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"kilimanjaro" poems
Born a King Born a Queen Born a Slave Born into freedom only to be Caged Shackled bound confined Scared Caged Far from the Motherland A people Made sculpt molded In her image Brown earth Yellow sun Mahogany dark Like the stone unyielding Proud like the Kilimanjaro Minds open like the plains Of the Serengeti Free Only to be brought here Caged Used abused overwhelmed exhausted Caged Thrown away when aged like broken toys Broken minds broken spirits afraid of our own image Caged Here we stand today with all the technology the worlds knowledge at our fingertips Caged Brothers’ sisters’ fathers sons’ mothers’ daughters’ families ripped apart Torn at the seams no village to be seen Caged We are at war with violence ignorance rage A horrible legacy indeed ……Caged Our once proud people afraid to face the future We are creating to our shame the same source of fear ignorance and rage In our most valuable assets our jewels our destiny Our children Our vision In our cage we destroy each other We are racist in our own race We defame denounce deplore each other Are we comfortable complacent satisfied in our cage? Our history tell us no our descendents tell us we shouldn’t be They say to us we have no limits boundaries restrictions They found the keys to the cage They urge us they encourage us they push us in the direction of the stars Come out of your comfort zones Embrace hold tight pull it in The spirits of Our Kings Our Queens Our history Teach if you can learn Learn if you can teach Open minds hearts souls Receive your freedom Unlock the Cage. Free! Liberate! Unshackle! Black history is not a month it’s your life.
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Mar 31, 2013
Mar 31, 2013 at 4:26 PM UTC
The Cage
Born a King Born a Queen Born a Slave Born into freedom only to be Caged Shackled bound confined Scared Caged Far from the Motherland A people Made sculpt molded In her image Brown earth Yellow sun Mahogany dark Like the stone unyielding Proud like the Kilimanjaro Minds open like the plains Of the Serengeti Free Only to be brought here Caged Used abused overwhelmed exhausted Caged Thrown away when aged like broken toys Broken minds broken spirits afraid of our own image Caged Here we stand today with all the technology the worlds knowledge at our fingertips Caged Brothers’ sisters’ fathers sons’ mothers’ daughters’ families ripped apart Torn at the seams no village to be seen Caged We are at war with violence ignorance rage A horrible legacy indeed ……Caged Our once proud people afraid to face the future We are creating to our shame the same source of fear ignorance and rage In our most valuable assets our jewels our destiny Our children Our vision In our cage we destroy each other We are racist in our own race We defame denounce deplore each other Are we comfortable complacent satisfied in our cage? Our history tell us no our descendents tell us we shouldn’t be They say to us we have no limits boundaries restrictions They found the keys to the cage They urge us they encourage us they push us in the direction of the stars Come out of your comfort zones Embrace hold tight pull it in The spirits of Our Kings Our Queens Our history Teach if you can learn Learn if you can teach Open minds hearts souls Receive your freedom Unlock the Cage. Free! Liberate! Unshackle! Black history is not a month it’s your life.
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The Ashes of a million souls drift down to the Baranco Wall and Moorland. Seventeen thousand feet is All Deep and dead is the cap on Kilimanjaro. If a tree falls in the Forrest. you will hear it on Kilimanjaro. Haunting stones on Easter Island whisper in the dead of night and speak to Kilimanjaro. Pitcairn Island far and lost. Fletcher Christians mournful ghost wails and screams as the Bounty burned a light seen from The Kilimanjaro. Supai City Arizona in the bowels of the gaping gorge looks out to Kilimanjaro. Oymyakon Siberia. Minus 93 degrees. chatter and freeze akin to The Kilimanjaro World ends in the stratosphere Fight for breath face you fears. Where minutes pass like plodding years in grasp of Kilimanjaro.
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Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013 at 3:01 AM UTC
Snowfall On Kilimanjaro
When the sun first shows its beaming face, at the break of a blissful new dawn. Your birds that exult with elegant grace, bid farewell to the night that's gone. Your flowers ornate your vast lands, of your priceless treasures they boast. The besotting Kilimanjaro that stands, dominating your east coast. You are home to the best precious stones, the land of gleaming clear waters. Garnished with skills and strong bones, you are served by your dutiful daughters. The soil that expands on your gracious vest, the equator that cuts your enormous chest, birds that bear your golden crest, are a few ideals of your daring zest. The treasured soil that fills your vast expanse, the gracious finesse in your every dance. From Egypt, to South Africa, Nigeria to Kenya, From the stupefying Sahara to the beatific Victoria. I love you dear Africa, The land of the wild, This poem is for you from your little child.
