“To the Man on the Bus…” Pages Matam

POWERFUL PIECE!

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Piñata by Pages Matam at the National Poetry Slam 2013. Awesome.

A stunning example of the power of the spoken word. Speaking out against sexism and a really brave personal perspective.

To the man on the bus I overheard tell a woman in conversation – presumably a friend: “you are too ugly to be raped…”  Full text here.

 

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I wish

 

I only wish

 

I could write something beautiful

To tame the unsettled beat of my heart

To bring together a union

I push this away before it gets a chance to start

I wish I could weave these vines

And never wish we were crossing into unchartered territory

 

Imaginary lines

 

Beautiful was a stone

That tossed pebbles till full grown

My eight by ten outweighs my pin

Writing keeps the dark away

But I long to see you again

Hearts desires often imagine my wants

The journey is deserts away

Leaving claw marks through this hunt

I lose myself in these vines

Eyes so heavy they become part of mine

And we lose ourselves in this beauty

 

Pregnant

With love

I SEE HIS-STORY

WISDOM

COURAGE

STRENGTH

SWAG

LOVE

HE WAS

The snow blankets me

Covering me with its ice

Heart melted in cold

“The Safest Place”

In my heart

Your love has found

The safest hiding place

Inside is a field And trees and a lake Around is a wall

No-one from hell could break

In there you’ll shine

In there you will cry

My heart has been a lonely warrior

Who’s been to war

So you can be sure

In my heart your love has found

The safest hiding place Inside is a stream

Around is a wall

No-one from hell could break In there will shine

The light of heaven’s eye

In there you will cry

My heart’s been a lonely warrior

Who’s been to war

So you can be sure

Your love’s in a sacred place

The safest hiding place

My heart has been a lonely warrior before

Who’s been to war

So you can be sure