Man

Man

Man cannot live by bread alone
Because his mind must feed also
Upon the things he reads and the things he hears
To build him up, even more so

Meaning that the man must think
The man must reason and please his thought
So his mind ages and his life experiences
What wisdom is, he cannot be taught

So he goes out in the big wide world
And he is sat on and shat on and trampled
He crawls he runs drives and flies
And at times, he weakly ambles

He starts off in his mothers bosom
He suckles like a lamb
And from life's luke warm milk
He eventually becomes a man

By Jesse Johnson

Congratulations

Congratulations

You've been given a gift to treasure forever
Your cups are forever full to the brim with pleasure
You are now man and wife, no further half measures
The two are now one. We smile at your splendour
Congratulations

By Jesse Johnson

Justice

Justice

(Justice is the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause.)

Justice brought me into this world
The mere fact I wasn't aborted
The fact she didn't drink or smoke
The mere fact she gave up snorting

Dads a prime example
Of a man who's not supportive
So I'm a confused baby, battered and bruised
With a body that's been thwarted

But yet my fathers in the kitchen, drinking
Stella, drunken hands, just?
Enough to abuse, mother and seduce
To sex, sodomy, and lust

So here I am, hearing screams, gulps and gags
My sister comes in late, she was out there being bad
She had blood all over her coat again
Dark eyes, I saw along with her pale blood red hands

But that's what happens when you've seen what she's seen
So much abuse and many passed away
And you pray, hope and think
For forever and a day

She gave up on church
And she gave up on the mosque
Religion could no longer guide her
She felt inadequate for God

So she now is where father used to be
So much for like father like son
I don't want to be in the streets
And I never wanna be like mum

So hear I am a few decades after
The brutal days where I was conceived
Making up for lost time
From the childhood I had bereaved

I am not my father, mother or sister
I can only possibly be me
Live my life from what I've learnt
In righteousness and J-U-S-T-I-C-E

By Jesse Johnson

The Day I Die

The day I die

The day I die, I will be a legend
I know for a fact, I ain't reaching heaven
Sitting contemplating thoughts, telling myself
Life was so different when I was seven

Look at me now, times to two and add four
I've felt my soul drain from my back, legs and jaw
I stay quiet cause it started with back stabbing
So much so, for opening mouths to law

I stuck to the code, lived by a knife, and hugged on the roads
So many miss calls from one don on my phone
No one else was worried or rushed to my aid
No matter how big the batch, you're still all alone

Life's no bed a rose, so f flowers
I'd rather drown in the bath, I can't die in showers
No pain, I'm soulless
Homeless, mums moaning for hours

Once again, out on a late night
Tick tock big ben, sings near the bright lights
But then again, its not my time
To go, my heart still beats, right

Sometimes she says she can't feel my heart
Ice cold, stone, hear it in my laugh
My voice is dark, somebody find me a pathway
I'm standing at the entrance, asking for a new start

So until the day I die
Let me live, love, thrive, keep my mind
Sanity, breathe survive
Be me till the day I die, one of a kind

By Jesse Johnson

In that Moment

In that moment

The wind brushed against our cheeks
And the water danced as it splashed against the lifeless rocks
Our faces drew closer, and our bodies were magnetic
And then our lips touched sending tingles from the top

Down to my socks, making my heart flutter
Inside the shutter of my chest
The gentle air stroking down your neck
There's that essence of us in every breathe

That's why the stars stood in the sky
Little winks. And the shooting star marked its smile
And the crescent moon listened, to the song of our hearts
As we embrace each other on the waters edge for that while

Everyday I ponder when I look into the night sky
How I long to repeat those minutes once again
The stars only appear when I'm with you
So it's savoured here, in that moment reminisced by my pen

By Jesse Johnson

All I Know Is that I Love You

All I know is that I love you

I'm not gonna sit here and try to give myself reasons
All I know is that I love you, and that love is not just a feeling
Its an emotion, to be motioned
That's why my tongue is here revealing
And everyday I hear your voice alone
The onion layers are peeling
So imagine when I see your face and touch your body too
My heart beat starts to pump, and something hits the ceiling
Bringing me back to when we was new
Me and you, we were revealing
Our nature, raw rough ragged to the bone
Slow sleek slender, all of those sensuous under tones
And everyday I see you face and think
That we never would have known
If one of us had been buried
Or one of our hearts were turned to stone
So here I am, my heart body mind and soul smiles when I wake
Because I'm glad that your the one I've chose
Cause I've danced with history and mystery
Down a long and dismal road
But with you, I know your presence
And all of your aspirations when we stroll
And I hope wish and wonder
Together we turn old
So we can remember and reminisce
And cherish every moment until deaths angel comes to kiss
So here I sign and seal my oath of love to you
With a drop of my blood and a splatter of my perfume
Let us in our merriment progress
And in loves strong hold continue

By Jesse Johnson

To You

To You

People spend a life time searching for what you have
And the time you've spent together so far just shows what love is
From the first vows, not an eye has bated
Signed and sealed with that one kiss

And billions more, and a couple of kids
Little truffles that god calls blessings
The preservation of life and legacy
Building family trees, brick upon brick places of dwelling

Come rain or shine, you've awaken to the same face
With a tender kiss with that whiff of morning breath and a smile
And you remember that time and distance is no barrier
Just to see, hug and hold, you'd travel a thousand miles

And distance makes the heart grow fonder
That's why you stay close inches deep every night
Tried and tested, your emotions and motives have frozen time
Weathered any storm, and thrown off any tempestuous smite

So you rise as the sun falls to your enjoyment of life
Family bonded in holy matrimony, you live as one with pride
Not a rock to turn over, no secrets between man and wife
Your rings are a symbol, there's nothing to hide

So here you are in the open
To all eyes and all ears
Where you tender loving care has been announced again
Here's to many more years

By Jesse Johnson