The rain batters me on my hardened skin Callouses wettened by blood of my sin You say you have truth yet your mistaken Because of some myth, your life you’ve forsaken I don’t stop my dig to bury one thought Rain fills the grave as I empty my lot How…
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Life’s Checkmate
I walk upon the earthen board And watch Life’s endless fight The stone pieces in Life’s game Both sides: Dark and light I pass a row of nameless pawns Fighting in their King’s war One by one they felt Life’s blade And we hear their screams no more A towering…
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Sacrifice
Tattered curtains And a Shattered window Flattered evils And a Battered Soul What do you do when the lights have faded? When all of your feelings end up dated? When your entire life you would?ve traded For just a second to feel whole Received a gift But you Believed a…
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The Odd Trio
I?ve got three friends, who really do make an odd three First comes Faith, in all her glory She helps remind me that the Future in no way can be the Past And any trouble I?m having now, most likely won?t last Than comes Pain, adding his own latitude He…
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Can’t We All Just Get Along?
A soldier lies in wait Then brings the scope to his eye Within him there is no hate And yet a stranger must die A bully stays out of sight To ambush his prey A little boy lives in fright Dreading each and everyday A daughter cringes in her room…
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Weight of a Tear
The weight of a tear, caused by the moment between sorrow and fear. What draws the droplets down from ebony lashes to the tip of the frown? That is the answer that I seek, “What brings water from eye to cheek?” That is the question that plagues us all, “What…
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Gift of Understanding
God gave me the gift of understanding But I didn’t get it for free He gave me all the tools and the mission Then the rest was up to me I learned about rejection, And I lost all hope I turned my back on life, And thought I couldn’t cope.…
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Faith
Bow to Allah Find Nirvana Read the Torah Reset your Aura Say your prayers If He cares Increase your fears As Darkness nears How do you know Its no placebo Your life you forgo Because someone said so Faith Something you earn on your own accord Your beliefs bring you…
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Realist
The harshest question to be asked: “What is the glass?” “Is it half empty, or half full?” Either way, you’ve earned a label. But what if the glass was cracked? What would become of this simple fact? This basic test would need some tweeking because either way, the glass is…
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The Flight
One day while daydreaming, I looked to the sky And a cloud of blood was soaring way up high. It was a dragon with evil in its eyes. Teeth and claws bared, fiery eye flared, It flew unmercilessly. Beside it was a cloud of mercury, An angel in all its…