Rue Palmer

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do.

I had to hurry and get to work, for bills would soon be due.
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Hope does not always arrive
with a trumpet or a song
Sometimes it comes softly
like sunlight through a window
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With disdain i gave out a sigh
and with hope i look in the sky
it was a surprise to see, something
really spectacular in me.
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where ever I go he is with me,
in everything I do he is with me
my whole life he is with me
he carry me...where ever I go
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re you ready to take a leap of faith with me?
Are you ready to make each others dream come through?
No chess games, no games all
No penny pinching, no vindictiveness, no lies.
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Your eyes is like nothing
I have seen
dark and bold, so sharp and witty.
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I come to you with open arms,
intended for us to merge as one.
but you were so shy, you let me
have it in the eye.....
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We all share the same destination,
check out the down town six train,
on the bus ever one has a stop, a view
of monday night football game, mugging
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ALL THIS CONFUSION ABOUT LIFE
AND WHERE IT TAKES YOU, YES
everyday the tables turn in others
direction and I am left with the clean
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yes the dead is buried
and the hood is full of pain
tears is all over the lane
and there is no love to share,
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COMING TO A CLOSE
FULL OF MEMORY OF LONG
CRYING TALE, STARTED WITH A BANG
AS ALWAYS AND SLOW TO A CRAWL, AFTER MARCH
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I am lonely, frustrated and in despair.
Sometimes I wonder if people do care.
I search myself but cannot see if I am
the person I should be.
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UNITED NATION WE HAVE THEM THINKING
AMERICAN DREAM IS A HOUSE CAR AND PICKET FENCE.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DREAM OF A NEW TOMORROW
YET WE HAVE THAT EVER DAY AND STILL NEVER COME,
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When I come and ask that same intimate question,
Don't tell me dis and dat bout John and Dora, or
bout them foreign high bug.
Dem nuh come from rock.
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It was only once that you stared at me so angrily.
Tears filled your heart for it was only once that I
made you that mad.
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My cousin reassures me which rings no bell
if she dies today which is not out of the way
send her no flowers, she never cares anyway
cry no tears.
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Of love I check
This was it
With all to offer
Share and be a part of
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I trod this path through genesis with
vision of hope, wisdom, and intelligence
to learn.
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Any day now, Monday, Wednesday,
or today Friday yuh, mi, or anybody
cant lose dem work.
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