Category: aj unique
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Long Day
Can you hold on a bit longer? Pull through a day With shades of gray tracing the silver lining Faith is feasible But do you believe? Can you keep on keeping on When life offers you no relief? Don’t give up, give in or bend so easily By: AJ Unique
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THE Journey
Press on black coal One day you will be a diamond And the ambivalent people that called you ugly Will call you beautiful Press on Press on ugly duckling One day you will be a swan With a neck nice and long It is greatness that you glide upon Press on Press on…
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Resurrection of a Dream Deferred
Lately, I have been reading poetry and trying to dig into the works of authors and poet’s who inspire me. The first poet that inspired me to write was Langston Hughes. His description of life and his experiences gave color to my childhood as I used his work as a source of inspiration. In…
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Red Veil
My eyes dulled over from broken promises And expired love long gone My blood that once flowed like a river is now curdled Late night serenades That once birthed my hopes Are now the site of my nightmares I gave up Somewhere in between falling in and out of heartbreak While praying for the…
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Gentrification Nation: Litter on the Ground
Move us out Tell us that our children born and raised HERE Don’t have the right to stay Build luxury condos So we can’t afford to pay Clean up the garbage That once covered the streets, where we stay The things that our taxes should have covered before you came Invoke the law…
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How I Lost My Courage
Yesterday, I thought about the Wizard of Oz, or Wiz for those of you that prefer the Afro themed version with Diana Ross, reference. And how it correlated with my inability to Let Go and try new things. Day after daY, I sit at work and ask myself… What I doing? Am I wasting my…
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The Struggle 101
family drama has a hold on me It eats out the SOUL of me I cared SO DEEPLY and even when the world gave up on YOU i BELIEVED nO USE IN denying You stood in the GAP for me Supported me when I went from the hood To the finer things Scholarship…
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Focus on Positive Thinking
The other day, I posted this on Twitter: Tonight, I wanted to elaborate on the topic of believing in one’s self. I remember my senior year of college when I knew that I wanted to pursue further education but I was unsure as to how I would pay for it. I focused on schools offering…
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