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8:05
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Expression Poesy
...Is easy as warm butter
And dubious like the sea
It's slow and enchanting;
Faltering forward, unsteady,
Into a vortex of possible damnation
And loving it all the same
It's sexy
Like flirting with darkness
And kissing the fringes of danger
Like sticking your finger in a flame
And waiting for the sweet burn...
Like listening for a whisper
On sensual air currents
Or taking a deep breath before a dive
Falling for a stranger...
Is tortuously beautiful
Like a wilting rose
Or an ended love
Like a dark, unsteady road
Only bathed in moonlight
It's dubious, and raw, and true
It's sweet and sour
And something in-between
It's heady and frightening
And hauntingly captivating...
It's a deep gentle bite
That only caresses a vein,
Thoughtless...
Yet leaves you pining in hopeful vain...
PS: Partly-inspired by conversations with a wise and wonderfully alive person... :D
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19:47
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Expression Poesy
I think of you incessantly
Your careless hair, your dark brown eyes
Your tender smell I wish I knew...
I wish I could break through these walls
These chains that keep me from your arms,
And feel the depth of your sweet charms.
I wish I knew your favorite song
So I could play it all day long
And drown in you, and drown in you
And the perfection I wish I knew...
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15:33
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Expression Poesy
So I may have mentioned my passion for music at some point. Yesterday, I hit the studio with a friend and we made some music. I'm on the vocals and he's on the instruments. And please don't forget to spread the word and 'like':
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32701739#!/pages/Tye-Chuchu/140259319324858?ref=ts
Blessings
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17:27
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Expression Poesy
Boys boys di3 abi we no dey fight ky3.
Tr: Men don’t bear grudges.
I generally do not bear grudges unless I find it absolutely necessary, partly because I find that they are too energy-consuming to sustain for long periods. In fact I consider myself quite a forgiving person, almost to a fault.
What I cannot stand however, is the fact that just by virtue of calling myself a man I am expected to rescind my right to bear grudges. Hell! What’s so femininely special about bearing grudges that only women are allowed to bear them?
I simply cannot understand why women are allowed, even expected, to bear grudges and men are not. It’s absolute hot rot, if you ask me (and even you don’t)! A woman will bear her choice of grudge till she, of her own will decides that she doesn’t want to anymore. But the moment a man even falters in that direction, “ARE YOU NOT A MAN?” is slapped right in his face and practically forced down his nostrils. Kai! It’s injustice, I tell you!
As for me, it is my right to bear my choice of grudge for whatever period of time I choose, and I will exercise my right as and when I feel like it! And every other man should too!
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18:20
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Expression Poesy
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Brown Sugar,
When I look in the caramel pools of your eyes
I see depths of mysteries I want to explore
A cryptic beauty that intrigues me
And a soul that wields an alluring essence
Brown Sugar,
When you touch me, your hands of delicate beauty
Leave me with a lingering sweetness
Sensations and memories that leave me infinitely giddy
Your lovely hands I wish would caress me, oh so tenderly
Brown Sugar,
I love making you smile
And hearing you laugh, even for a while
And yearn to let my fingers play in your hair
And stare into your eternal eyes
So Brown Sugar,
Will you let me?
Do say you will…
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12:49
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Expression Poesy
Fresh
Deep
Brown
Earthy.
The sweet smell of life
Rushing to a silent call;
Like a lover to another
Sweet collision
Music divine.
Pure
Rich
Dark
True.
The ancient tune
That plays eternal
Unchanged, still true
As the first day
His first note broke
From the heavens
And rushed
To the yearning call
Of his lover below.
Peace,
At last.
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20:48
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Expression Poesy
Five-pointed perfection
Angled in god-like grace.
Beauty in every niche,
Every crease unfurling
Natural flawlessness.
Delicate…A symphony in form
A masterpiece on its own.
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19:56
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Expression Poesy
Love is the intense warmth
You feel when you’re with him
It’s the flaming warmness
You feel in some part of your being
Your soul perhaps, that tells you
She was destined, created for you.
Love is the feeling you feel, of sunshine
That glowing happiness that tells you
That should hurt come, you can bear it.
Love’s that feeling when the hurt does come;
The one that tells you that falsehood
That the next tear
Will drain you of all life forever.
Love is that soothing knowledge
That you’re glad to be alive and loved.
It’s the same thing that makes you want
To live forever, in an eternity
Of cool warm blissful contentment.
And yet the same thing that
Reassures your content soul
That death will be fine
Because what your heart felt was true.
Love’s that silent invisible raging fire
That refuses to be quenched when you’re with her
It’s that gentle eternal pebble of ice
That melts a little every time you taste his tender kiss
It’s that pure distilled anguished awakening of joy;
That elusive singular light that ignites…
When you’re in each other’s embrace.
And you, what do you think Love is?
PS: Partly inspired by Chrisette Michele's "Love Is You".
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20:27
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Expression Poesy
That I care
Is my pain
That your pain
Is my pain
That I lose
So you gain;
That is my pain.
That you drive
Me insane
And you think
This a game
That I lose
So you gain;
That is my pain.
That I love
You in vain
That my love
Is my pain
That I lose
So you gain;
That is my pain.
That your joy
Is my pain
That he lives
Is my pain
That his bliss
Is my pain
That I wish him
My pain
For your heart;
That is my pain.
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8:10
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Expression Poesy
I’m falling
And I reached to you
Pushed me away without a look
I’m hurting
And you saw my wounds
Then left me standing where I stood
I’m crying
Though the world can’t see
Even I can’t see how much I bleed
You see
Though you didn’t speak the words
Somehow you told me you’d be there
That you’d be HERE…
Now all I hear
Is the white noise
Of speculation
And a void.
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15:27
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Expression Poesy
In fact, Ghanafoc p3 dede! Really, hasn’t anybody heard of noise pollution? Ah! What nonsense is this?!
How can the first thing you do in the morning be to wake up to your bed vibrating and your eardrums spewing blood because some random idiot thinks it’s his right and God-given responsibility to blast some rubbish music from the next neighborhood at like a million decibels?! Idiocy! Idiocy, I tell you!
I mean, it’s bad enough that the music is shamefully loud, but it’s downright sacrilegious when on top of all this noise the music is crap too; when this music is in fact noise! Seriously, if it’s not some no-talent woman wailing about how God has done nothing in her life and has left her in the hands of the devil, then it is some equally untalented man declaring earnestly to the whole world how desperately he needs somebody to ring his ‘berlls’(wtf?). And as if destroying your already gloomy Monday morning is not enough, some will go on and give you another dose of noise to complement your lunch.
Oh and do they come in an array of colorful options: Take your pastor friend, Brother Fred, who believes he lives in ancient Jerusalem, and is on a quest to save the entire country from flaming damnation- even with the loudspeaker, he will shout in the streets of Accra till you can hear him in Bolga! Or the family of a deceased ‘big man paaa’ who had no interest in him when he was alive, but deem it ‘only right’ that he be given a befitting funeral at all cost- rain or shine, even if it means the funeral being broken down into weekly installments, and hiring mourners to roll on the ground and stridently recount non-existent anecdotes about his greatness. Then there is Sister Adjoa who will make all the fufu-pounding noise in the world to ensure that everyone knows her chopbar is open, all the while playing her very own rendition of noise. And all this while, the idiot who woke you up is still displaying his DJ-ing skills and has switched up his music to something different, but equally unpleasant and raucous.
And just as the sun goes down and you think that finally, peace-of-mind may just be an option, Abrante3 Spot or one of its cousin’s opens just around the corner, and bursts your bubble with a rude, loud, unbearable entrance that lasts and lasts like Keysoap, till you just want to go and throw yourself away. And to make matters worse, repeats the same music that jolted you out of your sleep, only louder, and with intent to remove all doubt from anybody’s mind that the spot is really open for business.
Really, we are a people blessed with an appreciation of, and an uncanny ability to make noise. It’s an interesting aspect of our lives that we can laugh about, however, on a more serious note; something really needs to be done about this compulsive desire we have to create some random ridiculous ruckus, at any point in time. Whales have died, and zebra finches have become less faithful to their partners... I just hope that they don't discover that noise pollution reduces our life span by 25%.
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3:33
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Expression Poesy
So for the 3rd time in the 18 years of my life, I’m attempting to write a book.
My first try was when I was about 5. I started alright, but all the encouragement-nagging-chastising from Mummy just couldn’t get me any further than the last line of the first page. I can’t remember the plot, however, what I do remember is that Mummy ranted for a loooooong period about harnessing my potential, and had some serious explaining to do to my aunty who she had so fervently, pride-fully boasted to...
