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In My Eyes
Never knew that love could be so lonely
So much I wish I could speak
But it would seem
Those words are better left unsaid
Being brave
Although not so bad
Can be a painful wait
Is this all some silly game
Just when things were going good
You seem to change the rules
That's not cool...
And still I live in faith.
Keeping the hope alive
It'll be alright real soon.
04:57-05:0101.06.10
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In My Eyes
Those demons in your mind keep chasingBut I’m too quick for them fools you seeWhile they’re still busy adding and subtractingSteady devising plans of divisionI’m multiplying haha nah them fools can’t keep up with me.
My intention is to be greater than the sum of all their judgments and assumptions of meSo the worse they make things the better they seem to meThis flipped coin to me is always upI was given the heads up while they were all going bottoms up
The ditch diggers are always the first ones in…They should be wary of the graves they dig for othersAt the end of the day they might be the very ones they find themselves buried in.
Everything suddenly becomes clear, when the smoke clearsTaking out the haters in my sphereBitches beware.
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In My Eyes
Sometimes, I wish
I wish that during my lifetime I'd take the time, just a little more time
To try to understand things from your perspective and somehow maybe change our circumstance
For the better
Sometimes I wish you could hear me when I speakOr understand my reasoningMaybe if we’d walked together a while it would be easy to understand this
Sometimes, I wish I could think the way you thoughtSomehow someway maybe it would change thisIf you saw me like you saw you and I saw you just as trueMaybe everything would be betterMaybe everything would be right
But then I wonder how I know that this isn’t right?If this isn’t perfection, reflected through the eyes of me and you.
Yet sometimes I wish I could be quiet when it counted and speak when requiredJust a wish…A simple thoughtLike reflections in my mind; these glints of joy in my heart
14:40-14:53
21.05.10
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In My Eyes
I write poetryI write poetryI used to write poetrySo I could read my poetrySo I could read my poetrySo your life could be filledBut now I write poetryI write poetryBut it's up to you to choose to read my poetryChoose to read my poetrySo your mind can be filled. 05
Because somehow somewhereBetween the paper and my lips the truth may be spilledSo I bring it to you directLet there be no misconceptionOr no articulation conflictRead it as you choose to see it and let it be to you what you feel your soul needsThis is all I ask.
That is why
I write poetry...
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In My Eyes
I dreamed a dream of dreams undreamtTime unspentI wonder where it all went
I saw a vision of lives un-livedHopes yet to be wishedJoys never accomplished
And then I saw youAnd reality came drowning out the dreamsAnd reality itself was the dreamThe dream of dreams once undreamtNow were my realities before meWaiting to be experienced like time waiting to be spent.
10:26-10:2923.04.10
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In My Eyes
I have seen the other side of me
Twice,
As I was, as I am and as I could have been
Experienced yet another form of me
As I ought to be
Reality taught me
What education never could
Time gave me
What no book ever would
True knowledge of space, time and self
As tomorrow provides new experiences
So will today decide
What it was that yesterday truly stood for.
Ever wondered why the sky were truly blue?
Because you choose to see it as such
The beauty you see in the world
That beauty really is you
So can the flip-side beSo I implore you never cause it to be so
Moving through time
Now can we create the realities we truly desire.
10:14-10:18
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In My Eyes
I won't be watching the news today
Because I don't want news of yet another quake
Not ready for another shake to my system just yet
Dealing blows to my karma
Sending shakes to my fate.
I don't want to know what I already know
That life is an ever moving thing
People live and people die
Today is not another day for me to cry
This morning needs to meet me smiling
And giving thanks to God for his grace because I'm alive
Another lesson well learned
Yet another reason to strive
One more opportunity to do things right.
To those that didn't make it I pray for peace
And comfort to ease the grief
Of those they left behind
I hope they find relief
But I can't read the paper today
I can't take the pain of reading of another slain
I need to imbue and en-vibe positivity
That's the only thing that can keep my soul going you see?
I look forward to a smile
An embrace
Yet another chance to see your face
God bless life and love and more than ever
God bless this place.
Today is the day I seek to hear the news of your good news
Your new lease on life
Your new job
Your joy
Your love
Your happiness
Your accomplishments
And anything good that you can think of.
Today is a day for living
Let the dead bury their dead
I'll be planting good seeds up in my head, your head, his head, her head...
Today I want to make sure we all are blessed.
So I'll make myself deaf to the call of death because I'm too busy living a life fulfilled instead.
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In My Eyes
I’m stepping out of my mindJust for a little whileI’m exploringExploring the avenues of my heartSearching and seekingReaching out to find the new me is still as she wasYesterday, precisely around 3Joy profound, confounds meWe are making now a new soundAm I singing or just thinking aloud?Now I’m hereI get the vibes that make me want to stayStay out here a little while moreLooking back to that open doorNot sure I’ll be going back there anymore
Sorry, before you find out the truth I’ll say sorryBut I can’t pretend I don’t feel thisBeyond pretending to show concern for things that don’t concern meI’m… I’m… Well now I’m in love you seeClear, concise, such profound beautyIs the love that has come looking and thus found meI’m guilty of no crimeInnosense is my pleaBut if you judge me I guarantee you’ll find me guiltySo I’m not asking, not searching, not looking.Not opening up the empty pot to check what’s cooking.Not checking to see if the watchers will keep on lookingOr the hearers will keep on sayingTuned out, turned the radio off and unplugged the amplifierStaying away from the crowdAnd the blissful silence it speaks so loudSuch a pure, sweet sound.I’m stepping out of my mindLooks like I’m going to be here for quite some time.
Sunday 28
th March 201018:24-18:38
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In My Eyes
Been to many different places
Searched all the nooks and crannies that I could find
I didn't want to leave any stones unturned
So I tried to keep an open mind
Searched high and low
But this I know for sure
There's just nothing like it
I looked in every eye that I could find
I wore my heart on the sleeve of every shirt I owned
I asked every teacher I have ever known
If they could teach me
But there's just nothing like it
I could lie and pretend that I don't like it
I could even act a fool and turn my nose right up
But all the while I would never be able to close my eyes shut
Because I know
There's just nothing like it
Never known anything quite like this
I feel like I am living out a wish
Was it you or did I make this?
Because I've never known anything quite like it
I could write a million more lines
All about your eyes and the way you smile
But it would all mean the same thing
I've never ever felt quite like this.
What we have is a gift
Like God wrapped it up and sent it sealed with a kiss
Feels like my dear heart just got a lift
Oh, I have never ever known a love quite like this.
15:39-15:47
01.03.10
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In My Eyes
This afternoon I took a walk around the garden just to get my head clear and something struck me, every living creature has a purpose and a place in life. Take the flower, a flower grows from the ground, it blooms, is admired for its beauty, glorifying God, it then spreads its seeds or seedlings and dies, The honey bee. A bee is born it grows, pollinates flowers, makes honey, procreates and dies. We eat the honey, we admire the flowers and are grateful to God for them. So now, what is the purpose of the human being? We are born, we go to school and learn, we graduate and work, we get married and bring forth offspring but in all of that do we give glory to God? Sometimes I think we forget the purpose of our existence and hence end up not achieving or accomplishing as much as we could or should.
Don't forget to give God glory today. In all you do, all you say and all you are remember it is all for the glorification of God.
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In My Eyes
For the love of money
Some people will leave their hunny
But not me
You see I see the virtues my hunny holds
And how by showing love its making love for both of us you see
Sooo
Today Lord, I'm asking you for more
More love from my love
And money, money, money
Love and money yeah that's what will please me.
17:09 - 17:11
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In My Eyes
I woke up this morning with something on my mind, I realized just now that I had something to say. I've been looking around me lately at everyone I know and something has been bothering me. There seem to be too many single people desperately seeking love, or something... I asked myself why that was, I came to the conclusion that we're probably judging a lot of books by their covers.
A while ago I suddenly realized that I was attracting all the wrong sort of men into my life so I asked myself some serious questions and came to the conclusion that it probably had a lot to do with the fact that I wasn't being true to myself. So I decided to stop trying to please and impress everyone, because honestly no one was really impressed, so I decided to just be myself.
I started to do the things that I wanted to do because, lets face it, we only live once. Whats the point of living in constant regret? I quit worrying about what everyone else thought because they've all got minds of their own to worry about their own thoughts with, and I stopped complaining about everything that was wrong and started opening my eyes to all the things that were and are right.
So today I asked myself why I hadn't found that perfect person yet or should I say why they hadn't found me and I came to the conclusion that a lot of people live in fear. Fear of failure so I decided that if someone was brave enough to put themselves out there like that then they at least deserve to be heard out. We're all the same at the end of the day none better than the others. All created alike and equal.
All the things we acquire in life don't really do much for us because at the end of the day we all have our beautiful and our ugly, our good and our bad, our shortcomings and strengths. You see money can buy a lot of things but it doesn't really change the way we are as people.
So today, I'm taking a new look at life and just enjoying it for what it is, come what may at the end of the day I, like everyone else, await the person that is willing to love me for who and what I am, the beautiful ugly, sweet, sour, naughty, nice, good, bad and everything else in-between.
10:10-10:43 (after the music interlude)
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In My Eyes
I’m sorry if you don’t agree
But I’m just doing my thing and being me
You see I’m not from that school of thought
That says you should follow blindly as you’ve been taught
It’s in your power to question every perception brought
Maybe I’m just different
You just think I’m difficult
But what’s the use of pretending you’re happy with the situation
When all the world can see
That you’ve imprisoned yourself in misery
But it’s craziness because you’re the one that holds the key
What are you so afraid of?
Finding out how great you can truly be?
Coming to the realization that there is no limit to your ability?
It’s fear that keeps you from flying
But this really isn’t the way it ought to be
Let go of your inhibitions
Because they are the same ones that hold us all back you see
I’m afraid to approach you
For fear you may reject me
So we’re both isolated now
o how foolish the human mind can be
I guarantee if you set your fears aside and open yourself up to me
You’ll cause me to let down my guard and find that we’re all just the same you see. 4:15
There’s nothing more beautiful than companionship
What would Adam have done without Eve
Regardless of how you choose to see it
Without her there would be no you and me
Let’s let our walls down and all just breath
Because the truth is I need you just as much as you need me.
04:04 - 4:20
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In My Eyes
This poem was inspired by a sermon I heard in church one sunday and something Wanlov kept saying.
We’re marching to the promised land
Because there are a people there
That are in need of change
Our weapon of choice is love
Because with love will come change from hate to peace and from hurt to joy
For every man was indeed born with a heart
But with every blow, every discouragement, every let down, every disappointment came the bricks that built walls
Walls that shut out what should have been let in
Walls from behind which bullets are shot
Bullets carrying hate, anger and animosity
By people that depend upon themselves
Because the truth they just can’t see
People that have been lied to
Who feel their souls have died too
Those that fight not because they do not understand but because they have been misunderstood
Everyone sits awaiting hope.
And here He comes to wipe clean the hurt that has distorted we
And He will save and bring about salvation
Join us in this crusade
For soon will come the sun
And with the sun will come the Son
And when the new day is born
we shall see horizons anew
And we will understand
That dreams surely do come true
Yes prepare a place for the King
For Jesus is coming soon…
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In My Eyes
This is the second part to a two piece set called 'Things on my mind'. The first part is still under construction and will come up shortly...
Are you satisfied?
Because everything seems scattered to me
Don’t be fooled
So now Citizen Kofi made some money and built himself a monument
It’s not for you o
So Citizen Kwaku got some money and built himself a mall
It’s not for you o
And What about Citizen Kwame?
Who died in order to keep the hopes and dreams of our country alive
Who is helping his children?
The ones we see everyday hawking China’s trash in our streets
Did you ever hear them speak
Ever asked them what it is they want to eat?
I’m weak, from the greed I see perpetrated in me
It’s too much, it’s too much we don’t need anymore
So I need to ask you
Are you satisfied?
