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A COLLECTION of TEN poems AFRO-conscious in Nature without alienating (an)other audience.Various topics broadly centred on the theme of Arrested Development. Writings used as a Tool to Free Oneself from Oppression, Repression, Unlock the Emotions and Release Repressed Potential.

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Not Anything and Because

Marcia Sparkes 2016

CONTENTS

1.)Numbers2.)Gotta Be Free3.)Need some Money4.)Not Anything5.)Absolutely Nothing6.)Lucinda7.)When That Thing Happened8.)Mass Production9.)Mind Fragment10.)Because

NumbersNumber 1 is a lonely soulNumber 2 is complete and wholeNumber 3 is a good idea cementedNumber 4 is a route perfectedNumber 5 is an argument waiting to disruptNumber 6, steadfastnessNumber 7- a stroke of luckNumber 8 is a good game waiting to be played.Number 9 is cunning and envious- a debt that hasnt been paid.Number 10 is a round number, regal and proudA number suggesting what was lost is finally found.

Gotta Be FreeGotta get awayGotta be in a placeGotta not care about tomorrow or todayGotta be free from worry and strifeGotta be happyGotta live my life.

Gotta be happyGotta be highOnly sounds of laughter gonna fill my mindGotta soar like an eagle I know I can flyGotta be high Gotta be high

Gotta feel like the world is my oysterGotta explore Gotta discoverThe wind, comes, goes and blows as it pleasesGotta learn a lesson that only wind teachesGotta be who I am. Gotta be meGotta be free Gotta be free

Water flows Wind blowsDont think they think about it really dont knowGotta have nothing trapped underneath my hairGotta not know Gotta not careJust wanna be free Wanna be in a placeJust for a second a minute a dayGotta run through fields and play like the windGotta be me Gotta be free

Need Some MoneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some money Havent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some money

Havent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some money Havent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some moneyHavent got any moneyNeed some money

Not AnythingI dont want to know this feeling or anything it stands for.All I want is a life thats mine. A time I know I can give more.Not Connecting. Not Flying. Not Wishing.Not Being Alive. Not Anything.Not Forgiving. Not Crying. Not Dying.Not being Forgotten. Not Anything.

Its time we discovered something newTime we took a trip to the Have a Clue Avenue.Sometimes you need to feel the tears to know that youre still human.Sometimes you need a kiss, an embrace, an interactional fusion.Sometimes all you need is to hear a whisper clear in the dark,Somebody to say, it's okay, its okayAn open ear, mind, soul with an open heart.Not Connecting. Not Flying. Not Wishing.Not Being Alive. Not Anything.Not Forgiving. Not Crying. Not Dying.Not being Forgotten. Not Anything.

Absolutely Nothing

Not the sky with its Sunday BlueThe Moondrip Silver Sparkling HueNever the Dawn with its Sunred CrimsonNot Four, Not Three, Not Two, Not One Thing.

Absolutely NothingAbsolutely NothingAbsolutely NothingAbsolutely Nothing

How about the Breeze Blow Caressing my skinSoftly subtle and the Earth BeneathBurning Days in July and the Rain in NovemberThe Carefree Laughter when will I Remember?

Absolutely NothingAbsolutely NothingAbsolutely NothingAbsolutely Nothing

Lucinda

Lucinda

Its on her lipsIn her eyes.Seductive in each and every one of her deceptive disguise.If I were you I wouldnt try to play games with her heart.Hers is made of stone shell take yours and tear it apart.Scorpion- with a deadly stingDont try to get under or inside her skinUnless youre willing to pay the priceClever cunning thief in the night.Playing men like a pack a cardsTreating em like a bunch of foolsShifting sorting chick click bangThey dont know whats coming too soon

But she dont care she dont feel she doesnt knowShe aint a womanShes cold as stone.Bella. Anneka. Tina. SueJust around the corner shes waiting for you.Take no note of that innocent look in her eyes.

Lucinda

So much painAll insane.Get away from it all run away. So she ran and she ran and she ran. Without a plan... no helping hand.

She came here nothing to fear.Til it started all over again.Just the same with a differentManDont trust her with your heart or with your life. Dont fall for the pretty lady in disguise.Shes been wronged take it all out on you.Shell seduce take use and abuse.Man Take no notice of her scarlet painted lips. Theyre designed to tell you lies and take you inTake you in to her dark world full of desireShell want and have it all the money and the power

Struck you down one time too manyGo too far dont get caught find it funnyNow shes out on the loose running freeYou dont know who what where she should beCuz youre quicker and smarter than they.And to you this is all just a gameReady to chill, ready to thrill.Dont you know that shes out for the kill?