The second time, I think I must have been about 15. This time, I was determined to finish my 350-page novel, publish it and get the hardcover to read something like “‘Un-putdown-able! A stunning debut from a very promising prodigy!’ – New York Times”. It was basically about some deranged vampire on a killing spree in Accra, who kept his victims necks as mementos, and 5 teenagers who were the only chance of stopping him (Though BNI was definitely more efficient, they didn’t stand a chance). Somewhere on the 4th chapter, however, I ‘lost vim’ and took a break, only to return to my book 9 months later to find it lost to some random computer virus.*sigh* It was not funny.
So a week ago, I decided I want to write a gain. Though I’m somewhere in the middle of the first chapter, I don’t have a complete picture of what the story will look like yet. However, the plot will definitely revolve around teenagers and along with the regular issues of infatuation, ‘peer p’, and rivalry, will delve into some ‘unconventional’ issues that you probably won’t find in your mainstream teen flick. For now, it’s called The Diary Chronicles, but we’ll see what happens along the way...
Right now, I’m battling a week-long-and-still-counting bout of Writer’s Block, but we’ll see how things work out in due time. Do wish me luck!
PS: I was able to write half a song in the shower today, so maybe the muses are falling back in love with me after all. :)
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6:12
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Expression Poesy
Someone said to me yesterday (let’s call her P), “Takyi, when I’m successful, I’ll mention your name as one of the people who inspired me”. This declaration was unexpected and caught me off guard, and the best I could manage was a lame “Awww” (yeah, I know, lame; sue me!).
But this remark didn’t just cause me to make a slight fool of myself, it also got me thinking about the ramifications of our daily actions. As far as I know, the only contribution I’ve made to P’s life was randomly asking her how her day has been, or having a random conversation about her home in Kenya, or something of the like. Hence, for her to say something like that was not only surprising but also pleasantly reassuring. Reassuring that there are people whose lives are affected by the little things I do. By the choices I make to try to be nice to people (regardless of how undeserving they may be of my oh-so-mighty-and priceless-niceness, hehe), by the choices I make to give people the benefit of the doubt (when it’s so obvious that it’s literally playing Devil’s advocate), by the choices I make to be generous with compliments, by the choices I make to care about people.
Sometimes, people really only need a simple “you’re looking smashing” or “Are you OK?”, to brighten up their day (maybe even reduce the suicide statistics….think about it :D), and by being able to do that, you not only bless a life, I believe you bless two. God says, you do unto Him what you do unto others, hence, by being able to do this, you not only bless a life, you unconsciously bless yourself (Yay!).
Really, it’s not that hard to rid yourself of selfishness and fill your heart with concern for others…. actually, it is, given that we’re inherently selfish beings, but you’ll come to realize that it’s much more difficult and strenuous looking out for your own interest than caring for many; mathematically, that’s a bloody lie, but in truth, it is the truth.
Be blessed.
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4:03
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Expression Poesy
If Love was my heart
I’d give it to you
If Love was my word
I swear it’d be true
If Love was a colour
It’d never be blue
If Love was a person
It’d always be you
If Love sailed the ocean
It’d never sink
If Love is a potion
Then give me a drink
If Love is my death
Please kill me twice then
I Love has an ending
Let’s start over again
If Love costs a fortune
Take all I have
If Love is pain
Let me never laugh
If Love is a story
I’ll let it unfold
If Love is a fire
Let it burn me whole
If Love is a bird
I’ll let it fly free
To go and then return to me
If Love is a number
For me it’d be three;
For you, me and eternity.
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6:31
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Expression Poesy
Shadows cast in sunny places
Forced to hide in open spaces
Malice etched in smiley faces
Long run out of second chances
Absinthe tastes the same as wine
Memories left behind in time
Footprints dissolved into tide
Life feels better in my mind
Drowning on the air I breathe
Orphan of murdered relief
Staring at shattered belief
Dying from my pleasure’s seed
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8:20
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Expression Poesy
Liquid crystals falling free
From her broken spirit’s draining se
Watering beauty of what used to be
Mourning the death of an eternity
Dawn’s anticipation, dusk’s passion
All merged in a teary picture of a fading past
Sunrise and midnight
All blurred in her swimming eyes
Into bittersweet remembrance
Now
The pieces have fallen into time and circumstance
The petals are falling
Slow dancing with her seeping soul
Falling
Her life before her eyes
Falling
Her heart to the ground
Falling
Hands of sweet caresses
Falling
Teardrops on the roses
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9:29
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Expression Poesy
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Never really got the chance to show you your worth
Somehow I always knew you were God’s gift to earth
Never really got the chance to show you how much I cared
But I hope you heard these unspoken words
There were the times when I thought you just a bore
But I never stopped believing you were exceptional, and much more
However fleeting the time may have been
Thank you Daddy, for giving me my Daddy.
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2:32
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Expression Poesy
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In the spirit of love and sharing, here’s my story of heartbreak. I wrote it when my ex broke up with me…I think I loved her; she thought otherwise.
I can see in your eyes there’s a passion that still burns bright
I can see in your smile there’s affection that still resides
I can hear in your laugh an echo of your heart’s rhythm
I can feel in your touch there’s a love you’re still feeling
I know I said we’d make it work
Work it out, take away the hurt
Guess all I spoke was wasted words
Now reality’s my yesterday’s fears
You made your move and broke it off
Called me up, told me you’d had enough
Guess I thought I could do without
Guess I was right, I have no doubt
Yet I still want you, I won’t lie
My heart’s ripped up, yet I won’t cry
And there it lies, there in your eyes
The broken shadow of our fallen love
I can feel your heartbeat in your spoken words
I can hear the melody, the music of your soul
It’s to the tune of the words my heart calls
I’m sorry I let you fall
Didn’t come running when I heard you call
Looked away when you gave your all
Should have listened to your silent plea
It’s a pity but I couldn’t see
See I love you but I’ve got dignity
Can’t crawl back cuz the jokes on me
Can’t you see the blames not only on me?
I can see beyond, beneath the surface
I can hear the things you do not want to say
I can see the feelings you try to hide
Hide so hard with all your might
Asked if there was something I had to say
Said I was void so you went away
Now my soul’s bruised, I’m alone today
And though I won’t speak, there’s a lot to say
Lots of times I know I hurt you bad
Other times you got me badly scarred
Still I thought we’d sort of last
Because with you I always had a blast
Remember when we cared
Remember things you said
Can still hear them in my ear
Even though you’re no more here
Hear your voice in the air
Feel your touch when you’re not there
When I sleep, I stop and stare
Through it all somehow I bear
Maybe I’ve got stuff misconstrued
Maybe the things I see aren’t true
Maybe I don’t mean much to you
I know the way I feel isn’t new
It’s the same way I felt when I fell for you
I’m not trying to confuse you
Or make you do stuff you don’t want to
I just felt you had to know
Why it’s hard to just go with the flow.
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Expression Poesy
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Doesn’t it make you sad to think
That everywhere you touch her
I’ve touched her there before
And every time you taste he lips
I’ve tasted them before
And even though she likes you now
She used to like me more?
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4:31
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Expression Poesy
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I guess it’s time you got to know the person behind the words.
My name is Nana Takyi Baffour-Awuah. I was named after my father’s aunty who was good to him, and I was born on Wednesday, making me a Kweku also. For the first few weeks of my life, my siblings tried to get my name to be ‘Ricky’ but failed (Thank you Daddy for your resolve!).
Speaking of siblings, I have three of them; a wonderful sister who I thought was my mother for a prolonged period of my infancy, and two great brothers who have always had my back, and still do. Before I forget, all the boys (my brothers and me) were born on the 17th day of our respective months, hence the family joke that Daddy must have planned it; a likely possibility because he was a gynaecologist/ obstetrician/ general practitioner, Mummy is an English Literature teacher (and an author, hopefully sometime soon).
I love music because it provides an avenue to vent and to reflect effectively; it puts things in perspective, and though sometimes, you can’t find the words to say something, there’s always a song that fully captures that elusively inexplicable emotion – I have a special fondness for rock of any kind. I also love poetry because it’s music’s cousin, so I guess its one of those affection by association things. I think my most prized ability is that I can sing. Sometimes when I get sore throats or I wake up all groggy and my voice is messed up, it scares me a little bit; if I found out one day that I’d never be able to sing again, I think the rest of my life would just be one vast expanse of despondency.
