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S tre e t R o o ts • M arch 6-12, 2015 Street Poetry P ag e 14 I’ll Smile By Leo Rhodes I’ll smile During the good times I’ll smile During the bad times I’ll smile During the hard times I’ll smile During the painful times I’ll smile During my ailing health I’ll keep on smiling As long as it makes you happy Beautiful By Paul Ortiz Roses are beautiful. I see them here all the time. I wanted to bring some here because they are just beautiful. To understand what beautiful means. My girlfriend, she is beautiful. She has got a heart of gold. She is like a rose. I didn’t understand what beautiful meant until I met her. I love her and she like a rose to me. We are two and we talk about things together. To understand each other, that’s a beautiful thing to have. If you don’t have communication, that commitment, then you got nothing. It’s not just me or just her, it’s us altogether. We gotta stick together. Another beautiful thing is that me and Marlon talk together. He is a good dude and he has been where I am at right now, So he can help me out. And that is a beautiful thing too. Dreams By Michone Nettles - In a -w o r l d of d ream sr a w ak c- 4 ^ ^ a lk$e th a t' drearo s a re -re a l. Illusions forsake life as a palm tree in the jungle grows with love, peace, and happiness. Valentines fade away to dull, pink hearts of fire red! The book of life offers death as part of life. Read between the lines: a message waits there. Open your heart, your eyes will follow. 365 days a year is a lifetime for the ones who don’t make it a day. Pumping blood, a heart of dreams knows the truth. It’s in the air. THE MAGIC IS IN THE HOLE! 22 SW 3RD Î & BURN SIDE Í SUPPORTING STREET ROOTS SINCE 2 0 0 3