Because it’s not enough to sort yourself out.
That’s life…
See we can’t predict the future and life’s path is untold
But if you don’t want armed robbery
You shouldn’t try to make fast money
By selling other peoples children cocaine honey
If you don’t want thievery
You shouldn’t steal all the countries money
Leaving the good citizens to go hungry
If you don’t want destitution
Then you shouldn’t sell our land and treasures
Like we’re practicing common prostitution
Continuing on the cycle and once again selling our souls
Hold on tight to what you hold dear
Because I see our traditions and ways slowly slipping away
No one’s taught me to dance the adowa
These days they’re all to busy doing sakawa
No one taught me about the talking drums
They’re all too busy holding up their noses and playing dumb
Sometimes I wonder what it was I came home for?
It’s getting just as bad as the very madness I was running away from
Awon oyibo have spoiled their land and now they are trying to mess with my mind and get me to mess up mine.
I’m tired of pretending I can’t see
The answers that lie in front of me
So someone please tell me
Are you really satisfied?
14:23 – 14:43
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In My Eyes
I love
I love
I love
I love the concept of love
But realize the state of love
I am yet to reach
Total acceptance
Now that is deep
The good in you I try in vain to keep
But somehow every time your reality drowns us
The good in me you try in vain to keep
But somehow every time my reality drowns us
The truth is we all just want to be accepted…
But that is to be expected.
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In My Eyes
I’m writing letters to the blind
I’m heavy and filled and my mind is saturated
I’m silent and still and life seems to me so aggravated
I speak and shout out
I scream and cry out
But on deaf ears do my calls fall
I write and write until I feel my words have all spilled out
But those that read seem not to understand
I long to tell someone what it is I’m really all about
But the truth is that is something even I am yet to find out
Life though so sweet can bring about such doubt
Like love turned to hate
And care to envy
Makes you wonder what really is the theory
Passion unfulfilled will soon lead one to jealousy
So the secrets of ones heart must be guarded jealously
Brother, brother, brother when did this love get spilled out?
Who filled this cup, up to the last drop with so much pain?
May I please pour it out?
Will you let me love it out?
If ever, if ever you are in doubt
I’ll sing you a lullaby
And send that hurt out on a different route
Let us lay our bed of love
With sweet words and gentle actions
Let my heart show you what loving means
Don’t read anything into the silence
Learning another is a science
But of love I have no doubt.
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In My Eyes
To all the people that waited and waited for me to put something new up but got nothing for so long, I'm sorry, I needed to take a soul searching break before beginning a new chapter. But I HAVE been writing so over the next few days I'm going to be posting some of my work. I hope you like it...
Happy Valentines day in advance!
Poe.T
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In My Eyes
You tell me that I can only be what you want me to be
But I know that this is not true
You see I see so much more of me than you do
So who could tell me better what I can do
Stepping outside of the status quo
Letting my mind be made up based on things I ought to know
The thing the world won’t tell you though
Is that there is so much more growing for us to do
No one has answers to the questions we’d really like to know
Yet we all walk around like all there is we already know
There’s so much more to life than this
Not enough space in my clutch bag for this book of life you know
Not enough room in your two door car for me and my 3 friends
Where do I put the Father, Son and Holy Ghost?
I bet you think I know more than most
But I’m just as lost as you are
There’s more than enough room for us all to grow though
As time stretches out before us
It may seem there is no beginning and yet we see no end to this
But my friend I will tell you this
It’s not what you lost but what you gained
That will lead you to realize that something is amiss
Luckily there is a God that forgives and accepts and will let us learn from past mistakes
He’ll give us a way out no matter what path we choose to take
If only we’ll take the hand that is offered
Even when the pressures of life persist
There’s nothing more to tell than this
Peace is not a state way out there
The only way to truly find bliss
Is to be satisfied because all you can be already you are
Don’t be fooled by the con life may try to feed you
There is no way to make you happier than this
Each and every day from God is a gift
Embrace this
Face this
And in time you’ll learn to love this
A fresh new start
A brand new day
What could be better than this?
Peace be on to you brethren
That peace that resides in every heart
Shall be yours with this lets start
To build a future that will serve us right
How can you expect to change someone else when you can’t even change yourself?
And the flaws in you still there are
Acceptance isn’t a matter of opinion
It’s not a give or take option
Not free for human consumption
It just is.
You can’t be accepted if you yourself will not accept
What kind of game of trickery is this
With these words
This world confuses me
The line between lie and truth grows ever more thin
The deeper in, my life extends
Sometimes the truth you simply can not see
Until a choice you have made
So how can there be a right or wrong way
When either way a choice must be made?
Based on the understanding at the time or given date
The rest must just be left up to fate
And yet society tells us there is no room for mistakes
When in reality it may seem this whole world may have been one big mistake.
But a flood couldn’t wash away our iniquity
So with this m’ark we continue to battle
I wash my hands
But the truth is water can’t wash me clean
I wash my hands but the truth is water can’t wash me clean
So on G.O.D. I continue to lean
And I wish so much I switch up my mind state
But things are getting better
To this there is no mistake
I watch them chasing
Chasing after them, who are chasing after we
Around in one big circle it would seem the world is running
And while we chase our tales
It would seem time is burning
And yet still our souls are yearning
Yearning to know that which we already understand
That when we choose to stop
And take stock
We will find
That it
Is already
As it should be
Wait
Wait
Stop and listen before it’s too late
All you can be already you are
There is no changing destiny
And there can be no replacing fate
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I thought I knew youI guess I never really knew you that wellSo when you came across as weak and paper thinWas kind of disappointing to see how easily I saw right through youIt was still good getting to know youBut these your little kid games I don't really care to play
Little bird,Sitting on my windowsillTell me that I'll find it stillShow me what's out thereIn the skies so blueShow me what's up thereSometimes I wish I could be just like you.
So I guess that's it,Words on paper look so beautifulWish they weren't tarnished by the ugliness of realityThat my universe and yours simply don't collideStill I wonder, if given the choice,What I'd really decide.
Little bird,Sitting on my windowsillTell me that I'll find it stillShow me what's out thereIn the skies so blueShow me what's up thereSometimes I wish I could be just like you.
And with the morning sun the songs of my soul are sungAnd in my mind, through blue skies I'll soarBecause I don't know about you, but I was never keeping scoreJust wonder how to feel the way I did beforeAnd eagerly await the surprises that life has in storeWhen I see you never no moreNot going backNah, never, no more!
Little bird,Sitting on my windowsillTell me that I'll find it stillShow me what's out thereIn the skies so blueShow me what's up thereSometimes I wish I could be just like you.
24.11.095:18-5:27
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In My Eyes
She smiles,
Like a million stars caught up in a mile of cataclysmic percussion
In sound she dreams sleeps from six feet shallow
The ones that try to put a name to feelings best left untamed
Life, so much sweeter when everything remains undefined
Lost in time
She smiles
And when her eyes light up just know
Just know you've been given a glimpse of euphoria
As heaven transcends just beyond the blind
Transmitting the thoughts you can't quite fathom
Is she weak or are you shallow?
In tears of ecstasy she wallows and refuses to wake up
Entertaining the futures past
With tomorrows history
As she smiles and dreams of her undisclosed legacy
6:44- 6:53
08.10.2009
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In My Eyes
I think people of religious conviction keep missing the pointIsn't your goal simply to worship and have faith in the most high?So many get so caught up in the how the where the whyBut isn't that all just a means to an end?Like the road you walk on to finally get to redemption within?
Apparently for God so many are willing to killTo sin, act profain they forget the reasons whyThe plan on the final day is that we should all find peace within
But when you step out of the bounderies and get mislead by the king of perditionYou often forget to even ask yourself whyWhy is it so important for all to walk as you walk and talk as you talkSo when you fall who is going to pull you out of that if we are all walking the same way?
God made us all different so we could teach each other that we all find Him a different wayHalf the people in here worship Jesus instead of worshipping GodBut Jesus taught us that like the Father taught Him so shall we all prayTo God! Don't forget the One we worship is God and Jesus is the route but he never was the source
I know...People are probably going to pick up stones and stone me as I leave this place todayThey will call what I say BLASPHEMY that's how deeply misguided some of us are
I just want you to remember that God sent His Son here to die upon the crossNot so you'd kneel before the cross and worship the Son of the fleshBut that through him you'll find the One True God and nothing less.
9:11-9:2420.09.09
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On the West Coast of Africa is a princess that resides deep insideHer joy is song and she drags it all alongFor all the hearts she lost so many more souls she has wonAnd everyday I look in the mirror and thank the Lord that another day is wonIn the deep dark midst of sleepless nights a single voice is often heardAs sweet as gospel music as gentle as a birdShe chants her psalms in song and gives God the final wordThis sweet princess lives in me and for her nothing's undeservedAnd somedays she steps out and leaves on my lips her loving wordsWords of peace, these words so deep they have me mixing rhymes with verbsShe chants her psalms in song and gives God the final wordI said she chants her psalms in song and gives God the final wordYes she chants her psalms in song and gives God the final word!11:44-11:5816.09.09
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I'll call you EgyptAs the etchings of your markings harken back to times and places far too distant for me to rememberAs I often wondered how those statues looked with noses now I have you to look to for cluesCould it be possible that seed could travel so far?Could it be coincidence that Akenaten came upon his Nefertiti in the midsts of sweet rhapsody?Tell me it could be true.
15:54 - 15:5707.09.09
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As the needle touches the recordThe music begins to softly playAnd as the record runsOur love with it runs, runs awayAway taking us flying through, time, space and distance
Just watch your fingers babyDon't let the record scratch...
As the needle gently falls And our song begins to (softly) playI swing my hips under your handsAs we dance our blues away
Just watch your fingers for me babyWe can't let the record scratch.
13:32 - 13:3707.09.09
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In My Eyes
I'm sorryI'm sorry I haven't been writingI've been going through some stuffAnd learningAnd growingAnd exposing myself to myselfAnd getting reacquainted anew
I've been sitting stillAnd listening to the pondering of my heartAnd I've been finding thingsBeautiful, wonderful new things
So to all my friends,I'd just like to say I'm sorry tooSorry for not callingAnd seeming like I was not caringI'm sorry for seeming withdrawnAnd doubtfulI await the day I will jump up and shout it outWhat all this silence has really been about
Another year is just around the corner for meAnother cause for jubilationSo I just need a while to be silentAnd stillThis is my way of showing appreciationTo The CreatorFor all the joy that I have found.
11:56 - 12:0207.09.09
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I learnt the hard way
The all in, none out plain way
That love is not for the faint hearted
Once you're in you often wonder what it is you've started
But that's just the way of the smarts
I used to think I'd never get to the end of this road
I listened but didn't believe all the stories I was told
They said it pays to kiss the toads
All those stories of old...
I guess those were the words of the smarts
I once heard love hurts
But every drop of pain it's usually worth
So I followed the path
Didn't want to make the same mistakes
I needed to know the difference between what was real and what was fake
Some days I thought I would just die
Had me convinced this whole love thing was one big lie
So I shut off my heart and started using my eyes
I vowed I'd never make those mistakes again
Just another sad story of the smarts...
This love thing is something of an art
To go through it and never lose heart
The beginning is always sweet, that's always how it starts
Just another story of the smarts
Use your head girl not your heart
Use your head girl not your heart
It's just another simple story of the smarts.
Just another smart story of the smarts
Just common sense really
Another story of the smarts.
