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Cuz dem girls my own,

I bring dem to da crib my home.

Trappa singer man y’all,

But I hustle what do ya call?

I be hustlin every day,

Each and every way.

I am the truth trust me,

I do this poem truthfully.

Call dis a song, rap poem,

I need this to be at da top.

Mula baby! I wanna be richest alive!

Dem dough stacked really high.

Dreamin of what I’ll be in da future, My deep and cruel past is a torture.

But don’t be confused by this,

I am bein so very honest.

Bout me now ya see?

I wanna be rich baby!

Don’t call it fame,

Hustle to da top my true game.

I just ball in a team,

Call it Katz JCC.

Dey be my homies,

I wanna be covered in Benjis.

Young mula is my rise,

So what? Y’all wanna see wit yo eyes?

Truth teller I must be forever,

I hear no evil, see no evil Helen Keller.

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RICHE$T ALIVE

I am who I am its reality,

A truth teller I must be.

No lying is my hustle,

Y’all see me and I tell ya.

Lookin at me I wanna be the richest, I wanna be in Reader’s Digest.

Ballin is my rise to fame,

Hustle till I die, y’all know my name.

Wit a future like mine,

It’s almost screwed all the time.

I am tellin the truth,

Stackin Madisons to da roof.

Hustle flow,

Be like me and now y’all know.

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Stronger

You gotta be stronger,

You gotta be wilder.

Haven’t you seen the light?

Terribly it’ll be bad in sight.

Am I telling the truth?

I praise god and he’s the proof.

I am who I am no matter what,

Y’all don’t know how I am or not.

Have y’all been stronger lately?

Ooh can’t find a girl to date me.

Am I the proof why I cannot?

Doesn’t that make me wrong or right?

Y’all don’t know how I can be,

I need y’all to be so very free.

I am the proof of who I am,

Ooh I am saying I am the best I can.

Gimme this poem and I’ll go for miles, Not saying I’m on trials.

You gotta be stronger,

You gotta be brighter.

I am the proven fact of what I said, 118

STRONGER

I can’t be the one cutoff and dead.

I am who I am there ain’t no tellin, Baby we’ll be free someday I bet ‘em.

Just can’t deal with the rappers going to jail, Posting them without parole or any bail.

Take the rappers and trust me I am truth teller, Like I said once, I hear no evil, see no evil Helen Keller.

Lookin’ like my family,

Or do they look like me?

I am the best for them and for me, I just wanna be stronger and then free.

America the brave and the bold,

I have more stories to be forever told.

More like America’s forgotten already, Have you read the news headlines lately?

America is my home I am proud to say, Freedom is the one that one every day.

People need to be stronger,

People need to be freer.

I am telling you this is a trust, Also, I’m saying this is a must.

Stronger willing people happy,

I heard of Prince’s death lately.

R.I.P. Prince,

Forever in people’s minds,

I can’t believe the many deaths in 2016, All these deaths will raise the death ratings.

Put aside those deaths in the United States, I can’t believe the many, so many death rates.

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You gotta be stronger,

And you gotta be wilder.

Trust me I know you,

Truthfully I really do.

Catch me with another written poem, I keep my stories flowing like its momentum.

Chillin’ with my friends and family, Just doing another one of my great story.

You need to be stronger,

I need y’all to be so freer.

Justice will overcome,

Trust me, this is the best of my wisdom.

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Heartbeats

Love is just a game, no one else to blame.

Catch me now before I fall, with my love I’ll go far oh I will.

Lost without my heartbeat, I’ve crossed the line.

Blaming my heart on its beat, with all the stars aligned.

I need you more than ever, please don’t ever leave me.

I got that beat moreover, so I am always to blame me.

Knowing how I get sometimes, it’s my sickness of love.

Can I win just this one times? Goodly I am so yours to have.

Heartbeats with a beat beating, I’m sorry that I’ve ever left.

Just look at me I’m a loser believing, it’s just I have nobody left.

Hundred miles from ever loving you, I need you more and more.

Just can’t be without over loving you, sharing love with one another.

I don’t have a love with anybody, just why can’t I ever date?

Needing you more than everybody, needing you before it’s too late.

I am helpless, I am nothing. No mercies, no ever loving.

Love without you is just sickening me, I need to be cheered up.

Treating you with more kindly, I tear up every time I see ya.

I need you with me in me forever, I have yourself to know.

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Love’s like hitting me hundred miles an hour, it can ever blow.

People need me and I’m helpless, I reach out a call your name.

Every time I am so very defenseless, I have no one else to blame.

Calling out to you more every day, just keep me on the blink.

Really I’ve crossed the line every way, I can’t even stop to think.

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She’s a Real Heartbreaker Ooh she’s a real heartbreaker,

There she goes again.

Just young ones can take her,

She’s pretty nine times outta ten.

There she goes onward to infinity, Young at heart and spirit,

Just can’t she go and be with me?

You all just need to believe it.

She’s a real heartbreaker,

There she goes.

Ooh men just wanna date her,

Just sex with the pillows.

Killer prettiness,

Ooh she’s the one.

She’s pretty oh yes,

Never undone.

Just look at her in the mirror,

She’s just the prettiest woman.

Must have her and I wanna date her, She’s the best for all the men.

Young ones and her youth,

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There she goes again so pretty.

Ooh I’m just telling you the truth, I just can’t be without her really.

Ooh she’s a real heartbreaker oh she is, Yes it’s a reality that she can be with me.

My world is a rocking world I’m not denying it, She’s a real heartbreaker I just can’t ever deny.

Ain’t no such thing as mishaps?

Just you wait and see.

I need you to know perhaps,

There ain’t no denying.

C’mon with me and will be freer,

Just she’s a real heartbreaker it’s true.

I say these stories are my very own career, Haven’t you proven that she belongs with you?

I can’t have her to me oh no I cannot, Killing me with her pretty look.

I love her and she can’t deny that, Just can’t believe how I mistook.

I am the best for her,

She belongs by my side.

Ooh she’s a real heartbreaker,

I can’t say I believe to deny.

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Dishonor and Disgrace Can’t tell you how much I once had truth, It’s such a dishonor without seeing you.

Disgrace when I’m in love with a girl, She once had me to rock my own world.

Can’t just go without her,

Disgrace will be the one victor.

Such a dishonor when I’m with you, I’m never keeping you from the truth.

Am I deceitful when I’m keeping secrets?

Am I disgraceful when I’m keeping regrets?

I had enough with the world already, I had overfills of defying you to this day.

Just can’t be without the pain and misery, Girl what have you’ve done to me?

Killer in the nightfall when it’s dark outside, Look through me girl, I got nothing to hide.

Don’t you look through me like I’m glass?

I can’t believe you as my miseries in my past.

Given you many chances when you need them, It’s going to be a dishonor and disgrace to the end.

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Haven’t you’ve done enough?

Just look at me I’m beaten till I’m blood.

I have nothing left of painful memories, Happiness will be such a dishonor and disgrace.

I can’t believe what you’ve done to me in the past, Pain and torture when I’m with you makes this last.

Dishonor and disgrace will get the best us when it hits, Goodly enough I need this to be such the best of us.

Never will I ever look at our mournful pain, Just being with you girl is driving me insane.

Am I such the begotten one you’ve ever wanted?

Just end my life with that knife in coldblooded.

Just will you need me when I die?

Will you end me without asking why?

Just will I die a painful death?

You killed me until there’s nothing left.

Loving you is driven me up to insanities, Just dishonor and disgrace is painful memories.

Can’t love you without be saddened, Just you seen me without asking what happened.

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Growing Up As a Child As I was a child, my parents were divorced, Just as they seemed to be drifting apart I was sad.

When I was five, this all happened, I couldn’t believe this growing up as a child.

Troublesome kids of my neighborhood, They seemed to get me into trouble.

Soon I won’t seem to regret them for they’ll be good, Just picking up my damaged pieces of rubble.

Look out for the children that will be bad I say, Hungry as a child my momma once fed me.

As it was a big big world I grew up to be a good guy, I was growing up as a child in this coldhearted world.

