This week I have taken the first two lines of a poem by Tupac Amaru Shakur, known also by his stage name 2Pac, for our prompt.
Sometimes when I'm alone
I cry
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Sometimes when I'm alone
I cry
Use some or all of the words within your story or poem then hand your URL to Mister Linky. Be sure to visit your fellow writers and leave them a comment so they know you've been!
To read about this remarkable artist, read the poem and listen to a sung version, go to Carry On Tuesday Plus
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Excellent prompt...be interesting to see where it goes with other bloggers
ReplyDeleteuh oh, this time I''m lost twice Keith. thanks for your help Laurie F.
ReplyDeleteLink and message sorted out Laurie
DeleteNice prompt keith! It fits in my poem!
ReplyDeleteVault of Dreams
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rise up
clad in colors of a joyful life
throw off the strife
just as the figured eight
rejects a narrow fate
tilt against convention
buck the winds of rebuff
ignore the false contention
stare down the face of ridicule
avoid the vapid scornful fool
disregard rebuke
spurn condemnation
shun the foolish blown off course
by the ruinous brutish force
of mindless conformation
the prevailing norm
is a toxic storm
be not inclined to fear nor falter
choose not to hear it
nor let it alter
the path of spirit
stay your ground
lean hard on raw conviction
wait the weight of mind’s confliction
it’s here your strength is found
be anchored bold
and firmly hold
to what the heart deems genuine
until patience spent
returns again
do not resent
be flexible
to withstand the blows
resisting those
who would see you swayed
and lowly bent
who would see
your spirit broken
a cruel tawdry token
they might savor
laugh instead
raise up high your head
don’t ever waver
be ever strong
be never rigid
never brittle
prone to break
do not forsake
your soulful song
eschew the wayward
noisy throng
hearken wisdom’s subtle whisper
be drawn the way of hope
and wonder
never consent to knuckle under
to the whim of fools
make rich your vault of dreams
your trove of true enlightenment
seek what inspires
what makes you
you
breakthrough
breakthrough
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rob kistner © 2012
I've actually had a good day but I've expressed many others
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ReplyDeleteGreat, as always, prompt!
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ReplyDeleteHere goes mine...
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