Totally Illogical
Did you work for that jersey?
Or the new springs on your feet
Did you slave as a janitor
Or did pop-pop and grammy
Cast their dollars
Freely among you
Study at school
Like the sweaty-toothed madman
Obtain that knowledge
From those books
Go fishing without any hooks
Swim against the stream
Believe not always
What your educators tell you
Make up your own minds
They're yours
Not theirs
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Coming Back
Can I get it back
Without all of you
There is a major part of me
That is lacking
I keep asking
I keep asking
Help me
My family
I'm stripped
Vulnerable
You've never seen me this naked
Easy to hurt
Can you resist
Is the revenge the push you need
In order to twist
Twist my heart
Till I'm broken
You know you have the power
You call the shots
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Give 100 %
When you have a job to do
do it well or not at all
in the spring, summer, winter and fall
when the fowl return from the south
when the heat turns up the thermometer
thirty degrees
when the fall brings a gentle breeze
do your work well or not at all
when your feeling down and on your mug, there's a frown
when your giddy, because you just received a raise
do it well or not at all
if your short or tall
you must make the call
improve and imbrove
just do your job well or
not at all
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Past Insanity
As the river flows, so did my hate
Society wondered how much more I'd take
How long did allow myself to be pushed
Until I pushed back
Did I let these things happen to me
Did I have control
Or was I a pawn with strings
Controlled by the evils from hell
I looked for a stranger and what did I see
A reflection of a stranger that
Lied to me
I damned that stranger
From where it came
Then my sanity ripped
As I went insane
No one could reach me
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The Dirty D.A
You sir
Are the menace
To this society
Along with the mis-judging media
It's all wrong
Ya'll sang the wrong song
This will be a case to remember
The wise prophet lives on
Judge not he said
Keep your head
Let love live on
Listen man, better keep it clean
If ya'll know what I mean
Forgive him
Pray for him, but
Never believe him again
His punishment
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Happy Fathers Day - Lord of All Creation
Happy fathers day, to you father
Lord of all creation
Crossing all borders
Blessing every nation
You saw the light
Within your heart
You felt the pain
From the very start
From a sinner like me
Fighting my own destiny
To the soul piercing within
You've saved me, so many times
This day I'm loved
By my own family
Happy fathers day
They say today
I must respond
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Reality of love
The lie of a stranger
Why does it hurt me so
Can't these rumors
Just let me go
True, I stepped out of bounds
I took that chance
Maybe I'm to blame
For being burned by loves' dance
So in the dark
I crouch again
Wondering when I'll be saved
By a friend
My friend never shows
So I'm left here alone
A chore that is mine
One that burdens my soul
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The Coaches Favorite
A sport is a sport
No matter what you play
Just don't think
It's any safer today
The mind may be rejected
For keeping one on the bench
While a coach plays his favorite
Striking out thrice, while the rider of the pine
Smells the whiffer and his stench
He mumbles to himself
Just give me a chance
For I'll nail that ball to the outside wall
'Round them bases and touch 'em all
So when you need me
I'll be ready to play
Go a head play your favorite
I'll be patient and be your hero one day
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When I Was A Thief-Stealing Bases
Oh! My
How I did steal
Taking from hearts
Taking that which was not mine
At once, I recall
Taking them all
Sixty times I took
Without a care in the world
No fear, as I rolled and roamed
Not just taking, freely
Actually, stealing
Legally
In one season
The police man
Watching with a careful eye
Usually his left
Peripheral wise
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Lost Souls
My pen feels heavy
My mind marose
A new state of living
Comatose
I still breathe
In this bitter silence
Yearning to explore
Death
What has become of my soul
Desperation
I climb back into an alcoholic
Deepness, darkness
One humongeous
Calamity filled hole
Dreary days appear
Piercing my heart
Little moments of peace
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