I love my family, and the friends that treat me right, and I try (probably not as hard as I should) to love God and appreciate all He does for me everyday. Video games are an experience I think no one should do without (role-playing games are beyond any other kind of electronic entertainment), black- and- white movies are the ambrosia of my soul, and mythology, legend and random esoterica are my guilty pleasure. Thanks to Mummy, I can cook (my grilled chicken is heaven…yes, I can say so myself!) and clean like a seasoned cleaning lady. I’m not very sporty though I enjoy the occasional swim or basketball game; however, thanks to Daddy’s genes, I’m never really out of shape.
I’m not sure of what exactly I want to do in college or what exactly I want to be doing in the next couple of years after it. However, people always seem to trust and rely on me so maybe I’ll end up being a shrink. I do know for sure that by thirty I should be making music with my life and generating income with my investments, so I can retire -if I so please- from my shrinkship by thirty.
Daddy passed away almost exactly three years ago. That was a period of pain, realisation and revelation, but it was also an experience that drew my family together, unified in God’s love. This experience and the rest of my life are responsible for the person I’ve grown into: an extro-introvert, a sympathetic empathiser, a thinker, an assertive achiever, a passionate romantic and a person who tries to make things better when he can.
There’s obviously more to me, but this post is long enough as it is, so I’ll shut up until another day.
Blessings.
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4:54
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Expression Poesy
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So I’ve been in hiding for a while, and haven’t bothered to explain, but I’m sorry, regardless.
There’s just been a bit going on lately; I thought my Vassar acceptance was salvation, but turns out it was only a landmark to remind me that I have a whole 6 months more before I get out of this forsaken course, IB; a 6 months characterized by portfolio and essay submissions, and oh yes, the blasted finals all the way in May (I’m getting nauseated just thinking about it)!
But we shall overcome! IB shall NOT take me alive; I shall blow it to smithereens and put the whole evil organization, IBO, which was designed to destroy me to shame! TOK shall fall in the dirt, ON ITS FACE, and Extended Essay will follow suit (all damn 4000 words of it)!
Okay, so now that I’m feeling slightly better about my existence, I guess I can safely promise that I’m going to try to not be brown this year. 2010 means I’m going to strive to be an all-round better person, and that means a better blogger too. I can’t promise anything, though (see above rant) but I can promise that I’m going to try to post as regularly as is possible.
Anyway, gotta run now; the demon that has made me her b*tch is calling.
Blessings.
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19:07
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Expression Poesy
I'm in!
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5:32
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Expression Poesy
Dear All,
In the face of my transcript
A silence shall fall in this place.
Do wish me luck
Pray I kick some serious butt
And you’ll see me back here
In ten days…
If I can restrain myself :)
Sus amigo,
Tye
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Expression Poesy
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If I took a vow on life
That I’d love you for all time
Would you let me in your heart?
Would you let us never part?
If for you I stole the stars
And I wrapped them in my love
Placed this firm upon your heart
Would you let me hear your heart?
If my heart echoed your pulse
And all others’ words were false
Kismet bid our love take flight
Would you let me be your light?
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21:01
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Expression Poesy
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In my darkest hour
It is you I see
In my deepest prayer
It is of you I think
When I’m broken and torn
My spirit weary and worn
When everyone’s gone
You’re always with me
When they stop believing in me
And everything’s an impossibility
When the winds blow strong and cold
The pressures of life slowly unfold
When I fall down, tumble and roll
You’re always with me
And when I turn my back against your face
Disregard your teachings and your ways
Sprout proud wings and take flight
Forget that it was to you I cried
And you who my tears did wipe
You’re always with me
You’re always with me
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Expression Poesy
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So I cried a tear today
For a love lost yesterday
And all Neptune’s might
Could not rival the strength
Of the pain
Of the tear
That was cried today
For the tear was birthed
Of the pain
Of a loss
Of a love immaculate;
A love beyond Aphrodite
Beyond time’s eternity
A love beyond life and death
And all that lies in-between
And all that cannot be seen;
For this love was a beauty beyond Helen
Was a pleasure beyond Ambrosia
A treasure beyond the chests of Persia
A reality
Beyond the simplicity of words!
So I cried a tear today
For a love lost yesterday
A love lost
To the depths
Of Neptune's blue.
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15:59
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Expression Poesy
So my English Higher Level class is reading Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ and I’m having a blast! From hearing Prospero profess his undying love to Miranda for ‘preserving him’, to seeing Miranda go weak in the knees from inner-thigh tremors when she meets Ferdinand for the first time and ‘e’er sighs’ for him, ‘The Tempest’ is laden with sexual undertones in the words of all the characters (ok…more like half). Funnily, quite a while ago I read some theory about how Shakespeare’s work contains a lot of sexual references (can’t remember what exactly). But when a classmate mentioned that Prospero’s dialogue with Miranda was took sexually-connotative and that he was definitely quenching his lustful thirst in an incestuous manner, it set of a chain reaction of finding naughtiness in all Shakespeare’s characters. My favourite by far, though, has to be from Ariel to Prospero, probably because I didn’t expect homosexual yearnings (or quenchings of yearnings?) to be expressed so openly in Shakespeare’s time:
“Ariel:
All hail, great master! Grave sir, hail! I come
To answer thy best pleasure – be’t to fly,
To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
On the curled clouds. To thy strong bidding task
Ariel and all his quality.”
hmm…What say you?
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Expression Poesy
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I see Us dying before e we’ve been born
A light that could have been
Dimming into nothingness
Darkness
One that dominates my senses
Stimulates my memory
To a time beneath the velvet skies
Under the canopy of glistening celestial diamonds
In my mind
The fragrance of your hair still plays coyly with my nostrils
The caress of your hands still tingle my skin
Like the sea breeze on a warm night
I can still feel the silkiness of your skin
The suppleness of your flesh
Your eyes still speak a truth beyond words
And your lips
Oh those lovely beckoning lips
Their cherry sweetness still remains unknown to me
Yet who says tt ever will be
For now it seems there is more than I can see
There remains too much unsaid
Too little told
Too much held back
A growing gap
An ‘Us’ that’s growing slowly cold
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9:46
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Expression Poesy
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Flowers are too delicate
Wine, too strong
Honey, too sweet
Me, too perfect
You, too good
She, just excellent
Not quite,
Just she
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4:45
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Expression Poesy
*Drumroll*!!! TYE!!!
So my blogger name has evolved from ‘antye504’ to ‘Tye’. It’s different…but not so different [an(Tye)504]. Reason is simple: ‘Tye’ is my personal muse that is also me. Some may term it alter ego but that’s just spooky; I call it my muse that is also my self. It is what I call my creative force and my creative self.
Why the change? Well, ‘Tye’ evolved from a pretty lame alteration (I will not reveal it) of my real name ‘Nana Takyi’ by someone; sounded something like a British accent gone wrong. Then my best friend modified it to ‘Tye’. And I began sign off various things as ‘Tye’. Then I began to sign my writings and poetry, and began to sing as ‘Tye’.
Then I began to contribute to another blog and for the comfort of anonymity, became ‘antye504’; Just in case I said something radical or worst case scenario plain stupid it would not be traced back to me. It’s my email address too so it was kind of convenient in a weird kind of way. Then I started ‘Expression & Poesy’ and the error carried forward. But the games up.
I’m still Nana Takyi Baffour-Awuah, antye504, Tye, whatever you know me as, but when you read pieces of my ‘mind-soul’ you will see ‘posted by Tye’ at the bottom because it is less confusing and because ‘Tye’ creates them…at least for now.
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Expression Poesy
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It’s sad to think
That one of these days
My friends
With whom I shared
My golden days
Those whom I love
My comrades
Will have to go
Their diverse ways
It hurts to picture
That bright morn
Where there is laughter
But I mourn
For friends
I’ll never encounter
When we’re gone
It breaks my heart
Yet I’ll pull through
For I know that
With old friends
Will go old foes
And with coming days
New comrades
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Expression Poesy
Sometimes I miss us
Miss your lips and the bliss of your touch
Miss the hurt; when we healed it was heaven
Miss your voice in my ear
Miss telling you that I care
Miss loving to love you
Miss the eternity of your eyes; I could drown in them for all time
Miss having you in my head
Miss holding you in my heart
Miss misunderstanding your complexity
Miss the stillness of your breathing
Miss the uniqueness in your imperfections
Miss the stirring in my spirit when I held you
Miss the home my soul found in you
Sometimes I miss us...