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Jun 16, 2014
Jun 16, 2014 at 8:27 AM UTC
Africa
Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of love this is Africa What's in Africa? What's there to see? I asked myself on the New Year's eve I thought that I was good in geography But I didn't know Lagos or Nairobi I might be ignorant, I have to admit About Africa I knew just a little bit The great Sahara - sands of mystery! The Nile river - so much history! Africa is magical and magical is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of joy this is Africa Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Angola, Algeria Burundi, Benin and Libya, Lesotho and Liberia Burkina-Faso, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Gambia I saw a film on Serengeti Park A one of a kind, a must-see landmark I watched a documentary on pyramids of Giza They're much much older than Mona Lisa I heard that oldest coffee plants Take their roots in Ethiopia's land And that samba, rumba, funk and jazz Take their beats from African drums Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of love this is Africa Cameroon and Congo, Malawi, Mali, Morocco Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, Mauritius, Mauritania Tunisia, Tanzania, Eswatini, Eritrea Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan You can travel around cities of Africa Like Cape Town, Cairo or Casablanca If you're in love or plan to be Go to Zanzibar, feel that ocean breeze! Climb up mount Kilimanjaro Watch the zebras cross the Masai Mara If you're adventurous, you're a dreamer Take a wild trip down Zambezi river Africa is magical and magical is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of joy this is Africa Comoros, Chad, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia, Egypt, Guinea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Togo Madagascar, Mozambique, Central African Republic Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa and Seychelles Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland, I'm on my way to Africa!
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May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022 at 7:33 PM UTC
Africa is Beautiful
Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of love this is Africa What's in Africa? What's there to see? I asked myself on the New Year's eve I thought that I was good in geography But I didn't know Lagos or Nairobi I might be ignorant, I have to admit About Africa I knew just a little bit The great Sahara - sands of mystery! The Nile river - so much history! Africa is magical and magical is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of joy this is Africa Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Angola, Algeria Burundi, Benin and Libya, Lesotho and Liberia Burkina-Faso, Botswana, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana Djibouti, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda, Gambia I saw a film on Serengeti Park A one of a kind, a must-see landmark I watched a documentary on pyramids of Giza They're much much older than Mona Lisa I heard that oldest coffee plants Take their roots in Ethiopia's land And that samba, rumba, funk and jazz Take their beats from African drums Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of love this is Africa Cameroon and Congo, Malawi, Mali, Morocco Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, Mauritius, Mauritania Tunisia, Tanzania, Eswatini, Eritrea Sudan, Senegal, Somalia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan You can travel around cities of Africa Like Cape Town, Cairo or Casablanca If you're in love or plan to be Go to Zanzibar, feel that ocean breeze! Climb up mount Kilimanjaro Watch the zebras cross the Masai Mara If you're adventurous, you're a dreamer Take a wild trip down Zambezi river Africa is magical and magical is usual in Africa Continental wonderland of joy this is Africa Comoros, Chad, Cabo Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo Ethiopia, Egypt, Guinea, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and Togo Madagascar, Mozambique, Central African Republic Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa and Seychelles Africa is beautiful and beautiful is usual in Africa Continental wonderland, I'm on my way to Africa!
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Acerbic antagonist alliterates agonizing accusations, blasting ******* backbiter butting beautiful bombastic brainy blond bomb. Cumulative cranial casualties cease caveman's cognitive coherence. Doom digger derides Daddy's dangling dire dreary **** Eclectic esoteric eccentric egotistical estranger; Forthcoming fathoms fetch faithless fleeting father. God given goblins gather gossamer ganglions; Hell's hairy harlot harpies hover heeding Hyperion. Ignatius imbibes irrevocably insisting, "Jesus juggles justice's joy jarring jams." Kindness kindles Kilimanjaro; Malicious mountains melt, Mmm, morning marjoram. Nothing negates Neanderthal ninnying. Overt obsessions obfuscate original object of purest passions, paltry past pinings, quickly quieted, quelled, resisted, relinquished, readily, ruefully, roundly saturated, suffocated; surreptitiously silenced, terribly torturing the thrashed tamed tormentor: Ugly, ungrateful, unapologetic, Vanity, woefully wallowing, wailing, "Where's Xanadu's zeitgeist!?"
