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Street Roots • Dec 1 -7, 2017
Poetry
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Waterfall
The Trainwreck
By Leo Rhodes
by Bryant King
Searching for
And
Having
The light at the end of the tunnel
Move back, back
Further
Instead of closer
A waterfall would be impressive
If it flowed the other way,
But a plain ol’ waterfall, with its foamy
Surges plummeting and crashing below,
Is sufficiently impressive to me.
What about you? In the coming
Time, will I be impatient and
Frustrated with plain ol’ ordinary
Marvels and wonders? Or will
I just be able to enjoy them
Just as they are?
An educated
Journey
With
Many ups, and downs
Twists and turns
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If I Could Change My Mind
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You ask
If I had a chance
Would I change
What I went through
If you would take a look
Into my mind, you would find
A world of mysteries and a world
Of pain and regrets, managing
My mind is an everyday war
Within and no matter what
My mind wins, so up and
Down and all around
Thinking about it for a while
A smile comes to one side of my face
As I shake my head
I reply
"Nope it’s what made me me...”
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