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Expression Poesy
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Yet I still want you, I won’t lie
My heart’s ripped up, yet I won’t cry
And there it lies, there in your eyes
The broken shadow of our fallen love
I can feel your heartbeat in your spoken words
I can hear the melody, the music of your soul
It’s to the tune of the words my heart calls
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Expression Poesy
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I know I said we’d make it work
Work it out, take away the hurt
Guess all I spoke was wasted words
Now reality’s my yesterday’s fears
You made your move and broke it off
Called me up, told me you’d had enough
Guess I thought I could do without
Guess I was right, I have no doubt
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Expression Poesy
I can see in your eyes there’s a passion that still burns bright
I can see in your smile there’s affection that still resides
I can hear in your laugh an echo of your heart’s rhythm
I can feel in your touch there’s a love you’re still feeling...
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Expression Poesy
Numbers rule our lives.
Our lives are divided into sub-units of minutes, seconds and other quantities, prompting us to wake up at a certain time, get to work by a certain time, spend a certain amount of money, work a certain amount of hours and ingest and burn a certain amount of calories. Whether we choose to admit it or not, they govern our very existence, so much so that categorizing them as fragments of divinity may not be too far from the truth. As certain people do. Different numbers are famous for, and mean different things to different people, but the number 13 is in my opinion, probably the most popular and significant.
13 represents ill-luck to many people, a belief largely fueled by the perception of Friday the 13th yadayadayada…Point is, everyone knows that seeing the number 13 means something pretty bad is going to happen, and pretty soon. However, what people do not know is why exactly they believe this (see the break in logic, lol). So, I’ve been doing some reading around and I’ve found out a little bit about why most people have more than just a touch of triskaidekaphobia.
If after reading these facts, you do not feel more than a little apprehensive about the existence of the number 13…you’re weird:)
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1. King Philip secretly ordered the mass arrest of all the Knights Templar in France on Friday, October 13, 1307.
2. In numerology, the number 12 is one of completeness (12 hours of the clock, 12 months of the year etc); 13 transgress this wholeness, representing discord and destruction.
3. In the traditional tarot deck, the 13th card is the death card.
4. There were 12 Knights of the Round Table and King Arthur-An alliance of 13: Arthur died, tragically.
5. Did you consider that there were 13 participants at the Last Supper? The last supper before Christ was crucified?
6. Did you know that Jesus received the Magi on the 13th day of His life on earth?...The beginning of His end…?
7. In Norse mythology, the number of gods that resulted in the activation of Ragnarok (the beginning of the end) is 13.
8. In Campania, the expression 'tredici' (i.e. 13) is said when one considers their luck to have taken a downturn.
9. 13 colonies formed the USA, the most powerful country in the world…with a city dubbed The Sin City (besides this, USA relies heavily on 13 in symbolism in other instances….is the USA bound for damnation or is it intrinsically full of iniquity…) *evil laugh*.
10. There are traditionally 13 steps leading up to a gallows; a walk of 13 steps to your death…morbid much.
11. Apollo 13 was the only unsuccessful mission by the United States of America intended to land humans on the moon….The oxygen tank exploded on 13th April 1970. The sum of the digits in 1970 is 17, April is the 4th month of the 12 month year, 17-4=….13.
12. There are 13 ancient Crystal Skulls; pretty, but faaaaar away from anything good.
13. There are 13 ‘gates’ of the body of the human woman: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth, 2 breasts, 1 navel, 1 anus, 1 urethra and 1 vagina…Daddy always said women were dangerous :)
There, 13 facts about the number 13….So does the fact that the human body has 13 major joints mean that we’re destined for destruction…? Well, we DO die…so does this confirm the ominousness of the number 13, is it a mark of evil and negativity?
A commentator writing about the Aztec calendar once said that, "Thirteen is a basic structural unit in nature. It means the attracting center around which elements focus and collect." In the Torah, God has 13 Attributes of Mercy, and many other good things relate to the number 13 in other instances, hence its goodness/badness is debatable. One may even call the above facts interesting coincidences, but regardless of your stance, 13 still has the uncanny ability to appear in the weirdest places and when you least expect to see it.
Sources:
http://www.thevesselofgod.com/thirteen.html
http://www.virtuescience.com/13.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(number)
My very own head :)
NB: If you do your own research you may actually find that 13 may be your favorite number…
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Expression Poesy
If you knew how much I cared
Maybe then you’d shed some tears
For this bleeding heart of mine
That you broke more than one time
Maybe if some things were told
Maybe love would not grow cold
And the emptiness I feel
Will not fill this growing hole
Maybe broken hearts can’t mend
Maybe pain has no true end
But sure as the sky is blue
Part of me will always love you
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Expression Poesy
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For some reason, the ‘cousins’ of the cuddly, fuzzy playthings many keep in their beds have lost all fear of humans (and it seems fondness) and are on some crazy mission to kill as many humans as they feel like.o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"A book I read when I was much younger talked about how bears and many other beasts of the wild are not as ‘wild’ as people make them out to be.span style="" /spanApparently there is (was?) more than a 70% chance that a bear will not attack you without some provocation i.e. unless you are stupid enough to go and steal a bear cub you’re quite safe from a bear/ elephant etc. attack. Well, NOT ANYMORE it seems!o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"It seems the all-consuming pride of humankind has brought our fast-approaching, utter damnation. The bears are chewing human beings, and they are chewing us fast and by LARGE numbers. The experts say the bears have lost their fear because they have gotten too comfortable with human presence, I say fairytale bull. I say we are getting what we deserve.span style="" /spanYou don’t pick up a rifle and kill things for SPORT and not expect some repercussions?! My faith tells me that we, as humans have dominion over earth and its inhabitants and have the right to slay for food. Not for sport. But regardless of your religion, there’s something fundamentally wrong with taking a (innocent) life and enjoying it. It’s just plain sick; science may tell you that an animal’s abilities on many levels are less acute than humans, but life is life, no matter whom/what it belongs to.o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"It’s this same disregard for life that translates into our indiscriminate tree-cutting, our incessant pumping of waste-gas into the atmosphere, our constant pollution of all kinds of water bodies and our creation of water bodies that refuse to move, and in turn breed disease and death for us.span style="" /spanWe are the source of our death, we are the source of our damnation, and until we realize this and make attempts to correct our ways and better our interaction with the rest of the universe we are inevitably bound to destroy ourselves. o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"The signs are clear: global warming, weird inconstant and unpredictable weather conditions, freak diseases we cannot cure, rampant unprovoked animal attacks….we’re on a shopping spree of extinction.o:p/o:p/span/p div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-4585530244412568493?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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And much has happened in this un-updated time! God has shown me His mercies again and I’m at an all-time high with my faith. I have learned that even if He takes, He also gives and He gives regardless of whether we deserve it or not!o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: quot;Verdanaquot;,quot;sans-serifquot;;"Unto other things, I have learned more about human nature. Occurrences have taught me that people (myself included) need to learn to do a lot more thinking and a lot less talking. People need to take into account other people’s feelings and learn to be less selfish and self-opinionated. People need to watch the things they say and how they say them; what you think is not always wise or right, and just because you have freedom of speech does not mean you can spew the first thing that pops in your head. People need to be able to correct things in their lives before the mock the ‘flaws’ in another’s, and people need to learn to shut up and stop ranting about ‘crimes’ they commit themselves; Like a man beating up his wife and telling the cops that they’re handling him too roughly…?! C’mon! And people need to accept their flaws and be open enough to learn to accept their faults, and learn to say simply ‘I’m Sorry’.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: quot;Verdanaquot;,quot;sans-serifquot;;"There is no such thing as the perfect human (well, except Christ but that was only exterior-wise) but we should all strife to be the best we can be. We should all strife to be people we can love and be proud of, and people who can be appreciated by those who matter!o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: quot;Verdanaquot;,quot;sans-serifquot;;"Thank you, Jesus. i style=""Eres el mismo hoy y siempre entonces, te quiero mucho/i. I love you much more than I can say in Spanish or English, or a combination of both. Love whoever’s reading this too, u rock!o:p/o:p/span/span/p div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-406749580806727317?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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7:20
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"When you call on Jesuso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Be still and knowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"That he will mount you on wings like eagleso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And you shall soar to heightso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Past your imaginationo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And beyond your desireo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because He that is within uso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Is greater than that which is withouto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Now, I have no doubt…o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because my ears had heard of Him,o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But now my eyes have seen Him;o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Now He has given me everything.o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-4921706528766345508?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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8:45
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"...Someone elseo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The thought's so strange...o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"With someone else.../span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"br /When you’re little and your mind is freeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"You can fantasize, oh yes, be happyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But when you realize that life's not what it seemso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"That’s when you know that it’s too late to breatheo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:pbr /When you’re little and you're daddy's little girl (little pearl)o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"All that matters is you're daddy's little worldo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But when you find that daddy's not Zeus, or Jupiter (daddy's not Thor)o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Then you know that your end is but a sepulchero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:pbr /Now I find that my life is not my owno:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And my choices are but someone else's own (someone else's own)o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I cannot cry for I know I must find new loveo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But someone else, someone else?/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"br /It's not fair that I should have to suffero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"For they say that I was born beneath a wishing staro:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But now I have to find a way to fall in loveo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"With someone else, someone else?/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"br /span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:pIt's just not fair that I’m the one to suffero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"It's not fair that I’m trapped by my fearso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"It's not fair that I should have to start again (give your heart again)o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"br /Again...o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Someone elseo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Another man?o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Someone else...o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-2312765211676487800?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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18:50
