dane-elijah-dillard - Hello Poetry

*We were daytime problem solvers and late afternoon cops and robbers, discovering treasure chests full of gold with every coin a story told. Ignorance was innocence tooting imaginative instruments. Our visions were limitless exploring galaxies within a fence. Searching the skies for Orion Taking orders from Simon Says reach for the sky roar as lions, tigers and bears Oh My! Scars were cool! Chocolate milk was fuel Girls were yuck! Vacation Barbies lay beneath tires of Tonka trucks. Despite being grounded we soared Unless grounded of course. Street lights mark the landing strip 'Til high noon next day abandon ship Crash landing return to the culdesac 'Good Night' whispers Fade to black*

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Nov 12, 2012

Nov 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM UTC

Nostalgia '92

*We were daytime problem solvers and late afternoon cops and robbers, discovering treasure chests full of gold with every coin a story told. Ignorance was innocence tooting imaginative instruments. Our visions were limitless exploring galaxies within a fence. Searching the skies for Orion Taking orders from Simon Says reach for the sky roar as lions, tigers and bears Oh My! Scars were cool! Chocolate milk was fuel Girls were yuck! Vacation Barbies lay beneath tires of Tonka trucks. Despite being grounded we soared Unless grounded of course. Street lights mark the landing strip 'Til high noon next day abandon ship Crash landing return to the culdesac 'Good Night' whispers Fade to black*

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Our paths may never cross. But for an infinity, grow side by side As passive parallel lines

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Oct 25, 2012

Oct 25, 2012 at 3:58 PM UTC

Geometry 101

Our paths may never cross. But for an infinity, grow side by side As passive parallel lines

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The affair was inevitable A treacherous triangle The Daisy, the Sun, and the Moon appearing as distinct doom From the Sun, the Daisy bloomed Though at dusk the Daisy felt gloom Finding the Moon at its darkest hour, beloved feelings grew within this flower. To the Sun, the Daisy was committed, But to the Moon the Daisy submitted. The Moon brought light to the dark Owing an absent Sun, became the new spark. Fearing the furious flames of the Sun The Daisy wouldn't shed light upon the affair frightful of the brightest one Now, the Sun and Moon caught intertwined within the same vine, and in due time the Daisy's guilt was uprising It was to choose but both were enticing The provider vs. the temptation The brightest star vs. The subtle sight Fierce force of energy vs. Cool, calm and collect First love versus A new feel

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Oct 22, 2012

Oct 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM UTC

A Daisy's Dilemma

The affair was inevitable A treacherous triangle The Daisy, the Sun, and the Moon appearing as distinct doom From the Sun, the Daisy bloomed Though at dusk the Daisy felt gloom Finding the Moon at its darkest hour, beloved feelings grew within this flower. To the Sun, the Daisy was committed, But to the Moon the Daisy submitted. The Moon brought light to the dark Owing an absent Sun, became the new spark. Fearing the furious flames of the Sun The Daisy wouldn't shed light upon the affair frightful of the brightest one Now, the Sun and Moon caught intertwined within the same vine, and in due time the Daisy's guilt was uprising It was to choose but both were enticing The provider vs. the temptation The brightest star vs. The subtle sight Fierce force of energy vs. Cool, calm and collect First love versus A new feel

