tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86474330008508415882024-03-12T22:46:32.635-07:00OrionPoemsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529365916174829145noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647433000850841588.post-4737459887795743562015-02-27T06:02:00.000-08:002015-02-27T06:02:09.523-08:00O Captain!<br />
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I lay in the dark cave, hungry and cold.<br />
Blood flowing like water.<br />
Nose running faster than bolt.<br />
Looking through a crack, I see a glimpse of the sky.<br />
I close my eyes and start to doze off.<br />
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"Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black.<br />
Cutting through the forest with a golden track."<br />
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<i>Who's there?</i> My voice bellowing in my head. No answer.<br />
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My bloody eyes awakened.<br />
I look around, no one.<br />
I look around and see an old man with a crumpled white shirt, ripped jeans<br />
and a huge beard!<br />
My nightmares are back where I hear the voices again, but only faster...<br />
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"Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black.<br />
Cutting through the forest with a golden track."<br />
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I begin to see black & white boys, students, wearing black blazers singing<br />
"Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black.<br />
Cutting through the forest with a golden track."<br />
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<i>Stop, Stop get these voices out of my head</i><br />
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The old man begins walking towards me and as he said "O Captain, My Captain"<br />
My heart stopped but I was still breathing....<br />
There is no way that man could be............. Walt........ Whitman!<br />
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"As long as your heart beats, the voices will never stop" he said.<br />
He stood up but for some reason, my heart begins to skip beats,<br />
Stood as if he was holding the Star Spangled Banner and said "O Captain, My Captain"<br />
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"Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black.<br />
Cutting through the forest with a golden track."<br />
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I joined them: <i>Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black.......</i><br />
because now I know the meaning behind the chilling phrase. <br />
As I repeat the phrase, the old man starts to fade away slowly, saying <br />
"As long as your heart beats, the voices will never stop,<br />
As long as your heart beats, the voices will never stop."<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529365916174829145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647433000850841588.post-44652715069085750862015-02-26T18:44:00.005-08:002015-02-26T18:44:59.631-08:00The Color of Red.<br />
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What is Red? <br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the blood of innocent children.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the fire that beats in my heart.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the sound of desperation, of beauty.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the color of light.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the taste of determination.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But how can something so beautiful be as stained as blood?</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is as innocent as a Scarlet Ibis, which then meets its certain death.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is Fire.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is Blood.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is Hope. </span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is Peace.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is Power.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the sign of inspiration.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red is the color of a beautiful monster.</span></em><br />
<em><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But how can something so beautiful be as stained as blood?</span></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529365916174829145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647433000850841588.post-54142400416004546792015-02-26T18:41:00.000-08:002015-02-26T18:42:43.630-08:00The Creators<br />
The Creators. By Alpha Omega Diallo<br />
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<em>Bang! Bang!, that's the sound of my creation.</em><br />
<em> From Afghanistan to Vietnam to America.</em><br />
<em> Boom! Boom!, that the sound of my fulfillment.</em><br />
<em> From china to Mesopotamia to Ancient Rome</em><br />
<em>I have lived in the hearts of men, always getting stronger.</em><br />
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<em>From the big bang to the creation of the planet, I have existed.</em><br />
<em>I'm not an alien. I am not a being.</em><br />
<em>I'm the heart, the promise. </em><br />
<em>I'm the creator and the destroyer.</em><br />
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<em>While your heart is beating...</em><br />
<em>somewhere In the world, I'm being created.</em><br />
<em>My hunger is the black smoke in the air.</em><br />
<em>My arrival is the sound of gun shots.</em><br />
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<em>My laughter is the promise of To Protect and To serve, </em><br />
<em>a promise that's never fulfilled.</em><br />
<em>I can fly in the deepest part of the ocean and</em><br />
<em>smile inside the explosion of a supernova.</em><br />
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<em>Do you want to know who I am?</em><br />
<em>I'm the one they turn to when their options are limited,</em><br />
<em>I'm the one they turn to when they are angry,</em><br />
<em>I'm the one they depend on when they failed.</em><br />
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<em>Yet they mistake me for a terrorist, a fugitive.</em><br />
<em>Yet they blame me for killing others.</em><br />
<em>Yet they say I'm the bad guy.</em><br />
<em>But how????</em><br />
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<em>I am the results of their creation!!</em><br />
<em>I am the results of their anger!!!!!</em><br />
<em>I am the results of their intelligence, of their curiosity.</em><br />
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<em>My nemesis is a five-letter word that humanity</em><br />
<em>had not seen since the dawn of mankind. PEACE</em><br />
<em>I was...</em><br />
<em>I am...</em><br />
<em>I will be ...</em><br />
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<em> Violence.</em><br />
<em> "Don't forget that you created me."</em><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529365916174829145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647433000850841588.post-25340198251775861622015-02-26T18:36:00.000-08:002015-02-26T18:41:02.877-08:00Leo <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Leon </span><span style="font-size: small;">By Alpha Omega Diallo</span><br />
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I'm Alpha Omega.<br />
I'm Alpha Beta.<br />
I'm the Alpha male.<br />
I'm quite, calm, but ferocious.<br />
I'm a Leo with a roar louder than a bomb.<br />
I tend to stay quite.<br />
I see everything while sitting in the back.<br />
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My pride is my life.<br />
My passion is my family.<br />
My confidence is in my work.<br />
I'm not Muhammad Ali.<br />
I'm not Malcolm X.<br />
I'm just a lonely lion with a pride greater than your ego.<br />
I'm not the Pharaoh, I'm not the chosen one.<br />
I'm just a lion living in a huge world with a dream bigger than Jupiter.<br />
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<i> The Slave Who..... Alpha Omega Diallo</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Blood dripping from my eyes.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My name is Frederick Douglass</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm the slave who defied his masters.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> If there is no struggle, there is no progress.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It never did and never will.</span></i></div>
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