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"A friend is the one who’s there when neededo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The one who’s there through the laughs and crieso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The one who postpones his sorrows for your joys of the nowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The same one who’ll come running when your sorrows come aroundo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Friends are priceless gems that show you that life is not as bad as it seemso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Friends are the threads that hold together the seamso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"A friend is the reminder that God is good and he lives in us allo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-852304872437178608?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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16:37
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Baby, give me your hand, it’s perfect in my owno:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Show me what’s in your heart, tell me things unknowno:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"When you hold me, I don’t want you to let goo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’m begging, baby pleaseo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"When you’re with me, I don’t want no tomorrowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"‘Cause then you’ll have to leaveo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Chorus:o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"When I think of you and Io:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I find wings to flyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I can’t get you off my mindo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’m so happy I could cryo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And I can’t think of words to tell youo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But I hope me heart can show youo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"This love was made for you and Io:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"It’s trueo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Sometimes when I’m dreaming in the darkest of my nightso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I look in my heart and I see your lighto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I don’t have the words to sayo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But I’ll bless that day alwayso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"‘Cause when I saw your faceo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I found myself new graceo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"(2x)Chorus:o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"When I think of you and Io:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I find wings to flyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I can’t get you off my mindo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’m so happy I could cryo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And I can’t think of words to tell youo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But I hope this heart can show youo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"This love was made for you and Io:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"It’s trueo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-1876188015904246993?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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Expression Poesy
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Phew! I’m finally, finally done with the torment of the end-of-year demons. It was a vicious war and the least I can say is I’m ineffably thankful that’s its over… regardless of how it turns out.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But as much as I’d rather not have written those papers, I’m also very glad that I did because it taught me something; it taught me the power of faith and perseverance.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"From pulling all-nighters till by eyes were ready to just fall out of my head and unto the past papers and notes I so clung to, to downing cups of black coffee (well, not so black but still black) like my existence depended on them, it was a cycle of caffeine-aided shoving and stashing (too much and too fast with) information down my brain bank, spewing it unto the unpleasantly bright and white exam papers and then repeating the cycle, barely punctuating my existence with 4-hour naps. o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"At no point did I not want to just give up and throw my hands in the air or just turn into a lazy i style=""i-don’t-careish/i bum, not study and just let fate take its course with my grades, but somehow I didn’t… and I’M DONE! In all my life, this has been my most draining exam and I absolutely loathed every second of it, but I’ve learned that if you believe and you seek to achieve somehow you’ll make it to the other side of the tunnel. o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Now, I’m not i style=""too/i scared of what my transcript might look like (emphasis on i style=""too/i) and I’m too happy and drained to care but whatever…Big up to the only Big G there is and that matters. o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And if you’re reading this then I officially love you because you’re one of fifteen special people!o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-8119919633953260935?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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12:22
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Expression Poesy
span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"¡Hola, todos! In less than 24 hours I will be sitting ieyeball to eyeball/i with an English HL paper-it will be bloody…for the paper of course...hopefully. Which is partly the reason for this post: My end of semester exams begin tomorrow, commencing a bombardment of Economic models, Chemical equations, Spanish ¡!, the like so I guess I’ll be away for like a week (If I try hard enough to keep myself away). Do keep me fondly in your prayers and good wishes./spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The other reason for this post is to share something I observed this morning. Everyday I walk to and from school along a ‘path’ that is not exactly what you may call user-friendly. Recently I came to realize that even though it is not the most picturesque scene it is quite endearing in its unconventional beauty - the rickety bridge above the diseased-looking drying lake/lagoon, the half-burnt tri-palm (most unusual) amidst very, very weed-infested farmland, even the half-shaded, half-sunned street sprinkled with sheep ipellets/i. It’s all quite charming, after it grows on you, that is./spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"However, yesterday while walking back from school I saw what looked like two budding Ethiopian lilies (Google images won’t help) of the palest yellow and deepest red, right in the middle of the weed-trodden farmland, about 2 meters away from the half-burnt tri-palm....It was simply beautiful. But as always I didn’t have a camera (I know, flop). Regardless I had to stop and stare for a bit, hoping that I would see it bloom./spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"This morning it had bloomed: breathtaking beauty in the most unlikely place. The pale petals facing the earth coyly as though they were unsure of their beauty; it was simply exquisite and as I walked I thought to myself:/spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"ispan style="font-family: Verdana;"Its interesting how you can find beauty in the most unlikely places, all you have to do is open you heart and mind to it/span/ispan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Consequently a poem I’ve loved since our first encounter came to mind: William Wordsworth’s iShe Dwelt Among the st1:street st="on"st1:address st="on"Untrodden Ways/st1:address/st1:Street./i Hope you enjoy it and remember to think of me (and my exams) whenever you ask for grace and guidance./spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"ispan style="font-family: Verdana;"She dwelt among the untrodden waysbr /Beside the springs of Dove,br /A Maid whom there were none to praisebr /And very few to love:br /br /A violet by a mossy stonebr /Half hidden from the eye!br /Fair as a star, when only onebr /Is shining in the sky.br /br /She lived unknown, and few could knowbr /When Lucy ceased to be;br /But she is in her grave, and, oh,br /The difference to me!/span/ispan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"PS: Turns out the flower as most beauty is was ephemeral; it had withered on my walk back from school so my hopes of getting a picture to post have been dashed. Pity, really :(/spanspan style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:p /o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-2172158061997971997?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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5:44
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"From here within meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"A new song ringso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"To meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Joy and new life it bringso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Through these eyeso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"From which tears have run dryo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I see there’s still a possibility to flyo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’ll spread my wingso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And tie those of timeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Get lost in euphoriao:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Of that which is mineo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Set forth emotions I may findo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Within my broken spirit’s mineo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Now, I am free to let you goo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Break free from yesterday’s shadowo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"No graces, no airs, no encoreso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’ll pack my bago:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And get on my tracko:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In search of my tomorrowo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-1754698084833097210?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the stars in her eyeso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the swing in her hipso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the curve of her thighso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the smile on her lipso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the cock of her heado:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the tears she don’t shedo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the grace in her laugho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"How she knows she’s enougho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the way she makes me feelo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"How her kiss can make me reelo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s the music in her voice…o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s her voice.o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-5186915611129222876?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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10:33
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Expression Poesy
span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I knew that someday we’d walk this patho:p/o:p/span/spandiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"From life’s wilderness, our pasto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Seemed such a foolish thought back theno:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But now we’re at the crossroads my friendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And it hurts so bad to knowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"That far beyond places I knowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"You’ll be far away from me but know thiso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Over oceans and mountains you may beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But truth is it makes no difference to meo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because in my heart you’ll always beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"My friendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Memories and childish fears we’ve sharedo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Through the pains and losses we have caredo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"For my back I’ve never fearedo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because I’ve always known you’ll be thereo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"My brother, my partner, my eternal friendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Beyond time and space our bond will transcendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"For our fights made us strongero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"And they made this bond last longero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Over oceans and mountains you may beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But truth is it makes no difference to meo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because in my heart you’ll always beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"My friendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The arrow’s in the quiver nowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Time’s here to take the final bowo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’ll miss you and this is trutho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Your name in my heart is assured proofo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But every time you smile and don’t know whyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Remember I’m thinking of you all the timeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Over oceans and mountains you may beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"But truth is it makes no difference to meo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Because in my heart you’ll always beo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"My friendo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-9199173290144625134?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I looked for love elsewhereo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Forgetting to look before me, right hereo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Forgoing what I knew was trutho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"That what was right was loving youo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’m sorry for passing you byo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’m sorry for letting us dieo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I lied, I tried, I did it allo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Augmented your atomic flawso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I know I should have listened moreo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"To the music of your hurting coreo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The tune I should have danced too:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"The melody I never sang too:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Apologize, I know I shouldo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I’ll heal your ever-hurting woundso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Rebuild the trust, forget the pasto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"A different script, the same old casto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"I promise now we’ll make it lasto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family: Verdana;"Last time I hurt you was the lasto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-7857558324511564421?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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9:08