When I was about seven I had a pic with my brothers and daddy,

It looked all happy and smiley.

Just as my brothers wanted to be with daddy, Just as we all looked all so happy.

Before I was ten, I was smaller than I thought, Soon as I grew up I learned how to behave well.

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I was smiling so very much as I am today I can tell.

My childhood was somewhat a good one, Upside down it looked like a bad memory.

I had the best parents a child could’ve won, Young child would be outside to laugh and play.

I foresaw my future once,

Just it was somewhat good.

I could’ve been good at chance,

Don’t you be misunderstood?

I seek my glories as a child,

All of my goals were set.

Still got the divorced parent,

Just looking at the memories of that.

Look at what I’ve done in the past, It wasn’t all that happy at times.

No I’m not saying I was a sad child, I couldn’t believe my parents thrives.

Once I was growing up as a child in my years, I couldn’t have the happiest of my memories.

Just look at me, I’m a wreck with divorced parents, That’s just the past memories that saddened me.

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Come Along with Me Just as I feel like I’m on vacation in the sun, How come you’ve been missing out on this?

Come along with me and you be free and fun, Golly it’s been a long time began as it already is.

I need to be with you and you need to be with me, We need a vacation away from the dark shadows.

Come along with me and you’ll be happy as can be, As we listen to Metallica’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Just as I feel like I’m on vacation in the sun, How come you’ve been missing out on this?

Come along with me and you be free and fun, Golly it’s been a long time began as it already is.

I need to be with you and you need to be with me, We need a vacation away from the dark shadows.

Come along with me and you’ll be happy as can be, As we listen to Metallica’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Just as I feel like I’m on vacation in the sun, How come you’ve been missing out on this?

Come along with me and you be free and fun, Golly it’s been a long time began as it already is.

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I need to be with you and you need to be with me, We need a vacation away from the dark shadows.

Come along with me and you’ll be happy as can be, As we listen to Metallica’s For Whom the Bell Tolls.

You seem sad lately is something bothering you?

C’mon you can tell me, I’ll be honest to opinions.

Come along with me and we’ll listen to all tunes, Just need you to be happy and not cry to singings.

Are you up to this lately, I need to be with smiles, Jump around dancing to Hawaiian music dancing.

Front and back I can see the shining sea for miles, And I will have this girl know that I like romancing.

Feelings sometimes get the best of me never stopping, Many of you seem to be happy, come along with me.

Just couldn’t believe this happiness you have believing, We’ll be dancing the whole day until night we’re happy.

Open your arms and come along with me until the night, Never will I ever seem to be unhappy with or without you.

Jump around in the hot burning sand and it’s going right, Forever baby, you’ll be saying come along with me I know.

Just you and I are happy and there’s no stopping the fun, Mother Nature gets the brightest of our happy best days.

Come along with me and you’ll be happy until it’s all done, I’ll have you happy and I’ll be a teacher in the best of my ways.

Impossibly I know how you can be, won’t become so happy?

I am happy as can be, come along with me and we will dance.

Same there’s something on you mind and what could it be?

I’ll keep you happy even though it’ll cost me my best chance.

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COME ALONG WITH ME

Look out for the unhappy people on the beach and the sand, Just couldn’t see you mistreated and please come along with me.

Seagulls overflew the skies as the pick out people’s dirty trash, My world is your world and I want you to be as happy as can be.

Just you wait girl, you’ll be the one wanting to be the one to stay,

Loving you on the beaches and the sand in our shoes and our socks.

Because you’re the one for me and I’ll show you the best of my way,

Your beauty is a good one, come along with me to the ocean’s docks.

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Hashtag Dolla $ign Let’s give it up for the best in all of Philly!

He maybe be the best for the towns.

Dis may be Hashtag Dolla $ign it’s reality!

C’mon he’s really their best for rounds.

Dis maybe Dizzly Dolla $ign!

Let’s hear it for Hashtag Dolla $ign!

He’s the best rapper from Philly, Nah he ain’t some joke Meek Milly.

Damn did I just say a joke Meek Milly?

He ain’t the best in town as much as he is braggy.

Saying he’s better than Drake,

Gosh Meek Mill is such a fake!

Dizzly Dolla $ign for best rapper, He be the best for dat stripper.

Hashtag Dolla $ign,

Give it up for Dizzly Dolla $ign!

Damn Meek Mill is such a bore,

Wait Drake’s got something in store.

My bad Meek Mill,

I’m saying he worth a broke bill.

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HASHTAG DOLLA $IGN

Y’all this a diss on the fakest rapper in Philly, Meek Mill is not a rapper but a crybaby.

Crybaby Meek, go suck yo thumb,

Dissin’ on Meek and I don’t play dumb.

Hashtag Dolla $ign yo hear me?

Dizzly Dolla $ign da best in all of Philly!

C’mon let’s give it up for him!

Dizzly Dolla $ign is da best for dem.

Jump on da band wagon,

Wit his pants dey be saggin’,

Just Hashtag Dolla $ign be swaggin’, He be cruisin’ in Philly, I’m just braggin’.

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An Overdose of Love (All I Need Is U

Girl)

I gotta girl on my mind I call her babycakes, I gotta an overdose of love all I need is u girl.

Just gotcha on my mind all day whatever it takes, She’s the one that will rock all of my world.

Overdosing on love she’s perfect, Her name is Kayla but I call her Kay.

I’ll give her a memory she won’t regret, Overdose of love and she has beauty.

She’s my number one shawty,

And I’m her number one guy.

No girl please do not start to cry, We’ll be together no matter how hard I try.

Looking out for every needs,

She’s the one for me any day.

I belong wit her I’m just what she needs, Just checking on you in every way.

Ooh girl I need you and you need me, Hell of a good time we’ll have together.

Just we should be together it’s meant to be, 134

AN OVERDOSE OF LOVE (ALL I NEED IS U GIRL) It’s just that I love her I need to go get her.

Hello Miss. Baylor?

You hear this?

She’s the one forever,

That’s just how it is.

Moving into a relationship in two or three months, Hello I’ve got an overdose of love all I need is u girl.

I’ll talk to her every day if she really wants, Just you and you alone will satisfy my rocking world.

I love you Kay and I wanna have everybody know, Just you need to be with me and we’ll be great.

Overdose of love all I need is u girl it’s starting to show, I need to hear this poem before it gets too late.

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Puny and Dweeby

I’mma tell ya another story that ya won’t forget, Nah man I ain’t sayin’ ya will regret it.

The kid’s name is Jerry Winters a real cool kid, Man he’ll sure will regret what he did.

A bully named Rex Millers,

He hung wit dem drug dealers.

Wishin’ he was a cool dude,

But he went overdo.

Wishin’ that he was cool,

Sayin’ blood words like bool.

Swishin’ in da ball game,

Really Rex was just lame.

Just couldn’t let Jerry win,

Doesn’t know what he has been.

Boy does he regret what he said,

Cuz Jerry almost ended up dead.

Cashin’ in somethin’ like a brass knuckles, He used it for evil and not good and chuckles.

Rex surely didn’t want this kid to live,

“He’s puny and dweeby” he told him.

Man ya surely a big jerk and a nerd, 136

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He shanked him wit the knuckles not saying a word.

Jerry bled so badly and cried for a while, When he got up he saw his blood and yelled.

Rex you’ll surely go to hell for this, Dead upon you for your deadly sins.

All ye have sinned, ye go to hell, He turned to a random page in the Bible.

Why oh why have ye be a sinner,

Rex danced all around like he’s the winner.

Surely he felt pitiful for what he did, Cuz Jerry’s only eleven and just a kid.

Why did you do this to me Rex?

What have I done to deserve this?

Pain infliction and now I bled,

As long as I’m alive you’ll be dead.

Chuckling as he smirk,

Get outta here ya bad jerk.

Just leave before god strikes,

He’ll do it I swear and won’t think twice.

C’mon did you have to do that to me?

Surely you like to see me bleed.

Sayin’ I am puny and dweeby,

Lord forsaken he for I am free.

Chuckle all you want jerkoff,

Sorry for my swearing enough.

