Guy Dimitri Jagodinski

Faith is hard to conceive
When you cannot see beyond your troubles
Hope is hard to have
When your life is spiraling out of control
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The sun's rays spread as they seep through the silky curtains
Breathing life into the once blackened room
The warmth from it's tentacles arouse my senses
I awaken with a great sense of exhiliration
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Am I nothing?
Will I be anything?
Is that not astonishing?
Or is it bewildering?
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Timeless and endearing
Is the love of a mother
Beautiful and unselfish
Never judging
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Throughout history
God has sent us one man
To change the world
Nelson Mandela was on of those men
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I looked at the face of a society death
When I found the homeless man dead with nothing left
My heart burst for sad it seemed
To find a man who died alone in his dream
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Death by suicide
What a selfish way to die
No faith No hope
No love No joy
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When I moved to the South
Racism is all I heard about
It was a black and white issue
I tried to tell them that was not true
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Eagerly awaking before the sun rises
I turn my alarm off and quickly get dressed
Time is running out
Hurrying I brew a thermos full of fresh coffee
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What?
Who are you?
Why are you talking to me?
No that is not true!
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What a joyful time of year
With children grinning from ear to ear
Adults kissing under the mistletoe
Jolly Santa's bellowing Ho ho ho!
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Martin Luther King
Was a great man
He had a vision and God's plan
He wanted equality
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I was sitting at the park the other day
Feeling dark and depressed
Over the joyful noise of children playing
Deafness clouded my inner feelings
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We write daily of our feelings or dreams
Never understanding the power of our words
We become involved with fantasy
We leave our real worlds behind
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Everyday we walk and sometimes run to where we are going.
Everyday we put on a pair of shoes that we love to wear
No matter what we are doing
The shoes give us comfort and help carry our weight
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Death is death
Death does not hurt the dead
Death creates pain for those left behind
Death is the last page of a book
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See the signs
At a glance in the corner of your eyes
Shadows darting around people
Spearing their ears and penetrating their thoughts
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Invaded by plundering unjust conquerors
Swathing a path of blood with false righteousness
Destroying the birth rights of the American Indians
Causing the extinction of untold generations
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The World has always been a violent place
Wars, plagues, genocide
Death, murders, racism
Senseless crimes of hate
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