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Expression Poesy
ol style="margin-top: 0in; text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" start="1" type="1"li class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You definitely know someone - yourself included - called Sisi, Comfort (Connie), Faustina (Faustie), Rose (Rosie), Patience, Philomena (Philo), Veronica (Vero), Prince, Frank, Foster etc o:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your first name is a compound name consisting of your traditional day-of-birth name followed by a Western name of any variety e.g. Abena Rose, Kwame Frank, Akua Deborah, Akwasi Ernest, Yaa Salome etco:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You have been abroad i.e. st1:country-region st="on"Germany/st1:country-region, st1:state st="on"Hamburg/st1:state, st1:place st="on"st1:city st="on"London/st1:city, st1:state st="on"Florida/st1:state/st1:place or know at least one distant relative thereo:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You find it an inexcusable burning necessity to truly shadda (tr: don your finest garb) to church on Sunday morning. NB: It has to be morning because the blessings diminish by the second.o:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Once in church you give beyond your means because you i style=""know/i your blessings are computed by the cedio:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"It is your pastor who tells you thiso:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your idea of doing show (tr: taking someone on a treat) is taking the poor fellow to Papaye or some other random fast-food joint to get takeouto:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your earliest birthday memories consist of plates of fried rice with chicken and a i style=""cool/i uncle/auntie trying to dance with you while you do battle with another kid (the girl with the powerful ‘pool the rope’ or the boy with the unrelenting seizure that is meant to be the Harlem Shake/ Running Man or something of the sort)o:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You have definitely used internet café services before; if you haven’t, stop trying to defend your Ghanaian-ness now, its impossibleo:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your favorite artists of all time feature Celine Dion, Marc Anthony, Westlife and Akono:p/o:p/span/lili class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You’re an expert at communicating completely and effectively with mono-syllabic and di-syllabic sounds such as ‘mmm’, ‘mmm-mm’, ‘mmn?’, ‘mmn!’, ‘mm-hm’, ‘hmm’, ‘ei!’, ‘ah!’, ‘eh?’o:p/o:p/span/li/oldiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-6329730041986607700?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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3:44
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"It’s so hard when you're misunderstoodo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"No one’s here to help you through the woods (heal the wounds)o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You can't cry but now you wish you couldo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"br /span style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In my eyeso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"There's a dying light that used to shineo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Now I'm down and out; I’ve lost this timeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"All I want to do is run and hideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"br //spanspan style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I feel so broken insideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Destroyed my passion, been let down by lifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I find no reason to strifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m fighting this lost battle, but I’m lost insideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"br //spanspan style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Solitudeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m a broken shadow; residueo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"When you find untruths in all you knewo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"When that fire dies inside of youo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"br //spanspan style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I feel so broken insideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Destroyed by my passion, let down by my life o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’ve found new reasons to cry,o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m lost in this battle, no one’s by my side/span/pp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"br /span style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Solitudeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I'm standing in solitudeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Solitudeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-674035022960769527?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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15:33
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Expression Poesy
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Church was amazing this Sunday!o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Not because I was clad head to toe in black suit and sliver of yellow down my chest. Not because I knew the hymns they sang and not because I saw my favorite teacher after a very long absence of like 2 months….Well, of course all this contributed to the awesomeness of the whole thing, but above all else church was such a glamorous affair for me because the preacher delivered a message that really hit home. The sermon was on something I had been pondering the whole week through: It was on what truly matters; life’s purpose.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Prior to this Sunday, all week I had been feeling disconnected from God. I hadn’t been to church in a while and a concerned friend (God bless your precious heart, Yasmine) came to ask about the reason for my absence. For like a month my buddy and I had not stepped in His presence and she wanted a reason….yup, nothing justifiable- school, stress, homework, the list was long and meaningless.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"This is when she started telling me about a book she had started reading which was changing the way in which she perceived life: i style=""The Purpose Driven Life. /iI had heard about it, but never read it. Its message was simple: There is so much more to life than getting the best grades, riding in the fastest cars and getting into the best college. Of course these things are of some importance, but life is so much more than chasing after and hanging unto material things which are but ephemeral in comparison to eternity.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"I pondered these things all-week and was quite pleasantly surprised when mid-week I met further inspiration in the form of a stranger (but that’s for another day, its far too complex and freaky for this post).o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"So ffwd to Sunday. Here I am all-dressed up feeling all joyous in the Lord and in His presence when the sermon begins and the preacher (Bro. Daniel Quaye, I cannot forget his name) speaks about my very thoughts. I cannot describe the extent to which I felt my lips stretch into a silly grin, and the number of times I felt like leaping into the air and breaking into to song were no less than 3.o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"“Seek ye first the st1:place st="on"st1:placetype st="on"kingdom/st1:placetype of st1:placename st="on"God/st1:placename/st1:place, and all other things shall be added unto you”, “Seek and you shall find”. Can God be anymore explicit? i style=""And/i kind?o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Your sole objective should be to find the Lord (because if you seek Him, you will find Him) and all the things you desire (and even those you do not) shall come to you in abundance beyond words. Now tell me, how can you argue against this? Unless you are stupid or high or both why would you rather fret and struggle for the transient things. The transient things, all of which you cannot accumulate, when you can simply find The Single Thing which comes with an extended package that will over-satisfy you? Think about it…o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"I told my friend about this and yes, he tried to counter this argument but guess what? When he switched his radio on this morning, the preacher was talking about-you guessed it-the transient, mutable present and the eternity and abundance of his favor that NOONE can snatch away from you! Double freaky!!o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Now, it’s easier to breathe and live because no matter what tries to faze me I have peace in the storm because I KNOW that because I have found His kingdom, life is just a breeze that tries to brag sometimes /spanspan style="font-family:Wingdings;"span style="";)/span/spanspan style="font-family:Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-2808840064441306350?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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10:21
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Expression Poesy
div style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"The sweep of his hando:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Across her pale faceo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Firmo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Yet like a breezeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Leaving her permanently scarredo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"He slashes and lashes with his toolo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"To his contento:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Each timeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Scarring her some moreo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Covering her with caresseso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Caresses that scar hero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Beautifullyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Caresses that leave allo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"In aweo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Then gentlyo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"The crescendo approacheso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Like all the otherso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"With a swift sharpnesso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"He imprints on hero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"His marko:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"And the artist’s work is doneo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"His relationship with his canvas overo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Yet much strongero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-2141815872210772652?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" span style="font-style: italic;"This poem was the product of a collabo with a friend, Essie...br //spanbr /Within this versebr /Lie wasted wordsbr /Fragments of my heart, pieces of my soulbr /Longing for a happiness I may never knowbr /A twisted reality, cruelty from Godbr /I think and thinkbr /And write and writebr /Yet the thoughts of my mindbr /I can never really findbr /And then she flies inbr /To proclaim my ruinbr /br /A breath, then maybe a tearbr /But let it come, I’ll fight itbr /Armed,br /With my words, with my heartbr /With my faithbr /Let it come, and I will fight itbr /Whatever happens,br /There’s no greater cost than my wasted wordsbr /br /My wasted tearsbr /Twisted fears, a forgotten pastbr /I cannot let passbr /Still dwells in my heartbr /Reflects in my eyesbr /No matter how muchbr /Time passes by/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-6002485335089981646?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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5:46
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Expression Poesy