Rex ye will go to hell for shanking me, I am only eleven and you’re twelve not three.

My bad did I offend you like this, I am never apologizing for my sins.

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Rex I hated you since I’ve meet you, I say this to god and lord before you.

Let ye be stricken by lightning,

It’ll be a lil bit frightening.

Just you wait kid you’ll be sorry, Very sorry you’ve ever met me.

In the end you’ve been such a bad bully, Why have ye done this to me?

Have it known that I hated you since I was born, Just I couldn’t build enough courage for ya known.

Look at the bloodstain, somebody please get help, I scream and shout aloud for I had enough.

Just I got enough blood leaked out, Look atcha you’re puny and dweeby to shout.

Freak of nature you are and such a lil nerdy kid, So what I’ll go to hell for what I’ve did?

I need to get a medical attention, For it’s so me not starting to pretend.

I finally got help and I am better, Man Rex is surely a true sinner.

I’ve hated that bully since I was seven, He’s been such a pain now that I am eleven.

Just he needed some help for what he’s done, It just ain’t right and I say I have won.

Looking at that my own pains,

Still looking back at my bloodstains.

He thought he can be overpowering me, Just he wanted me to start to bleed.

A bully that’s been my worst enemy, 138

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I will surely never forget this bad memory.

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Love’s Not Perfect (And Neither Am I) I’ve got to get this off of my chest, Something I’ve been thinking about.

Love’s not perfect, neither the best, And neither am I, just being honest.

At this coldhearted world it’s a game, My world isn’t all that perfect lately, Just will it ever be a shame?

Will I ever find a world that’s for me?

I need you to know about how I feel, Guessed I needed you more than ever.

I’m saying this isn’t fake, it’s so real, Our love was meant to be always forever.

Love’s not perfect, and neither am I, How dare I leave your side?

It isn’t really, no matter how hard I try, I needed you, no needing to hide.

Dusting off the dirt and grimes,

How could I leave you like this?

Just I needed to go at the best of times, Am I yours and you’re mine at best?

I love you and my love’s not perfect, But neither am I somedays.

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LOVE’S NOT PERFECT (AND NEITHER AM I) Without you girl I am such a wreck.

I just gotta get to you in all ways.

I need you and you needed me,

I loved you since we’ve met.

All I needed was that you never leave, I just needed you every chance I get.

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If You Had Only One Chance If you had only one chance,

A chance to live or not.

I had only one chance and I blew it, Cause mothafuckas got shot.

Ooh sorry for that bitter curse,

Just if I only had one chance?

Even though I’m making it worse,

If I had you, it would be a chance.

Shit figures illest alive,

How didn’t you knew me like?

Only a chance to live life,

Like this world is mine for life.

Haven’t got you off my mind,

Three days ago you’ve made me see.

A chance I would take helping blind, If you had only one chance what would it be?

No matter how many times,

You’ve been my best worst enemy.

Check out my rhyme book of rhymes, I share this out to all publics publically.

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IF YOU HAD ONLY ONE CHANCE

Liars be crazy because they don’t see, A life they could’ve lived.

The little youngins, they wish they were me, Wishin’ what they could’ve been.

Sharing the knowledge I have,

Big dick pullers be suckin’.

Excuse my language I’m so bad,

Mothafuckas wish it would’ve been.

No matter how many times I had a chance, I’m livin’ life my own way with no helpers.

A chance I could’ve took cuz I need a chance, Rhyming my words with a curse slip worse.

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Blabbermouths

Well I can’t keep dem secrets,

Cuz bitches be blabbermouths.

How dare you speak of my regrets?

Man deez bitches be from da souths.

Like bitch, I’m Eastside!

Mothafuckas be suckin’ dicks.

Dis da side I am till I die!

Man dem bitches don’t thinks.

Fuckoff wit dem cheesy ass rappers, I’m da illest alive right here and now.

Dem fuckas be blabbermouths,

I got dat Glock 40 bang bang pow pow!

Shit is dat the popo blarin’ dem sirens?

Ooh shit, I’m da shit!

My bad my fuckboys be blarin’ dem guns, Like dumbass get off my dick.

Fuck off wit dem coppers,

Police don’t lock me up.

My word dey be crappers,

Man I had a mugshot mothafucka look me up.

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BLABBERMOUTHS

Dats right I was arrested,

Arrested for spittin’ on a teacher.

Nah I was really detained,

I just say dis for such a fuckin’ laugher.

Hush wit dem blabbermouths,

Cops be cruel lately today.

Man I got homies from da souths,

Fuck da popo is what I say.

Homie I ain’t playin’,

Youngins wit big bucks.

Big fuckboys be suckin’,

Rep what ya really wants.

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Ganglandia

It all started when a boy was ten, In the land of Ganglandia no pretend.

He wanted to become a grown up,

Wasn’t all very bright to grow enough.

Uptown and downtown,

The rules were around.

Saying how come we do this?

Man doesn’t him own it to be his?

Just be aware of whom your around, Clowning around goons are in towns.

Boys be swagger and hustling,

Many are bad and troubling.

Trust me this is Ganglandia,

This is the land that don’t give a fuck.

How’s this going this way you ask?

Ganglandia is the best for an attack.

Hustlers here and there,

What do they even care?

They be hustling with guns,

Very big big ones.

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GANGLANDIA

Just as a kid named Federico,

He’s a kid from Puerto Rico.

Swagger in all his age,

Doesn’t wanna rap on a stage.

Ganglandia is a frightful to some, Many of kids have to be fearsome.

With bling and teeth gleaming,

Many of gangsters are dreaming.

How come Ganglandia is what it is?

More and more crimes to commits.

Hustlers have to say “Soo Woo”,

Any slang talking just to be cool.

How come you ask these questions?

Am I giving you my best advices?

How come it all comes to criminals?

Hustlers have to commit to be animals.

Gangsters and Ganglandia is a match, How many gangs have to become attach?

Just hustlers and gangs are young lil kids, Oh why my lord does it have to become this?

As this boy age of ten wanted to own a gun, His mommy told him he ain’t the gangsta one.

So he snuck out a nine millimeter in his pockets, He committed the crimes, got caught poppin gats.

Ready, aim and fire he blows a little nine-year-old, Like he ain’t gotta life to live and stories to be told.

Hey don’t you judge a book by its fucking cover, Might he have hated this kid since him a kindergartener?

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Tommy’s Imaginary Friend 2

At Tommy’s age of nine now,

This imaginary friend is Freddie.

As he laughed and play oh wow,

He was a nice friend to Tommy.

As Tommy’s friend Tim still a kid, Freddie wanted to meet this Tim.

Oh they played together they did, Just Freddie was very nice to him.

Tommy wanted Freddie to do this,

Freddie turned out to be very nice.

Oh as Freddie knows their only kids, Playing together they were just best.

As a light day turned to night and dark, Freddie vanished and Tommy was sad.

As the daylight came Freddie was back, Playing again and Tommy became glad.

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Crazy How You Love Me Dear Big Homie,

You’re my special someone.

It is crazy how you love me,

I just gotta be the right one.

Loving how you love my mother,

How don’t care for me and I respect that.

It’s a special bond we have with each other, I love how you’re such a boss yea I said that.

Just wanted to letcha know this,

Crazy how you love me.

Totes I’m the unforgiving kid,

Just I wanted you to see.

And there’s a reason for why I am not listening, I just don’t know, maybe I’m trying way too hard.

Over and over you’ve shown me how I’m troubling, I love you Big Homie and having you is the best by far.

Nevertheless I should listen more to you, My love for you is growing stronger does it show?

I love how you try really hard to be the best that you do, I’m hurting inside when I hurt you and ya should know.

There’s a reason for why I love you truly, You should know why I love you every day, 149

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My love you is more than you could me daily, The reasoning behind all over me put you through misery.

I’m crying how you do try how you care for me, It is crazy how you love me and I love you more.

The miseries and woes I put you is why I’m needy, Just how I’m misbehaving is putting our bond in a scar.

How do you keep loving me is still a scary mystery, Giving me chance after chance is such self-proven.

Every day is such an adventure waiting for you and me, I need your trust within me and I need more proving.