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In My Eyes
I've been thinking about you in the last week and a half way more than I probably shouldbr /I'm still trying to figure out if this is bad or goodbr /I'm wondering now after all this time where my resolve all wentbr /Since you said those words my own dear heart has taken me by surprisebr /br /I'm wondering as the time grows near what it'll feel like to look into your eyesbr /I'm thinking and I'm feeling that everything will feel just right!br /^_^br /br /div style="text-align: right;"23:49 - 23:53/divdiv style="text-align: right;"26.08.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5377907068182749290?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I have a giftI hold it in the palm of my handTightly shut I clasp my hands for fear that my gift will take to its wings and fly
I have a gift I hold it deep insideTied to a piece of string in my other hand it residesSo now I can do nothing because both my hands are occupied
Then one day a voice whispered to me and saidWhat is it that in your hands you hide?I answered that that it was my two gifts I was holding deep insideThen the voice whispered once again and this time it repliedDon't you see that with your palms closed tight your gifts will never shine?Open up your palms and those gifts you hold will blossom and multiply.
So open my palms I did and those gifts grew and blossomedOh how they shineAnd now my two gifts have borne me fruit and since then multiplied.
The moral of the story is nothing happens if you always hidBut in (running) the dark you never give yourself the chance to take root, bear fruit and multiply.
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In My Eyes
I am dead against cigarette smoking and think it is the most disgusting thing EVER invented. So now I've found a solution I just HAVE to share (being the information distributor that I am lol).
After the ban of public smoking in the UK and other places I guess smokers and tobacco companies have had some time to think things through and have come to their senses at last because today my brother sent this link
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Click of the WeekSafe cigarettes, without the fumes.
Now all you smokers go buy them immediately and stop killing us all! ^_^
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In My Eyes
Africa
Africa, what is driving you?
I listen to your songs and read your stories
And they often leave me feeling blue.
You are killing your children
Because your children are killing you
So Africans
Africans, who is driving you?
We look around at our martyrs
Our slain heroes
Then we look around at our governors
And at times our hears are filled with woe
Unjust ministers
Evil perpitrators
The world is watching you o!
Let our brothers and sisters not have died in vain
Nkrumah, may is vision not be in vain
Mandela, may his dream not die in vain
Fela, may his songs not have been sung in vain
His mother not lay slain in vain
Ghana's chief justices not lay slain in vain
Rwanda's children not lay slain in vain
Kenya's children not lay slain in vain
South Africa's children not lay slain in vain
Biafra's children not lay slain in vain.
Let these words be heard
A quiet voice in the back of your mind
Is calling out to you
Africa, Africans
Your children need change...
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I sat on my bedroom floor listening avidly as he put his message across
A moment in history that I was not willing to miss
Not for lunch, nor for my cousins persistent knocking on my bedroom door
I'll eat later, this here is food for the soul
His words were like a balm healing old wounds
Like a plaster mending fresh ones
And my young mind took it all in
This moment was not historical because Americas first black president was speaking in my mother country
Nor was it historical because it was his first sub-saharan visit
It was historical because that was the first time a western president had actually opened his eyes and seen.
He didn't just speak
to the people
He spoke
of the people
And the people heard him speak
In our homes, in our offices, in our streets and our recreational areas
He spoke and we listened
Not because he spoke in a language we understood
Nor because we liked him
But because he made himself our mouthpiece and spoke on our behalf
Thank you Barak Obama
Those were words well recieved.
16:0613.07.09
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Obama...
The American dream come true
Africa's twinkling star
I'm hopeing to catch a glimpse of you today
So I can make my wish upon you
As the remainder of a dream splashes from my eyes
I sit and contemplate the possible compromise
It takes to walk in shoes so great
We're all praying for your success as we wait.
Obama Accra ma wo akwaaba.
10:5310.07.09
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I was about to start on the common topic on 'view out of Ghana...' and decided to erase what I'd written and begin again as I could see negative thoughts filling my mind and overtaking me with anger.
I will try again...
I await the dayWith great hope and prayerThe day my tank will be full of petrol againThe day I'll enjoy myself when I go out againThe day I'll get the majority of my work from GhanaiansAnd be happy with the remuneration offered
The day the Ghana cedi will be strong againThe day I can feel at ease againThe day there will be healthcare systems that I care to trust with my healthThe day all the schools will provide a good educationThe day common sense will become more commonWhere people will learn to read the road signsAnd endeavor to follow them
The day the fire service will have waterThe nurses will be glad to work a full dayThe police will be payed a proper wage
I look forward to the day that my friends will be real with me againGood times with no animosity harbored deep withinWhen friends today will speak tomorrowNo over the shoulder checksNo rearview mirror checksWhen I can go out and be free again.
Mr President just tell me when...
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I've got a funny feeling that I'm falling
I feel my resolve slipping away
I'm doing my best at stalling
But this feeling just isn't going away...
21:53 09.07.09
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span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Erm.../span/spandivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I'm thinking you already knew/span/spandivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I thought you knew that that thought was through/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I'm guessing I obviously thought wrong./span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Turning it round and round in my head/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"This circle seems to have no top/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Neither does it seem to have an end./span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"You had a choice/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I figured you chose/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"But now I see that you picked all 3/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Can that really be?/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Somehow I'm thinking someone needs to sit down/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I'll skip this turn and gracefully bow out/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"If I feel there is any doubt/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Because I'm pretty sure this is not what I'm about./span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"I put you at the top of the list/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Now I'm thinking there must be more to all of this/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Because that which starts out wrong is always going to be wrong/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"This is not the way things were supposed to pan out/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Looks to me like we're going to have to take a different route./span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Do you feel the doubt? /span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"div style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"br //span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"12:13-12:21/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"07.07.09/span/div/span/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1210303529510778507?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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One day...br /I tell you one day you'll remember mebr /Sitting here so quietlybr /So still, needing not to make a soundbr /Because you know that I am aroundbr /No need to stir the earthbr /But in my still and quiet waybr /I'll make a difference somehow, somewaybr /br /And when tears threaten to fall, don't cry for me ok?br /I'm happy here so fare thee wellbr /I've come to know a better day.br /br /One day as you sit and softly ponderbr /You'll remember me and start to wonderbr /What made me tickbr /What brought that smilebr /And you'll be glad you stayed a while.br /br /I'm always herebr /I'm never farbr /Adieu my dearbr /Please have no fear.br /div style="text-align: right;"/divdiv style="text-align: right;"13:55/divdiv style="text-align: right;"04.07.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-7436934659824821365?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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I used to worry, ponder and fretbr /Fearing this feeling I might never getbr /But lately I've been having visions and dreamsbr /Visions and dreams of a different type it seemsbr /Because these days I find those unknown strangers from my dreams stepping into my realitybr /It seems that from every corner they comebr /In the strangest waysbr /On the most unlikely of daysbr /Touching me in all types of different waysbr /And preparing me for my number 1br /I know that will soon comebr /I'm preparing myselfbr /For I know one soon comesbr /br /One that has no fears and is prepared to share with me the sunbr /Yes I'm waiting for my number 1br /Father keeps showing and tellingbr /So I know he soon comes.br /Yeah I know he soon comesbr /Here he comes...br /br /div style="text-align: right;"10:32-10:39/divdiv style="text-align: right;"02.07.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-715968499081637482?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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I must admit that this thought I can't just dismissdivI know the Great God made all His creations perfectly/divdivBut I being so full of human error have found myself flawed./divdivbr //divdivI simply don't have the time/divdivTo listen to the petty things about which people whinge and whine/divdivAnd I find I am beyond caring these days/divdivif I'm not included/divdivI just have to assume it's another stupid thing someone else's small mind eluded/divdivThat caused them to see negativity where there was none/divdivDon't make my happiness lead you to scorn and contempt/divdivEveryone has the right to be free./divdivbr //divdivIf you find yourself looking on in jealousy/divdivJust remember that we were all created the same/divdivAll those levels are simply in your mind/divdivDon't waste your time/divdivOn things that are obviously temporary/divdivHere today/divdivGone tomorrow/divdivSimply not worth the worry.../divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"but hey it must be my fault span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"really/span!/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"Silly me I should understand these things!/span/divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"09:42/divdiv style="text-align: right;"02.07.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3130676444166384456?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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In My Eyes
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As brittle as eggshells, as soft as feathersbr /This storm we will weather, togetherbr /And this time we've learn our lessonbr /So going in we'll hold handsbr /And the words we speak will all be positive and kindbr /br /She brought us all togetherbr /Under a single roofbr /And there we stoodbr /Never far, always togetherbr /We are onebr /When all is said and done.br /br /A gift so beautiful can never be mistook for luckbr /And over us all came a hushbr /as blessings continue to reign downbr /For we are onebr /When all is said and done.br /br /div style="text-align: right;"7.6.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"22:33-22:41/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8551399652611109652?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BMe_Mf8-n-Q/SkQM_zTnlQI/AAAAAAAAAS8/nr6YskwPt_Y/s1600-h/baby1.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 368px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BMe_Mf8-n-Q/SkQM_zTnlQI/AAAAAAAAAS8/nr6YskwPt_Y/s400/baby1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351416547466777858" //abr /div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;" /divMichael Jackson... sitting here watching CNN as they break the news of his passing I can't help but feel like he was a tortured soul that was forced to give his life for a talent he happened to have. His gift became his curse and the world just wouldn't stop taking.br /br /He was forced to sing from a tender age and once he began there was no end to it. Just when he thought he was going to get some peace of mind they attacked him for bleaching his skin and changing his face. Wouldn't you want to change yourself if every minute of your life was in the public eye? It was almost like he was doing all that surgery in the hopes that the world wouldn't recognize him anymore and he'd be able to just be himself.br /br /Child molestation, bankruptcy, more cases of child molestation, health issues, skin problems, nose problems, no money, no peace...br /br /Now he's finally free.br /br /Rest in peace Michael Jackson...br /br /object width="425" height="344"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVSYJXpD2_Eamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;"param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sVSYJXpD2_Eamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"/embed/objectbr /br /div style="text-align: center;"br //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1747242095517037492?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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And another... :)divbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; "bbigThe Problem with Tomorrow (The Procrastinators Dream)/big/bbr /br /Tomorrow...br /br /Tomorrow is such an illusive so and sobr /Always just around the cornerbr /But never quite in touchbr /br /And tomorrow's always making one believe they can do such and suchbr /But in all honesty tomorrow never does muchbr /If tomorrow would just live up to it's dreambr /Just oncebr /Maybe tomorrow wouldn't have so many problems making an appearance on the scenebr /br /But the thing about tomorrow is nobody ever taught it to tell the timebr /And oh my oh my how time flies...br /br /div style="text-align: right;"22:00br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"30.05.09br //div/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3422192974212696609?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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Another one from my 'A Poem a day in the month of May' Facebook campaign:divbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; "bbigPassing the Buck./big/bbr /br /Yesterday I was out of luckbr /So I came up with a plan to pass the buckbr /I know it sucks, but taking the blame is something I'd rather duckbr /br /So I didn't do my homeworkbr /I blamed it on the dogbr /The dog blamed it on the catbr /The cat blamed the flowersbr /The flowers put it on the sunbr /br /The sun made a run and out came the rainbr /Now my papers are all wet and I really can't be blamed!br /div style="text-align: right;"br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"14:45br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"31.05.09br //div/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8733495162890694825?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com' alt='' //div
