I am 18 year old Tanisha M. Villers; born January 8th 1990. I am from a family of eight and I am the
second child. I am from Richfond Dennery and attend the Vide Boutielle Secondary School and
currently on my last year. I first attended the Grand Riviere Senior Primary School where I spent one
year. However, before that, I did three years schooling in Martinique. I speak French and a little
Spanish.
I have a strong interest in story writing and poetry. I started writing at the age of thirteen but my
interest grew stronger at the age of sixteen. I spent most of my time writing poetry when I am
melancholy and lonely. It helps to comfort me. I also have a passion for reading and this helps to
structure my writing.
I am an ambitious person and whatever my heart desires I go for it. Writing and reading is who I am
and that’s what I want to achieve in life.
My Dear Mother
I have come to face the fact, that my dear mother,
Did what she did for a reason.
My mother who was just thirteen years old, poor and lonely child,
He was seventeen.
She has no shoes and hardly anything to eat.
For him it was nothing, he had it all.
For my mother fell in love with my father,
He gave her, her first pair of shoes.
Four years later she bore a child.
She thought everything was great.
He loved her she said and cared very much,
But it never once crossed her mind that her life wouldn’t be the same.
For my mother bore another six years later………..
The life that my poor dear mother thought,
That would be splendid would soon turn into disaster.
My father slept around,
My mother was left home with two children.
As the years went by she dared to bear another.
She soon got tired of the loneliness, frustration and the beating.
My poor dear mother left with my small sister
I questioned myself for years.
“why did she leave us?”
Now I know
She couldn’t bear to see, us.
For we reminded her of our father,
My dear mother loved him so much,
My father who she thought loved her, bruised her
My dear mother.
Unconditional love
I was once told that love hurts.
I once felt that truth.
I spent days thinking,
Why was it me?
I was once answered by someone sweet.
He said “it doesn’t have to hurt because if you choose the right person,
And wait the right time
You would see that, what you are looking for is right in front of you”.
I spent days thinking of those sweet words,
And wondered why?
Why, did I didn’t see that, what I have been
Looking for is right in front of me.
I waited days and days and finally there you were,
Looking in my eyes,
Your beauty struck me.
And all I could say was “hi”
As I looked at you in suspense,
You whispered to me,
Now is the right time.
Sister where art thou.
Sister you are so beautiful
You shine like the stars in the moonlight.
Oh! My beloved sister how I miss you
You were there when I needed you,
Now all has been lost.
You were my friend, my life.
Sister, my lovely sister
For you I weep every day,
For you I bleed inside.
I walk on the rocky path of life
My sister because you can’t lead me to the right life.
The emptiness I have inside is reaping me apart.
Sister you were so kind.
For I will try to follow your footsteps.
Oh my dear sister why did you have to go
For I am lost and can’t be loved by another.
No Matter
No matter
What they say or do,
I will always love you.
No matter
What is said or done my love will always be around.
No matter
How far we go the love we shared
That night will always be there,
I will never say goodbye because
No matter
What is done our love will come around.
Best Friends
What can I say?
Best friends are those who care about you.
They help you in times of need.
Best friends can appear in any kind of shape,
Size or can also have different types of personalities.
They can have several sides.
They could be shy, lazy and even sometimes moody.
But, one thing that will not ever change between,
Best friends are the love they share for one another,
Best friends are forever!
Her painful life
There is someone dying to know a reason.
She sleeps at nights wondering,
“Why does she have to go through this”?
She hurts so badly,
But her father doesn’t recognize it ,
For she is bleeding.
He says things to her,
Things she never thought a father would say.
She loves him with all her painful heart
She thinks he doesn’t love her
Because he doesn’t show it.
It has been like this for the past couple years,
She can’t take it anymore.
She secretly searched for love someplace else.
The years past and she finally found someone
Who loves her.
But they both know that it will not work out,
For her family will tear them apart.
They have been together for the pass months now.
She loves him and he loves her.
They intend on spending their life together,
But what will happen when the girl's father finally knows.
She is scared,
She doesn’t want to lose him,
For she loves him.
Her father comes out of nowhere
And says “you and your other sisters I will put all of you
In a house and you’ll not get out.”
He never gave a reason for his statement.
She is scared now for she knows she will lose her love.
She waits now to see what will happen next…….
No Matter the Consequences
I’ve sheltered myself from he who must not be named,
I’ve tried to speak the truth
But there isn’t any words.
My throat is thirsty,
Thirsty to speak out,
But what I know will drain me out.
You’re like that great wall of China
Blocking my path,
A path I choose to follow
Because that’s what my heart wants.
Who, who must not be named will prevent that,
But no matter the consequences
No matter the results
My heart won’t lose touch.
Showing what I am
Saying what I know
Will always lead to a path a path
That night failed but with love by my side
No consequences will matter anymore.
Lonely and alone
Sitting there, with nothing to do
Staring at the pale blue sky,
Watching, as the night went by
Lonely and alone
I stared,
Speechless stay
As thought to my dead less mind
In warm and peaceful night,
Wishing to have the strength again
Lonely and alone
I stared,
But as the night went by
My helpless body said
Goodbye.
Sunset
Where waves touch the land, behold
A radiant, ravishing sunset which look like a pretty little
Girl dancing in the moonlight
The yellow and dark orange pattern glowed
So brightly on the beautiful white sand
The beauty within it made you realize the darkness inside of you.
Its cylindrical shape made you feel like dancing.
As it faded away its beauty began to vanish, as darkness
Began to fall the glamorous sunset disappeared.
There was no more life, no more beauty all that was left was
