Thoughts
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Thoughts
Thoughts of a continent
Stricken by poverty and discontentment
Beaten by the fangs of disease, hate, malice and evil
Thoughts of a country
Bound by a land forgotten
Binded by a people
A people stuck on getting to the top no matter the heads they step on
Thoughts of a government
Weaved on corruption and of back house meetings that fill up the pockets of a minor people, a fraction of the more building anger and dissatisfaction
Leading to distractions that attract violence, a motion leading to destruction
Thoughts of a people
Heaved with burdens
Cleaved on a pile of debt, hunger and poverty
All bundled up with uncertainty
Thoughts of Grandma
As she seats around her three stone fireplace
Smoke all in her face watching all that is going on around her
Smiling at the irony of her long life behind and beyond her
Praying, hoping, instilling and believing in a better tomorrow
A fairer more life
Praying that the grandbaby whom she is holding
Will one day be a man, with a plan that does not involve a wayward lifestyle but a forward strive
Thoughts of grandma
As she walks home from her farm
Singing a soft tender song, reminiscing of her long day at the farm
Smiling at the beautiful sunset
Not worrying about the basket on her back or the lengthy miles she has to traverse till she gets home
Thoughts of grandma
As peaceful as she can be
Even with a life, as miserable as it has been but as honorable as she sees it
Humble, gentle, as she mumbles but with no grumble not willing to fumble
Thoughts of a people
Yearning to be rejuvenated
Thirsting to be re-exhilarated
Dying to be resuscitated
Craving to be revitalized
Willing to be regenerated
Desiring to be re-invigorated
Pining to be restituted
Vibrating to be pushed
Forwarding the rush
To an enlightening nudged by commanding pillars
Rugged on the outside but formidable within
An indomitable spirit
An indestructible wit
An able grit, proving it is woven on a marble lining the unable
The envisioning of a prospering and unbreaking guilt housing the tenaciously minded
Thoughts of a people believing, achieving, and arising to the challenge of massive arrange, the canceling of rage, mentoring of the aging, promoting of cultures, advancing of sculptures, exiling of vultures, waving at the future
From thoughts to words,
From words to actions,
From actions to an evasion into a mission, which only through perception can become a manifestation of true education
From thoughts to words,
From words to actions,
From actions to an evasion into a mission, which only through perception can become a manifestation of true education
Make this your Legacy,
And you will find that the human heart beats beauty.
Thoughts of a continent
Stricken by poverty and discontentment
Beaten by the fangs of disease, hate, malice and evil
Thoughts of a country
Bound by a land forgotten
Binded by a people
A people stuck on getting to the top no matter the heads they step on
Thoughts of a government
Weaved on corruption and of back house meetings that fill up the pockets of a minor people, a fraction of the more building anger and dissatisfaction
Leading to distractions that attract violence, a motion leading to destruction
Thoughts of a people
Heaved with burdens
Cleaved on a pile of debt, hunger and poverty
All bundled up with uncertainty
Thoughts of Grandma
As she seats around her three stone fireplace
Smoke all in her face watching all that is going on around her
Smiling at the irony of her long life behind and beyond her
Praying, hoping, instilling and believing in a better tomorrow
A fairer more life
Praying that the grandbaby whom she is holding
Will one day be a man, with a plan that does not involve a wayward lifestyle but a forward strive
Thoughts of grandma
As she walks home from her farm
Singing a soft tender song, reminiscing of her long day at the farm
Smiling at the beautiful sunset
Not worrying about the basket on her back or the lengthy miles she has to traverse till she gets home
Thoughts of grandma
As peaceful as she can be
Even with a life, as miserable as it has been but as honorable as she sees it
Humble, gentle, as she mumbles but with no grumble not willing to fumble
Thoughts of a people
Yearning to be rejuvenated
Thirsting to be re-exhilarated
Dying to be resuscitated
Craving to be revitalized
Willing to be regenerated
Desiring to be re-invigorated
Pining to be restituted
Vibrating to be pushed
Forwarding the rush
To an enlightening nudged by commanding pillars
Rugged on the outside but formidable within
An indomitable spirit
An indestructible wit
An able grit, proving it is woven on a marble lining the unable
The envisioning of a prospering and unbreaking guilt housing the tenaciously minded
Thoughts of a people believing, achieving, and arising to the challenge of massive arrange, the canceling of rage, mentoring of the aging, promoting of cultures, advancing of sculptures, exiling of vultures, waving at the future
From thoughts to words,
From words to actions,
From actions to an evasion into a mission, which only through perception can become a manifestation of true education
From thoughts to words,
From words to actions,
From actions to an evasion into a mission, which only through perception can become a manifestation of true education
Make this your Legacy,
And you will find that the human heart beats beauty.
Yes, bro, I can feel the energy in your veins because I have seen and danced many an African dance and inhaled the dust that rose as our feet kneaded our present into the cradle of our past while our fingers swiped away the sweat on our foreheads so we could have a glimpse of the future…..
Let the percussion play on and the flourish gain crescendo….