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I notice I've developed a habit of writing one liners which seem to be dotted here there and everywhere so I'm posting some of them on here for you...br /br /Someone said I should turn them into a facebook app but I don't know how to do that so this will have to do...br /br /span style="border-collapse: collapse;"span style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"If my mind werenbsp;trulynbsp;free I wonder where I'd be... 22:25 18.06.09/span/span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/spanspan style="border-collapse: collapse;"span style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/spanspan style="border-collapse: collapse;"span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"span style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"The sun is shining and I'm smiling. nbsp;How beautiful this life can be... And when it showers my joy will flower. How beautiful this life can be. 12:12 12.06.09/span/span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/spanspan style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"span style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/span/spanspan style="font-family: arial;"span style="font-size: medium;"br //span/spanspan style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"span style="font-size: medium;"Yesterday's dreams are just tomorrow's realities waiting to happen. 12:13 13.06.09/span/spanbr //spanbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"br //spanbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;"If silence were a sign, I'd know that you were mine. 19:20 19.06.09/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-845847944885649026?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"Sweet music to my earsdivThat's what I hear/divdivWhen you call my name/divdivSweet music/divdivLike stings, you are tuning my ears to the rhythm we make/divdivbr //divdivEven when you don't speak/divdivThe song still sounds so sweet/divdivbr //divdivThe sound of this sweet music we make/divdivSweet, sweet music to my ears.../divdiv style="text-align: right;"br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"16.06.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"16:24/div/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1200288890538595463?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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All your childish insecurities do not bother mebr /I've since elevated myself from all of thatbr /And it's come about so clearlybr /Like the cotton was washed from my eyesbr /And now I can finally be freebr /br /I'm laughing out loud nowbr /Because it's a pleasure to be living a life this sweetbr /To see the joke of life feels so damn good to mebr /This load is no longer heavy my journey no longer wearybr /I can see my goal in sightbr /So clearlybr /br /Did I tell you, there is room (in)/for all (for)/on this journey?br /Together we'll walk and together we'll find true tranquilitybr /No water can quench my thirstbr /This span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"real/span desire is what drives mebr /I'm glad I have found peacebr /Got a special place for itbr /Right here inside of mebr /Here inside of mebr /It resides inside mebr /Peace be in you as it is in mebr /br /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"Shalomnbsp;shalomnbsp;I bid you sweet dreams.../spanbr /br /div style="text-align: right;"12.06.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"10:45-10:52/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5516865444481906306?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/divdivp style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "I’m afraid to show I love you/spanbr //p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"For I fear I’ll have my heart torn apart/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Again./span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 9.0px"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"But every time I think it’s going to happen/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"You prove me wrong/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Again./span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 9.0px"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"I tell you all about my fears/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Although/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"I fear/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"You may already know/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 9.0px"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"When/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"You tell me that you won’t hurt me/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Suddenly I feel I’m ready to let it show/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"‘Cause it’s obvious/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"I have a fear of falling/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"But to you/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"I just have a fear of flying/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 9.0px"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Again/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"You can tell I’ve been crying/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"But when you hold me I’m brand new/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"And now I’m smiling/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Always smiling/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman; min-height: 9.0px"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"br //span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"No longer afraid to say I love you/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"I can’t believe I’m in love/span/p p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.0px Times New Roman"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"Again/span/p /divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"11.06.08br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"18:59br //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6540195166217345639?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divbr //divWe all walk this walkdivSo why must we walk alone?divEveryday we go about our way,/divdivjust trying to survive/divdivTo make it in this life mama says we all must strive/divdivbr //divdivWe walk this earth day in day out/divdivBut why is it that we must walk alone?/divdivbr //divdivIn everything there is a pair/divdivMy left eye it has it's right/divdivAnd with each other I can see right/divdivMy left foot has found a right/divdivWith my two legs I walk this life/divdivJust made me realize/divdivI too must find my mr right/divdivSo I don't have to walk alone../divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"17:23-17:26/divdiv style="text-align: right;"7.6.09/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1344686525968978869?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
Come sit down and let me tell you a storydivA story that has been waiting for many years to be told/divdivA story of trial and perseverance/divdivThe story that is your life/divdivbr //divdivI know how you feel.../divdivDon't be disheartened you are never alone/divdivThere is someone that understands/divdivbr //divdivI see you, I see the struggles you face/divdivThe challenges and pitfalls you often must embrace/divdivAnd the disappointments you always grin and bear/divdivbr //divdivWhat I'll tell you is this/divdivThe funny thing about life is, it doesn't matter where you choose to dig/divdivIf you keep digging, you will eventually find water./divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"Don't give up./spanbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"15:38/divdiv style="text-align: right;"07.06.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5805041144592846302?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; "bbigDon't Despair/big/bbr /br /When there is no place left to gobr /And no one who caresbr /When the ones that claimed they'd always be there have hit the roadbr /br /When no one takes the time to listenbr /And nobody understandsbr /And people judge you by their own fabricated rulesbr /br /If you're feeling frightenedbr /And all alonebr /And your phone is so silent you wonder where it's gonebr /br /Rememberbr /Your major blessing is just down the roadbr /You must be extra special or else it wouldn't be this hardbr /And no one ever initially wants the head corner stone.br /br /Keep your shoulders backbr /And your head held highbr /Because your limit's not the clouds hun,br /Your limit's beyond the sky.br /br /i style="font-family: 'lucida sans', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; "keep walking.../i/spandiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px;"br //span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px;"10:20/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida sans'; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; line-height: 14px;"13.05.09/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8732152774253909042?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"span style="font-size: medium;"Did you fulfill your dreams today?br /Are you headed in the right direction?br /Or was today another day dedicated to the others?br /You know the ones that lived their lives and never reached their full potentialbr /That see your youthful energy and get reminded of all the things they ought to have beenbr /So they send you off saying "son I really want you to be a banker"br /br /And because you love them so much a banker you becomebr /When deep down in the pit of you you really are a dancerbr /But you never had the courage to stand up and dance your dancebr /So the world is spinning and waiting to give you that perfect chancebr /br /Tomorrow is but hours awaybr /But for many it's a day that may never comebr /So darling no matter what anyone saysbr /I'll tell you today you've got the perfect chancebr /Get up and dancebr /And let your soul be happybr /Don't worry one day daddy will understandbr /It was your dreambr /This is your chancebr /Get up and dance,br /Get up and dance!br //span/span/spanspan style="font-size: medium;"br //spanbr /div style="text-align: right;"span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"span style="font-size: medium;"09:51-09:58/span/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"span style="font-size: medium;"22.05.09/span/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"/diva href="http://performancingads.com/learn/publishers?origin=14106"img alt="PerformancingAds" src="http://ads1.performancingads.com/banners/publishers/125pxperfads.png" style="border: 0;" //adiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3082188287838575071?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"I PUKED AGAINNNNNNNNNNNNNN!br /And it's all over this paperbr /Emotions fighting to get outbr /The only way I can release if ever I am in doubtbr /Vocal vomit making an ugly messbr /I must confessbr /I derive pleasure with this barf with which I regressbr /But we digress,br /It's like a bad stomach, or food poisoningbr /Once it's out, it's out!br /Then begins the healing, no doubt.br /But please, don't deny me the right to fight the systembr /It's the only way I know to get it all outbr /The pencils, like fingers going down my throat, I press downbr /And voila! All these words come tumbling outbr /Like a bulimic, it seems I can't live withoutbr /My need to feed the greed that makes me eat it all up andbr /Hurl it all out.span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"/span/span/spanbr /div style="text-align: right;"span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"span style="line-height: 14px; white-space: normal;"span style="line-height: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;"11:48-11:57/span/span/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 11px; white-space: pre-wrap;"19.05.09/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-239785220652576134?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "Two sides of the same coin(?)/span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;" I looked at you and I couldn't look at you /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"And it's weird because I saw you do it too /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"I was confused then /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Because I knew you knew me/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Even if you didn't understand /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Your presence made me lost for words/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"And we were both so overwhelmed/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"That we were secretly relieved when it didn't really work/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande'; font-size: 48px; white-space: pre-wrap; "And I know you felt it too Even if you didn't understand /spanbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-weight: bold;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Looking at you was like looking at a reflection of myself/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"From a different time and space/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"I wasn't sure quite what to do/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"And I hoped you would still be there/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Even if you didn't understand/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"I must admit I'm saying 'you'/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"When in reality it's me I'm talking to/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"Because as much as I'd like to believe I did/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;"I know I didn't understand. /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:48px;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'lucida grande';font-size:11px;" ithis is for you Twin... ask me if you need to understand/i /span/divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"13:23br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"17.05.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-723818298267593627?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
div style="text-align: justify;"In My Eyes, I hold the Universebr //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In my smile, I hold the Earth/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In my hair, There is knowledge there/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In my thought, There is joy/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In my palms I hold healing and wisdom amp; wealth/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"In my stride I take peace/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"And in my tracks/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"When I'm long gone.../divdiv style="text-align: justify;"You will see/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"Where I have been, and where I've come from/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"The rising of the moon and the setting of the sun/divdiv style="text-align: justify;"And there will you find love./divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: center;"10:49/divdiv style="text-align: center;"17.05.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6953117259645796689?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"On Monday I was looking for love/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"And my comforter, brought me comfort/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"On Tuesday I needed reassurance/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"And someone said they'd never hurt me/divbr /div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"On Wednesday I needed You to stand beside me/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"And You led me into victory/divYesterday I needed directionbr /And You sent someone who directed medivbr /Today I needed joybr /And You sent me things to make me smilebr /On Saturday I needed a friendbr /And You made someone promise they'd be there 'til the endbr /On Sunday I asked for peacebr /And on Sunday did I hear You speak.br /div style="text-align: right;"/divdiv style="text-align: right;"23:43-23:48/divdiv style="text-align: right;"16.05.09/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-2176387487483380799?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
iI woke up this morning and was moved, this is what my heart said:/ibr /span style=" font-weight: bold;font-size:19px;"/spanspan style=" font-weight: bold;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"/span/spanbr /bbigA Word to the Wise/big/bbr /br /This is to the ones that won't stop,br /That can't seem to find their place,br /And can't tell the difference between what's real and what's basebr /br /To the ones that are roamingbr /And lost and have lost sight of what's rightbr /br /To the ones that keep fightingbr /What they refuse to understandbr /That can't seem to get with The Makers master planbr /br /The ones that put wedges in worksbr /That keep trying to stop the clocksbr /That keep messing with the people that walk with a purposebr /br /The ones that won't stop talkingbr /Even when they've got nothing to saybr /The ones that find fault no matter what it is you saybr /br /I'm telling you keep talking, keep talkingbr /It's only the blind that follow the blind and we all know what it is that they findbr /So be careful what you tamper withbr /Because what looks like a pinbr /May just be the plug that was holding the whole world inbr /br /Find your purpose and stop messing with mindsbr /Because we're all on a journeybr /And at the end you need to be happy with what iyou/i finddivbr //divdivBasically people what I'm trying to say/divdivIs it's time you either get with the program or get out of the way.divbr /Everything has a purpose and everyone has a placebr /The world does not revolve around youbr /So enough with the hate.br /br /You may be laughing now but it's the one that laughs last that has a story to tell...br /br /div style="text-align: right;"05.04-05:15/divdiv style="text-align: right;"15.05.09/divbr /ikeep talking...span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"charles curtis,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 9px;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"drudge report.com,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"bart ehrman,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"nemenhah band,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"fall of saigon/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);", /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"drudge report,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"oz tv,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"gm dealer closing list,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"june 4th incident,/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"wayman tisdale,/span /span/span/span/i/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-425358813713146504?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