p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;" Last night I was reading a post on maameous.blogspot.com on Thankfulness and I just realized how much there is to be thankful for...I wrote this while walking to school this morning.../span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"br //span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the seasonso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"The wet and the dryo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the peopleo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Even those that make me cryo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the birdso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That fly high in the skyo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And the sweet songs they singo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Make me thankfulo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m aliveo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for a father’s loveo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That really never dieso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And that of a mother o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That’s always by my sideo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the innocenceo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That’s in a baby’s eyeso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And the warmness in my hearto:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That reminds meo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m aliveo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"br //spanspan style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I'm thankful for my blessed sister/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Her generous hand and loving heart/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"The priceless love of brothers/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"The opportunity to forgive others/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That no sin is beyond forgivenessbr //spanspan style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pThat happiness begets happiness/o:p/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the surging hope o:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That comes with breaking dawno:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"For the potential in a butterflyo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That’s yet to be borno:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"For the dew in the morningo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That makes Monday bearableo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"For the fact that being happyo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Means there’s one less person miserableo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for my friendso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That make this journey easiero:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"For the crazy things they do and sayo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That make my life happiero:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"For the kind words from a strangero:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That are welcome and unexpectedo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And the inspiration they bringo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"When times look direo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for nature’s beautyo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That I get to feel for freeo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And the ocean that stretcheso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Beyond the endless seao:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That there’s red wine and white chocolateo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That’s made just for meo:p/o:p/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"br //span p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful for the losseso:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That remind you what you’ve goto:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And teach you to appreciateo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"What you have losto:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’m thankful that an endo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Means a new beginningo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And that when the sun goes downo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"I’ll still be singingo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That a passing means a new arrivalo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"That you’ll always be thereo:p/o:p/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Whenever I callo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-6269175000878155240?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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19:44
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Expression Poesy
div style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You’re a beauty beyond wordso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In your eyes I lose my fearso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You complete my happinesso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Wipe away my weary tearso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In your eyes I find my lifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"For your love is worth my strifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You’re the rhythm to my lifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Give me more than would a wifeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"You feed my soulo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And when I need it you consoleo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"My heart you stoleo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"But with that you made me wholeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"I could go on forevero:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"But no words could ever captureo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"How much you’re a treasureo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"How much I love youo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-5248072373018279278?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"ispan style="font-family:Verdana;"Below is an account of the first Theory of Knowledge trip the SOS - HGIC class of 2010 took to Abadi. It was different and enlightening but most of all very fun and i hope the sense of excitement carries through. *There's like one or two inside jokes i think, but i trust this will not mar the piece for you -it was initially written for the school magazine. /span/ispan style="font-family:Verdana;"o:p/o:p/span/span/p p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"So we left the school like a minute or two after 3pm (so technically we were OFF SCHEDULE, YES I was looking forward to that) and got to Abadi at roughly 4:30pm, I believe. Sadly we left the charming females by the lake and looked for encampment further up in the dark dangerous hills. Much to the dismay of certain people who thought themselves a trio of wise men, they got to sleep in the village huts on HAAAARD beds, the lucky ones got the ever-so comfy chalets and the hardest bunch of 22 guys got to sleep in the bar surrounded by a myriad of booze bottles, [shout outs to Mr. Togbor and the female bartender (was her name Esther or something?)] a TV with DsTV which was unavailable and an AC which decided to breakdown when it was most needed.br /br /OK, so we settled in and then the charming females came up to join us on our side where we had supper and then went on to do an activity. Firstly, we were shown a jar of candy and told to estimate how many pieces were in it -at this point I thought this was pretty dull. Later we did another activity. Surprisingly (for me at least), i found this quite interesting for many reasons- Firstly because the task was unusual and secondly because our initial idea underwent mind-boggling modification before our final answer. Also, it was quite amusing and intriguing as to how other peoples ideas made so much more sense(and vice-versa;) that it made you wonder what kept you from thinking further. Oh almost forgot the task: We were split into our different class groups (for some reason green was supposed to disperse so I joined Blue) and each group was given a black box with something in it. We were supposed to describe the structure of the box and what could be in it.br /br /After this we were advised to break up into our groups to prepare for the presentation on Saturday morning. Needless to say some did, others didn’t- C'est la vie. I met with my group by the bar (strange location...?) and we were done in like 10mins. Everybody else was done at about then and somehow the barroom turned into some mini concert hall with me and Ibi on the vocals and Elom on the strings and Zahra and Nah D.....well i guess they could pass for the video girls. Oh yes, all this while Mrs. Hutchful hung out with ‘The Boys’ trying hard to not look thoroughly bored at being surrounded by an excess of testosteronebr /br /OK, ffwd, the girls eventually leave *sniff* and it’s literally Boys Night Out. Between ordering countless plates of chicken and drink (nothing naughty, pinky swear), Isaac telling Mr. Togbor about IB HGIC and his whole life story, James browning Isaac, Albert and Jerry thinking they were too deep to let go of their earphones and Leonard just causing havoc among other things we somehow got through the night up until Kamau decided that people needed to sleep and so the lights had to go but the voices could remain below hearing threshold. Consequently, Albert got into deep philosophical discussion with Kimi, Jerry stole my sleeping bag even though I was lending it to him, I tried to steal Caleb’s pillow and at about 3am I DID steal James’s cover cloth- sorry blad but I was cold. Oh yes, I did see Mr. Togbor boozing and then picking a mattress of me to sleep on (this resulted in my pilfering of James’s cloth- his expression was priceless in the morning!)o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pThe next day we were supposed to get ready at about 6: 30, before the girls arrived. The chalets’ water wasn’t running (its called karma) and hence all bathing was done in some basement-like bathroom and a hut serving as a bathroom further down in the Village. The charming members of the opposite sex arrived and we had breakfast. Do I need to state that at this point I was a bunch of nerves because the presentations started immediately after breakfast? o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pAnyway the presentations started with the Red, Blue and Purple groups beginning the day. I cannot remember which group I joined but it had presentations from Paapa’s group and Harriet’s group and was evaluated by Kamau and Mwalimu. I was very entertained, informed but mostly intimidated especially by Harriet’s group which was especially impressive with an in depth dissection of the subject of Knowing Beauty or The Perception of Beauty (they flagrantly exceeded the time limit though. Ha!). Sources say the other groups were also very good but I can only base this knowledge on language…After this session we had snack.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pDrum roll, trumpets blow, my group is the first group for the second session (At this point we had been split into two groups-Green, Yellow). Contrary to my expectation it went better than expected. We talked about language as a way of knowing and it’s role in limiting or redefining knowledge with the Biafra War as the case study, David dropping a couple of jokes(?) here and there. Sadly, Mr.Kitching felt that the topic wasn’t completely dealt with*sniff*. Zahra’s group talked about knowing when killing is justified and Dwayne’s group talked about Mathematics and the mathematician lack of the ability to express himself – Gartaa, trust him, would not take this and this made for some comic relief. I hear Yasmine’s presentation and Ibi’s presentation, both on History, were engaging and insightful (respect!) We were then asked to evaluate our own presentations.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pLunch was next- a choice between banku and jollof. Those of us who considered ourselves European/ Asian/ American/ (any other appropriate description) opted for jollof which by the way someone described as ‘horrid/cardboard-tasting’…. Me, I was hungry and had a third helping as did many others of the male gender (and some females too…). Next thing I knew I was sleeping as were many others until Mr. Kidane came to force us out of Dreamland and all the way to the female encampment. o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pHere we sat by the lake feeling all exotic and in touch with nature till another activity came along. We broke into our larger groups again and were given profiles of a tribe which we were supposed to act like. My group, Green considered itself divine descendants of a king-deity, Gbalazu who was given divine status and grace along with all his descendants by the river god, Abugri. We were then supposed to interact with the other groups bearing our identity in mind. Later we were given another scenario where our island was sinking and we had to share another island with people from other lands. We were shuffled such that there were 4 people from each group in every group. Bearing, our identity in mind we were supposed to come out with a constitution for the island. After arguing our divinity out ¼ hour the meeting somehow disintegrated.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pSome guys played soccer while others hung out in the girls’ rooms…well, until Mrs. Hutchful seemed to think that this was risky (lol! with a large number of both sexes in an uneven ratio). Eventually the guys left to shower and get ready for supper and the looooong -awaited jam.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pSupper was Fried rice and Chicken which could definitely have done with some spice. Then somewhere between trying to fix the obdurate AC and Jerry and Edwin doing things with the music the jam, started… it was insanely hot (the weather, that is) and the speakers bungled twice. Eventually, it was moved to Chalet 1(or was it 3?), where I can only say it was a success, thanks to HAMJ. All this time, Paapa, Anna and Edwin (Buddha himself) were making the kebabs- thanks guys, Bra Albert is proud of you. o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pThe girls left after exchanging jets of water from water sachets with the guys outside. The night ended with more chicken and a discussion on dwarves (yes, its true) among other things by which time I had seized Leonard’s sofa.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pSunday, we had breakfast and got back our estimates of the quantity of sweets and were supposed to come up with consensual estimates (experiential ones) for our groups (the Black Box ones). Sefa then won the jar with an estimate of 214 sweets, which was actually 210, I think (st1:city st="on"st1:place st="on"st1:city st="on"st1:place st="on"London/st1:place/st1:city/st1:place/st1:city juju) and all hands were on deck for its consumption. Next, we were supposed to make 2min evaluation-presentation of the blog. Reviews were generally good but EVERY group wanted bifacebook/i/b unblocked (hint, hint). Some more chicken and then we hit the road. En route, Isaac organized a turkey-backside (chofi/kyofi) feast at the back of bus and Paapa killed some aboloo. I’m not sure when we got back but expressions were ambivalent.o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pThis trip taught me that the idea of 22 boys sleeping in a bar is not as absurd as it sounds, opening one’s mind to other opinions does wonders and that I have to get out of IB!o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:pPretty long; guess I got carried away by the memorieso:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal" style=""span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"u1:p/u1:p*Did I mention that the bus left 2 people and that the dwarves had their revenge on Isaac? -Only in the graduating class of 2010!*o:p/o:p/span/span/p span style="font-size:85%;"u1:p/u1:p/span p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-1435427551975038883?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