I’m just letting you know that I love you so desperately, So I wish I could take away our pain that we have very so.

Forgetting this is driving us apart and it’s sickening me, I’m telling you this once more, I love you Big Homie I so do!

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Blow Out the Candles (And Make a Wish)

Ooh it’s somebody’s birthday every day, Blow out the candles and make a wish.

I need you to tell myself you love my way, My lord girl, you are so the perfectionist.

As I needed you and you’ve needed me, My world is complete when you’re perfect.

I got you and I’m perfect with you bestie, My wish is to be with you and not an effect.

You’ve got my world upside down,

I have to go and blow out the candles.

All I see is your smile and not a frown, I’m done pretending this is all scandals.

Scheming up a perfection in my planning, Stirring up a plan without thinking about it.

Man I watch dem Broncos with Peyton Manning, Scoring touchdowns and field goals left and right.

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Hurry all to see this mighty action with such spitting.

My word, I seem dem ghosts in the night such a lurk, Ghosts be just a bad memory in my mind of imagery.

How do you see ghosts?

Hell’s devils are lurking.

They are never all hokes,

Looking for blood dripping.

Just come with me and blow out the candles, And make a wish to make this night last long.

Just you wait I’ll be with you all night if it lasts, Light up this room with your warm smiley love.

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Cardiomyopathy

Damn, I am thinking about my heart right now, Blamed from being caught up in my disorders.

Cardiomyopathy is what I got and I don’t know how, My world is caught up in these regretted disorders.

I can’t believe what I got from once I was aged eight, Docs couldn’t believe how I got this heart problem.

My world is forever and I am never saying it’s too late, I have to be the one whom is ashamed to be blamed.

Nevertheless I never regretted the family I now loved, Just without them I am nothing without their support.

I have to be aware of my heart problem I already have, My world is with Cardiomyopathy and I am a real sport.

And a real trooper when I have such a supporting family, Am I really ashamed because of what I already all have?

Just couldn’t embrace what I have because of shamefully, My mom and dad are there really and I am so very glad.

Troubling minds and ashamed to be what I am already had, Nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to a beautiful thing.

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Haven’t got nothing to be worrisome about and I am now glad, Just I need all the supporting and loving I have from my family.

Forever in my mind for eternity I have my supporting all day long,

Just never forgetting how much loving I have from everyone today.

Over and over in my mind I am never ashamed for my heart’s song,

Bump, bump, bump, bump, my heart’s rhythm is what I heard this day.

Cardiomyopathy is what I have nothing to be ashamed about, I am glad that I have my heart problem and I wouldn’t change.

Having such a heart problem as Cardiomyopathy isn’t so wrong,

Having you known that I am what I am with my Cardiomyopathy.

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Alliston Faldschmidt Gather all, gather around,

I am the best in town.

I have a story,

That’ll make history.

Haven’t you all heard of me?

I am Alliston Faldschmidt.

Just sit back and relax for free, Because I am the real kid.

Haven’t you heard of my family?

The Faldschmidt Family is ours.

We’re from a town in Germany,

That’ll take more than six hours.

When I got up this morning,

I yawned and stretched.

Went to school for learning,

My brain filled with knowledge.

As I began this day,

Learning all sorts of things.

Just listen to what I say,

I’ll teach you all some things.

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How about you learn a thing or two, Say hi to all of them haters for real.

From me and not from all of you,

Haven’t got enough of them you hear?

Alliston Micah Faldschmidt is my full name, Born in a town in Germany called Faustburg.

No I am not saying my life is really this plain, Just saying go and tell all of my words.

People please, hear me out,

I am Alliston and I am a little kid.

Haven’t you all heard enough?

I am done if you did.

Just call me Alliston your best friend, I am just what you all need in your lives.

That’s me I am Alliston,

I am the best that has ever lived.

To my own words,

To my own enemies.

I am best of two worlds,

I am best so untouchably.

Haven’t got enough of my words huh?

That’s good because I am now done.

I am the truth be told bruh,

I ain’t really the best but I’m really the one.

Thanks for listening to me,

I can’t believe you’re all my fan.

Really I just made history,

Not like that fake Peter Pan.

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Alliston Faldschmidt 2: Grownups Think They Have It Easy

Whenever I hear them grownups complaining, About what terrible bosses they all have.

Continuously complaints and endless whining, Go and suck on a pacifier won’t you dad?

I hate the fact that grownups think they have it easy, Well they don’t, I can prove it.

Working till their arms, legs and eyes bleed, Like their lives depended on this.

Over some sort of complaints like “my boss sucks”, Well I can’t get enough of that from my mom.

My world is endless whining and I’m sorta outta lucks, Just my mom needs some friends or be some.

Grownups think they have it easy well they don’t, Just having a blast hearing their babyish whines.

I am only just a little kid and I don’t care no I won’t, No matter, like how many of these good old times.

Go suck a lemon mom and dad,

Sorry for my harsh language.

I am proud of my parents I am,

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My ears can’t be extinguished.

Purposely they whine assertively, Killing my earholes with endless cries.

Grownups think they have it easy, My eardrums can’t takes their whines.

Hold up a bit I have another knowledge to be dropped, Haven’t got a knowledge to be heard of.

Overdosage on endless crying and I can’t call the cops, Like “9-1-1 what’s your emergency?” cops can’t get enough.

Killed by complete silence and over exhaustion, Just can’t be so like my little brother Yosias.

Heating the house with just small fire close explosion, He’s like the best brother I ever had closes to awesomeness.

Having just close heatstroke and coughing up a lung, Like “breathe man!” I yell to them out loud to an extent.

Overexposing my truest colors when I began to sung, Grownups don’t have it easy, I can’t say that ain’t pretend.

As young as I am with a little brother aged five-and-a-half, And I am nine, ain’t there a difference in our ages?

Just can’t believe I have no complete silence on my behalf, Am I the only one exposing my truest differences?

Complaining parents can’t get enough of that, I am not going to begin my day with whining parents.

Please oh Lord, make their days filled with excitement, I need the endless whining to stop, I want complete silence.

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Jackson Twins VI: We’re the Rulers of Eleventh Grade

Welcome back to high school Eleventh Graders!

I am your teacher named Miss. Pettigrew-Yancy.

Get ready for the hardest test you could be takers, Am I ready to learn? The twins overthink their fate.

Jumping from classroom to classroom new learning, Their brains filled with so much of class knowledges.

Look, we’re the rulers of eleventh grade I’m the king, You’re the queen of eleventh grade all acknowledges.

Hurry all, hurry fast, we’re the best in the entire school, I’m Maxie and she’s Rosie and we’re The Jackson Twins.

Just all have to be aware of the consequences to be cool, Look we’re the rulers of eleventh grade and it did so begin.

We both can’t wait to graduate in our caps and in our gowns, Mom and dad so eagerly awaiting for this day to begin to cry.

Golly has it been this long since we’ve been born now grown, My mother and my father so patiently awaiting graduation day.

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Jackson Twins VII: Graduation Day As the twins begin their last day as twelfth graders, Twins so eagerly to graduate and get their diplomas.

With a teacher named Miss. Washington-Raymers, Maxie and Rosie all grownup, parents proud of twins.

Jumping for joy as they are so awaiting for the last bell, Never looking back on their bad pasts and look for good.

Maxie and Rosie so grownup can’t you be proud to tell?

Over and over in their minds all awaiting to be grownups.

The twins in line to graduate both so proud of themselves, Nevertheless to be ashamed of their harsh past with bullies.

The man gave them their diplomas and shook hand fistfuls, Just they were never to be ashamed with their own enemies.

Mom and dad so proud of them already to be congratulated, Mom and dad both in tears when their babies are grownups.

Maxie and Rosie ready to begin their journeys with colleges, Maxie and Rosie eagerly awaiting to be so above themselves.

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Albertus Nottingham: Mind of a Genius

Who am I anymore? I wondered as I spoke aloud, Just am I the smartest? I wished as I spoke to a crowd.

I am Albertus Nottingham; I am a mind of a genius, A multi-talented person with an all sorts of degrees.