Lucinda

Its on her lipsIn her eyes.Seductive in each and every one of her deceptive disguise.If I were you I wouldnt try to play games with her heart.Hers is made of stone shell take yours and tear it apart.Scorpion- with a deadly stingDont try to get under or inside her skinUnless youre willing to pay the priceClever cunning thief in the night.

Playing men like a pack a cardsTreating em like a bunch of foolsShifting sorting chick click bangThey dont know whats coming too soon

But she dont care she dont feel she doesnt knowShe aint a womanShes cold as stone.

ManDont trust her with your heart or with your life. Dont fall for the pretty lady in disguise.Shes been wronged take it all out on you.Shell seduce take use and abuse.Man Take no notice of her scarlet painted lips. Theyre designed to tell you lies and take you inTake you in to her dark world full of desireShell want and have it all the money and the power

When That Thing Happened

When That Thing HappenedIt was as though you died away from meAnd I no longer knew you.Now you carry on and act as though nothing ever happened.You smile a bright smile that shines, glimmers, shimmers across your face.Your eyes returned to those of a soul I once knewBut had been far removed from meI cried over you.I fretted over you. I took care of you.I was there. I was the closest to you.I was the one you asked to come into your bed when you were scared and had no peace of mind or rest for your soul.I didnt know who you were back thenAnd now you act as though you dont remember.Like it never even happened.And now it is me who is scared.I dont see you coming into my bed to comfort me.I see you laugh. I see your smile.

Mass Production

They want to control you.They want a big part of you.To fit into a box, become someone elses DreamListen to the words of You not Me.

Dont know what it isBut I seem to be a fragment you wanna analyse and despiseAct as though youre doing me a favourLike you wanna be my friendAll you really want is for me to ComplyHold out for you until the End.

Was I supposed to be a fool?Was I supposed to be nave?Was I supposed to listen to you?Agree with every word?Am I supposed to be suffering?Feel no value, feel no worth?Am I supposed to feel inferiorAnd not know what I deserve?

They want to tell you what they want you to believe.They want to re-write your history for you.Youre supposed to be affected by things that happened a hundred years agoAnd have nothing to do with your current life.Youre not supposed to move on.Supposed to hang on,To stay stuck in a timeless, joyless void,Of Oppression, Repression.They never heard of the words Growth or ExpansionOr OpenmindednessOr: The Future;- This is a timeless, captureless concept way too far out for Them to even begin to comprehend.

This is about the Systems.The Educational SystemThe Religious SystemThe Economical SystemThe Political SystemThe ever growing need for Mankind to ControlTo categorize everybody into boxes and stick labels on your foreheads.To take away your Soul,The very essence of You.

I will NEVER be knocked down by youI will NEVER comply to youI will make friends with whom I pleaseAnd go for the desires of my heartI dont care if I gotta go to the depths to reach an impossible star just to show youI do what I wanna do to reach my Destiny and for what belongs to meDont try to Control or use me for your own DevicesBecause you will never be able to do what is beyond your controlMy mind is Open My mind is my Own.My mind is Free and so is my Soul.

Mind Fragment

How will I ever find what Im looking for? If I never take the step to look through to the other side of the doorI know thats where you are But if I never take the step Youll always be too farAnd now this is the Dream that I realizeIm actually livingIts not a fragmentation of my imaginationThis is RealityIts My RealityIm just waiting for you to come and join me But I cant wait foreverIts gotta be you and meCome today come tomorrowAny day but you gotta believeIts gonna be you and me

Because

Because.That is how I wanted itThat is what I say.Because.Tomorrows just not good enoughI want it all today.Because.Im not sure that what you told meIs just a fabricated lie.Because.I want to live foreverBut I know Im gonna die.

Because.That is what I wanted thenBut things have changed a lot now.Because.Everybody has to move onSome people just dont know how.Because.I loved you at one time but not anymore.Because.Sometimes it gets so coldYou just have to close the door.

Because.Theres no need to give you an answerJust accept it as I say.Because.I know Im sorry what dyou want me to doThats just the price youre gonna have to pay.Because.Thats just the way it isI only work here.Im not the one who makes the rulesIm not the manager dear.

Because.Theres none other compares to you,Your beauty and your grace.Because.I cant help it, always seem to go for the ones with a pretty smile and face.Because.Thats the way it has to beIts just the fashion and the style.Because.Good things come to those who wait.You just have to give it a while.Because.Just Because.What dyou mean Just Because.What kind of answer is that?Because. Because. Because. Because.Because I like it like that.

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