As I walk this path I often wonder which route to takebr /Shall I move on or the plan shall I forsakebr /I was wondering, seemingly aimlesslybr /And then You showed me the waybr /br /The crazy thing about life is we were all made differently to fulfill the role we each must playbr /But society tells us we must conformbr /And so it's no longer okay for us to be another waybr /But if we are all the same I ask who is it that paves the way?br /br /07:56-08:07br /13.05.09div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5074006472605187142?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I've been doing this 31-day blogging tutorial that teaches you to build a better blog and today I did the 'posting a blog entry to facebook or twitter and it gave me brain-wave! :D Why don't I post a poem a day in the month of May? Seeing as today is the first of May and it rhymes lol plus it'll be a good way to get more people interested in poetry and stuff too! And maybe they'll read my blog more and maybe I might earn a few cents in the process too.divbr //divdivI think next year I'll try and organize it better so more people can do it too./divdivbr //divdiv:)/divdivbr //divdivbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6471127072562505713?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divIf I told you I wasn't scared,divwould I be a liar?/divdivEveryday I wake up with the intention of conquering my fears/divdivI tell myself/divdivI'm not scared of anything/divdivNothing! But that large spider cowering in the corner/divdivbr //divdivOut of fear we all sit in silence/divdivAfraid to stand up for what we believe (in)/divdivAnd in that fear we remain/divdivHolding us all back because we're afraid to achieve/divdivMy fear of my own greatnessbr //divdivCauses me to hide away the best of me in shame/divdivAshamed to make you look bad/divdivAfraid to wear my own shoes/divdivAfraid just in case the world doesn't approve/divdivDenying you the best of me/divdivBecause I'm scared you'll disapprove/divdivbr //divdivOut of fear dreams die/divdivIt's hard to achieve if you're too scared to even try/divdivSo I've got a new mantra/divdiv :/divdiv"Fear was yesterday/divdivGreatness is today,/divdivWe'll leave skepticism until tomorrow/divdivBecause we all know tomorrow never comes..."/divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"18:13-18:22/divdiv style="text-align: right;"11.04.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5912194488796012095?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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Now that I've said goodbye to all of thatbr /I wonder now how I saw so much in that crapbr /It beats me how my heart could have tricked me like that.br /br /divI'm looking back on all the time I spentbr /And wondering where my sense of judgement went.br /Your aura had me doing the craziest thingsbr /I was getting taken in by your wants and whimsbr //divdivI guess I realize now what a din I was inbr /Just glad reality pulled me out of that little spin...br /div style="text-align: right;"/divdiv style="text-align: right;"05:10/divdiv style="text-align: right;"26.04.09/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3595351026177548751?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divI am myself, standing outside of myselfdivI can barely hear the sound of my own name,/divdivI am myself, standing outside of myself/divdivAnd when I say it, it rarely sounds the same,/divdivWishing to communicate with me,/divdivBut unsure of the tone or if the meaning is quite the same./divdivI stand outside of myself,/divdivI am I, but I and I are never quite the same./divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"22:07/divdiv style="text-align: right;"22.04.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"br //divdiv style="text-align: left;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"...ask if you need to understand./spanbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1108532544363158863?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divAll that glitters is not gold,divAnd in the pursuit of it/divdivTo the devil you may well sell your soul,/divdivYou set out chasing dreams,/divdivOnly to find in the end you're in the throws of evil deeds./divdivAnd once money blinds,/divdivYou'll find it's hard to change your mind./divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"Watch where you're walking.../span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"20:23-20:28/span/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"15.04.09/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-4060785681773221908?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divFor fear of heartache I break into a run,divWhenever I see you come./divdivIn order not to feel pain,/divdivWithin myself will I remain./divdivYou mistake my silence for misplaced virtues,/divdivWhen in reality, I'm just shy and a little scared/divdivBecause you have the power to hurt me,/divdivAs I probably do you./divdivbr //divdivI don't know how to read your whims,/divdivAnd your changes in mood confuse me,/divdivI'd just like you to know, dear sister,/divdivThat regardless of how it looks,/divdivI do still and always will love you./divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"11:07/divdiv style="text-align: right;"19.04.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: left;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"for her and other sisters in the same boat/span/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-4752785390068853868?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divThis week, my click of the week is slightly different. I noticed something positive being done and thought I'd highlight it so hopefully a couple more people would chip in. Can anyone spare some credits for a good cause? Anyone?/divdiv style="text-align: center;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: center;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"span class="Apple-style-span" style=""/span/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style=""span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:24px;"a href="http://www.facebook.com/giftshop.php"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"Click of the Week/span/aspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"/span/span/span/span/spanbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1780429292155314972?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divI've done it again/divdivMy mind in its eye, spun it again/divdivWe met, our eyes caught/divdivThe love potion, it was obvious, we both bought/divdivThen I went away/divdivAnd in the time I was gone/divdivI put together whole scenarios/divdivWhat you said/divdivMy possible replies/divdivLaid it all out from beginning to end/divdivAnd then.../divdiv/divdivNow there's expectation/divdivThis is when waters run dry/divdivBecause when expectation meets with hesitation/divdivThe scenario never quite plays out/divdivThe way it did in the minds eye./divdiv style="text-align: right;"19:14-19:19/divdiv style="text-align: right;"20.03.09/divdiv/divdivSo now, as is customary,/divdivWhen I communicate with you,/divdivI expect that you won't reply/divdivTell me what I want to hear,/divdivBut won't look me in the eye/divdiv/divdivAs is expected I guess I'll swallow all your lies/divdivAnd brace myself for the inevitable/divdivAs inside I slowly die/divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"21:45-21:49/divdiv style="text-align: right;"07.04.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-830996286031739205?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
When I close my eyes or when I'm wide awakebr /I wonder what my future will makebr /Of a girl who dreams big and tries to walk tallbr /In my own mind I have it allbr /I dream of dreams as yet undreamtbr /And all my blessings, heaven sentbr /The future looks oh so brightbr /I know for sure it'll turn out right.br /div style="text-align: right;"/divdiv style="text-align: right;"09:46/divdiv style="text-align: right;"09.04.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3845595806205383010?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
:) I'm really looking forward to the Friday the 10th post coming up, lol it's a funny one so I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did/do.divbr //divdivBut just in case you can't wait that long don't worry there will be one tomorrow too./divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3849651957867776867?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I'm happy to be here, to be experiencing this very moment. To have the pleasure of being in the here and now is more than a gift, it's a blessing.br /br /Today I just sat for a moment and thought about all the sacrifices that were made in order for us to be here doing whatever it is we're all doing today. The silences, the atrocities suffered, the battles, the struggles, the wars, the pride, the blood, the pain, the anger, the anguish, the lessons, the struggles, the suffering, the hard work, the tears all of that just for you and I to be standing here today as free and blessed people. Being able to make our own choices, speak our own minds, think our own thoughts and just be. That made me feel grateful, cherished and blessed. Then it made me think of the millions of other people that haven't made it here yet. Those that still suffer unimaginable atrocities or discrimination due to their sex, religion, age, race, tribe, abilities and so on. We need not forget that they are counting on us now to fight for them just as we have been fought for.divbr //divdivFor those struggling to be heard, to be seen, just to get through the day, we are responsible, may we never neglect or forget our responsibility to them. I want us all to think about that as we go about being span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"free/span./divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"Rest in peace Kunle.../span/divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"09:48-10:02/divdiv style="text-align: right;"06.04.2009/divdivbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-571625774691628327?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I'm fearless really,br /But sometimes I just need you to tell mebr /How fearless I really can bebr /br /Sometimes I need you to hold my handbr /And show me that the worldbr /Can really understandbr /br /Just say the wordbr /And I'll know I can do itbr /But the first step seems to be the hardest of them allbr /br /So just hold my handbr /Show me the waybr /Tell me that I'm capablebr /And I'll be okbr /br /Cause I'm fearlessbr /Fearlessbr /Fearless reallybr /Ready to take over the worldbr /I believe I can do anythingbr /divBut somehow I still need you to hold my hand...br /div style="text-align: right;"span style="color: white;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"09:05-09:12/span/span/divdivdiv style="text-align: right;"22.03.09/div/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-303939929222602893?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
My neighbor, my brother, my friend you are beautiful in my eyes. nbsp;Your simplicity humbles me and when we fight, I long to make amends. nbsp;I wonder why so often you choose to see in yourself shortcomings instead of strengths. nbsp;I wish you could only see you through my eyes....br /div/divdivMy sister, my mother, my daughter I will love you from the beginning to the end. nbsp;Never have I seen such strength, courage, love in a single being. nbsp;It is for you that my heart beats 'til the end. nbsp;Never has there been such goodness, such kindness such grace. nbsp;I wish only that you could see your face as I see your face./divdiv/divdivFrom day to day we live out our lives longing for happiness, love, goodness and joy sometimes only getting the opposite. nbsp;I often wonder what it is about the human race that causes us to turn so much goodness on it's face. nbsp;We obsess, oppress, and live out our lives in such excess that we often miss out the beauty in simply being.../divdivspan style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan style="font-style: italic;"*Take the time to smell the roses.../spanbr /div style="text-align: right;"span style="font-style: italic;"span style="color: white;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"19:08-19:15/span/span/span/div/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span style="font-style: italic;"15.03.09/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1220338187305705559?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_BMe_Mf8-n-Q/RjDBT6IgVeI/AAAAAAAAAAk/x3nI4woM1hM/s1600-h/flower.jpg"img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057754929303672290" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_BMe_Mf8-n-Q/RjDBT6IgVeI/AAAAAAAAAAk/x3nI4woM1hM/s320/flower.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; margin: 0 0 10px 10px;" //a I listened to this sermon sent to me by a friend when he saw my flower (on the right) and I wanted to share it with you...br /br /http://www.sermonindex.net/modules/mydownloads/viewcat.php?cid=46br /div/divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"15:10/divdiv style="text-align: right;"26.04.07/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3829760618087971276?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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The world turns while we continue to stand stillbr /divYes the world turns but we continue to stand still/divdivOur mouths sealed shut by virtue of our *own* inequities/divdivWhile they build up on stocks and equities/divdivTyingnbsp;us down with pride and vanity/divdivSo now we're too big to all sit/divdivSo with all this space somehow we can't quite fit/divdivThe world turns while we're standing still/divdivNownbsp;every-thing'snbsp;upside down/divdivMorals twisted inside out/divdiv/divdivNow it's ok to sin just as long as we don't remember God/divdivDon't speak of Him in our schools or public houses all the while crying over the ills/divdivWe say we have belief(faith) in God and thus we walk in truth/divdivBut when I turn on National Georaphic they are still seeking out proof/divdivAnd if to this there is no truth why the need to find Noahs ark/divdivThe scientists try to disclaim our belief in God so as they walk in "light" we must carry on in the dark./divdiv/divdivWe follow the history books of men that have a perception so far removed from ours/divdivAnd so as we walk down their paths obviously we come up in scars/divdivFollowing in the footsteps of others just as blinded as us/divdivAnd when we choose to rebel they don't understand why we make such a fuss/divdivWe're so twisted we find it hard to believe what the Bible says but what we hear on tv we take for gospel truth/divdivAnd in following the perceptions of the West have we prospered?/divdivThat's why our children still starve/divdivOur families die of diseases so curable it hurts/divdivAnd while I dream in crystal you seek out your pistol/divdiv/divdivWhen was the last time you stopped to ask a stranger exactly how they cope/divdivEver stopped what you were doing just to give another hope?/divdivWe only remember the fire when we're frying in the pan.../divdivThosenbsp;mirrorsnbsp;warped up our sense of reality/divdivAnd now things just aren't the way they used to be/divdiv/divdivSlaves to technology they use those earphones to steal our souls/divdivWe don't communicate anymore too busy with our mobile phones/divdivDon't go to church, trying to get the money, don't have time to save our souls.../divdiv style="text-align: right;"16:57/divdiv style="text-align: right;"01.03.08/divdivAnd the world turns, it turns us upside down and inside out/divdivWe don't know what we're about/divdivAre we coming are we going/divdivAlways seeking but never knowing/divdivAnd the world it keeps on turning./divdivIt's turning and churning up our very souls.../divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"02:35/divdiv style="text-align: right;"14.03.09/divdiv/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3696107467110120861?