You all gave me an equation, I will solve it quickly, It’s all sorts of multiplication, I will realize it strongly.

C’mon that’s all you’ve got for me?

I am all talented with all my degrees.

Smartest in the world,

Even smarter than Albert Einstein.

Nobody smarter than me,

I’m smarter than him with all kinds.

Haven’t solved the equation yet?

Just solving it quicker than you all.

I even been out on my private jet, And got girls within a distant call.

Haven’t you all needed my pure genius I bet?

Jumping from equation to equation all matter.

My world is filled with a mind of a genius I’m set, I’m the smartest in this world ain’t no one smarter.

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Ready, set, go, I am faster than you, How did I solve it quicker I don’t know?

My word, you’re stuck on hundred times two, I’ve solved it faster than you ever knew.

Albertus Nottingham I am,

Ain’t nobody smarter?

And I have all your attention?

Well you all have to try harder.

Just solve the equation without a calculator, How did you forget the simplest equations?

If you can’t I will be seeing you next class year, It’s all so very simple types of multiplications.

Wow you must be slow or something, Aren’t you forgetting anybody?

I am the smartest and I am the king, Just solving equations faster than any.

I’ll be king of the world with a staff, Stricken down with an iron fist.

I will strike you faster than can bluff, I am the king and the smartest.

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Puny and Dweeby 2

It is I Jerry Winters, the bullied victim, It’s like I was held by Rex Millers for ransom.

Now today is my thirteenth birthday, Ain’t gonna let Rex bully me in any way.

Glories to the highest Heavens,

I remember being bullied every minutes.

All I remember by that is blurriest, Ain’t gonna be in this mess.

Be aware of my surrounding,

God will strike down with lightning.

Remembering how I almost died last time, Shanking me with the knuckles and I whine.

This is my story,

It’s a good plea.

This time I was walking down the park, It was surely nearest to the dark.

I was stumbling with every step of way, Rex Millers surely is still actin like he’s three.

I am now still a kid,

Rex Millers so regretted.

Still with them brass knuckles,

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Still laughing at me every time he chuckles.

Now Rex, do you remember me?

You shanked me and left me to bleed.

He’s still saying “I’m puny and dweeby”, God just left him to rot for all of eternity.

Rex Millers you’re such a bad boy ain’tcha?

I have some knowledge still left to teach ya.

Troublesome and he’s the illest kind, It’s like he’s lost his ever living mind.

Rex Millers it’s my birthday you notice?

He’s too busy to remember this.

How did ya shank me like this before?

Chuckling at me as I was a whiny baby and actin four.

He was my worst enemy,

Cuz what he has done to me?

Given me such a blood clotting,

My word, my word, he’s my worst enemy.

Forgive and forget the Bible says, I believe in God and his truest ways.

Forgiving isn’t an option ain’t it?

My enemy is shanking me, I quit.

How dare you do this to me again?

Haven’t you laughed at my mistaken?

Thanks Rex Millers I hate you so much, I was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance.

Never should’ve been in his way I swore, I need every doctors just for my cure.

He’s liking to kill me I swear to God, I’m sorry God, I need your guidance.

Just as I bled so badly,

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Rex still chuckling at my misery.

Haven’t I need another butt whooping?

Rex Millers you’re the cruelest but yet not the king.

Jumping around in pain from bumps in the road, I need this story becoming the best story ever told.

Haha, like it’s a big joke,

Laugh at me, God will leave cutthroat.

Bleeding all the way and I am crying, Tears just gushing out my face as I’m whining.

I am never talking to Rex ever again anymore, He’ll rot in Hell for eternity I can even swore.

Now that the Docs healed my wounds up, I just had enough.

All the Docs could warn me not to set near Rex, Just as I left, I couldn’t ever even learn to forget.

Over and over in my mind “I am puny and dweeby”, Just as I tell you this as it’s my ending of this story.

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Ganglandia 2

Welcome back to Ganglandia,

I am a twelve year old kid yea.

As I wanted to become grown,

Gangsters don’t play all ‘round.

Stabbing enemies bleeding bad,

My funeral parents won’t be glad.

I can’t even start to tell ya,

Welcome all to Ganglandia.

Heroines and superheroes,

Deez gangs blowin smokes.

Hungry for more stabbings,

Make dem guns clapping.

Fuckin’ off wit dem gangsters,

Meetcha off at dem coppers.

Hustlers here and there,

Boy when they do swear.

I swear to the Lord above,

In an angel in a form dove.

Windows be locked,

Semi-autos and glocks.

Youngins be aware of this,

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Many gangs fuckin bitches.

When haven’t ya be needy?

Many gangsters left bloody.

I’ve never hunted for my prey,

I cocked back glocks and slay.

Like bitches wassup witcha?

Ain’t I the truest hustlah?

Stick ‘em up in tha airwaves,

Pump dem semi-automatics.

Swing your do-rags in tha air,

Bow down to me, I da master.

Uptown and downtown gangs,

Stfu boyz, I don’t give up thangs.

Hushing the lil ones with semis,

My shootas give up dem bleeds.

Hushed like a pumped semi-auto,

My goons be shooting up yer bro.

I swear I ain’t playin ‘round,

Fuckin’ bitches we’re found.

Just like Air Jordans,

My shoes ain’t boring.

Fuckin’ up yo planning,

Like dem guns clapping.

I’ve killed a lil six-year-old,

His story won’t ever be told.

I’ve hated this lil boyish kiddo, Weed smokers choked up slow.

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Tobias Hutchins: From Slavery to Freedom

I once was a free man or shall I say I was free, My slave buddies I had the slave master through misery.

I had enough of this working from dusk to dawn, My blood runs reds as the whips are drawn.

Am I the worst slave to be worked upon?

My back takes the lashes as they begun.

Just work you Negroes!

Ain’t nobody your heroes!

Killing me as I’m yawning,

Working from dusk till dawning.

Young as I am the baddest one,

All of my misery just has begun.

I am Tobias Hutchins a slave,

I’ll be freer one day or in a grave.

Slowly and on a hot summer’s eve, My freedom is what I escape to believe.

How aren’t you crackin’ yet?

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Don’t make me get the whip.

Work! Work! Work!

Or I’ll leave y’all broke.

Negroes around here ain’t besties, We ain’t gotta be the best buddies.

What a lovely day isn’t Sampson?

I can’t believe I am put up for ransom.

Just as I planned an escape,

I have to escape like it’s my fate.

Like fuck that or fuck this!

Masters be cray swinging whips.

Haven’t I earned a break or some water?

I am quite parched from working harder.

Confusing I can’t drink?

What the fuck do I think?

Jumping from field to field,

Only blood will be drawn indeed.

Can’t have the running water so crystal-like, Just don’t you even dare to even come fight?

It’s never too late in my book,

I would truly escape or be mistook.

I am no crook,

I am never looked.

How will I escape this eternal hell?

My freedom will be explainable can’t ya tell?

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Over yonder and to an ibis,

I will be freer than with this.

Claiming my sweet freedom I oversaw, Man I can’t believe I am this far.

Negroes I believe in being free,

I am the one to make true history.

I made it throughout Alabama and came to Baltimore, I am a free man! I am a free man! I say this till I’m sore.

Maryland is my new hometown,

I can even kiss this dirty ground.

Mistakes I’ve made,

Would put me in a grave.

I started to find a missus,

I say “will you marry justice?”

Maybe I am a free man but I am never a slave again, An escape to believe that I am and this is what I can.

Sweet freedom! I am a freed man!

Missus will you marry me just as I am?

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Miss. Rosabeth Mohegan Ooh just look at her beauty,

She’s a perfect ten outta ten.

Miss. Mohegan lookin pretty,

Missus can’t I date you till end?

Miss. Rosabeth Mohegan her name,

She’s not in this for all of the fames.

Chasing men is her best little game, My word, she’s the never the lames?

Just looking at your inner beautifulness, She’s going to be mine someday she is.

Wow she is the world’s most prettiness, My word may I please date the prettiest.

Miss. Mohegan will marry her prince charm, Just will she be the one who’s the very best?

