While We Wait for Change

while we wait for change
what will we do with our children?
what will we do with ourselves?
while we wait for change
what do we do when we see wrong?
do we pass or let it slide?
while we wait for change
what is going on in America's homes?
in America's heart?
what drives the beat?
so many questions because i don't know
i'm just a girl with a empathetic heart that wants to see children be children at play
and not accustomed to a broken heart.

-Janus Poeticca

INSPIRATION BEHIND THE MESSAGE:
i just wanted to share briefly on why i wrote this poem today. i was just at wal-mart and while in line the little boy behind me asked his dad a question. he said," dad i want to tell you something but if i tell you you might beat me for it." so as i heard this my heart immediately cried out to this little guy. and he was just 8 or 9 years old happy to be with his dad. and i couldn't do anything about what i just heard because he still would have to live with his father. i couldn't just take him away and wash my hands of this. but it also got me thinking about how many children or people in general are being abused and become accustom to it. there are some real issues out there in the world and my heart just breaks when i see children be their gleeful little selves and they love their parents regardless of what they do to them because that's all they know. it's a sad reality that we live in and i know that it will never stop and it's a vicious cycle that spins until someone makes the decision to end the madness...

Sounds Like Something Wonderful

sounds like joy
sounds like peace
sounds like fun
a bite to eat
sounds like the future
sounds like the past
sounds like the present never lasts
sounds like change
sounds like obama
sounds like mary j
"no more drama"
(i had to!)
sounds like life
sounds like breath
sounds like someday death
sounds like you
sounds like me
something wonderful
stylish
free
sounds like the end
the green pasture
sounds like love ever after...

-Janus Poeticca

When This Thing Unfolds let it Be

when this thing that is inside unfolds
just let it be
let it breathe for the world to see
come into mine
as i have come
let life live in its darkest hour
were you there when i laid my reservations down?
when i decided to pick up the crown?
were you there when the changed transpired?
no?, well let it be that you know now
that no more will i lay down
& give up the blessings that were given to me
so that every living thing can see
when this thing unfolds
just please let it be

-Janus Poeticca

Too Bad

it's too bad that i have to say good-bye to my old self
the me that was troubled while walking the streets
the me that worried about what everyone else wanted of me
the me that cared a little too much about the wrong things
the me that was frightened of the beast
surely, i must say good-bye
cause that wasn't me
that was the FCC version
the PC replica
the survival Janus
and that is no way to live
but now you have a new improved version to hate upon
and talk about on the phone
and in your subconscious
cause i've officially drank the i don't care kool-aid
HELLO WORLD...

-Janus Poeticca

Now I Can Say That I Love You America

now i can say that i love you america
now i can say you care
it's been so long;me loving you
i'm surprised the feeling is still there
i have awaited your love like a patient princess
waiting for my prince to arrive
now that you're here as king & queen shall we ride
into the promised land of frozen dreams held in the air
for time has moistened the cloud so let it rain
let the beauty of life continue to flow through my mind, mouth & pen
again, america: i love you
and it is now that i hear your answer too
it is now that we are one
and i must say it feels good!

-Janus Poeticca

Poetic LOVE

poetic love is a written love
it's that tight love
off the hook love
it's love love
i miss you love
want to kiss you love
think about you all the time love
come into my space love
read how i feel love
all i feel is love
so i want to write about love
i write about you love
when we talk on the phone i like to hear your voice love
i dress up for you love
can't eat 'cause i think of you love
imagine you before i go to bed love
when i look at couples i wish it was us love
you get the picture...
poetic love is cute LOVE

-Janus Poeticca

President Barack Obama

so the day has finally come. a day that many never thought would come or at least so soon in our country of America. wow. i must say that i've never been compelled to even capitalize America before because although i'm from this country i've always felt like a step-child here. now i must say that to see the Obamas, the new King & Queen of America i feel ready for the world. i do feel that anything is surely possible. what a beautiful family, what a day. i've been watching it all day from the tube & i'm exhausted! i could just imagine how the Obamas feel.
well, this is officially it. no more excuses. we can do it all. all Americans. America isn't just a white mans fantasy and on this day with the swearing in of President Barack Obama i am extremely excited about the new America to come because i know that there is room for me anywhere i choose.

p.s. to those many brave minds, bodies & souls of our countries past i thank you for your diligence to make this day a reality in my life. and as i am a young woman in my 20s to see this happen so willingly i truly have a reason to dream as big as ever. you fought for me though you didn't know me. you labored to make living a wonderful experience for me although it was a very low reality that your life was a happy one (do to many unnecessary circumstances) and so i feel it is my duty to thank you for making my life what it is today. and my promise to your legacy is that i will climb to the top of my dreams because that is exactly what you fought for and i do believe i owe that much to your struggle for a free world.

-JP