Open Poetry #22 |
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The Power Of Changing Words |
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D.Lester Young Senior Member
since 2001-12-08
Posts 1219Austin, Tx |
In words lies the power to change things People will deny things for only so long Until the words reach in grabbing reality In a vivid situation gone so bitter Puckering up in a bad aftertaste The mind starts to absorb the images Reflecting at first in the inability To see how you can change something Yet history is full of events Started in the minds of a few Who believed so hard That one person’s mind mattered The uniqueness of the thought process Is to teach others of the beauty of it Setting their minds free to see change A dream being shared by others The teacher opens the mind of a child To explore the universe of knowledge Instilling the desire to investigate further In the independence of creating tomorrow’s society The professor sends us deep Into the subconscious of books Opening the minds to the masters In ever changing opinions to ponder In self analysis Good fights evil West meets East Darkness is overcome By pure brilliance In a unique ways of thinking We graduate so pumped up Your adrenaline flowing so To improve things tremendously To only then hit the reality of a brick wall I bleed for you in the gouges of my scars The pain in my heart aches for you In the acidity of this world Eating away dreams of change My power to be heard Is in the hearing of deafness Of induced conformity The powers to communicate Lie in the individuality of unique feelings Which have no way of being contemplated In the mind of others for lack of mass media Yet the power that lies deep in me In such a crazed mind Lie in the words coming together In you For those that taught me well Has instilled the challenge to effect change As long as one drop of blood flows To renew my minds love of words In order to effect this change You must have a free mind thinking With your very own thoughts For the uniqueness within must survive Fly free my words Into the tears of your heart Thought: I once thought my mind was unique enough to be listened to, now I write in the silence of trying to explain myself within the mirror of conformity; trapped within a crazed mind talking within the whispers of the winds of silence. D.Lester Young (08/29/02) Tuscaloosa, AL Copyright © D.Lester Young (White Eagle poetry) [This message has been edited by D.Lester Young (08-29-2002 09:25 PM).] |
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WhiteRose Member Elite
since 2002-07-23
Posts 3208somebody's dungeon |
WOW!! The uniqueness of the thought process Is to teach others of the beauty of it Setting their minds free to see change A dream being shared by others Enjoyed, Enjoyed, Enjoyed. Great write. |
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