ANOTHER DAY GOES BY

Distinguish the fires from last night bring justice to the light

Fighting through the social misery just to make it to the right side of history

Another day goes by and I am still here still alive

Turn up Marvin and sing along here the words still strong

Fighting in the streets a brother on his knees for justice and peace

All the while the leaders continue their deceit lacking any dignity

What matters in a nation of lies blame-shifting left to right

Another day goes by and I am still here still alive

Turn up Stevie and sing along here the words still strong

Peace is not just a dream it lives inside everybody

Normal is just a myth when there is selective justice 

We can be better than this when there is forgiveness

Another day goes by and I am still here still alive

Turn up Billie bring the song to history

Maybe you need the blues just to see the good inside of you

It is a backlash when you don't give a helping hand

This world was made for you and every man

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

TO BE A BROTHER TO BE A SISTER

To be a brother is to be there

To help those weak become strong

To be a sister is to be near

To ease the fear 

To be a brother is to be a wall

To protect the community when attacked

To be a sister is to lead

To inspire families to move forward

To be a brother is to be loud

To be a voice for those who don't know their own choice

To be a sister is to show passion

To stand up against the so-called bastards

To be a brother is to show a strong hand

To pull those up who fallen through the cracks

To be a sister is to protect the new life

To provide nourishment for the body and mind

So let be human and lift up a community 

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

 

THIS ROOM

All I need is another call from you

Doesn't matter how many minutes we use

Need to hear the sound of your voice to soothe

What more is there for me to do

This room alone again

The walls have become my best friends

Late into the night, we conversate 

Conversations alone with these walls

Echoing in the mind deep in the halls

I say the color of these walls are beige, they say their tan

Arguing with a wall does not make me a crazy man

This room deep in my mind

Trying to master my thoughts

So many secrets, if these walls could talk

If they told the truth I would say that's a lie

But where else is there for me to hide

As night comes outside I close my eyes

Outside these walls is where my dreams flys

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

  

WHY NOW

Given up your truth for some attention

Took a bowl of soup instead of a blessing

Need to think things through before you move

Why now, living in an emotional state

Speeding a million miles an hour with no brakes

Everyone feels the pain of this hate

Given up your freedom for a red hat

There is no logic to this new math

Need a better change, let us all kneel and pray

Why now, twin cities splitting at its seems

As we see the burning of a thousand dreams

Purification in the lakes waters is what we need

Given up your soul for racist words

After four hundred years the echo still can be heard

Need a word to warm the cold blood of the heart

Why not peace right now.

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020  

PRETTY BLUE

Think that I might have forgotten you

It might be true never but I never asked anything of you

My dreams don't match the reality of you

Pretty blue where did you go too

No one like you in my mind

Was our friendship just an elegant lie

These feeling never change the many times the heart brakes

But I am the only one to blame when you walk away

What do you say when you think of me today

Pretty blue where did you go too

When you where the passenger of my mind

Never to experience these unconditional feelings

When you were alone I was only in your mind

I would call you every time just to make it alright

Now I have mastered the feelings I have of you

Pretty blue where did you go too

To hold you would be an intimate lie

When you smiled it would happen every time

Reality lies when I am next to you who is always a fool

Going out of my way for heartbreak and pain

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

GOOD PEACE

Good peace its what we all dream

Never to be out of reach

Should never be too far to see

Why you need all the attention

When a family lives in desperation

Fame alone will never pay the bills

Good peace it should be the reality

Never to be a footnote in history

A man should never have to take a knee

Why we treated different ways

When I stood in line right behind you

I am no better I have nothing to prove

Good peace it should be more than a feeling

Never to be an idea of an educated mind

When we hear our leaders lie another child dies

Why you need to be rich

When the poor only dreams of it

Living a lie when you have to pay someone to be by your side

Good peace is more than thoughts and prayers

Should be service without a care

The proof shouldn't be recorded on your phone

Why not live in purity 

You'll have so much dignity

*Loving your self till everyone else does too

Good peace should be more than a thought

Good peace should come from the heart

Good peace should start from right where you are

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

*From the song STYLE by Prince Rogers Nelson

from the album EMANCIPATION, NPG Music 

 

POETIC

Random thoughts from the heart

So much more than inspirational

Creative lines of words are where it starts

Poetic thoughts profound in rhythm and rhyme

Fractured word caught between inspiration and validation

Haiku is the poetic phlegm I spit at you

Wet and dry all at the same time 

No reasoning to the word that you choose

Poetic words with feeling and deep meaning

Incoherent babble just to make words rhyme to save time

Picturesque musings through the rainbow haze

Hear the songs of the early morning

Put the past behind you look to the sun of a new day

Poetic movement with intent and purpose

Hear the purple omens as Misty Copeland floats by

No one can write the same as the crow flys

On a pilgrimage to the destination, there are twist and turns

You have learned more than what anyone has heard in these words

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

NO ONE'S BOSS

Do you give a thought to what you say
Always use words in a different way
Does God even understand you when you pray

Don't want to be no one's boss
Have no reason to control it all
Only those things close to my heart

No longer can I be happy today
Now it became an orientational social name
To be gay will never mean the same

Don't want to be no one's boss
Have no reason to have the control of you
You're not a minstrel you don't have to shine my shoes

Innocent words use as racial slurs
Generational slave mentality in just one word
You have to make mistakes before you learn

Don't want to be no one's boss
Have nothing to prove
Just call me brother or friend

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020

In a comment, I got on another poetry site to this poem where say "We all need to treat each other with respect, my friend."

Not fully understanding the context of the comment. I said, the word BOSS is so overused and miss understood its definition is a person in charge of a worker or organization. It comes from the Ditch language BAAS and in America, it was used to replace another word that word is MASTER because it was too reminiscent of the slavery past. I find it more of annoyance word when being called that so I see it as the person saying it is more disrespecting to themselves than the one that they are saying it to. When writing poetry I do some research when using metaphors on any topic. So what I am saying with the poem respect your self just as much as you respect your self.