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Dear America, I was built on a loose foundation A table with three legs to sustain the load of a table with four. To make nothing from something but For something to come from nothing you need some thing. The most terrible thing to waste The superlative of Man’s tools What makes us as individuals unique, On the contrary defines us as a social order The mind, The M.I.N.D. My Intelligence Nurtures Divergence Always accepting of the opposition, A bloodthirsty cheetah digging its fangs deep into the flesh of a wildebeest, my mind feeds off of their ideals, Further amplifying my intellectual power. Expansion within the human intellect, builds on experiences of failures and success Be afraid of failure, but unafraid to learn from defeat The world is a frigid place, and even colder when you squander your most valuable weapon. “A weapon? What beats an M16, double barrel shotgun, 9mm, Smith and Wesson, or Desert Eagle.” Young blood, the divine power is in your head Gandhi, Malcolm X, Socrates Gone too soon due to minds considered Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Enlightenment to others Since 1992 I’ve embarked on a journey A journey to educate myself A journey to realize the man I want to be A journey to reach my full potential Universally familiar words of my grandmother “You can do whatever you put your mind too” The future poses as an unknown force, But within me fear is absent as my MIND is fully equipped for the ongoing battle of life. I was built on a loose foundation Tupac Shakur, John D Rockefeller, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Gardner, Christopher Wallace, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Henry Ford, Bill Gates. Expected to come from nothing to something but had that one thing to become something Utilize your strengths and bury your weaknesses For with a strong mind the word weak is without purpose

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Aug 3, 2012

Aug 3, 2012 at 12:05 PM UTC

The Letter

Dear America, I was built on a loose foundation A table with three legs to sustain the load of a table with four. To make nothing from something but For something to come from nothing you need some thing. The most terrible thing to waste The superlative of Man’s tools What makes us as individuals unique, On the contrary defines us as a social order The mind, The M.I.N.D. My Intelligence Nurtures Divergence Always accepting of the opposition, A bloodthirsty cheetah digging its fangs deep into the flesh of a wildebeest, my mind feeds off of their ideals, Further amplifying my intellectual power. Expansion within the human intellect, builds on experiences of failures and success Be afraid of failure, but unafraid to learn from defeat The world is a frigid place, and even colder when you squander your most valuable weapon. “A weapon? What beats an M16, double barrel shotgun, 9mm, Smith and Wesson, or Desert Eagle.” Young blood, the divine power is in your head Gandhi, Malcolm X, Socrates Gone too soon due to minds considered Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Mass Enlightenment to others Since 1992 I’ve embarked on a journey A journey to educate myself A journey to realize the man I want to be A journey to reach my full potential Universally familiar words of my grandmother “You can do whatever you put your mind too” The future poses as an unknown force, But within me fear is absent as my MIND is fully equipped for the ongoing battle of life. I was built on a loose foundation Tupac Shakur, John D Rockefeller, Oprah Winfrey, Chris Gardner, Christopher Wallace, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Henry Ford, Bill Gates. Expected to come from nothing to something but had that one thing to become something Utilize your strengths and bury your weaknesses For with a strong mind the word weak is without purpose

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Mama; you are the Sun As I am the Earth Naive and innocent from birth But with each revolution full of Mistakes, Enlightenment, Achievements, Tragedy. I grew more habitable. You spoke but only truths. And though you’d wipe the tears I’d shed upon the stars, You’d say “Be strong, life is tough, prepare yourself”, Phrases echoing throughout the galaxy. One however lingered over my head like the moon “Knowledge is power. Don’t believe everything you’re told.” I haven’t mama, Knowledge is oxygen. Essential to my existence, I truly appreciate thee Eternal gravitational pull: Protection, Light you shed: Guidance, Blanket of warmth despite the season: Love. From an aspirant of glory, To the brightest star I’ve laid eyes upon, Thank You.

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Jul 29, 2012

Jul 29, 2012 at 11:06 PM UTC

From Son to Mother

Mama; you are the Sun As I am the Earth Naive and innocent from birth But with each revolution full of Mistakes, Enlightenment, Achievements, Tragedy. I grew more habitable. You spoke but only truths. And though you’d wipe the tears I’d shed upon the stars, You’d say “Be strong, life is tough, prepare yourself”, Phrases echoing throughout the galaxy. One however lingered over my head like the moon “Knowledge is power. Don’t believe everything you’re told.” I haven’t mama, Knowledge is oxygen. Essential to my existence, I truly appreciate thee Eternal gravitational pull: Protection, Light you shed: Guidance, Blanket of warmth despite the season: Love. From an aspirant of glory, To the brightest star I’ve laid eyes upon, Thank You.

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