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Jan 15, 2012
Jan 15, 2012 at 12:09 AM UTC
I hate it when you alliterate
I am mama Africa, mother of humanity My soul flows in all people in all places I am Queen of Shebah the essence of beauty You see me in people, people of all races. I am mama Africa yes, I'm the Ashanti Gold look at my jet black soul, I am forever young I am ancient, dark, golden glorious to behold Akwaba my children, sing me the Ebone song. I am mama Africa, I gave birth to Mozambique See all my plains spread from ducor to Cairo Green my fertile soil, dark my soul so unique I am mama Africa, roots of mount Kilimanjaro. I am mama Africa, adorned with wealth infinite Watch my strides, I represent perpetual grace Hear me my children, cease to fight and unite Come all ye spirits of Uhuru ,all I want is peace .
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Jan 12, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 at 12:13 AM UTC
Mama Africa
Every journey that I take Every rule that I break Every moment I create In you with you Reminds me of this place That reminds me of your face You are the light At the end of my tunnel The perfect mountain view When I climb the slopes Of our love I can see More than I knew My Kilimanjaro My connection To Christ My spirit feels alive When I look into Your eyes You are the mountain My Yogananda My tender Guru My greatest crush That accepts me as I am You believe in God You believe in Love You believe in Friendship You are the perfect Mountain view When I scale the rocks Of our relationship Rising with every step My heart is left With a feeling of Completeness Sweetness Mother Divine Has brought us Together To share, to ascend To believe in God To be my friend You are the beginning and the end When you are away I climb this mountain Everyday Wind, snow or rain Joy or pain I can go to our mountain Climbing to the top This gorgeous point Holding on to trees With wings of grace and ease And the Gods Are pleased Let friendship Lead us to our Mountain tops Let Holy Spirit Guide us there Let everyone Who reads these words Feel the wind of love Against his face And in her hair We are magic We are flying We are laughing We are crying In the end No matter where you go No matter how far I will know How to find you Remind you of our Friendship Of our love Meet me on our mountain top Look at the stars As they shoot across the sky I'll be riding one Or on a cloud To meet you there Waving you a smile As I fly You know where Into your temple heart On the mountain Of our God Given Love If you know The way I feel If you feel my energy You will know when I am near Without looking you will hear Me crash into the atmosphere With the wings that Spirit gave us To share Meet me on our mountaintop The one that reminds me of you The place that we've found with the perfect view Sitting on a star On a comet Or a gust of wind So sharp I will find you I will find your temple heart Invite the world So that we can curl up Into a blast of light A spoon of love Lighting up the heavens Everywhere With a love so bright Every creature in sight Will witness Our forgiveness In the air Meet me on our mountain top Look at the stars As they shoot across the sky I'll be riding one Or on a cloud To meet you there Waving you a smile As I fly You know where Into your temple heart On the mountain Of our God Given Love tHE tERRY tREE
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Nov 1, 2014
Nov 1, 2014 at 5:39 PM UTC
MOUNTAIN
Every journey that I take Every rule that I break Every moment I create In you with you Reminds me of this place That reminds me of your face You are the light At the end of my tunnel The perfect mountain view When I climb the slopes Of our love I can see More than I knew My Kilimanjaro My connection To Christ My spirit feels alive When I look into Your eyes You are the mountain My Yogananda My tender Guru My greatest crush That accepts me as I am You believe in God You believe in Love You believe in Friendship You are the perfect Mountain view When I scale the rocks Of our relationship Rising with every step My heart is left With a feeling of Completeness Sweetness Mother Divine Has brought us Together To share, to ascend To believe in God To be my friend You are the beginning and the end When you are away I climb this mountain Everyday Wind, snow or rain Joy or pain I can go to our mountain Climbing to the top This gorgeous point Holding on to trees With wings of grace and ease And the Gods Are pleased Let friendship Lead us to our Mountain tops Let Holy Spirit Guide us there Let everyone Who reads these words Feel the wind of love Against his face And in her hair We are magic We are flying We are laughing We are crying In the end No matter where you go No matter how far I will know How to find you Remind you of our Friendship Of our love Meet me on our mountain top Look at the stars As they shoot across the sky I'll be riding one Or on a cloud To meet you there Waving you a smile As I fly You know where Into your temple heart On the mountain Of our God Given Love If you know The way I feel If you feel my energy You will know when I am near Without looking you will hear Me crash into the atmosphere With the wings that Spirit gave us To share Meet me on our mountaintop The one that reminds me of you The place that we've found with the perfect view Sitting on a star On a comet Or a gust of wind So sharp I will find you I will find your temple heart Invite the world So that we can curl up Into a blast of light A spoon of love Lighting up the heavens Everywhere With a love so bright Every creature in sight Will witness Our forgiveness In the air Meet me on our mountain top Look at the stars As they shoot across the sky I'll be riding one Or on a cloud To meet you there Waving you a smile As I fly You know where Into your temple heart On the mountain Of our God Given Love tHE tERRY tREE
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I could bask in the sunshine and edit Alaska, climb Kilimanjaro but I let others do that and I go into the deep on my own rhyming rainbow, watching colours keep dripping, I should be tripping,stripping the acid run and taking more out of fun. I should edit Alaska.make the ice flow much faster, I am a disaster but I haven't happened yet.
