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"Hold
onto dreams
For if dreams die
Life is like a broken-winged
bird
That cannot fly."
- Langston Hughes
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Contemplations
by Tech*
Contemplatin the
existence of those
not yet born
Got my subconscious
scorned
Why does my soul
burn
Maybe it's cause my
hearts been torn
Am I crying
I don't know but my
eyes burn
Crucifix on my neck
showing the price of
Christ's birth
Do I represent my
hood
No I represent my
blood
Half-breed destined
to change the earth
My fate written in
the stars since my
birth
Universal flames got
the solar winds
panned out
Catch the sails of
Ragnarok the boat
with the dragon's
snout
Me an Odin we go way
back
He gave his eye for
wisdom I gave my
heart for a sack
Stop, rewrite the
verses
Write the words that
my brain inspire but
my soul curses
Am I gettin
philosophical or am
I gettin
psychological
Invade your brain
make you think you
goin insane
The positive and
negative of the
deoxyribonucliec
strain
Alterin your genomi
information got you
savin face an
Before you realize
the difference
between man and
demon
I already seperated
the two
Got the outside
reflectin the
internal view
Misshapen beings
walkin like a
Punchinello
That humpbacked
clown a being
somewhat detrimental
Contradictory or is
it irony
That a clown should
wear an eternal
frown
This direct relation
to society of
hypocratic
demonstrations
The hardships my
God's got me facin
In the end will make
stronger
My soul will burn no
longer
Instead the gates of
heaven will open
wide
Close hell's deadly
maw and hide the
denizens inside
A shining
realization of
heavenly ascention
A form hidden from
man's view is
confusing like
reverse condensation
It's almost
condemnation
But in truth it's
salvation
May the God you
worship bless you
with his spiritual
salvation
I'm still writin
almost like my brain
is masterbatin
Ejaculatin
fluid-like
vocabulary
The suffixes,
vowels, verbs, and
consonants vary
I'm running out of
realistic subjects
So ima close my
prose with a quote
from a homeless man
in the projects
" Gimme a
quarter...."
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Love Already Knows
It Can Fly
by
BEE
Love already knows
it can fly
Like moonlight
shimmering on the
Nile
The sun setting when
it wants to go down
In whimpers of truth
and destiny
I wanted to love you
Like the trees
twisting in the wind
A flower that opens
to meet its splendor
with twists and
bends
I saw in admiration
even the wings that
would not
Allow you to fly
And I wanted to
believe in you
Fight with you
Discover with you
the mystery in burst
of love
Create a history of
you and I
But like the clever
word of those of
wise
A scripture
reference that opens
ones eyes
Though dream seemed
more than true
I knew
No matter how much I
believe and love and
try
If you can not see
your wings
In fate I must fly
by
By Bridgett Nesbit
Bynesbit@bellsouth.net
Copyright2001
Hold Your Head High
Nubian Sister
by Slendah
Hold
your head high
Nubian Sister,
today we celebrate
you.
You graduated
college with honors,
and that's not an
easy thing to do;
As a wife, a mother,
a co-worker, a
student,
you took it all in
stride.
It's for this reason
we admire you so,
and in our hearts
feel a great sense
of pride;
Hold your head high
Nubian sister,
as you receive your
college degree.
Today we celebrate
your accomplishments
as you graduate Cum
Laude;
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