His Addiction She's his addiction But she doesn't feel the same He says he loves her But she thinks he's playing games Yes her body craves him But it's temporary He's a lovesick fool And he just won't go away There's lust and there's tension It's so easy to follow But her heart is not in it It's empty and hollow The pleasure fills the void If only for one night She wakes in the morning With no one by her side She's his addiction She knows it to be true But she still can't say the words "You're my addiction too" She's looking somewhere else For what she truly wants If he knew the truth It'd break his addicted heart She likes the attention But doesn't crave it anymore Yes his mild addiction Has become her daily bore For now she will keep him For occasional pleasure Until she gets too bored And begins a new endeavor #RW ©CherO'Bryant2017

The Lonely One Don't cry young girl You'll find love one day You're much too young For the games they play They treat your heart Like it's just a toy You keep looking for men Among the mass of boys They just want your body Not your heart, just the flesh Only to leave you Alone, in a mess A mess of emotions You thought wouldn't interfere Time and time you wonder "How did I end up here" Perhaps you're meant to be alone To live your days unbonded The heart wants what it wants But the brain knows better Forgot the f*ckboys, the boy toys They'll soon wish they never met her All this girl wanted Was someone to truly care To take the time and invest Not leave her standing there She was use to the lonliness It had become her only friend And as she stared that day in the mirror She knew it would be that way till the end #RawWrite ©CherO'Bryant2017

Ignorance Some people are blinded Just spewing words of hate If common sense were so common There wouldn't be useless debates 'Oh she's an immigrant She doesn't belong here' May I remind you of the history Over the last few hundred years Native Americans lived Once called a land their home Only to have it invaded And have strangers rule and roam But you've forgotten that detail That important turn of events Instead you spew out bigotry I'm sure that's time well spent I am not here to judge you Only to educuate your mind You've found comfort in your ignorance The world has left you behind But alas There's still one small, dark corner Where hate and dismay Loom around like a mourner Racism and hate speech Only fuel for the fire Just take a step back This is not God's desire Jesus said love That means all included Not for the world to pick and choose Who is and who isn't excluded But you, you'd rather bask in ignorance Than open up your eyes To you there is no difference You're blinded by the lies When did love become about race The color of your skin Was it when man was exposed to others Those different from their kin And the question I pose is why Why does hate continue on It repeats over generations Like that one catchy song Except this song is broken Lyrics longing to be changed But the hearts of ignorant ones They refused to be rearranged They refuse accept the words "Love one another" Instead they would rather do things Like curse and beat their brother And sometimes, yes They will curse me too And all I can say is 'I feel sorry for you' One day you won't be blinded One day you will see This ignorance will dissipate At least, hopefully Please, do not condemn me I'm not here to preach to you Just simply here to say Ignorance has blinded your point of view 1.31.17 ©CherO'Bryant2017

Ghost of You A song idea I've been toying with recently. Enjoy. [Verse 1] That night she fell asleep Enchanted by her dreams Not knowing whom she would see Someone had reappeared Someone she'd known for years But she'd only known him in her dreams She'd appear on the stairs He'd be waiting for her there that night, That gorgeous night Then he'd whisk her away To the ball room floor They'd sneak out to the garden Through the palace door [Chorus] And she'd say Don't ever wake me I'm dreaming bout the ghost of you, the ghost of you I don't want to see the day I'm not dreaming bout the ghost of you, the ghost of you I remember your hands How they felt on my waist And the music in the background How I loved that place oh I don't wanna wake up Dreaming bout the ghost of you, the ghost of you [Verse 2] She dreamt away the night Dreaming of his strong arms She'd missed them so She was awakened by a kiss But her mind just wouldn't let go Just wouldn't let go She opened her eyes With a vacant stare The man of her dreams was laying there But all she could do Was slowly breathe in And tell him how the dreams would begin [Chorus] She said, I didn't wanna wake up Dreaming bout the ghost of you, the ghost of you Now that you're here This #life, it feels brand new, oh brand new I remember your face, that smile, those eyes How we'd dance all night with the fireflies I remember your hands, I remember your touch I remember how you told me that you loved me so much I don't wanna wake up Dreaming bout the ghost of you, the ghost you #ToBeContinued #RawWrite ©CherO'Bryant2017

She Has Returned There was once girl on Opuss She wrote intriguing rhymes But one day she disappeared Swept away in sands of time Over the years she grew Into the woman she is now Graduated, two jobs in tow, Yes, she had kept her vow A new year had begun And with it a new path Two things remained unchanged Her smile and her laugh One night she lie in bed And felt a silent call The urge to write again The urge to tell it all It was her poetic heart That began to beat again She had truely missed the darkness That became her writing friend As she perused through her words That were written in the past She didn't want them to end She wanted them to last The woman with a poetic heart Had made her entrance once more This time she planned to stay This time she locked the door #RawWrite 1.27.17 ©CherO'Bryant2017