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divI go about my life never once taking out the time/divdivTo think about where I came from/divdivLike I have no interest in the Divine/divdiv /divdivI eat my bowl of cereal/divdivToo caught up in all things material/divdivIt matters not where it came from/divdivI'll throw it out once I'm done/divdiv /divdivFrom day-to-day 'til Kingdom come/divdivWe pass people in the street not a word of care for anyone/divdivHow can life be so undone/divdivThat we don't even ask where we come from/divdivNever question never doubt/divdivMaybe if we knew we'd take a different route/divdiv /divdivBut someday we'll all be going home/divdivNo more days to blindly roam/divdivWe'll come face-to-face with a Creator Unknown/divdiv /divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"13:12-13:23br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"14.03.2008/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5391309436504519812?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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I'll have you know I'm complicated,divGet bogged down by issues completely unrelated,/divdivKeep my mind, like a well oiled machine, constantly updated/divdivBut that's not to say it can never be upgraded/divdivbr //divdivTurning this way and that because I don't know where I am/divdivI won't loose hope will keep doing all I can/divdivTo reach the promised land has always been my plan/divdivBut I don't want to get there alone would like to take you along if I can/divdivMy future is really set about by my own hands/divdivThat's not to disrespect the Divine They've got the winning hand/divdivIf I'm honest sometimes I question why I write/divdivWhat's the point when sometimes I can't even understand my treatise./divdivbr //divdivIs it a God given gift because "I don't know how I wrote this"/divdivI need to run for my pen before another thought gets dismissed/divdivThis is what happens when I try too hard to rhyme/divdivI would do better but I really don't have the time/divdivI'm really tired now so thank heavens this is the last line.../divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"02:57/divdiv style="text-align: right;"04.04.08/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"*I'm wondering if I was forced to write this because it sounds ridiculously forced.../span/span/divdivbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6751941712883459590?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divThey used to say love will find you,br /divYou'll know it when you see it,/divdivIt'll make you feel like nothing you've ever felt before,/divdivIt'll be more than you ever thought you were capable of./divdivBut today love is blind,/divdivAnd in turn it blinds you,/divdivHolding you 'til you're no more,/divdivNumbing you to the core./divdiv/divdivIt is no longer enough to love and give love and expect to be be loved/divdivNow you must buy me and dine me so you know that you have enslaved me/divdivIf you don't have the art of telling untruths/divdivTo cover up the parts of yourself of which you think I'll disapprove/divdivThen society makes you feel you really are uncouth/divdivI'm wondering is this love thing all one big spoof?br /br /div style="text-align: right;"div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"21:55/div/divdiv style="text-align: right;"div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"29.03.08/div/divbr /br /Because these men don't really want me to see the truthbr /And when I try to be a good woman they look at me likebr /More loot?br /I'm not interested in your suitbr /I'm more into what you think about our youthbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"21:58br /18.03.09/divdivIn this day and age I tell you we're all doomed/divdivBecause the greatest pleasure of all is what we stand to lose/divdivWhen your emotions, sentiments and feelings,/divdiv depend so heavily on materialistic play things/divdivLove is certainly no longer enough./divdiv/divdiv/divdiv/divdiv/divdiv/divdivThese days our youth really don't have the time/divdivTo take the time to get to know you/divdivWho really gives a shit about what you do/divdivIt's like 'Just buy me a drink and you and I can be cool'/divdivBecause we know society approves of the fact that we have a way out/divdivSo we do things even though we know there's still that big shadow of a doubt/divdivThey'll tell you they love you when they don't even know you/divdivBecause to them L.O.V.E is just the acronym for Let's Open Vagina Easy!/divdiv/divdivGone are the days of boy and girl holding hands/divdivNow boy will tell you anything just to get into your pants/divdivCause boy knows the easiest way to girls heart is through his pocket/divdivSo he'll kill for paper just so he can have some in his wallet/divdivTell me when is love enough?/divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"02:25/divdiv style="text-align: right;"14.03.09/divdiv style="text-align: right;"span style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdiv style="text-align: left;"span style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:small;"*I am not good at starting and stopping and coming back to a piece later I need to come back to this one though because it's not right yet and I've written too much now yet I don't think I've quite gotten down what I'd intended to write.../span/span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8860312572847730899?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
You make me smilebr /Every time we talk or hang out for a whilebr /There's something about your conversationbr /That lifts away the bluesbr /You seem to know exactly what it's like walking in my shoesbr /br /divbr //divdivdiv style="text-align: right;"17:51/divdiv style="text-align: right;"10.04.08/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"...I wish I'd finished writing this poem because now I don't remember what it was about and I'm scared to finish it for fear of spoiling it./span/span/divdivbr //divdivWill you finish it for me? It'll be cool to read how you think it should go... :)/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3812882454254467394?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divbr //divDon't put me on your pedestal,br /divI said don't put me on your pedestal/divdivBecause regardless of how good it may feel/divdivWe all know they only pick you up to bring you crashing down/divdiv/divdivbr /Don't celebrate me,/divdivNo, don't celebrate me/divdivBecause we all know it's the very ones that pretend to celebrate you/divdivThat genuinely really hate you/divdivbr /So please don't celebrate me/divdiv/divdivDon't smile when you see me/divdivPlease don't smile when you see me/divdivI hate to see the insincerity in your eyes when you smile/divdivSo just don't smile when you see me/divdiv/divdivbr /Won't you just tell me you hate me?/divdivI'd like for you to be real and tell me that you hate me/divdivI'd feel much safer knowing how you feel/divdivThan walking around with you never really knowing the deal/divdivSo please just come out and tell me you hate me/divdiv/divdivBecause there's nothing wrong with a little jealousy/divdivAnd envy is always healthy/divdivBut you need to express it or else it'll kill you eventually./divdiv/divdivdiv style="text-align: right;"10:18/div/divdivdiv style="text-align: right;"28.08.2008/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-2850219825089958392?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
This morning I woke up pissed off, actually I think I went to bed pissed off. Are Africans really that shallow minded and superficial? I don't get it, is there something on my head that says 'I'm dumb just just shake all your apparent wealth in front of my face and I'll like you'? In all the time I've been here the one thing that has really disappointed me is the way people never really take the time to get to know you before they decide (based on what somebody else says) who and what you are.divbr /div/divdivI can almost count how many conversations of substance people have initiated with me in the last month. I'm talking conversations that didn't center around materialistic possessions that don't even last, not conversations about their business deals, what they do for money or how much money they are making. At first I just used to be quiet when they would go on and on and on about things that literally are as fleeting as time until I realized that they were beginning to hate me or disrespect me because they figured that if I wasn't interested in sharing all that information with them I was either feeling awkward because I didn't have it, jelous because I wanted it or silently sniggering because I felt they thought they had it when in fact they didn't (which span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"maybe/span I was). Needless to say my silence was earning me enemies. So I decided to play along, stoke their egos, ask them all about it, look impressed, look at them admiringly because let's face it that's all they really want./divdivbr //divdiv/divdivWell if you're reading, because I hear Africans don't read, let me tell you about me. I couldn't care less how many millions you own because the truth of the matter is having millions won't make you a better person. I don't care how flashy your car is because the thing about cars is that they begin to depreciate in value as soon as you drive them out of the show room and it's down hill every moment after that besides owning a car doesn't make you any more compassionate. I don't care about what designer you're wearing because wearing designer clothing doesn't make you any more caring, neither do I care how luxurious your house is or how many vacations you take each year because honestly all that useless information won't make you any more charitable, and as lovely as it all is all this stuff tells me absolutely nothing about who you are as a person./divdivbr //divdiv/divdivI mean what makes you tick, what are your fears, what are your hopes, what's your ambition what do you live for? Where's your soul??? There must be more to you than your material worth. Nobody was born with diamonds in their ears or designer clothing on their back. God didn't send us here with wads of money in our hands and I'm sick to death of people force feeding me their assumed wealth. 'I am a millionaire and I own half the country, I like the way you look, you span style="font-style: italic;"seem/span cool so I want to date(I mean sleep with) you, then marry you, just as long as we don't actually get round to talking, you just stand there like that and make me look good. Yeah... that's it. hehehehehe'. Please! Don't waste my time, I'd rather party alone than be an ornament./divdivbr //divdiv/divdivPeople keep asking me why I don't have a boyfriend, who my boyfriend is, how come they never see me with any particular guy. Now they've even started insinuating that I'm a lesbian. It's amazing what happens when you turn a guy down! Are you trying to tell me that as a woman I have two options:/divdivbr //divdivdiv style="text-align: justify;"A.span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanAccept the propositions I get from men because let's face it they can give you everything span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanyou span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanwant and take care of you! Who cares if they are womanizing, cheating, assholes, that span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spandon't really give a shit about your feelings just as long as they can buy you stuff right? Then span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanyou span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanget branded as a "Gold-digger!" /divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: justify;"B.span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanOr accept one out of every three propositions or else there is something wrong with you, span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanhow can you not like ANY of these men??? So okay let's say you decide to go that route span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanmost of them are complete arses, (not all of them though) so at the end of the year you're span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanevaluating the year just past and discovering that you've dated about 7 different idiots in span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanthe space of 12 months everyone automatically assumes you must've slept with them you span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /span"Slapper!" /divdiv style="text-align: justify;"br //divdiv style="text-align: center;"Or wait! There is one more option. /div/divdivbr //divdivC.span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanHold out, take your time and find the right guy but then it's not going to happen over night span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanso in the mean time hang out with your friends (who have to be female by the way because span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanthere is apparently a rule that every guy you hang out with often must be seeing you orspan class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spansomething) and then get branded as a "frigid bitch" because now you've turned down too span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanmany guys or wait! Better yet 'oh she's a "lesbian!" because I mean how could she NOT span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanbe dyeing to get a piece of me??? I'm so hot yeah there must be something wrong with her span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre" /spanshe's always hanging around with girls, yep she's a lesbian'.br //divdivbr //divdivbr //divdiv/divdivThe fact of the matter is if you can't sit down and have a clean wholesome conversation with me about yourself that doesn't include what you do or your money or physical assets (attached or otherwise) then I'm sorry there must be something wrong with you. If you can't find anything to tell me about yourspan style="font-style: italic;"self, /spanyour experiences in life, what makes you happy, what makes you angry, why you are the way you are, what you stand for, what you believe in, what your aim is in life, what moves you. If you can not tell me who you are and not what you have then you must have a lot to hide. What are you so afraid of? Me??? You have no reason to be afraid of me I am just as flawed as you are, I have faults, I'm not perfect, these days I don't even try to hide my shortcomings because the sooner you get to know me for who I am the better it'll be for all of us then you can look at me and say 'As for Toke she is so sensitive about everything and she doesn't know how to take a joke but she's the sort of person that will encourage you and be there for you when you span style="font-style: italic;"really/span need her (maybe). She'll be willing to stand up for you when everybody else is dogging you but chale she hates it when you don't pay attention to her and she's such a baby sometimes but she's pretty easy going and usually quick to forgive plus she's willing to put up with a lot of my crap.' and decide if that's what you need or not that way you don't waste your time and I don't waste mine.br /br /div style="text-align: right;"11:07/divdiv style="text-align: right;"15.06.08/div/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6662024425152549172?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divYou smile and the room lights upbr /divThat is enough for me, I don't need to feel your touch./divdivbr /You speak and seem to light up my soulbr /That is satisfying enough for me.br /br /Don't hold me!br /Don't take my hand!br /br /I don't want to hear your sweet nothings.br /Because we both know where this is going to end.br /br /I knew it! I just knew it...br /It's a good thing I was happy with just knowing you.br /Because now you'd have gone and broken my heart now wouldn't you?br /br /I'm happy with what we have going on right nowbr /It's good to have a good, good friend.br /br /I don't need your lovebr /So don't you start feeling obligatedbr /br /I don't care for your kisses.br /It's enough that you make me laughbr /I'm saving my heart for someone that can love me./divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"11:38/divdiv style="text-align: right;"02.08.08br /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"br //span/spanbr /div style="text-align: left;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"*This is kind of a funny poem to me because it was actually written in two parts the first part was written on the date listed and the second part was written on the 11th of March 2009 at 18:00 or thereabouts./span/span/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-3003857707264772721?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divI stand in awe of your creatordivWith you he must have broke the mold/divdivHow one being could have such features/divdivMakes me step back and gasp in awe/divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"11:46/divdiv style="text-align: right;"16.03.2009/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-508855687094454712?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divThere's something in your eyes that floors mebr /divIs it in your eyes or in your smile?/divdivNow I don't know.../divdivBut it floors me./divdiv/divdivSomething about those gestures you make/divdivYeah, those ones!/divdivYeah.../divdivmaybe it's those gestures you make.../divdiv/divdivThis sounds crazy but you have a knowing innocence about you/divdivMaybe it's that boyish excitement that does it./divdiv/divdivWell, whatever it is it works every time,/divdivBecause I'm floored./divdiv/divdiv style="text-align: right;"10:36-10:44/divdiv style="text-align: right;"28.08.08/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8056589207027706412?