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Sep 16, 2014
Sep 16, 2014 at 3:29 PM UTC
Rocks
Starlight shines from limousines On the streets of Monte Carlo But I'd prefer a cup of tea In a caff with Gary Barlow. He'd draw inspiration from The drabness of the venue And weave sweet melodies around The items on the menu. Spreading sounds of happiness Around the greasy spoon. He may be a chub-a-lub But he sure can write a tune. I could take him back to mine To feast on milk and cookies. Watching pirate DVDs In my flat above the bookies. I would part the curtains So the jealous neighbourhood Saw me ****** rewarding The blond scribe of 'Back for Good'. He could climb atop me Like he mounted Kilimanjaro Everything changes forever Once you've tasted Gary Barlow. Down to earth despite his millions Cuddlier than Robbie Williams. Looking pensive in a vest, Gary Barlow is the best.
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Aug 10, 2013
Aug 10, 2013 at 9:23 AM UTC
starlight
fragile and self absorbed I've spent a lot of time kneeling but I've come to find honesty in admitting fear in the new things I'm feeling there's something about moons and stars being beautiful but out of reach that I've always found appealing and I have drown in all my futile pursuits chasing whales into the ocean but never with my written words, those pros are a dreamers innate commotion emotional,  combustible,  percussive,  explosions I've survived a lot of falls and put my heart back together with duct tape but somehow living always gives me just a little less than it takes so my words now are few and chosen carefully and my actions are my attempts at explaining those tangibly every valentine's bouquet I'm sending all the anniversary dollars I'm spending each minute a loving ear I'm lending but if two people are truly in love, there can be no happy ending Hemingway, that's from Snows of Kilimanjaro an elegant reminder that we've one less day together with every new tomorrow so I try and explain old emotions as best I know how if only I could have known in those times the truths I know now redundant, I'm a record with a deep scratch tired, I'm the head of a burnt match useless, I'm a diamond necklace with a missing clasp bitter, and perpetuating the despair, never letting go of the holes unpatched hopeful, I'm a dog kicked that keeps coming back I've survived a lot of falls and put my heart back together with duct tape but somehow living always gives back just a little less than it takes I can see that in the wrinkles carving roads in my face by the mile and I noticed that there's more lines where I scowl than where I smile duct tape and regrets I've spent a lot of time kneeling it's probably time to apolgize and stop reeling but eating my own words sounds uncomfortably filling so I guess I've said a lot of things that I'll never have the chance for repealing somehow I've always sensed it since I was very young that I would always be looking back as I rocketed forward humming the songs that were already sung reading old greeting card’s they've forgotten and feeling tortured fragile and self absorbed I've got a lotta duct tape survived a lot of falls without becoming fake but somehow living always gives me a little less than it takes
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Sep 16, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 at 11:17 PM UTC
ENTRANCE IN BLACK
fragile and self absorbed I've spent a lot of time kneeling but I've come to find honesty in admitting fear in the new things I'm feeling there's something about moons and stars being beautiful but out of reach that I've always found appealing and I have drown in all my futile pursuits chasing whales into the ocean but never with my written words, those pros are a dreamers innate commotion emotional,  combustible,  percussive,  explosions I've survived a lot of falls and put my heart back together with duct tape but somehow living always gives me just a little less than it takes so my words now are few and chosen carefully and my actions are my attempts at explaining those tangibly every valentine's bouquet I'm sending all the anniversary dollars I'm spending each minute a loving ear I'm lending but if two people are truly in love, there can be no happy ending Hemingway, that's from Snows of Kilimanjaro an elegant reminder that we've one less day together with every new tomorrow so I try and explain old emotions as best I know how if only I could have known in those times the truths I know now redundant, I'm a record with a deep scratch tired, I'm the head of a burnt match useless, I'm a diamond necklace with a missing clasp bitter, and perpetuating the despair, never letting go of the holes unpatched hopeful, I'm a dog kicked that keeps coming back I've survived a lot of falls and put my heart back together with duct tape but somehow living always gives back just a little less than it takes I can see that in the wrinkles carving roads in my face by the mile and I noticed that there's more lines where I scowl than where I smile duct tape and regrets I've spent a lot of time kneeling it's probably time to apolgize and stop reeling but eating my own words sounds uncomfortably filling so I guess I've said a lot of things that I'll never have the chance for repealing somehow I've always sensed it since I was very young that I would always be looking back as I rocketed forward humming the songs that were already sung reading old greeting card’s they've forgotten and feeling tortured fragile and self absorbed I've got a lotta duct tape survived a lot of falls without becoming fake but somehow living always gives me a little less than it takes
