Joshua JayShades Legister

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

When you dip me, do I taste sweeter? Sometimes, I tumble into your brew not on purpose, mind you. If blame must fall, it lies with you. You pulled me from the pack, left my brothers behind in the dark. I’m not special, not... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

What took you all night Took me all day. What you found heavy I found light. What made you think Evil Made me think of only good. What made you choose violence I chose peace. For the world you see Is shaped by the lens you ch... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

They said the procedure would help me see in the dark But darkness was never the problem It was the shape of the hand resting on my shoulder long after it stopped being kind Instinct returned quietly not as violence But ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I pull the curtain aside and the sun greets me like an old friend, warm lips of light pressing soft against my face. I squint toward the horizon; white walls, palms standing loyal in the breeze, and beyond them a body of water sh... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

There’s a Towel There There’s a towel there “Why, Jojo?” He stands on me, grinning as the sun made him, water dripping from his lashes, no reason in the world except joy. “Kale, not while you're swimming!” But ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I feel your touch even now God knows I’m missing you. You were my everything, and look at what that’s done to me. And still, I rise toward what was lost. Break me? I would’ve died for you. Cried for you. Run into a burn... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

It feels uncanny, standing here at the edge of a horizon I once thought belonged to other men. You never truly picture what comes after the dream, not until you’re living it. This isn’t a mediocre victory. This is a chapt... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

We walk a road few ever see, born from struggle, carved from stone. Boys raised in the quiet corners, men shaped in the shadows of expectation. We’re told to stand tall even when broken, to fight battles no one names, to pro... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

They burned your trust. The world moves on, the clock ticks, as if the pain didn’t leave a crater where your soul used to be. Being broken leaves scars, not wounds. No cuts. People underestimate silence. Silence is dangero... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

The mind will whisper, “Give up. It hurts. Why keep going? Is it even worth it?” This is the battle the mental war with your mind, the physical grind with your body. The mind, a fearful general, screaming at your limb... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Wanting you More. Now. Closer. Inside. Wanting your touch, One moment, One breath, One stolen piece of time. Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Let them think you're not worth it. Let them think you're not enough. But know this: Mediocrity isn't for me. I dream, I try, I speak, I fly. My spirit will not run dry For I am blessed to reach the sky. Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I like different that’s why everyone hates me. Arguing with my sister, but the delusion runs deep. She was never there, never bothered, yet swears we’re close if that were true, why do I feel like the black sheep? Even... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Oh my, where are you when I need you? You burn and buzz, yet breathe life into me, a language of the ancients, calming the chaos of information, steadying the stream. Some may hang their knickers on the line, green knights i... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Are you alone? Whose bed do you crave tonight is it mine, or just anyone to fill the void? Are you stalking my profile, or do you just want a glimpse of me? There's no time for games. Come and take what you want I'll make you... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Finish first, but leave your teammates in distress. We all rise the same, one foot at a time, Shaking off the morning’s disheveled grime. Groggy, moody, still weary from sleep Last night felt like a flash, fleeting, yet deep. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Why? Why can’t you do the simplest thing? I give everything, work myself into the ground, and come home to nothing. Fuel. just the bare minimum, yet it’s too much for you. Maybe I’m asking too much. Maybe this is just... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

You can point at red and some people will still swear it isn’t there. Not because they’re blind but because seeing it would make it theirs. They talk truth about everyone else, every mess, every failure, every broken thing... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Hey you, how are you feeling today? Better than yesterday, or just the same way? Did you eat, or maybe you didn’t Went to bed hungry, but still you’re here, resilient. Was it cold where you slept, or far too hot? Did you fi... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Rise, fall, rise Like fire ignites, like walls collapse, like wings ascend. Step, step, step Each act, a brushstroke; each pause, a polished shield. Move, climb, cross The river swells, the mountain looms, the path is clear. H... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Fragments of memory, not my own, pull me into a place where light bends and the air hums with whispers I can’t understand. The ground dissolves beneath me. I am crawling through time, through battles with beings too vast, to... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

It made sense to your ways, The resting façade. How could we know you’d just pop? Tell me, why would you cut it? Your early footsteps echo down, To warm bottles, Every three to four hours, Deja vu lukewarm, then cooled. H... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Cut me into pieces, throw me away, Had your fun, now I’m just prey. You never cared, never loved, I would’ve given my life for you, my dove. I’m lost, adrift, all efforts in vain, A flash, a heartbeat, swallowed in pain. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Cut me into pieces, throw me away, Had your fun, now I’m just prey. You never cared, never loved, I would’ve given my life for you, my dove. I’m lost, adrift, all efforts in vain, A flash, a heartbeat, swallowed in pain. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Betrayal cuts deepest when it wears a smile, a friend turned foe, a shadow turned to blade. You plotted with my enemies, unseen, waiting for the moment to strike your blow, believing trust once shattered could destroy. But know... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

To my last breath, I will live and defy, unyielding in resolve, my enemies, know this: I will never, ever yield. Each strike you planned has only sparked my blaze, a light so fierce it sears the world itself. I rise beyond defe... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I am the flame that refuses to burn out, a force unmatched, relentless in its rise. I fight not just for me, but for my own to be the father, man, and guide they need, the unyielding pillar in storm and calm. This battle is no ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

With you, there is always a way A path of hope for those who seek it. In you, I delight; in you, I stay. A light that guides, a love to sway, When storms rage and the skies grow thick. With you, there is always a way. I lift... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet, And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion, Eyes bright, no judgment, just need. Out we go, one steady step, then another, Field sprawled wide, we chase the edges of dawn. Back home, th... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Without struggle, there is no progress No tasting sweet without the sour, No warmth of sun, no radiant light, Without the weight of storm and shower. Love bears its scars, and joy its pain Each breath we take, both gift and cos... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

You said you were family, Blood tied like roots. But what kind of cousin Seeks only to use? You came with your habits, Your tricks and your lines, Left her waiting, alone, In your twisted designs. When friends filled the r... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

So dodgy, so cunning, the mind that schemes, Thinking ahead, laying plots in dreams. Playing the fool to catch the wise, While broken souls hurt those who rise. Words spoken in anger are they fact or disguise? Are they whispers... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

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poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I’m so lost… but I will always love you. To the moon and back this life or the next, nothing could ever pull that out of me. Real love like this… it doesn’t fade. I know I make mistakes, I know I fall short, but my soul ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

One day, sorting through the bits and pieces, trying to hold life together, the phone rings, and my world, shatters. They say it straight, her and him, the right-hand man, and the shadows of others, all laced with whispere... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

There was a pause of disparity An unwelcome feeling of betrayal Words being said that sounded foreign to me Vowels and constanants being uttered that shook the ground beneath me. Uncontrollable rage taking over and snapping my m... Read more

story by Joshua JayShades Legister

The rain goes on and on Am standing on the shore calling into the unknown for who and what I can't say. Oh what wretched blaspheming sack of wine. I concur it's to and fro from a Beast's behind Cometh this day a tickle, a laugh,... Read more

story by Joshua JayShades Legister

The moment. When all the world goes silent and for those 2 or 3 seconds. You shut your eyes and hope you will be able to awaken. The loudest music could be playing but you wouldn't hear it in those moments . For those seconds of... Read more