POEMS BY JEFFERY WILLIAMS
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                                             Struggles of Life -

Wondering if I wasn't from ghetto breed, nor poor, would I be free.
We are of a dying breed, in need. Life of old, Jews, as our African Ancestor.
The spirit is still the same, but they can't recognize or identify our faces.
But, label our looks as a menace to society.
As one mistake, or one of the mistaken one.
Our youth has been brought back, they point out and say, "See he is on outside breed, never
to live out life, never should have breath."
So we will help society by taking away this seed.
Oh, who will save the fatherless, or that widow with only one seed?
Her life, her need.
She's in labor once more, while this earth yearns over a life of the simplest, smallest one.
You can't hurt one, beyond reality.
 
 

                                    Bleeding Souls :

Bleeding souls of pain drip, drip, dropping.  Dying slowly, soaring, not
knowing, breathing lightly, not facing, the stare.  Hoping, giving up to
nothing.  Wanting to see, eyes covered, peeping to that day.  What day,
if a day, what to say, how to say it.  memories to last eternity, but who
will see, not me.
Who knows beyond, you know.  God said, but what?  Naked whole,
before all, shame, not game.  Made it or not?
 
 

                                      Darkness :

To the four corners of the earth, in the mist that I am.  Spiritual war-
fare with-in the mind of a struggling soul, as I sit here on death row.
In the darkness of my cell thinking about how my peers labeled me a
menace to society, a cast out.  The hatred continues to build up with-
in, but I fear if I let the madness go, I will become what they label me
as.  No one knows me, no one can feel me but me.   I feel there is no
one but me.  I live silently in the madness, darkness of this cell.
Looking up at the stars wishing upon them all hoping I can see clearly,
that someday I can flee this madness, relieve myself of this mistreatment
and just live free.  Free to breath my heart with peace.  This injustice...
 
 

                                Emotion / Hold :

With-in this atmosphere that is so still, air passes through my pores.
The steel is cold by the touch of your hands.  The steel is cold by
the look of each peer.
Human lives on hold, everyone tries not to grow cold.  Many wonds,
infections upon every man's soul.  Some cry, some yell, some sit still
while others grow cold.
Embracing God, some will hold, yet I look from my own soul....
 
 

                                        Free:

In the mist that I am, soaring upon a light with-in, unfolding a
beauty unknown, untouched.  Freely embracing glory that shines
brightly, strong at will.
A sound so open, still exquisitely rare. Beautifulness, endure,
consuming all, flowing gentle.  I feel in the spirit holy, south of
me, north of me, west of me and to the east.  I still...
 
 

                                Sleeping:

  I close my eyes, and my dreams become real.
 I close my eyes and I can feel.
I close my eyes and all things appear.
There, I live in my dreams, my heart beats, my soul yearns-
Is this living?
 A perfect world?
to stop hoping, to stop dreaming, I may lose purpose.
So in my dreams, I'm living, sleeping...
 
 

                            A Love To Wish For
 

            To really love someone, you must hold on to them tightly.  You must
            embrace them with all your strength.  Not only embracing their love,
            but your own love that you feely strongly and have for them freely-
            A love freely on my own, hoping that the love I have on my own
            may meet their love.  Love that is issued from you.
            Time passes and sometimes consuming you must endure.  Sometime
            you may feel the love you have all around you as an Angel watching
            over you, feeling all goodness, tenderness.  Feeling love soulful deep
            with-in that carries you into another day.  A love to wish for.
 
 

                        Who Wants To Live Forever ?

Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live?  Who wants to see their dreams?
Who wants to carry on, living out years?
Who wants to see Heaven, believing that it's near?
Some don't want to go on because of al life's fears.
Seeing that there is no hope, or afraid to live.
Watching the world, falling of the peers.
People in the Nation, dying by the milions.
Who will feed the hungry, valley's are full of them?
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live out their years?
Who wants to be a dreamer, certainly not me.
Look at all the people living like there is.
Wonder what will happen if there were no more tears?  No more aids, human virus
that appears.
Nothing but living, then what will man do...
 
 

                                        I Shall Endure :

Cold steel iron bars, cage doors that suppresses.  Out cast, lost at will,
conform, king of heart.  Heart of steel, not conforming to the irksome
atmosphere that awakens our presence daily.  The label that stands out to all
Nations, hanging over our heads.  Like that Roman cross label or the tree
Christ hung upon.  Yet, it was for victory, the same is here.  My spiritual
strength, I feel of old.

Loud sounds, banging doors awaken my soul.  I do not grow cool, yet aware
of every nerve existence.  I shall endure...
 
 

                                    Father to Jesus

  It was Christmas Day when I first saw you.
You were there, I was there too.
That star was my heart that guided them there.
You were my first Child, the apple of my eyes.
A tender dove, but more I see.

Never will I leave your side.
When you think that I'm not there,
just blink your eyes and wipe away the mist.
Because I am by your side.
Now you know I'm here, I'm in you and you are in me.
You have always been with me, can you see.

The ocean shores are yours, also the sea.
The gentle breeze, you said is like me.
On that day, we layed everything.
You are me, I am you.
We touch the stars, we rode the cherubs,
our hearts could feel everything.

I will be forever yours, you are a king, my son, my heart for eternity.
 
 

                                        The Secret Omen

Something you may find enlighten...
Do you believe that there is some secret manual or scroll that gives man a
knowledge, power, some form of understanding to us of God?
Do you feel there is a hidden power that can be used by man?
What do you believe and why?  Find the answers, seek the truth.
Reading this will only be the beginning...
 
 
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