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One blink, blink blink --, blink      180 degrees, 160, 13 -, {soft focus}                           Obtuse  - >infinity<                                          Rolling over Kilimanjaro Sinking through the Grand Canyon like wind Hormone flooding Like rapids Eroding consciousness Blink, awake, blink, blink - blink I am watching a scenario in my mind Walking after midnight in a snow blanketed field And a full moon Blink, daydream, I don't know which is louder The sound of my heart beating My skin rubbing together, Or the hum of thoughts traveling through.
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Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013 at 2:12 PM UTC
The ringing
I will not be remembered as the leader of a mighty Army or drum major in a marching band ! Nor recognized by all of mankind for my scientific acumen , climbing Kilimanjaro or exploring the depths of the oceans ! My eulogy would not describe a man of great intellect such as the architect , lawyer or engineer ! Let my tombstone reflect upon the days of a Father , musician , poet and dreamer , that passed away with curiosity , not sadness .. A sometimes troubled man , with a love for the Arts , sunsets and the animal kingdom with a firm grasp of cherished , life long Southern traditions and moral principles ...
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Oct 19, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 at 11:02 AM UTC
When the Trumpet sounds
icecaps come undone crushing into the ocean as she sheds her frozen tears penguins and p0lar bears shudder as their habitats recede like the snows of Kilimanjaro volcanoes explode spewing smoke and ash like billowing pillows into the stratosphere diffusing sunshine's heat like a cold compress floes of lava melt glaciers rivers of mud cause flooded folks to flee fissures crack and snap from her pressure towns and countrysides split floors rumble and roll like the ocean walls tumble, crumble and roar bells toll an all too familiar melody families cry out, wailing and ranting chanting dirges of great loss an inconsolable cacophony rubbled lives lying in ruin but she is not to blame the earth is a no fault state this is our doing ecology's consequence greenhouse gasses and other pollutants have given her a fever her pores are opening to vent the warming she is not angry or vindictive punishment is not her goal and evil has not played its hand the planet is just cooling herself it's how Gaia gets her groove back
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Apr 17, 2010
Apr 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM UTC
Gaia
Fuji, Rainier, now to Africa’s pinnacle she followed, behind a parade of sycophants   marching, single file behind his greatness   few made ascents with him   she only Fuji, on a windless day   though others made the trek up Rainer, surviving a blizzard that hit halfway down   she told her lover his faithful must have thought his presence imbued them with immortality   which he seemed to possess     maybe it did, the lover said   seven decades and one, still ******* old mountains and young women   and she was still there, despite the doctors’ bleak sentence     she was painting, moving while she still could, a water color of Rainier in mist, hanging in some haunted hall in his home now a pale pastel of Kilimanjaro for which he would spend a fortune, to hang somewhere he would not spend a minute     when her extended contract expired   she would be ashes scattered in Big Sur   and he would still be climbing higher   breathing heaven’s ether, a color she never captured   but her signature would be on overpriced art   which from the start, he commissioned to keep her from leaving without having seen rarefied air
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Nov 16, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 at 10:49 AM UTC
pastel of Kilimanjaro
Alien Nation by Michael R. Burch for J. S. S., a "Christian" poet On a lonely outpost on Mars the astronaut practices “speech” as alien to primates below as mute stars winking high, out of reach. And his words fall as bright and as chill as ice crystals on Kilimanjaro — far colder than Jesus’s words over the “fortunate” sparrow. And I understand how gentle Emily felt, when all comfort had flown, gazing into those inhuman eyes, feeling zero at the bone. Oh, how can I grok his arctic thought? For if he is human, I am not. Note: The coinage “grok” appears in Robert Heinlein’s classic sci-fi novel "Stranger in a Strange Land." The novel’s protagonist, Valentine Michael Smith, was raised on Mars by enlightened Martians, and he often feels out of sorts on Earth, where he struggles to grok (understand deeply and profoundly) earthlings and their primitive, often inhuman, ways. Keywords/Tags: Mars, astronaut, alien, primates, stars, words, ice, crystals, Jesus, sparrow, Emily, Dickinson, zero, bone, arctic, thought, human, inhuman