A guy who will never ever ever do her harm, Sorry I have to get that question off my chest.

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Miss. Rosabeth Mohegan II: A Very Enchanted Wedding Day

Welcome to my enchanted wedding day, I am marrying my prince Leroy Carmichael.

He is a man of his word and keeps his say, Man I am having my wedding that’s magical.

I have everyone wear all sparkly everything, Mr. Carmichael do you take Rosabeth as wife?

He responded “I do” and we enjoy the wedding, I am what he likes and he is what I need to like.

Now I am Mrs. Rosabeth Carmichael this my name, Just everybody gave us presents, hugs and all kisses.

Leroy Andrew Carmichael is his full name ain’t it great?

My world is now his world and we can’t never miss it.

I am now Rosabeth Serena Carmichael and it’s very new, Looking at my wedding grown I am so the very prettiest.

My mother wanted a pic of us together as our love grew, She took the pic and it was beautiful, I’ll never forget this.

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What Makes a Father a Father?

What makes a father a father?

The fact that’s he’s like no other.

A father is someone who’s loyal,

He’s someone who wears the crown jewel.

A father is like the person you love, The person who brings happy to the world.

What makes a father a father?

Just he is the most perfect lover.

Pleasing us with his loving kind, He’s the one truest to a mankind.

Sweeter than candy or sugar,

That’s what makes a father a father.

How did he come here to this Earth?

A person who’s there at all of your birth.

He was created by God and Jesus Christ, A father is the one truest to his sacrifices.

The person who’s like nobody other, That’s what makes a father a father.

Fathers of this world I say Happy Father’s Day, To each and every one of these father’s is what I say.

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All those that have father, grandfather, great-grandfather, And so on and so on, that’s what makes a father a father.

I love all the times I shared with my dad, I had the best time of my childhood I’m glad.

Remember he’s a person like no other, And this is what makes a father a father.

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As the Creepiness Follows 2

In the dusk there was a little boy, He feared he wouldn’t make it alive.

Wanted nothing for his little safety, As the creepiness follows his own life.

As he wondered into a deep black forest, He prayed to God and Jesus like his friend.

“My life oh God, I pray. Amen.” He rests, My daddy I wanna have and that’s the end.

Helping and jumping from frightfulness, He almost bonked his head on olden wood.

Trembling his words slurred and unkindness, My world won’t still be very misunderstood.

As he stumbled upon a deep black part of dark, My fears got the best of me as creepiness follows.

As the creepiness follows he wished out of lurk, Daddy’s worried for me as I’m away for two miles.

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Mrs. Rosabeth Carmichael III: How Many? Septuplets?

The Carmichaels just got married you all know this, Now they are having their sweet little chance of babies.

How many babies did she have? Well they’re septuplets, Michael, Ryan, Georgie, Lynn, Jocelyn, Mariah and Lucas.

They’re her septuplets and she’s tired from all of their births, Just she needs her rests and she’s gonna be overly happily.

After she rested she felt so much gladness and praises Earth, Hallelujah! She’s the best mother for them and Leroy so fatherly.

“Oh all my babies, every seven of them!” She’s so very proudly, This is the story of her septuplets and she’s a very proud mother.

How many babies did she have again? She had seven not seventy,

Their world will become a good one, so good like no such very other.

Goodliness and she’s proud of how many she had since the chance,

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Upside down and right-side up the babies are overfilled with such joy.

Loveliness and it’s like looking into a sea of angels and beautifulness,

Their world will become a good one, so good like nothing isn’t overjoy.

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What Mama Taught Me This is what mama taught me,

5, 4, 3, 2… I am who I am.

Just do good and she loves me,

My bro’s are Andy and Sam.

How didn’t I disobey my mama?

It’s such a disrespect.

My mama taught me do no trouble,

It’s a form of my respect.

Can’t disobey what mama taught me, She’s the queen and I’m the prince.

Just do go within yourself is what’s free, I won’t disobey my mama without a chance.

Oh by the way, I say hi to my poetry fans, And goodbyes to all my poetry haters.

Jump without saying how high is good chances, If you don’t like me or my poems see y’all later.

Don’t disrespect what mama taught me is good, My mama is the one I love and she’s lovely.

Ooh my mama taught me never be misunderstood, Just do well in this life and you’ll be so free.

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Honey do well she says to me and my brothers, In life she’s the world’s the best mama.

To me and I’ll do good like there’s no such others, And do well and have no worrisome problems.

My mama taught me to have no such worries in life, In fact, she’s the best girl, there’s something about her.

Just my mama taught me don’t cheat and be a thief, My mama is the world’s greatest and I like her like no other.

Happiness will be the truest victor, Mama I love you and this is what mama taught me.

Don’t love to be a dirty stinking cheater, My mama is the one that I call someone who’s lovely.

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Hark Thou Angel Sang May there be peace on earth,

Hallelujah! Hark thou angel sang.

In peace will God bring us forth?

Hallelujah! Hark thou angel sang.

The littlest boy of the village came out, Singing “Hallelujah! Let God praise us!”

Never will he be shy, hush so soft child, Hark thou angel sang, praise god to thus.

Will God bring us good children of all ages?

“Hallelujah! It is I, you’re master!” said God.

Many of these children are all so rambunctious, Just as these angels sang “Amen! It is God.”

Just like these children all pray out loud too, Hallelujah! Hark thou angel sang, praise to all.

Could these children begin to love every one of you?

Happiness we’ll celebrate with angels and people.

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Octavius Woodenkemper Am I a dozen miles from the beauty of this world?

A half a dozen miles from this beautiful baby girl.

I am Octavius Woodenkemper and I am just a boy, Call me “O. Woody” and I’ll be your famous baby.

Just can’t seem to feel the righteousness of women, Among me and my friends, we’re just gorgeous men.

I wanna be just like my daddy’s daddy before me, But my life sadly started to become down crumbling.

Killed the pigs and slay the beef, This my word I promise to keep.

Keeper of the Gates open up thee, My world is about to unfold a story.

Uphill and downhill we travel,

I sing thy words from the Bible.

Moreover the story is crumbling,

My work for this town troubling.

As a youngster I am so vulnerable, It’s sadly often I trip and stumbled.

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Falling down onto my face covered in mud, Sadly I can’t believe I like the taste it’s good.

Jumping from the creepiness of dark woods, Slay the cows for the beef, which I withstood.

Keeper of the mightiest Heavens,

Please let me in, I have to be in by seven.

After I walked into this darkened part of blacked, It’s so creepily that I feel like I am sorta attacked.

Given that I am only a young kid following dreams, Adventures I explore as I follow granddaddy’s histories.

My daddy will be so proud of me,

As I witnessed even my own history.

Happiness will overcome when I tell my stories to children, How many chapters shall I tell forth as it all starts to happen?

Oh I am Octavius Woodenkemper the child explorer, I am the child who can become the greatest storyteller.

Just like my granddaddy before me, Man I like making the greatest history.

Now that I’ve explored my greatest wonders in life, Just like my granddaddy, the explorer of the nights.

I’m so happy to tell my story to the world of people, It will be worth a lot, my storytelling it’s memorable.

Thank you for being there when I’ve explored, I am the one kid who is very brave and adored.

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Exploring like my granddaddy before I’ll be grown.

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Ms. Charleen Welkins It all started a long time ago when I was born, Mumsie and Poppy were so proud of my birth.

Like my Grandpappy Ervine Welkins I’m torn, Thus it was a sad sad storyteller maker of Earth.

Just can’t believe that Ervine wanted the coldest, Mornings to nightfall every minute and every hour.

My world is crumbling downwards as it all unfolds, Thus my little baby brother was born in a sad world.

His name bestowed, hath an baby boy named Latoya, How can this world I live in be a so called good one?

Chase and dance with my best friend Benny Montoya.

As young as I am, I can’t believe what’s good fortune.

Just let the world know who I am without my miseries, Open up the cracked world within every mile and step.

How old do you think this Earth is without imaginaries?

Listening to my stories, wow, it’ll make y’all even wept.

Dropping a label on my society within this coming week, My stories been told as I Ms. Charleen Welkins becomes.

