems by Brandon Bernard

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- Who am I
- Wake up!!!
- Untitled
- “Confusion” 
- Do you know what it feels like for a girl
- Trouble under the bed
- F.A.T.H.E.R.
- My twilight love
- Helpless lover
- Imagine you and I
- My lovely one
- So weak                                                                                                                                                  - The beginning & The End                                                                                               - When the Wind Blew

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Who Am I

It has always fasinated me on how much the human mind can take. To take something that at the beginning was almost impossible to cope with. To turn around and not be bothered by the same exact situation later on down the road. What really gives me strength to continue on? God! I’ve learned a lot about myself being in adversity. I no longer think of myself as a coin with two sides. I now see myself as having many sides, like a cube. Am I smarter now? Yes! Do I think things out more? Yes! Am I a different person than I was when I was first locked up? What is different? I still have the good traits that I always possessed. I still feel compassion for my fellow man. The bad traits I had, are gone. To never resurface again. So to answer the question, have I changed since I’ve been locked up? The answer is Yes & No. I’ve grown and matured. I’ve in essence evolved from my being nieve. I see the world clearer then ever before. I sit up at night thinking about how quick things can change in ones life. One day I’m free, the next day I’m not. It scares me though to think about this being my life forever. Constantly being told what to do. Living in a cgae. I’m almost a forgotten person. Not even permitted to show society my reform, because they don’t care. Luckily things change, and opportunities always will arise. So the question is Who am I? I’m Brandon The new me. Waiting in the wings to show the world my worth.

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Wake up!!!

They kill another brother, what they say
Burn’em. Fry’em, kill’em today,
Brothers running round in the ghetto life
dealing drugs to another at night-
people say it’s black on black crime
but they don’t know the bottomline.
The rich man makes the planes and the guns
the government helps his drugs to run
the killers and murderers in the CIA
are helping the rich dealers get away.
And all the time their fooling you and me
and the dumb goodie two shoes, of society
telling you that they had a drug raid
when they really let the head monster get away.
Brothers and sisters open up your mind
before you be another, there dying
Cause you know another brother’s gonna die today
So that he can be another less of our race
you say you wanna fight but you only cry
as another brother dies from the drugs inside
Then you run around shooting eachother up
filling the streets with your brothers blood
and the white man acts as though he cares
when he’s really really running scared.
and that’s why he turns brothers against brother
killing them, filling them up with drugs.

So brother wake up please
and take yourself away from that disease,
stop the killing and stop the drug
and brothers and sisters please wake up,
for the man is killing us off in everyway
and the black family is the ones that have to pay
the tax man that works for them too
is a part of the drug gangs crew
and the blacks that cry for their brothers blood
they have been hit by the Uncle Toms bug
So brothers and sisters please see the light.

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Untitled

Shutting out the world
With my head phones on.
Life’s passing by,
But I stand still.
They call my name,
They see my face,
but it’s not me.
I’m all alone,
Floating on a wave of sound.
Vibrating from emotions,
To emotion.
Memory of life past,
Cloud my mind.
I am peaceful.
I am not here,
nor there.
My Soul finally has a voice,
Connecting with everything I see,
“ Brandon” !
The song has ended.
Life begins on earth, anew.

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“Confusion”

What is this voice in my head
Making me trip.
Time and time again
I’m steadily struggling.
It must be voices from the dead.
Many stages constantly confusing me,
life is getting harder,
hopefully, they’ll go away.
And by that time I should be free,
I ask myself why I was chosen.
Is it a coincedence,
that I’m seeing shapes in the night.
that got me frozen?
Is it a family member,
or someone I must of done wrong
or someone I’m just psychologically connected to that I don’t remember?
If I’ve met him I don’t remember.
I don’t know when it will stop.
Maybe I tune it out,
or Maybe a traumatic experience.
Like being tied up (put in a box),
under water right after I’ve being shot.
This mess in scandalous.
I don’t know how long I can handle this.
getting into exaggerated contrantation,
with people that don’t exist.

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Do you know what it feels like for a girl?

Could you imagine
What it feels like
to come home to a fight?
When you’ve been cooking
and cleaning all night!
Your abused so much
that his hits feel allright.
Your friends tell you to leave
and you always say you just might.
When the situation gets bleek
you can barely speak,
cause your hoarse
from crying all week.
And the man you love
Won’t let you leave the home
The when your family calls
He’s disconnecting the phone.
Your disluional
Cause your thinking he’ll change,
But he’s been this way for years
And your thinking it’s strange.
Open your eyes girl
Before it’s to late
And he throws your car in
the deep end of a lake,
with you in the trunk
used as a paper weight,
Then the police question him
and he confesses on tape.
Saying there’s a thin line
Between love and hate.

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Trouble under the bed

Struggling to break through
held by your own demons.
Who did I hurt?
I do not know.
Who will cry for me?
I can not see.
Under your bed I lay
Mourning in sorrow,
but I can’t be heard.
You forget about me
When you sleep.
Why?! Oh Why,
is the pain so great?!
When a laugh
Makes me cry.
And a smile 
Makes me trown.
Time is against me
eating away at my soul.
every second that passes
blessings
turn itno curses.
Fueled by hate
but still I wait.
Under the bed
for anyone
to lift the sheet of darkness.
And let light show,
But until I wait
like trouble under the bed.

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F.A.T.H.E.R.

