VISUAL17E POEMS
Poems and related Art
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We are rising
Going through the tunnels Of love and life It's sometimes dark But we provide the light Living with the present We were gifted Gifted with the future we envision Sipping hibiscus tea I listen To my heart tell me How I can continue to get lifted Not a stranger To my Elder's embraces I swear I felt knowledge Spilling and spreading Through their fingers I'm envious Reminding myself that I too will one day Be as knowledgeable And produce pockets of light I'll make bioluminescence seem simple I will shine As we all search for some sort of escape I will shine As I let my mind wander I find It comes to our beautiful future As I let my third eye wander I find It comes to our beautiful future Where we no longer Need to live under the guise Of blood being diluted The well is no longer poisoned And no one will have reservations on this A place of peace, harmony & unity We build our roads out of yellow brick And also used it on the homes where we lived 
In our future, I see unity I see unity I see Hijabs and regalias I see unity I see unity I see Dashikis and kilts I see unity How dope would it be If in the coming years Our prime minister would be A native American chief? Well versed in spoken word And mural graffiti Spitting bars While making art And doing it all In carhartts And all people will be purveyors Of the lost art Communicating in notebooks And spray cans And tablas And djembes And if there's any disagreements It'll all be solved through breakdance These are the arts that saved my life Plucked me From the infernos of Hell And patted me on my back Until I grew my angel wings My halo is still coming in And i know that this positive future I'm envisioning 
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I'm envisioning
Will only happen with the positive vibes That we bring Today If art saved my life today Then I know it will continue to do so In the world of tomorrow But dreams without action Will never form or happen So it's our duty to sow these seeds Build new pyramids and ziggurats That will withstand All of times exams We are stronger than the trials and tribulations We were handed We can lighten our load If we build with these stones Rather than carrying them wherever we go But how can we discuss the future Without discussing art? It's these moments of creation That will help shape us Into who we become I try to lead by example And make sure all of the ink spilled On these pages Come from only a place of love And I will always speak Modern day griots I will always speak I will never sew my mouth shut For silence is the absence of life I remind myself to pull myself out of the mud As I remember to shine light upon myself As i remember to learn from the sun's tirade As I remember to always have faith As I remember that hope is a four letter word 
It's only when we enact it that it takes its massive shape
I visualize growth I visualize the vibrant vibes we will all bring I visualize all of us holding each other down I visualize our city breathing and breeding new life I visualize our beautiful future And the work we will do together to provide it And I'll remember that the oaks don't grow themselves But the way they spread their roots is instinctual That is art That is our future Today we are spreading our soil We are planting our seeds And giving ourselves room to grow Iron sharpens iron One hand washes the other But both are needed to wash the face |