Having known my miseries will become the worst of weak, My Mumsie and Poppy are poorer and we don’t own homes.

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MS. CHARLEEN WELKINS

Cries of agonies and pains become throughout my families, Historically, I can’t see my future without looking through it.

Just asking how come I became this poor girl with her miseries?

Looking within homes with happy families will make you commit.

Happiness will become sadness within my poor mother and father,

My young baby brother will become sickened and eventually dies.

But somehow I can’t make this all happen when I’m told the other.

My weakened families hushing their whispers and begin their cries.

Overdosing on misery and woe when I tell you this is my miseries,

Just like my grandpappy, he’s the one that was so very successfully.

My world is saddening as we all unfold the next page of my stories.

Can’t pour out my heart without asking why or why are we unhappy.

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Zachary Stinkle: And This Is My Bullied Story

Hiya everybody! It is I Zachary Stinkle, I once was a kid that suffered being bullied.

I was bullied by a kid named Wiley Winkle, He put my elementary school life in misery.

Just as I walked in Walden Elementary School, I was tripped and was a laughing riot.

Wiley Winkle was the victor thinking he’s cool, I couldn’t stand and bare even to fight.

Every time I withstood even a leg on the ground, I was tripped, falling flat on my butt cheeks.

Just I was such a laughing riot from all around, I say I was too embarrassed and in my miseries.

Wiley thought he was the coolest kiddo, Misunderstanding what it meant to be cool.

I couldn’t even withstood to punch a blow, Like I was everyone’s laughter rioting fool.

I was misunderstanding about what was so funny, It’s like this never happened to all of these children.

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How shameful will this all be if it will never happen?

I withstood one foot by one foot as I was weakened, Ashamed I once was a sad child growing up in cruelty.

Thinking that I could get back at Wiley for revenge, Never will I ever come back to the painfulness misery.

I am Zachary Stinkle and I am the bullied victim, Haven’t we’ve all experienced any form of bullying?

What is so funny about Stinkle anyways I overcome, Killing me softly as I began to pray and go worshiping.

It’s a hard-knock life just like little orphan girl Annie, Yep, I know the story of that little orphan and her wish.

Just as I am a bullied victim and this is my bullied story, It’s like every day is my worst day and where do I begin?

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Bittersweet Memories You don’t know how I worshipped my Gods, Words as a weapon, banged at the drop of a pin.

Whenever you are with me I can’t been forgot, Bittersweet memories will be in my sadly mind.

I still wanted you and you still wanted me, Hung out with the worst of the worse.

Guess what honey life ain’t that easily, Bittersweet memories and I’m so cursed.

It’s complicated,

We have fought.

My life is forgotten,

It’s what’s been taught.

I can’t live without her anymore, She’s my one and only.

Your betrayal was leaving a scar, Leaving me out there to bleed.

I’ve once loved her and she loved me, Throughout thick and thin we’ve shared.

Am I going insane when she’s too lovely?

I cannot believe she lives in such hatred.

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My blood boils as she worships my haters, Your betrayal is the one whom I can’t obey.

It’s like she’s the one whom is worse daters, Bloody worshipping as she hung completely.

All of this is just my bittersweet memories, Her hatred was the truest victor.

I just cannot overcome all of my own miseries, And I can’t even seem to date her.

She’s the devil and I believe in her sin.

Just open up a cracked whip of true reality.

As she is possessed by the devil within.

My God! What has she been doing to me?

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Incrediblistic

Oh I so wish I was incrediblistic, The defining of what it’s incredible.

It may be a made up word instinct, Jumping from fright is not beautiful.

Nevertheless I wish I was incrediblistic, Upside downfalls, I wish I had this word.

My world wouldn’t be the same old shit, Nevertheless I wish I was this much sworn.

Happiness will overcome this beautifulness, What ashamed I will be without my wars.

Moreover, I wish I was so very incrediblistic, I am ashamed showing every possible scars.

Haven’t got a girl, I ain’t that incrediblistic, What a shamefulness I have begun to endure.

I wish I would be in New York gone ballistic, But I ain’t that ballistic, I’m a kiddo adored.

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I Am

I am different,

I am worthy.

I am magnificent,

I am the broski.

Happiness from differences,

Eagerly awaiting my perfect.

Differences from happiness,

My bad did I say I’m perfect?

I am worthiness,

I am respectfully.

I am respectfulness,

I am not dissin me.

Hungry for more knowledge,

It’s a shame that I’m not in school.

Moreover I can’t be a witness,

And I don’t know where I am cool.

I am the king,

I am the best.

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I am the thing.

I am the shits.

Happily I am honest,

Respecting my wishes.

Just I can’t be all of dis,

My swagga off da leashes.

I am the kingdom,

I am the beast man.

I am filled wit wisdom,

I am the best I can.

A god forsaken right I earn,

God if you hear me please forgive.

Hopefully I can begin to learn,

What a shame I’ve become to live.

I am the world own best,

I am the boy who rhymes.

I am the man all worthiness,

I am bestest too many times.

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Imaginary Friends We know we all had them as a child, Imaginary friends were so our friends.

Have you ever had them growing up, Just as they were there even if pretend.

Youngsters all around us all had them, They gave those names and nicknames.

Just like we were named for what’s fun, Happy kids all around us and its games.

I had an imaginary friend once as a kid, I think his name was Fredrick Gilligans.

I don’t know I was like four and a child, I had a friend who got through pretends.

He loved me and I so loved him,

He was my bestie and I’m his own.

He and I wish together as a friend, He wanted to come into my home.

As a helpless kiddo such as myself, I couldn’t do anything to be happy.

My imaginary friend was impressive, He kept me on both of my two feet.

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Over and over again I was complete, Overly jumping for my wildest joys.

Just as my four-year-old self happily, I had it all even the best of my toys.

Listening to his stories was all blast, Kidding around as we were so free.

I so didn’t wish that it could even last, I was such a happy kid once as three.

Opening a brand new world of opportunity, He and I the wildest and besties for life.

Happily as a child I felt that I was so very free, I’ll be sad as he disappeared into the night.

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Gang Life

Hustled till he dropped dead,

Itching just to get that papers.

Hung out with those are bad,

Just wishing all paper chasers.

Sadly he chose the gang life,

Hung out with the worst ones.

Thankful he do not got knives,

Just as a killed lil boy death won.

I ain’t no hustler,

But I got major swag.

I’m just a truth teller,

My bravery full attack.

Didn’t killed for blood,

Loved all of my haters.

Just it’s a rain drought,

My bad did I won later?

Uptown and downtown,

My life I didn’t choose gang life.

Gangsters are all around,

My world I overrule it day and night.

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Hungry for knowledge not bloodbaths, It’s my life I didn’t choose gang life.

Little boys all are drawn to bloodbaths, Swagga off the leash blood drawn knife.

I ain’t Westside or Eastside,

I am who I am ain’t gonna change.

Nor Northside or Southside,

I ain’t shooting up like a gun range.

Don’t killed for the sad life of gangs, Hunger for more knowledge overruled.

Didn’t jump off the bridge at close range, I am not that swagga and I ain’t that cool.

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Germane and the Hustler I can’t begin with my own words,

It’s just too much for me to handle.

Just can’t swing arms like swords?

You can just meet my hustler Randle.

We are a cruel tag team I’m Germane, I hung out with the worst of the worse.

Kept a grudge within my soul mate mane, As I looked at myself in feared what hurts.

From a kid jumping off a bridge at gunpoint, And a shaken and scared little girls and boys.

I am not a witness to become what cutthroat, Am I a bloody kid with miserable and all guns?

Welcome to my hustle game that I had played, Is it too late to turn the other cheek and run away?

Am I a softy who loves everyone that’s been hated?

Jumping off a bridge at gunpoint and at close range.

I’ve lost my girlfriend Cecilia the most prettiest so far, She’s gone with another man besides myself I’m hated.

Just like a rapist raping women it’s that gruesome before, I’m not that evil, I’m just a poor boy with anger issues lately.

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Happiness will become evilness as these guns are blamed, Sadly I ain’t the kinda guy you mess with or anything at all.

