FREEDOM

I am just a black man 
Walking around with a childish dream 
I recall all through life I struggled 
I couldn't get anyone in my dreams to see 

Slave to a corrupt political system 
Slave to employment without retirement benefits 
Slave to inequality and tyranny 
Every day I watched glimpses of my dreams die 

Whenever I walk out of the door 
I never forget a brother rotting in jail 
I never forget a mother sexually bruised 
A girl child betroth into early marriage

They say I am free because I have an education 
I am free because I found shelter in an orphanage 
I can afford to have a three square meal 
I can walk on the street without been maimed 

But every day I am scared of been intimidated 
Unprecedented policies depriving the people's need 
Like a congregation blindly addressed 
By a prophet with unquestionable misdeed 

This is what is found in the world today 
I could never be pronounced free 
Not until the day I take a hit 
Only a dead man can truly be free 

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UNFLAWED

When I pull up a pen and sheet of paper

The thoughts that run through my mind

Literally cannot be defined

Despite memorizing them in my heart

Blood shed clotting my vision

Hatred caressing my mind

Tears of the lonely struggle

Weakness of a man with pride

No one knows what I have being through

Dreams broken; shredded into pieces

Tossed away into the sea to drown

An attempt by the world to shut me down

Watch me closely once your eyes are wide open

Like a bright light shining above the sky

My dreams and visions cannot die

Not as long I can spare a drop of breath 

Some call me hypocrite; some say I am a loser

But the end will justify the means

I don’t make promises I cannot keep

Who are you to judge me?

I could never get to my peak

The sun always shining down at me

In life, I could only beat myself up

Betraying the sacrifices of a mother

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SCARED OF LOVE

You are getting cold feet
Every time I asked you out on a date
You do not have to keep avoiding me
Your secrets are safe with me

Love sometime get us hurt with scars
Makes one lose everything she has
Self confidence, trust and  charming smile
Leaving the heart emotionally bankrupt to die

I am not a devil you projected men to be
I am not perfect, this I would not disagree
But I have a conscience, just as much as you
To sit beside you, cherish you is all I want to do

I know what you have been through
I promise to be there for you
Please permit me to hold your hand
To be a friend you can rely on until the end

Your heart is broken before
I know you are scared of falling in love
I will treasure you with every bit of my heart
Do not despise me for trying to love you as deserved

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