div style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"As the pendulum swingso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"As I grow oldero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Life with it bringso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"New things to pondero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"As each day I cryo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"And say a bye-byeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"I get strongero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"As I grow oldero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Some people they hateo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"They hate with no reasono:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"And others they changeo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"They change with every seasono:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"It’s hard to explaino:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"This life and its painso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"But the pain comes with gainso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"And they come all over againo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"You cannot wino:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"In this world full of sino:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Doesn’t matter what you doo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Wouldn’t matter if you knewo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Their expectationso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"You cannot reacho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Their expectationso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"You cannot practiceo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"What you preacho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"The goals you seto:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"They will not let you reacho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Your very senseo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"They will let you breacho:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"o:pbr //o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"As I grow oldero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"The road gets longero:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Tomorrow’s an eternityo:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp style="text-align: left;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"span style="font-family:Verdana;"Full of new complexitieso:p/o:p/span/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' 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Expression Poesy
span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" If you've ever felt like there's no book for you, my condolences...but there's a light at the end of the tunnel and it is my appointed duty to lead you to it. Je te presente, six of the ultimate best in modern (and not so modern) literature...Works you may read for the very first time and works you may love to read againbr /br /Wine, dine and unwind as you indulge in the sumptuous works of some of the most brilliant minds and imaginations...br /br /THE CHRISTMAS TRAIN- David Baldaccibr /The perfect book for the holiday season, Baldacci's words will make you yearn for Christmas like no other book has. It is the light-hearted tale of a disillusioned journalist who must get from Washington to L.A. in time for Christmas. By a fortunate (or not so fortunate) twist of fate, he is forced to travel by train, resulting in encounters with characters from your very own life and a hilarious, thrilling tale. This book will touch your heart and keep you smiling the whole book through. *Watch out for Agnes Joe- muy fenomenal!*br /br /THE GREEN MILE- Stephen Kingbr /If you have watched the motion picture, you will love the book. Green Mile is the (sometimes eerie) story of life on death row. Here you will be introduced to characters from the psychopathic "Billy the Kid" to the possessed Eduard Delacroix and John Coffey. Accused of raping and murdering two young girls, Coffey has been sentenced to death. Come explore with King, Coffey's guilt and discover for yourself, the intricacies of this demon's personality... (Angel...?)br /br /TRYPTICH- Karin Slaughterbr /This is by far one of the best books I have ever, ever read. Set in the past present and future, it is a book true to its title. When Detective Michael Ormewood is faced with one of the most brutal killings in his career, he does not know that it is only the beginning of a string of equally gruesome murders linked to his past... A past so dark and ridden with secrets it cannot and will not stay buried. This book will make you ponder your life's decisions and the people you hold dear...br /br /THE HOMING- John Saulbr /Three words- light, deep HORROR. Karen Spellman is moving with her children to the countryside with hopes of rewriting her life on a fresh, clean slate...but something sinister awaits the Spellmans; a hideous evil of nature itself fashioned in the very pits of Hades. It has waited hard and long for its perfect victim...and the Spellmans fit the specifications quite accurately. It may not appeal to all but this book will make you squirm and literally look over your shoulder even in the light of day.br /br /ANGELS amp; DEMONS- Dan Brownbr /This novel beats The Da Vinci Code. HANDS DOWN. Its is an amazing mystery woven round the Catholic Church, the legendary Illuminati and the little-known (to the scientifically bankrupt…and others) antimatter. Set in Vatican City, Robert Langdon, a Harvard Symbologist believes his sole mission is to stop the secretive Illuminati from destroying the Vatican City with the newly-discovered power of antimatter. However, you and he together will discover that there's always more beneath the surface. Absolutely enchanting! Literally Un-put-down-able!!br /br /WAITING TO EXHALE- Terry McMillanbr /This book is authentically black, completely undiluted and absolutely delicious. The book is based on 4 'sistas' and their relationships with men and one another. All 4 are waiting for the day they can feel comfortable in a committed relationship with a man; they are 'waiting to exhale'. This book explores the complexities of life and the fundamental things that make us laugh and cry. No matter the color of your skin, this book is sure to move you to tears and/or make you fall over in rumbles of laughter. As good as the motion picture.br /br /There are definitely other books that will no doubt tickle your fancy, regardless of your personality. However, I am a busy man with a very busy life and an education I’m committed to, so you shall be guided further down this path in the next edition. Hasta pronto!br /br /“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out”br /-Henry Ward Beecher-br //spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-8359968808185269382?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Don’t ever give up when the going gets tougho:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Remember you can never try hard enougho:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And if ever you trip and fallo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Brush off the dust, don’t sit and crawlo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Because someone’s always got your backo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Even when you believe life’s hollow and darko:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Don’t despair, never fearo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Never ever shed a tearo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Just know He’s always thereo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Always careso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Never gives you what you can’t bearo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"It’s so much easier to mope, lose hopeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Forfeit what you could achieveo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In refusing to believeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Insisting on resisting to love Himo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"On opening up your heart to His loving embraceo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Pursuing the world and shunning His graceo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Assuming the most you can doo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Is the same as the most you are willing too:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:pbr //o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"He’s the sweetest friend you could ever knowo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And a life without Him is bound for sorrowo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"A life without Him is a sunless summer dayo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"But his blood was shed to give us graceo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"It is wholly our choice to makeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Our bond to break or chance to takeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-4220535905057520421?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Sweet you areo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Much sweeter than honeyo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"A greater treasure than goldo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Always around to inspire and push meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Someone to hold when life gets cold/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"br /span style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Beautiful lover of my soul, flaws and allo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Always ready to catch my fallo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Gentle, sweet, dedicated strongo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"My favorite, familiar, melodious songo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"My angel without wingso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"To my life, joy you bring/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"br /span style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And even though I went astrayo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"You never kept me at bayo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Taught me to love, taught me to prayo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Still loved me with a priceless hearto:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Did more than just play your parto:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"God’s gorgeous masterpiece within and withouto:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"A priceless jewel we could not do without/span/pp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"br /span style="font-size:85%;"o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"The scales of life could not measure your wortho:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And though four times you gave us birtho:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"To our home you still brought mirtho:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"If words could express my love and prideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"A thousand books I would writeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"And still not convey what you mean to meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Because my love for you is like a seao:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left;" /divp class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;"span style="font-size:85%;"Unchanging, Unending, Ever-growing, Evergreeno:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-7317719150054470687?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
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Expression Poesy
p style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your eyes escape mineo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Your feelings elude meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"There’s no timeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"In this fragment of eternityo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"There’s just uso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Youo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Meo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"And loveo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"***o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"It’s about timeo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"We gave up the pretenseo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Laid down the defenseo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Give in to what o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"We tried to hideo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Drown in the fatal sweetnesso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Of this deep dark adventureo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Laugh in aweo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"At all its hidden splendoro:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"o:p /o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Drink in o:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Its unsung melodieso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Keep memorieso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"As heartwarming trophieso:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Explore this destinationo:p/o:p/span/pdiv style="text-align: left; font-family: verdana;" /divp style="text-align: left;font-family:verdana;" class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size:85%;"Explore infatuationo:p/o:p/span/pdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6159782512732254458-5064445581772075127?l=expressionandpoesy.blogspot.com'//div
