Prejudice

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My life ain't heaven

Hell! Even the path I tread is uneven

So many tears shed

Yet tears forgotten

Keep agitating my cryptic bed

Still I don't wanna be forgotten.

My tragedy

Exists because I was born before my time

But there are certain things for which I owe no apology

And this will do just fine.

The greatest pain discovered

Is that men judge a book by the cover,

What's the bother taking a peek?

Just a glimpse, men that's just deep

Enough to make their prejudiced judgement

Based on their fraternized mental dysfunctionment.

Akpan

Day 14: Soulja

Original Art: ZhiPeng Song (modified by me)

Heroes get remembered

But legends never die.

I have called you legend, soulja

Now I assert there’s no reason to deny.

You rode the back trail of the heroes past,

Went a step further and raised the bar.

As reality forges itself into form

It calls forth a nation of soul discipline,

A people of matchless culture

Of an especial variety of novelty.

A race hacked off the phenomenal,

A generation raised by the supernatural.

Among these, you shall not find the wanton

Neither the rash of heart.

A species of individuality, not hard-bitten

But, a man who plays his part.

Their genius flows like a stream

Their creativity like a mighty river.

These are today’s hope and dream

Bearing gifts like arrows in a warrior’s quiver.

Borne on the wings of faith

They soar effortlessly, in grace,

Above every imaginable restraint.

True-born souljas who never break rank

Armed with ambition for armored tank.

In the gathering of the eagles,

An army of souljas who are above all, regal.

As overwhelming as sand on the seashore,

Survivors of the sickest ill turn;

Legends vocalizing with the voice of one.

Akpan

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