Image

Within this mirror
Is the image is of a man
One with fault
One with sins
But the image doesn’t lie
The reflection of a man
Everything I am is all that you see
Everything I’m meant to be
The mirror doesn’t lie
My potential is covered by skin
My drive remains behind what you see
So when you see me
You don’t see everything
You don’t really know me
Papers don’t show me in full

Afraid

Afraid to respect one another
Afraid to respect what you don’t understand
Trying to silence difference
Hoping to stop change
In attempts to halt time
You gather like minded people
Using violence
Discrimination
Trying to silence the small
Those that realize
I too possess a voice
Hear me
I too desire to be heard
Afraid of the future
You desire to live in the past
Clinging to yesterday
Trying to runaway from change
But it’s happening before your eyes
Your efforts to stop
It unites masses for change
Don’t be afraid
A change will come
It’s happening before your eyes

Closer

The places I’ve been
The wars fought
Just to get here
Is nothing less than miracle
Roads have been rough
Every step was a struggle
Every decision examined like a trial
Knocking on doors until they were
answered
Each step closer to my dream
With each fight there were always some success
One step closer
One more day
Pushing harder than ever to live my dream

Next

If you’re serious
What’s stopping you
You believe in your dreams
Reach out and touch it
Take it beyond the dream realm
Live it
Speak it

Being Poor

It’s hard these days

 trying to find a job, it’s like finding the end to a rainbow

catching a cold is easier than a job

money is hard to come by

 bill collectors take it

bankers take it

 the more it comes the faster it goes

 prices of needed things goes up

those with money oppress those without

 life faced

 the rich would never understand

 what it’s like to be without

Unfair

My sunny days turns to night
Watching the young go before me
People auctioning of their soul
Trying to attain hope
looking up from gutters
Guns go off instead of tears
Violence is expression of deplorable living
Prices go up
Wages go down
Drinking only eases the moment
Once again reality sets in
Here people are called lazy
Chances are not given here
It’s a fight that most die to obtain