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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divbr //divThere's something in your eyes that draws me to youbr /divYou have a way about you that seems oh so familiar and so true/divdivAlmost feel like I was born to hold you/divdiv/divdivWithout speaking in words I feel like I already know you/divdivTell me something pretty eyes; do you feel it too?/divdiv/divdivOn starlit nights the wind seems to carry me right to your door/divdivWhere I stand silently waiting for you once more/divdivAnd when you do not speak I hear you even clearer than before./divdivYes every moment spent with you leaves me wanting more/divdiv style="text-align: right;"/divdiv style="text-align: right;"18:00-18:34/divdiv style="text-align: right;"25.07.2008br /span style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:small;"br //span/spanbr /div style="text-align: left;"span style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:small;"*Don't judge me, don't read anything into it, don't try and figure out who it could be just appreciate the poetry. Thank you./span/span/div/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-4563374061895889983?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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Right now my topics are Karma, consequence and repercussion.br /br /I believe that this world we live in holds the answers to all the questions that it poses us. In Hindu and Buddhist teachings they refer to karma as the philosophy by which the quality of people’s current and future lives is determined by their behavior in this and previous lives. Now I’m not Hindu and neither am I Buddhist and you know I love to ask questions and question all the answers and theories I’m presented with so the first question I asked myself was “What do they mean by previous lives? I am not in a position within my present state to challenge or even be conscious of what occurred in my previous life” (that is if I even had one). So I decided to rationalize that in a way that was more suitable to my perceptions and way of thinking so I figured ‘what if all my previous lives are just previous chapters in my current life?’ so that would mean for example that the life I lived prior to moving to Ghana maybe when I was in England, Nigeria or even earlier on in Ghana can all be seen as previous lives to me now that I am in this present situation within this current setting; my current life. So that made karma (according to Hindu and Buddhist teachings) an easier pill for me to swallow.br /br /Now I ask myself, and you, why does it even matter? Well now that is a good question, because you see if the settings given above are what we now take to be the meaning of karma then we can better see how when we do things they will affect us later. I have other theories relating to this that, maybe, I’ll write about later but my point is when we look at life like this we can better see how we have the opportunity, when put in similar situations to ones we’ve been in previously, to fix tings that we might have messed up on previously or at least deal with those situations in a more appropriate and forgiving manner having experienced them before and thus affecting our karma in future in a positive way. Christian teachings tell us that when someone wrongs us we should forgive them and basically offer them the opportunity to be put in the exact same position again in order for them to correct the mistake they made the first time around hence turning the other cheek. (I think the Jewish teachings upon which these Christian teachings are based teach us something slightly different though they say if someone wrongs you once then they are a fool but if they wrong you the same way twice then you are the fool. In other words learn from your mistakes lol.)br /br /Now if we take the Hindu, Buddhist and Christian teachings discussed above it will bring us nicely into my other theory about life. I think that although Christian teachings teach us about heaven and hell being in the after life which apparently comes after death I believe slightly differently (trust me to think otherwise, TOKS!) I believe heaven and hell all play themselves out right here on earth. By this I mean think about some of the less enjoyable situations you’ve been in previously and then think about what happened to bring them about. It always seems like a good idea at the time doesn’t it? Or at the very least it looks like it’s worth the risk. But then when we’re faced with the consequences of our prior actions and it all comes crashing down around us sometimes it almost feels like it could be hell on earth for a little while there doesn’t it? Same goes for when things are going really well we almost feel like we’re walking on air sometimes don’t we?br /br /Sometimes it’s not the actions themselves that are the issue but the way in which we choose to deal with the consequences and repercussions of those actions. I mean we all make mistakes if we’re not making mistakes then we’re not really learning and if we’re not learning then we’re not growing and realistically no one wants to stay the same way forever it’ll get very boring very quickly trust me. It’s so easy to play martyr to our own stupidity, misguided ness or selfishness but in the long run we’ll find it’s a lot easier to just be humble and acknowledge we may have been mistaken; that way giving ourselves the opportunity to learn from our mistakes and move on from them better people.br /br /On the flipside though when we have been wronged it’s very easy to play the victim and point the finger of judgment but the truth is nothing happens for no reason or by magic there is a reason for everything and a lesson to be learnt from it all (and writing that I am sure there may be a day I may come to regret making that statement but let’s not stray from the topic at hand). I think when we try to be a little more thoughtful in our judgment of others we’ll find that when karma kicks in others will be a lot more forgiving of us when we are the ones being judged. Because let’s face it we might not be the ones being exposed at the moment but we were all born naked and believe me our day will come. So let’s quit pointing fingers because in pointing the finger at others one finger points at them but three point back at us.divbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"08:18/divdiv style="text-align: right;"16.05.08/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-9140666854793638082?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divSo who counts your good deeds when the day is done?/divdivIs there really a tally for every deed done under the sun?/divdivAnd which of us is righteous enough to decide who fails and who succeeds?/divdivAre we really wise enough to know what another needs?/divdivbr //divdivAnd where on earth shall we find a place to put those unrighteous souls/divdivOr really is this the place where young, naïve, unknowing souls grow?/divdivIn life our portion may just be to learn the difference between what we want and what we need/divdivAll we ever hear about is all the negative deeds we've done/divdivI wonder who if anyone can tell us how many souls we've won/divdivMaybe I'm asking too many questions/divdivBut I'd like to know who counts your good deeds.../divdivbr //divdivbr //divdiv style="text-align: right;"02:50-02:57br //divdiv style="text-align: right;"14.03.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-7650482024437184025?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
Over the next week and a half I'm going to be publishing old poems and posts that never got posted. :) I think it's safe to post them now... no one will remember what they were about or who/what they refer to and even if they do, it doesn't matter anyway.br /br /I like them. I hope you do too...div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-2293343202950910647?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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I think I finally get it...br /br /I've been struggle to get myself for a long time now. You know to understand where exactly I fit. I meet people all the time and all too often find that although we're similar we're never quite the same. I'm a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Like one of those packets of mixed nuts and dried fruit you get that has everything in it, some sweet, some savory, some fruit, some nut, some sugar, some salt.br /br /In trying to find where I fit I find I'm often frustrated in friendships and relationships because as much as one person or group of people can quell a yearning or desire to be or feel something there is always something in me that still hasn't found it's place and so when I can no longer take the constant call of the great unknown, the yearning and desire to be known as I've never been known before, I get up and leave. Slowly, quietly but very certainly I walk away.br /br /I'm finding more and more that there is a great divide between what I want and what I need. Or maybe the divide is between who I am and what I'm meant to be. I don't want everything to be serious, I like things to be easy going and yet I take things too seriously and think far more than necessary about everything. I am a childish, not to be taken too seriously, laugh at myself, now let's have a serious conversation about Africa, world history and the way forward for our people, don't look at me wrong or I'll react and you won't like me, I'm quiet, I'm chatty, I'm everyone and no one, I'm everyone except who I want to be. Am I coming? Am I going? Does it matter either way? Nothing's certain, nothings sure, everything changes and yet somehow stays exactly as it was before.br /br /I don't get it...br /br /Here we go, back to the drawing board.br /br /One things for certain. I am not going to be this way when I wake up tomorrow morning. With every chime of the clock, things change, people change, life changes but through it all life remains exactly the same.br /br /An ever evolving, ever revolving changing constant. That's me(life).br /div/divdiv/divdiv17:42-17:50/divdiv11.03.09/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-1042674714587763489?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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Yesterday I saw Nigeria with new eyes. Inside the mayhem and the constant confusion sometimes it's hard to think but yesterday... Yeah, yesterday I got a chance to think. It's amazing how in one place you can have the best and the worst of everything. Nigerians are such amazing people. And I'm proud to call myself a Nigerian. I've never met people with so much 'soul'. It's one of those places where you have to cut out the everyday sounds and just stop and listen. Because when you do you hear so much!divbr //divdivYou need to be of a particular stock to understand what I mean but when you meet a Nigerian underneath all the grandeur, talk and 'look at me!' you will find one thing in every single one. A sound upbringing. Somebody took the time to tell them. Somebody took the time to tell them what life would be like, somebody took the time to show them what it meant to be humble, to be good, to show respect, to be fair in their dealings with others, to judge not their neighbor lest they themselves be judged. Don't think they don't know! Ask them, they know! Despite what anyone says the best people you will ever come across in your life are from Nigeria. And I'm not saying that because I'm from there I'm saying it because it's true. /divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5219591625553077671?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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It's a shame that so many years after the demise of Bob Marleybr /
divAfricans have still not listened to the lyrics of his song./divdiv/divdiv"Africa, unitebr /
cause were moving right out of babylonbr /
And were going to our fathers landbr /
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How good and how pleasant it would bebr /
Before God and man, yeahbr /
To see the unification of all africans, yeahbr /
As its been said already let it be done, yeahbr /
We are the children of the rastamanbr /
We are the children of the higher manbr /
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Africa, unite cause the children wanna come homebr /
Africa, unite cause were moving right out of babylonbr /
And were grooving to our fathers landbr /
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Unite for the benefit of your childrenbr /
Unite for its later than you thinkbr /
Africa awaits its creators, africa awaiting its creatorsbr /
Africa, youre my forefather cornerstonebr /
Unite for the africans abroad, unite for the africans a yardbr /
Africa, unite"/divdiv/divdiv/divdiv/divdivI would like the think that the readers of my blogs are learned folk so here's a challenge I'd like to throw to you. nbsp;How many of you can name 10 African countries that do large scale trade within Africa? nbsp;Now ideally I would ask how many put large scale trade within Africa ABOVE large scale trade without Africa but change is a slow process so we'll begin one step at a time. nbsp;Maybe I should have even said trade within Africa full stop regardless of the scale (and goods imported from China, Malasia, Singapore, Taiwan, Europe and America do not apply)./divdiv/divdivIt struck me this evening on the way back home that we as Africans (I'm speaking generally here) do not really think past tomorrow. nbsp;Which of our parents planned for our futures? nbsp;Now I mean which of our parents REALLY planned for our futures? Was it our wayward government officials that put lining their pockets way higher up on the list of National importance than the education of it's children? nbsp;After all children and their education is the problem of the parents is it not? nbsp;Or the better off parents that figured "If I'm ok today let me take care of mine WELL, in fact BETTER than well, let me make them sick, stupid and drunk off of the enjoyment so they are of no use to anyone including me or themselves, yeah... that'll stand them in good stead for when I'm no longer here to protect them. To hell with those homeless, parent less children that I see in the streets, to hell with the poor state of our roads, to hell with the lack of infrastructure; that's the governments problem, what do I care?" Or maybe our working class mothers and fathers who go to work day in and day out for the same job but take no pride in their work, have no interest in getting any real results and are happy to just collect the barely basic salary their given every month. nbsp;After all it's not their own fathers company abi?/divdiv/divdivEverybody is happy to put in the barest just as long as it puts food on the table for the next month, whatever happened to the Africans sense of community? nbsp;When was the last time you went to visit your next door neighbor or cautioned their child as he played football in the street? You see the thing about caring for you is that in doing so it makes you want to care for me. Wouldn't you feel so much more comfortable knowing that your neighbors have the same sort of lifestyle you had so you don't have to keep looking over your shoulders everytime you leave your compound? nbsp;Wouldn't it be cool if you and the lady living 3 blocks down could have a meaningful conversation on how you're all going to ensure that your road gets tarred this year? Why are we constantly giving away our Nations resources for peanuts so that other people can put in place the infrastructure that we so badly desire? nbsp;Why has NO African government yet asked that if a company was going to mine in an area or farm or whatever it is that they're are doing they must first ensure that that area has the infrastructure for the materials to be processed there too? nbsp;If they can do it in Europe why not Africa? nbsp;Why do we have to sell them our raw materials for cheap and them buy back those very same things so expensively just because it's been 'processed'? (Like that is even a good thing)./divdiv/divdivAnyway everybody is always asking why and not really doing anything about the answers they are given so I'm tired of asking why. nbsp;Today we need to start asking how? nbsp;How can I make that strangers life better? nbsp;How can I change the way of life for my fellow country men in a positive manner? nbsp;How can I make my Home(Nation) a better place for everybody, not just me but everyone. nbsp;How am I going to stop people from taking advantage of Africa?/divdiv/divdivHOW?/divdiv/divdivBy remembering:/divbr /