Forever caring is your heart
All knowing is your mind.
Thou I’ve forgotten our downs. I remember our ups
Healing is your wisdom, And when it is heard.
Everyone should know I love you.
Respect is what I feel, for everything you tought me.
Time will tell the future.
And the past is already gone.
But in the present.
Your voice still rings.
My life is void without you.
And everything with you.
Seperated and alone.
but I won’t fear it.
They can break our hearts
but not our spirit

Happy Birthday

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My twilight love

Like the stars sparkling in the twilight
like the flower growing even more throughout the night
Your beauty sparkles radiant like the sun
And true love everlasting has begun.

dreams become reality
as love has strenghten itself
and our heart beats are always as one.
that’s why our life is so special

truely you are precious
and I’m so satisfied in loving you
for you are my only star sparkling in the twilight
And devoted with love for you I’ll be day and night.

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Helpless lover,

As she looked me up and down
standing over me in her satin blue gown
tired to the bone I was
but she knew I was her helpless lover

her charms I couldn’t resist
nor could I avoid her tender kiss
I was helpless lover for a while
She use to come for sey with a lustful smile.

and desire would rise inside me
and my weakness for her body she would see
a helpless lover in need of her
but now she has a new helpless lover.

for no longer would I stay around
but memories of her kept taking me down
her passion as a lover I really do miss
and I sometimes wonder why it ended like this.

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Imagine you and I

Imagine you and I making love upon the Milky Way
teasing each other sensously, as sweet love we appreciate
Sottly you caress the staff that grows strong
As I kiss you all over your lovely body with my tongue

The stars and the moon that shines around us both
seems to shine their warmth upon this show
as you and I tease each other from head to toe
the passion is growing but we still take it slow.

Grind for grind your body to mine
me loving the feeling of your behind
holding on from your passionate throws
as I digger reach further for our goal.

Thrashing and moaning upon the Milky Way’s sway
Love me, Love me! I hear you say.
Torrent of juices flow down my staff
As my back your arms and legs begin to grab

Milky Way lover you scream to me
take me now to that exploding ectasy,
Shove it, love it until I cream
Just remember this is only a fantasy

Dim is the moon that lost its glow
but the stars shine brighter as if they know
Expanding is my staff ready to lose it’s juice
as I feel you tremble to let your loose.

Desire has surfaced to the utmost atmosphere within
as you and I rock love hard and deep up till the end.
clinging to each others bodies so soaky wet
remembering love on the Milky Way we’ll never forget

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My lovely one

Many times I’ve looked upon you
And all I could see was beauty through and through
in your eyes theres beauty for the world to see
but in all of you there’s more beauty for me.

You are my lovely one, more beautiful then the sun
and my love for you, has only just begun
For loving you for me, is a life time plan
and I’m so very glad, you chose me to be your man

Oh my lovely one, your beauty can never truly be described
for your beauty is better than gold or diaminds
and sweeter than honey in a hive.

You are the lady in my hand and the center of my heart
and darling that is only half of it all
my love to you will never part.

For you are my lady, one so radiant and sweet
and I can hardly wait, for that special day we meet,
To share our love, in a physical passionate way
but right now my love, we both have to wait until that day.

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So weak

I’m so weak, but I try to be strong
your love is in control, so please don’t cause me harm.
For I’m strung out so far that I can’t return
There’s this flame in my heart and for you it burns

I’m so weak that Just the thought of you brings sweet desire
for your every feature sets my soul a fire
Your beauty is magnificent, and incredible too
You have me doing things I though I’d never do. 

I’m so weak that I’m losing nights of sleep

I’m so in love thats why I’m so weak
The message in my mind, is love for you sweetheart
And the love in my heart for you, will never ever depart

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The beginning & The End

So much hapiness
in your words when you write.
Anticipation is heightened,
for my reply.
Love traveling to & from
Connecting to lovers
the feelings
of each other.
Your smell is intoxicating.
Overwhelming my senses
Causing uncontrollable bliss.
Our lives run parallel,
constantly being pulled
by an undeniable feeling.
Your voice runs goose pimples
down my spine.
Our naughty conversation
is intesified by loves touch.
I long to kiss your lips
to feel the sweet warmth
of your breath.
To come over on seperate days.
to watch your legs part 
in seperate ways.
You long to caress my body.
Feeling my muscles
ripple in the clutch,
of your smaller hands.
The feeling will never end
I know it will last for ever.
but that was
the beginning……
Now, your words
Have become hollow.
Where are you?
I reach out
but I feel nothing.
The connection we had,
is scrambled
How did we get here?
Now, my address book
Is a graveyard
of past connections,
torn apart by distance.
Life is a series of scams.
The butterfly has scamed the eagle,
to aknowledge they’re equal.
I thought the feeling would never end
I thought
it would last forever,
but it is
The End.

When the Wind Blew 

When the Wind Blowsthe Screams start,
the Water rises,
and the roofs drop.
Life has changed
but keep your hope.
Keep your eyes on God
to help you Cope.
Where is my son
that I love so much?
Where is my mom and dad
that I can not touch?
are they under debree
trying to struggle?
I can’t hear them crying
Cause their voices are muffled?
All those illabrit houses,
Where I was trying to be.
Have moved from there
and are down by me.
We all are poor
there is no color.
We all are alone
there is no other.
When the Wind Blew
Steel structures shivered.
People asked for help
and sadness and destruction delivered.
But reflected off the water
is the glare of the Sun
a new days has arrived
and the healing has begun.
Families helping families
all trying to survive.
Race helping race
all trying to stay allive.
All and All though
No one knew.
That we would be tested this much
When the Wind blew.

By Brandon Bernard

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