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Posted By: Siebra Muhammad
Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 3:35PM
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THE RECLAIMATION
Several years ago I made a promise to myself
I promised To Untame, To Rename and To Reclaim me
Because after an experience of conflict and heartbreak
I had forgotten my worth, my self and my beauty
So I made this proclamation of reclamation
To touch all the ones that I love divinely
While making this proclamation of reclamation
It has brought to me a new learning of me
I’ve reclaimed my sass, my s*xuality, my spirit
I have learned to like the razor edge of things
I’ve learned that I can sing in front of a crowded room
That my sunshine is sensations from joys to pains
I’ve also learned that my halos can just as easily become Horns
That I possess as much callousness as I do compassion
That I can be as ugly as I can be beautiful, selfless and selfish
That I can be brilliantly confident and needy of outside affirmation
I learned years ago that I had miscalculated terribly
I even had assumed that me and him had “arrived”
I learned that this was just the beginning of being “me”
And some things that I thought I loved about him I despised
And what I see are other lines cast down
From men and women who have gone before me
There are ropes of knowledge and wisdom
Challenge and growth all dangling in the breeze
To continue on this everyday adventure
That I am making out my life to be
Will take way more than proclamations
And more than believing and boasting
It will take that discipline that I told myself
Several years ago that I needed so badly
I’m looking forward to new challenges before me
The creations and catharsis they will bring me
I am ready and I am committed
And I’m not so afraid anymore
Because there is nothing like getting
your hands dirty to cleanse your soul
Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 3:38PM
Siebra Muhammad
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I am ready and I am committed
And I’m not so afraid anymore
Because there is nothing like getting
your hands dirty to cleanse your soul
very good
Saturday, April 2nd 2011 at 8:00PM
DAVID JOHNSON
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This one's for the grown and s*xy...
THE UNION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
What is above the union of husband and wife
A union of such is a heavenly right
So sweet a union of life
A union void of friction and strife
Oh, that's a union blessed by The Most High
Just the thought of such a union makes one cry
To know your union is touch in such a way
Will forever eliminate the need to pray
What is above the union of husband and wife
A union considered to be an exclusive right
Joined at the head and hip, connected by the power of love
Discharged in a single stream of might
Awe, sweet heaven of pleasures and delight
Such a union worthy of restoring a blind man's sight
A union bringing the strongest man down to his knees
And a humble man smiling with glee
Such a union this is, even the enemy of God is pleased
Who can separated God's union of husband and wife
Woe to the surgeon using his finest surgical knife
For what God put together, let no man put asunder
Or you shall hear Mother Nature's warning
Going into her bag of wonders
Releasing the sounds of thunder
What is above the union of husband and wife
Why there is no math that can calculate such a height
Silencing the words of mortals impressed
Leaving them to make a shape or outline in the air
So looked upon it causes ones to stare
Wow God's union of husband and wife
Is a union destined for a blissful life
What is above the union of husband and wife
A light that shines so bright
Dispelling the darkness in the night
What is between the union of husband and wife
Space and opportunity for the rest of your life!
Sunday, April 3rd 2011 at 1:46PM
Siebra Muhammad
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A DAY IS BORN
Gray, blue, white
shapes dancing in the cold morn
it's a January's sky!
Much like a summer's day..
only colder....
..................and the winds
CHILL
is frosting on the grasses.
No
People
are
walking.
Driving though.
White smoke from the automobiles tailpipes
form like clouds.
A beauty of morn.
It's today.
God has given breath, God has given birth.
A day is born.
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 8:04AM
MIISRAEL Bride
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I SEE...
Life is precious and indeed purposeful,
although the trails and tribulations may be,
But it is also the measuring stick
that proves my purpose and my destiny.
I SEE...
I must continue to focus
on He the Almighty
then and only then can I embrace
what He has ordained in me.
I SEE...
In a moment in time, time of weakness
the enemy (in me) will seek to destroy me.
I use the statement "what no weapon
formed against me shall prosper" to my ability.
I SEE...
My true friends never leave me alone
although I may become lonely,
yet the loneliness is a divine protection
like a basketball player's jersey.
I SEE...
A community that I joined months ago,
joined together and helps their fellow,
and it's because of your love and kindness
that always keeps me strong and mellow.
I SEE...
I never knew the love you had for me,
until one day I thought about quitting.
But I am no quitter I am a child of God
whose will is to live life more abundantly.
I SEE...
Thank you to all Kings and Queens,
for my youth you helped me to see
in my moments of temporary insanity,
Much Love to you from me!
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 10:10AM
Siebra Muhammad
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Misreal, that is lovely!!!
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 10:10AM
Siebra Muhammad
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Thanks Butterfly,...enjoying your poetry! You're really good!
Wednesday, April 6th 2011 at 7:19PM
MIISRAEL Bride
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Here's a poem I written with a very special friend in mind...no one on this forum has seen it until now...
BECAUSE OF YOU
By Sister Siebra Muhammad
Im dangerously in love like Beyonce
So you can be my Jay-Z
Because they complete each other
and baby...you complete me
Theres nothing that I won't do
It's all that I will do
I would kill to feel you
Feed you, please you
Because you're the love of my life
The key to my heart
And we're inseparable
There's no pulling apart
I want you and my body needs you
I'll ride for you die for you
Stick by your side with you
I told my self I wouldn't get
this deep in love again
But something tells me this time
everything is going to be okay
So just stay loyal to me
And I'll never leave you
Because my love is true
And it's all because of you
Saturday, April 9th 2011 at 8:56PM
Siebra Muhammad
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wrote this poem to cheer up kids and even myself. It's one of my favorite candies.
LOLLIPOPS!
I like the green and the blue ones.
I lick them fast...
And then I chew them.
{Which lollipops you like best?}
"How about a lollipop for you Butterfly?" "What's your favorite?"
Sunday, April 17th 2011 at 11:40PM
MIISRAEL Bride
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Sure! I'll take the red one...how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? (smile)
Monday, April 18th 2011 at 12:06PM
Siebra Muhammad
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