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div style="text-align: center;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Sh/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"ort term goals /spanspan style="font-size: 18px;"span style="font-weight: bold;"≠/span/spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"nbsp;Long term accomplishments./span/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-4485637386267028093?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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So today... today kind of crept up on me and slapped me in the head from behind.divbr //divdivNo seriously though, I've been thinking, that if I really want to be serious about my chosen vocation(s) I need to start taking myself a bit more seriously. So I've decided to challenge myself. I like writing poetry, but right now poetry pays NO bills around here so poetry needs to start checking herself! So from now on every time I write a poem I have to come back and expand on the subject of that poem by writing, in more detail and with greater insight, about what I think or how I feel about said subject matter and what better time to start than right now?/divdivbr //divdivThe last poem I wrote was called 'Switch your MindSet' and to be honest with you as lovely as it is without the little bit at the end I think it would go above a lot of heads./divdivbr //divdivI was writing about the independent thought of Africans, or the lack there of, since the departure of colonialism. Just prior to and since the 50th independence of Ghana in 2007 I have, all to often, heard people incorrectly refer to Ghana as the first African nation to gain it's independence. That is not true. Although it was the first black African nation to gain independence. The first African nation to gain it's independence was in fact Egypt who did so in 1922 on the 28th of February after being under British rule. Morocco was next in line a few decades later when they rid themselves of the French on the 2nd of March 1956 and Tunisia followed suit some days later when they too shook themselves free of France on the 20th of March 1956. So there lies that myth. Ghana was in fact the 4th African nation to become independent./divdivbr //divdivNow the next thing I'd like to look into is this word 'Independent'. In thespan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;" New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition/span it is referred to as:/divdivbr //divdivbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"Dictionary/spanbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"in de pend ent/span |ˌindəˈpendənt|br /adjectivebr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"1/span free from outside control; not depending on another's authority : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"the study is totally span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;" /span/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"/spanindependent of/span central government/span | Canada's largest independent investment firm.br / • (of a country) self-governing :span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;" India became independent in 1947./spanbr / • not belonging to or supported by a political party : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"the independent candidate./spanbr / • (of broadcasting, a school, etc.) not supported by public funds.br / • not influenced or affected by others; impartial :span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;" a thorough and independent investigation of the case./spanbr / • ( span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"Independent/span) historical Congregational.br /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"2/span not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"I wanted to remain independent in old age./spanbr / • capable of thinking or acting for oneself : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"advice for independent travelers./spanbr / • (of income or resources) making it unnecessary to earn one's living : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"a woman of independent means./spanbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"3/span not connected with another or with each other; separate : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"we need two independent witnesses to testify/span | span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"the legislature and the judicature are /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"independent of/span/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;" each other./spanbr / • not depending on something else for strength or effectiveness; freestanding : span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"an independent electric shower./spanbr / • Mathematics (of one of a set of axioms, equations, or quantities) incapable of being expressed in terms of, or derived or deduced from, the others.br /nounbr /an independent person or body.br / • an independent political candidate, voter, etc.br / • ( span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"Independent/span) historical a Congregationalist.br /br //divdivDERIVATIVESbr /span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"in de pend ent ly /spanadverbbr /br //divdivORIGIN early 17th cent.(as an adjective): partly on the pattern of French span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"indépendant./span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"Ok so now we have the definitions let's go through them one by one./span/span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"1. free from outside control; not depending on another's authority/span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"I think we can all agree that Africa is in no way shape of form free from outside control. Western currencies affect us, Western business affects us, we are influenced and hence affected by the Western way of life and their actions affect us. So number 1 will have to be a no, we are not yet independent./span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"2. not depending on another for livelihood or subsistence/span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"With our nations being regarded as Highly Indepted Poor countries and still relying heavily on foreign funding and donations number 2 will also have to be a no, we are not yet independent./span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"3. not connected with another or with each other; separate/span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"Have we managed to completely disconnect ourselves from the British or the francophone countries from the French? We still speak their languages and have them as one of the major languages spoken in our nations. I still read job ads that request that the individuals speak French or German but have yet to come across one requesting that they be fluent in Ga, Ewe and Fanti in order to be eligible for a job in Ghana. We still carry on their customs, adhere to their standards and follow their way of governance so my answer to 3 would be no, we are not yet independent. And if you like you can follow it through to the bullet points too... /span/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"So now we need to once again go back and look at this word 'Independent' and seriously ask ourselves what it is we are independent from? And if we are not independent now when will we become independent? I had some theories in my poem but what are yours?/span/span/divdivbr //divdiv05.03.09/divdiv00:56/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"br //span/spanbr //divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5410636978572113345?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
Like flipping the channel on your TV setbr /You have to admit your outlook is kind of bentbr /Sitting here imagining all the time we've spentbr /Looking through the rearview mirror instead of at the road aheadbr /br /How do you free a people unless you first enslave their minds?br /I'm talking self pridebr /not of a single being but of a continent, a nation, a tribebr /br /Sometimes it's necessary to retrace your stepsbr /But when your guide has been here for an even shorter period than you havebr /Tell me exactly what it is you plan to find?br /br /You set your standards and pace on someone elses timebr /Free your mind, you'll be surprised at what you findbr /When you choose to look withinbr /Lack of self love only leaves you without.br /br /The only thing you ought to fear is your own self.br /Doubt.br /br /divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"Don't be confused, Africa and Africans did not come into existence when slavery or colonialism came about neither did it happen 50something years ago when we supposedly gained our independence. The apparent independence that we received was only independence from, in other words a severing of, ourselves from our history, culture, traditions, way of life, practices, religions, family life, orientations and basically our Africanism. What they failed to tell you was the fact that humanity, conscientiousness, understanding, refinement, enlightenment, education, numerology, literacy all began right here with YOU/span/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"./spanbr /br //divdiv24.02.09/divdiv11:55/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6570212624764051371?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
divbr //divWhenever I chase after sunshine all I seem to get is raindivWhenever I get serious I start getting sucked into all the games/divdivAnd then I stopped to question what it was I was looking for/divdivOnly to find out I had it all and so much more./divdivbr //divdivSometimes the things you turn your back on are the very things you need/divdivSometimes you need to watch the gardens in which you choose to plant your seeds./divdivAs the garden of truth and steadfastness is the only one where the right flowers grow/divdivAnd all the others flowers... they just go to where they go./divdivbr //divdiv22:34-22:40/divdiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8355789086226489917?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I speak words of joy into my heartdivI speak words of love into my life/divdivI speak words of hope into my realm/divdivI speak words of peace into my being/divdivbr //divdivAs words once spoken can not be taken back/divdivWords once spoken forever will be just that/divdivbr //divdivThe words that I speak/divdivCome together to define me/divdivThese spoken words/divdivAre the life that I lead/divdivbr //divdivSo watch the words that you speak/divdivAnd the life that you seek/divdivThere is purpose/divdivAnd point/divdivTo this Spoken Word/divdivbr //divdiv11.02.2009/divdiv16:35-16:40/div
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In My Eyes
span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;" /span/divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"I speak words of joy into my heart/spandivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"I speak words of love into my life/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"I speak words of hope into my realm/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"I speak words of peace into my being/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"As words once spoken can not be taken back/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"Words once spoken forever will be just that/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"The words that I speak/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"Come together to define me/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"These spoken words/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"Are the life that I lead/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"So watch the words that you speak/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"And the life that you seek/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"There is purpose/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"And point/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"To this Spoken Word/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"11.02.2009/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"16:35-16:40/span/div/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-572133692927142576?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap;font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;" /span/divspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"I speak words of joy into my heart/spandivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"I speak words of love into my life/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"I speak words of hope into my realm/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"I speak words of peace into my being/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"As words once spoken can not be taken back/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"Words once spoken forever will be just that/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"The words that I speak/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"Come together to define me/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"These spoken words/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"Are the life that I lead/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;" /span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"So watch the words that you speak/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"And the life that you seek/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"There is purpose/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"And point/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"To this Spoken Word/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"br //span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"11.02.2009/span/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"16:35-16:40/span/div/span
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In My Eyes
You'll be amazed what could happen if you just keep a span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span on your face.br /br /ulliWhen you don't have much to offer a span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span always saves the day./li/ulullispan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"Smiles/span andspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);" laughter/span are proven to help sick people get better faster./li/ululliWhen you span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span everything seems easier./li/ulullispan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"Smiles/span are more likely to get you where you're trying to go./li/ululliSometimes when you span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span you make other people forget their worries and span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smil/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"e/span too!/li/ululliIf you span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span more you'll age less./li/ululliLaugh lines are easier to deal with than worry lines./li/ululliIf you span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span everyone will wonder what you're up to./li/ulullispan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"Smiles/span make it harder for people to be angry with you./li/ululliIf you span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"smile/span when you're upset it'll be easier to carry your burdens and you might just forget what you were so sad about./li/ulspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"Go on try it! /span span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"Just /spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"Smile/span/spanspan class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"!/span/spandiv class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-5314426328523522032?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
It strikes me how this world worksbr /As strange, mistakes once made br /We can not break, this endless spinningbr /As the world rotates, you either roll with itbr /Or find your place, under the sun br /The same fate we all must facebr /br /Once we regurgitate we can’t erasebr /The truth is out, there is no placebr /To hide our face, from this disgrace.br /br /And so with race and prejudicebr /Although we try we can’t dismissbr /Because so long as historybr /Our mistakes restates,br /Future generations always pay for past mistakes.br /br /Never quite coming to terms with the fact that those we blamebr /Were just as ignorant prior to the story’s claim(shame?)br /Now all we healed we have undonebr /Because with hate we’re overcomebr /br /The world is round so turn aroundbr /If you choose to love we’re all unboundbr /It’s time we had a change of heartbr /Make history anew, It’s our new start.br /br /25.01.09br /23:29-23:42div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-8395942544221240120?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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In My Eyes
I will not be a victim of someone else’s circumstancesbr /I’m done with taking chancesbr /So every new move is a carefully calculated stepbr /Closer to the place that I know I will be most blessedbr /I’d rather let you have your way todaybr /And save my joy for another daybr /br /I can see clearly nowbr /It matters not if it rained or the sun shonebr /Those feelings of doubt are long gonebr /See now my mind and soul are truly onebr /br /In the scattered memories that make up yesterdaysbr /I catch fragments, still, of good daysbr /You see the dark path taught me to truly savor the lightbr /And now all my days can shine real brightbr /br /Thankful for gentle rain dancesbr /And ever so trying circumstancesbr /As they made T into what she was really meant to bebr /Cherished.br /br /21.01.2009br /9:54div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/3603534453365737072-6222029208611047170?l=inmyeyes29-3-7.blogspot.com'//div
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