literature
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You Don’t Wanna Know
“…the instrument behind all this poetry…..yea…U don’t really wanna know bout the degradation it took to straighten my pen into this position…what it took to have the courage to wear my feelings on my sleeves….and to bleed words for a living.” Continue reading
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Memories
Dear memories, how dare you stalk my past, shackle my thoughts to your smile, and then ground my mistakes into a trembling apology as if anyone escapes history. Continue reading
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Poetry’s Sorrow
Poetry’s a soldier a collection of Spoken Words in Silent Wars rarely do you see it pull back retreat it is no coward it’s weapons are raw yet healing but there is pain hidden behind the curve of personifications, alliterations and similes there is sorrow if poetry has one weakness it is this: that most… Continue reading
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History vs. Truth
I would actually like to write more on this topic at a later date. But for now, enjoy this word: “One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner….and simply remember the… Continue reading
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Understanding the Revolution
“We must begin to understand that a revolution entails not only the willingness to lay our lives on the firing line and get killed. In some ways, this is an easy commitment to make. To die for the revolution is a one-shot deal; to live for the revolution means taking on the more difficult commitment… Continue reading
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Hopeless
The blazing echo of darkness as it hovers its deception over welcoming eyes…. is it easiest to speak of morning than to actually believe that it exists? are we walking contradictions…. do we fill our hearts with hope and yet…are we hopeless? Continue reading