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Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 at 5:25 AM UTC
Alien Nation
Mother Love It all started in her womb I would be in trouble and I would shout "Mama" Its not cause my father wasn't around Its the warmth that I was wraped in for 9months I got out, and the ice cold world hit me. I wished to go back, How could I go back to my mothers womb? Womb! My first home No fancy doors or windows No kilimanjaro tiles or maxidoors It wasn't a crave I was hungry I ate what she ate My mother wont starve while I'm still alive! In this life theres no woman that would take my mothers place in my heart! Mother love... #MamasBoy
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Nov 21, 2014
Nov 21, 2014 at 5:02 PM UTC
My home The Womb (MotherLove)
When we last saw Noah, He was about to embark On a long, stormy journey Aboard his mighty ark. For forty days and nights The heavens constantly drained Their waters upon the earth, For it rained and rained and rained-- Covering the towering Mt. Everest, And the great Kilimanjaro. Noah exclaimed, "It's raining Like there's no tomorrow!" Ham and Shem said, "Dad, With our small, measly crew, Feeding one million species Is kind of hard to do." Noah pointed outside And looked at his sons and said, "I suppose instead of in HERE, You'd rather be out there--dead!" That shut up the boys Who attended to their tasks, Saying, "We're feeding the lions In case anyone asks." Shem whispered to Ham, "I like that lion, but she Is always licking her chops Whenever SHE sees ME!" Ham said, "That kangaroo, Who looks so calm and mellow, Has a nasty kick. He's not a very nice fellow." After many days, The waters receded; then Yay! They were back on dry land; All could go their own way. The Bengal tigers went east; The penguins headed south; The skunks and beavers went west-- According to word of mouth. Noah grabbed an animal For a sacrifice quick and succinct, And turned to his sons saying, "Oops! I JUST made one species extinct." Ham, Shem, and Japheth, Had little time for mirth, For now it was up to them To repopulate the earth. Growing grapes for wine To Noah was time well spent, Until he got drunk and naked-- All sprawled out in his tent. Walking in on his father, Ham saw a sight not so splendid And ended up with a *** deal-- (Silly pun intended)-- For Noah cursed poor Ham For having walked in on him. So what if a guy saw him naked; Hadn't he been to a gym? Actually, the curse Was more on Canaan, Ham's son. How had poor Canaan managed To be the guilty one? I guess that's the nature of curses; They don't always make much sense. There also wasn't a lawyer To come to Canaan's defense. To live to be 950 Requires a very strong ticker. But Noah had a weakness: Trouble holding his liquor. - by Bob B *Sequel to "Noah's Dilemma"
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Oct 15, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM UTC
The Curse on Ham*
When we last saw Noah, He was about to embark On a long, stormy journey Aboard his mighty ark. For forty days and nights The heavens constantly drained Their waters upon the earth, For it rained and rained and rained-- Covering the towering Mt. Everest, And the great Kilimanjaro. Noah exclaimed, "It's raining Like there's no tomorrow!" Ham and Shem said, "Dad, With our small, measly crew, Feeding one million species Is kind of hard to do." Noah pointed outside And looked at his sons and said, "I suppose instead of in HERE, You'd rather be out there--dead!" That shut up the boys Who attended to their tasks, Saying, "We're feeding the lions In case anyone asks." Shem whispered to Ham, "I like that lion, but she Is always licking her chops Whenever SHE sees ME!" Ham said, "That kangaroo, Who looks so calm and mellow, Has a nasty kick. He's not a very nice fellow." After many days, The waters receded; then Yay! They were back on dry land; All could go their own way. The Bengal tigers went east; The penguins headed south; The skunks and beavers went west-- According to word of mouth. Noah grabbed an animal For a sacrifice quick and succinct, And turned to his sons saying, "Oops! I JUST made one species extinct." Ham, Shem, and Japheth, Had little time for mirth, For now it was up to them To repopulate the earth. Growing grapes for wine To Noah was time well spent, Until he got drunk and naked-- All sprawled out in his tent. Walking in on his father, Ham saw a sight not so splendid And ended up with a *** deal-- (Silly pun intended)-- For Noah cursed poor Ham For having walked in on him. So what if a guy saw him naked; Hadn't he been to a gym? Actually, the curse Was more on Canaan, Ham's son. How had poor Canaan managed To be the guilty one? I guess that's the nature of curses; They don't always make much sense. There also wasn't a lawyer To come to Canaan's defense. To live to be 950 Requires a very strong ticker. But Noah had a weakness: Trouble holding his liquor. - by Bob B *Sequel to "Noah's Dilemma"
