Gun

I don`t need a gun
To make me have fun
It is Jah himself who keeps my life
so I don`t need a gun to
Stay alive

Don`t bring it to me
Keep it away from my family
Don`t even mention attention
Because I don`t need a gun
To be a man

You come with lies
Pretend as if you don`t hear
All those families’ cries
Don`t you see the tears
in those children`s eyes
Don`t you feel the pain
You are heading down
A dark lane
and the life you live
will just be in vain

You are murderer
You are a monster
you are a robber
you are a destroyer
you are a predator
what else so demeaning
Can I use
to describe someone with
No regard for life
for family and children
Husband and wife


I dear not grow weary
when I ask Jehovah
to guide me
For I know not when
I`ll stumble upon
The hand with a mind to terminate me

This tool
This machine
This material that is
Driving our society crazy

I want nothing to do with it
I want no one to associate with me
If you are familiar in any way with it
For I don`t need it
I don`t want it
My life is better off without
A gun

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Strange

I found it very strange

That you are still here

Didn`t you say you were leaving?

You better be gone by now

Because your sight is becoming very disgusting

I found it very strange

That you of all people

Would wish to remain for another minute

Even though I accept responsibility for everything

Although I knew you are the culprit

You`re a murderer

You are guilty

But you kept pretending

Is that all you can do

Try to be innocent

I found it very strange

That you are smiling

You should be

Somewhere else

Where your show

Is much more entertaining

Please leave my life

Leave my home

Leave my presence

I found it very strange

You want to hang on

Loosen your hold

Of my broken heart

Separate your spirit

From my soul

Leave me to bear the heat

Because you are Too cold

This feeling is horrible

I found it very strange

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This Isn`t Love

You say you love me

But this isn’t love

The way you treat me

This isn’t love

I gave you my all

But you made me

Look small

I accept you

For who you are

Made you a part of my world

My friends even criticized me

Because of the royal treatment

I gave to this little black girl

This isn’t love, It can`t be

You getting pregnant

For another man

After you proclaimed that

All you had belonged to me

No way

This isn’t love

Think again

I made straight every corner

And every bend

It is on you

That all my hard-earned money is spent

But still you run off with

Some other men

You claimed you love me

But you redefined love

Because clearly

This isn’t love

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Obama for President

 

Obama for president! Obama for president!

The perfect White House has got

A new black resident

Obama we say, Obama all the way

Thank you America for voting

Obama today

This day in history

We have gained victory

How did a black man do it?

It`s still a mystery

Triumph at last

Our fears have passed

No more racial divide

Color or class

It was ordained

It`s no accident, that today

Barack Obama, an African-American

Is crowned president

Join the cheer, celebrate the fun

Open your eyes, a new era has begun

Our forefathers have smiled upon you

Because they see

What you have set out to do

To bring the change so badly needed

And to heed the cry of those

Who so desperately pleaded

Your steps are paved with gold

You have fulfilled the dreams

Of those from old

You brought forth a legacy

For future generations to behold

Obama for president! Obama for president!

The perfect White House has got

A new black resident

 **I wrote this poem four years ago after President Obama`s first election victory. Please pass it on as read and help spread the good news as we continue to celebrate another victory for our black president.

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Aren`t You Women?

Aren`t you women

Weren`t you loved and

Cared for by those you called family

How dare they be grieved?

How dare they ask you

To leave?

To not be a part of

This society, your family

You have every right

Like most of us do

How dare they treat you

The way they do

You are a mother, a sister

The mistress of a mister

You are the root of a tree

You were given lives

So you may give life

So who dare interfere with

God`s flow of life

You are strong

Your strength is

uncontestable

You are smart

But they say you are not sociable

Aren`t you humans?

And if they treat you

Like animals

Aren`t we all God`s creatures

You look sad

But tears is a language

God understands

So clear your eyes

Of the tears

Throw them on the ground

Throw them at the dehumanizers

Throw them here, there

And everywhere

Some day you will find peace, so be strong

Because it won`t be long

They will want to smile

With you

They will want to hug you, touch you

And know who you are

But pity their feeble minds

If they don`t remember

That you were that little girl, that woman

One who was never cared for, loved

Or accepted to be a part of

A family

In their neglectful society

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What If Life Was A Dream

I never wanted to open

My eyes

To this cruel world of reality

Because every time

I’m awake

I felt like something has been stolen from me

Going to sleep each night

Is like going on an adventure

Like surfing the

World Wide Web

And nothing is censored

What if life was a dream?

What if you could live

That one blissful moment forever

What if the happiness

And the joy

Never cease to exist

Then you could live your life

Just as if you were sleeping

Last night

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Value yourself

Value yourself

It`s all I can say

Value yourself every-day

Value yourself

No matter what

Other people might say

Value yourself

Start a journey

And value every step

All the way

Don`t look back

There`s no value

Back there

There`s no value

Back then

Value yourself

On going forward

And taking the value

Of your future

In your hands

We are children of value

Remember

We were born in sin

But because God valued us

He still keeps us on the earth

To inherit it

You may ask

What is value?

How much money

Do you have in the bank?

What is the value

Of your house and car

How much for the clothes

You are wearing

Plus those jewelry

That you are cherishing

That, my friend

Is not the definition

Of valuing yourself

We ignore the value within

And look for

The value without

We seek

That which cannot

Be found in a

Treasure box

Beneath the deep seas

Because what is of

Utmost value

Is the core being

Of you and me

Love yourself

Respect yourself

And then

You will be able

To value yourself

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Sad Lines

All I had

Was sad lines

In my poems

There were no rays

Of sunshine

Among my words

No little chirping or melody

Like that of birds

My poems were ugly

There was no beauty

Of joy and excitement

No fun so you could

Show your teeth

Whenever you read them

My poems were painful

Just by looking at them

You`d be sad and depressed

There was no happiness

No matter how I tried

I just couldn`t lie to myself

My days I spent lonely

Away from home

Just so I could be alone

And write a sad poem

Line by line

I jotted them down

Never a smile, only a frown

It felt so good feeling so bad

These sad little poems

Were all I ever had

Line by line

And coast to coast

Corner to corner

And post to post

My sad little poems

Were what I had

Loved the most

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Memory

I don`t want to be a memory

I don`t want

To be remembered

Only after the dirt will have

Crumbled over my

Lifeless body

I don`t want to be a memory

Please Lord,

Don`t let that tragedy befall me

Don`t let me be a victim

Of dead personalities

Remember me

And recognize me

Cherish me now

And appreciate me

Stand by me today

And let us chart this journey

Together in strength

And unity

But please, don`t archive me

And lock me in the vault

Of forgotten memories

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My Story

You don`t know my story

You`ve never listened

To my song

You`ve only choose

To accuse me

Of all the things I’ve

Done wrong

But I’m here by faith

It is the only thing which

Keeps me going on

Many days I can`t lift my eyes unto the hills

Because they are heavy

With tears

So I choose to get down

On my knees

And cried to the only person

I knew would understand

The language of my tears

But you see

You`ve never had trouble

And you`ve never had pain

You`ve never been out

Of water

And just dying for the lord

To send some rain

You`ve always had people

That cared about you

So you`ve never felt ignored

Every now and then

So you can stand there

And pretend

But the lord is my witness

Because he`s the only one there

When I’m having sleepless nights

So when you see me smiling

Smile with me

And if the Holy Spirit prompts you

Pray for me

Because there is nothing stronger

Than a Christian family

Lord I give you all

My praises

And rejoice thankfully

That throughout my storms

You calmed the mighty winds for me

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