Remainder Three

Dr. Maya Angelou
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Full of hope

I dare to grope

Cause I know the ropes,

I believe love'll lay down the stopes.

I see no pitfalls

That you n' I can't recall.

I'm reaching out for you

And I know you're reaching out too,

Your gaze thru my eyes' piercing

All of my fears you're melting. 

We zeroing in on hate,

It's been trending of late.

With this faith,

We'll run this Coup

And our expectations will rendezvous.

We were made for each other,

To build back better,

With compassion and passion

And with a measure of style.

Use love as an action word

And we'll stifle guile.

We have only one job,

One duty to our neighbor;

To love and belove.

Against these there is no law.

Love breaks down walls

It sticks closer

Than a brother

Love is stronger

Than death and lasts longer.

To top that, love is free.

Now there abides these three:

Faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is

Love.

Akpan

Busting On A

 

You only know my story 📚

But you're yet to see🙈 my glory 👑

I know you ain't hating ☠️

Not 🚫 exactly. 

You're just conforming to pop thinking 🤔

Still I won't let you downtalk 👄

Cause my faculty is on drugs.💉

I'm so high 🥃up on genius 

I'm busting like an A-bomb. 💥

You see, you assume what I'm going through👟 

Yet, you have no idea💡that I'm coming through.🚪

My life is the setting of a bestselling story; 📚

I am the iconic life of the party. 🎉

So don't laugh 😂

If all you see is a draft.📃

I am God's masterpiece 🎨

In the making,

The early pages 📖

Of a Divine epic.

Yo, by the way,

You'd abuse my glory 👑

At any rate.

Cause you never really dug my story.📚

Akpan

If I Fail

Early draft of Toy Story characters
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If I fail 💔

You'll find bombs 💥in your mail 💌,

And I, gone without blazing a trail. 🛣️

I got the tiger 🐅 by the tail,

And I don't care if it showers 🌧️hail.

If I don't get this float ⛵to sail, 🌊

Ama get 🔫 you even if you's in jail 

Or when I spy 🕶️ you coming

Home 🏡 after you post bail.💰

I just got to get my sumthin'

And I'm not one to wail. 😭

I'll ride 🚲 this one-way train 🚂

Against the grain🌾

Or it's chain⛓️ you to the rail.

So if I fail, 

I'm coming down⬇️on you

Like sledgehammer 🔨on nails.

No blackouts,🌑 no interludes. 📺

Akpan