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there is a certain kind of motherhood only an older sister knows is true to not have borne a son from womb but to have a friend of same blood be a son, a gift and a light too there must be some divinity in this to be the one he calls on when the cupboard is kilimanjaro for this little stranger who is on some days foe and most days love to be the santamaria as he climbs on your own young shoulder blades searching for ****** shores in worn out rooms to be stronger than the thunder that rumbles outside his bedroom window to be stronger than you usually are for the little boy whose arms cling onto you for peace even when you are as pale as the moonlight he claims to have followed him into our home there is some strange purpose in this to be guardian, disciplinarian, caretaker and girl all at once when our mother is too drunk to hug her son when our father says nothing but hello there is a kind of love only a sister knows hurts this much when that little snip of a man grows into boyhood just as he grew out of your arms when you are no longer every wonder of the world you are simply a companion and on good days: a comrade always a sister and mostly a friend there is a strange pull of the heart at the sight of boyhood in motion to see him cry and laugh and hurt just as you once did to bear witness to his ripe exploration of the cosmos and you think to yourself: were you ever this young? he looks at you with eyes that mirror your own yes. yes you were there is a certain kind of motherhood only an older sister knows is true it is the nostalgic repetition of summers that once seemed to last forever it is holding your brother tight when he is brave icarus before the fall even more so when the time for tragedy comes and your young, young brother realizes that he does not bleed ichor like the gods he bleeds red very much like his sister there is so much love in this
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May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017 at 3:56 PM UTC
from an older sister
there is a certain kind of motherhood only an older sister knows is true to not have borne a son from womb but to have a friend of same blood be a son, a gift and a light too there must be some divinity in this to be the one he calls on when the cupboard is kilimanjaro for this little stranger who is on some days foe and most days love to be the santamaria as he climbs on your own young shoulder blades searching for ****** shores in worn out rooms to be stronger than the thunder that rumbles outside his bedroom window to be stronger than you usually are for the little boy whose arms cling onto you for peace even when you are as pale as the moonlight he claims to have followed him into our home there is some strange purpose in this to be guardian, disciplinarian, caretaker and girl all at once when our mother is too drunk to hug her son when our father says nothing but hello there is a kind of love only a sister knows hurts this much when that little snip of a man grows into boyhood just as he grew out of your arms when you are no longer every wonder of the world you are simply a companion and on good days: a comrade always a sister and mostly a friend there is a strange pull of the heart at the sight of boyhood in motion to see him cry and laugh and hurt just as you once did to bear witness to his ripe exploration of the cosmos and you think to yourself: were you ever this young? he looks at you with eyes that mirror your own yes. yes you were there is a certain kind of motherhood only an older sister knows is true it is the nostalgic repetition of summers that once seemed to last forever it is holding your brother tight when he is brave icarus before the fall even more so when the time for tragedy comes and your young, young brother realizes that he does not bleed ichor like the gods he bleeds red very much like his sister there is so much love in this
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The lowly amber circles attune on the savanna grass of Serengeti as the glow penetrates our tent where the hungry hyenas nudge At the dawn of four thirty when dew recollects on the green and the lioness pawn are grounded at the lawn where we once laid You are possessive and protective rejective and a handsome danger hypnotized by spells of the acacia trees dancing under the thousand stars As I unlearn the memoirs of the past within the decorative adventures where the world was ours to hold in shades of deep blue and reds   Float baby, stow on the highways where we changed to hues of black with beautiful stacked memories in the wild chasing the leopards Flow baby, stroll on the railways where we felt a million tunes tracking hunts and ******* rants cautious of the predatory play Fight baby, sew the sutured heart where once a love was a lullaby at the drop of the Kilimanjaro unfreed from all the carry-ons
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Jan 30, 2017
Jan 30, 2017 at 3:48 PM UTC
The Serengeti Sunset
When we first met                           I knew we were meant to be a set   A pair, a duo, a duplet                            Chemistry and energy  is our aura Looking styling in our fedoras Flirting and singing, sending off sparks of true blue                     Our meeting a real coup,  straight out of a mystery by  Nancy Drew                                                                                      You add peace and subtract sorrow   My head as clear as the sky on top of Mount Kilimanjaro I will love you until there is no tomorrow You are my friend, my partner, my life I don't want any disagreement or strife Just fun, entertainment and rife Always and forever.
