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Feb 14, 2009
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Anguish of a poem
That night, when words were whispering
and the room was quiet and stark,
the thought in fearless beguile
mounted the empty page
Like muses from the ages
it clasped the trembling hand
and in a fondled embrace
penned the painted picture down
Courage sprung from shadows,
from pictures old as time
and in that blessed time span
many a poem was born
Oh! I enthuse - my existence,
resembles not an illusion,
nor a sheer waste of ink,
but rather a portrait
or a spirited work of art!
I am….yes, I am African
I should be ignored
I know….yes, I know
Was I Caucasian,
I would have been adored!
and the room was quiet and stark,
the thought in fearless beguile
mounted the empty page
Like muses from the ages
it clasped the trembling hand
and in a fondled embrace
penned the painted picture down
Courage sprung from shadows,
from pictures old as time
and in that blessed time span
many a poem was born
Oh! I enthuse - my existence,
resembles not an illusion,
nor a sheer waste of ink,
but rather a portrait
or a spirited work of art!
I am….yes, I am African
I should be ignored
I know….yes, I know
Was I Caucasian,
I would have been adored!
— nokros, Feb 14, 2009
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Critiques
themoonman
17 years 3 months ago
Nokros...
nokros
17 years 3 months ago
themoonman
theladyblue
17 years 3 months ago
simply beautiful...
nokros
17 years 3 months ago
Emarie
barbsdad2003
17 years 3 months ago
Oh the pain ...
nokros
17 years 3 months ago
Chuck
Tonya
17 years 2 months ago
Please, come a time no mans
nokros
17 years 2 months ago
Tonya
faerybeki
17 years 2 months ago
Who could ignore such a
nokros
17 years 2 months ago
faerybeki