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Sep 2, 2014
Sep 2, 2014 at 2:03 PM UTC
friendship
The oak tree stands upon firm ground; an ancient agreement with the earth. Autumn leaves agree to nourish an infertile land if the contract is ratified. The monsoon winds have no arrangement and are indifferent. The snows of Kilimanjaro blanket a primordial volcano and has an agreement with the rivers. Its melting glaciers agree to flow freely and nourish a thirsty land if the contract is confirmed. The sun has no arrangement and is cold and unmoving. The soul resides freely in each of us. Ours is an immortal covenant. If we agree to honor our bodies and humankind, life’s pact is affirmed. Death has no arrangement and is uncaring and heartless.
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Apr 27, 2014
Apr 27, 2014 at 7:17 AM UTC
Life's Contracts
I used to think that when I was with you I was getting drunk on life Sipping on your smile like a classy merlot Gulping down your twinkling laughter like a sprakling champagne Savoring your eyes like a forty year old cabarnet Drinking without care or consequence Knowing that I'd wake up with a headache so bad it could split kilimanjaro itself And that my body would Ache from withdrawal symptoms as I yearned for a palatable drink to moisten my lethargic tongue Except...I didn't... I woke up, my head Sparkling in its clarity My body energised and full of movement I got drunk on you Yet...I had no hangover... I got drunk on being with you...except...I didn't I used to get drunk on 'Her' and when I left her company I left with an incomprehensible pain in my heart My "Hangover" But when I'm with you I'm not Drunk No...I'm Sober A Sober that allows the world to sparkle around me in painstaking detail A Sober that allows me to experience the real beauty of life and not just float through it in a haze of intoxication A Sober that allows me to look at you and experience that flame in my heart The joy of life The joy of knowing that my heart is content to not get drunk My heart can feel joy without drinking its superficial counterpart Getting drunk on life is a phrase I cannot use with you You are just so much more
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Jun 2, 2016
Jun 2, 2016 at 5:08 PM UTC
Mild Intoxication
On Angels Wings, Dearly departed, i miss the artist in you. Soweto Springs. Marooned in the mountains, of stakes split socialism states. so high. Liberalise my mind one final time, before you f l o a t into paradise. Enchanted wonderland, big game Zion elysium, in the Kruger National park. I miss you after dark; Your kingdom come in those happy hunting grounds. How low could one go. Perched upon Kilimanjaro, table top feasts, the wilderbeasts, perch upon the mountain range, and will eat you alive. I miss you in the mourning. I have no words. None. Johannesburg. Where you gave birth to my world.
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Dec 16, 2015
Dec 16, 2015 at 9:25 AM UTC
on angels wings
delirious and dazed in the silence of the beating, artificial wind I sit, thinking of a beating, artificial wind in a far away land.
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Jul 21, 2015
Jul 21, 2015 at 6:23 AM UTC
kilimanjaro
Rise! Oh Kilimanjaro Where cherished desires glow Rise and touch the high sky
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Sep 3, 2016
Sep 3, 2016 at 2:36 AM UTC
Kilimanjaro