Lovely Miss. Cecilia, you could’ve had it all and it’s a shame, Just I would like to shoot her new boyfriend before they call.

Happily I would’ve done it with my hustler named Randle, Killed sadly as blood leaked everywhere and I’m to blame.

My world is turning upside down I can’t manage to handle, Supplying myself with admission and ammo it’s not a game.

That’s just lovely, myself, a twelve-year-old with all his guns, Sadly would’ve taken his life if he even wished to stay alive.

Overdoing my revenge is driving me insane and I didn’t won, I ain’t that happy with Randle I’ve taken my life, I cannot live.

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Couldn’t Make It Without I couldn’t make it without my mom, I couldn’t make it without my dad.

Selfishness and my bad mistakes,

Happiness will overcome the good.

I starve without hunger,

I thrive on the feastings.

Couldn’t make it without,

Couldn’t become devilish.

Don’t become what you aren’t,

Be happy and you’ll make it far kid.

Welcome to insanities of goodness, Thriving on what I’ve become of this.

Troublemakers will never become,

Just like I am without my mom and dad.

Upside down world when I’m,

I am who I am ain’t that supposed to be glad?

Listen up yo!

I’mma bout to drop knowledge.

My life ain’t suppose,

I am glad I’m still in college.

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Made fourteen videos so far,

Happily I am becoming famous.

What this ain’t whatcha care?

I have nothing to blame but us.

Ain’t no shame in the poem gained?

Ain’t no shame in the poem storyline?

Couldn’t make it without you’re all the same, Couldn’t make it without you a thousand times.

Call this my rap,

Haven’t got a clue.

It’s a shame bust a cap,

Because that’s what gangsters do.

Thank you for reading this poem story, I couldn’t make it without y’all.

My world of poems is about to unleash, Nevertheless I am not ashamed at all.

Happily I will continue these poems, Call this one my very own rap storyline.

It’s like a box of chocolates and roses, Everyone loves, don’t be so obsessive.

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Be Who You Are (And You’ll Be Set Free)

Whoever you are in this world just let it be, Because you’re set free in this cruel world.

Don’t judge others you become so set free, Just like I am so nice to every boy and girl.

Don’t you look at yourselves and say “why?”

Just be who you are and you’ll be set free.

My goal in life is to become the nicest guy, As you are set free in America just like me.

There was a time when I was alone in here, I promise that you’ll be who you are happily.

I am no lost boy just as I wanted to be freer, There isn’t no such thing as people so kindly.

Happiness will become the goodness so nice, Just ask yourselves “how can I be somebody?”

People are so cruel lately and it’s such a force, All I say “be who you are and you’ll be set free!”

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Just ask yourselves “how can I be somebody?”

People are so cruel lately and it’s such a force, All I say “be who you are and you’ll be set free!”

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Rise Against

I see the pain inside of you,

I see the troubled so withdrew.

God won’t save you now,

Heaven ain’t with us anyhow.

I am never to be ashamed,

Am I too blamed?

Never will I see heroics,

Tiny windows to your souls.

I don’t ever misjudged you,

Rise against the painful view.

Ridiculousness will overcome,

We all are fulfilled with wisdom.

How come you need me?

You and I.

Between the painfully see,

We’ve started to cry.

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When I Got You Girl Ooh girl I got you and you got me Into infinity and beyond with you Happiness is like giving to the needy A perfect match made in heaven too I give it all I’ve got for us willing About to cry when I am with us

The schemes in my head planning

I’ll keep us from drifting that’s trust Broken smiles will become unbroken Happiness I get when I’m with yourself Never will I ever lose her no mistaken I am happy when I’m with her not by myself Hilarious when we share jokes together I know your hurting from your break up Hungry when I think of you and that’s her I’ll fix your broken sorrows every time that’s trust 204

The Legend of Herman Leslie Pritchett Once upon a time there was a boy of the age of seven, He feared that his auntie was going to die very soon.

Realizing it was his truest fate, As the doctors couldn’t save, it was far too late.

Cried by her bedside,

Tried to keep tears inside.

It is the legend of Herman Leslie Pritchett, A boy with a dead dearest auntie.

Herman wanted sworn revenge on whoever did this to her, I’ll do it even though I’m a little kid, I’ll do it I even do swear.

Furriest from disobedience and outrage, He loved her since his very own birthdate.

He found the person who was her very killer, A creeper man of the name Mr. Kade Miller.

He wanted his revenge for her birthday, As a young boy he didn’t understand killing rates.

Her birthday was the worse day of Mr. Miller’s days, He got drunken and fought with his girlfriend outraged.

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Even though he didn’t plan to kill her, It was a mistake for him killing the wrong girl.

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Theresa Flaherty and Her Seven Misfits

Here ye! Here ye!

A lovely Mrs. Theresa Flaherty speaks.

I declare this day to be rich fortunes, Sadly she didn’t declare misfortunes.

Happily I gave birth to seven misfits, Edgar, Samuel, Francine, Ophelia, Grady, Nora Jean and Travis.

They are my children of the doomsday, I don’t care what people have to say.

Youngsters beware,

I strike down with fear.

Rescue me from their whines,

I swear they do this many times.

I ain’t the type of gal who is appreciative, Even I swear I just love them all to death.

They are my seven little misfits I was given peace, Please I hope that my misfits don’t drive you crazy.

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Chase Brenton: Justice Will Be Served Once there was a boy that was brave, He was a boy like no other child.

His kindhearted ways,

Got him everything, never too wild.

A dragon slayer by the age of three, A cute kid by the age of five.

A kid by age of seven with bravery, A do-good kid by nature alive.

A brave little boy who wanted to save his town, Deserves everything he so wanted to wish for.

Lovey dovey kind of kid and he’s the best around, A dare-seeker by the age of a toddler to he was four.

Bravest kid in town justice will be served, There was an attack on town folks by a devious man.

Swearing that he got what he deserved, Tummy twebles was upsetting his own stomach.

I am Chase Brenton the bravest kid you hear me?

Bravery will be served when I a kid has the last breath.

Justified and rather outrageous and intoxicatingly, Happiness is what a pursue like its my everlasting test.

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Tomorrow will be brighter and nice little birdies chirping, As I Chase, a seven-year-old boy who wanted justice.

I will never be mistakenly in tolerated for kiddy napping, Just I am only a brave kid with justice in his mind cavities.

Hurry to rush over to the dishonorable man on wrongdoing, He’s just another one of my many many so ever enemies.

I am just a seven-year-old boy that wants justice abolishing, Every time he laughs I can’t stand him he puts me in miseries.

For I am saving this town from this man named Rodrigo Fuentes,

Everyday I awaken and he’s out there destroying my childhood.

A Hispanic man from Puerto Rico and he’s so my everlasting quest,

Hopelessness I tried to take him on for him put into jail and all is good.

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Bronté Badenholtz I grew up a poor boy in Germany with nothing, Wasn’t the smartest of them all.

Begging for mercy and I was grieving, I wish I had a roof over my head sleeping in the nightfall.

Over and over again, Mum wanted to have money, And Daddy wanted to be freer.

Beggars got to be choosers I beg for mercy, I wish I was the richest foreigner.

With little food scavenged in sight, I lost my will to be alive.

Won’t go down without a fight,

I am still wanting my life.

Going to become a death from starvation, Needing everything to be my sustainability.

Eagerly I want it all, the money and a home breathtaking, Just I want to live without my family in poverty.

Younger than me, my baby sister Octavia was born, She lived through poverty with me and my family.

Without a doubt, my life I once knew was torn, I wanted to become rich without any sight of poverty.

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Unwelcoming me to the saddened world of death, Offerings of sacrifices came through the minds of us.

Please oh please Lord let my family become forsaken, Overnight we shall live to become hunger free fellas.

Tomorrow won’t be different than any ordinary days, I am eagerly wanted to live a poverty-free life.

As I slept, my days of poverty made sufficient change, Wished and dreams never to ever seek any death.

Once tomorrow came, I’m different and a changed boy, Sacrificing my life to be poverty free with my will to change.

People always laughed at us like it’s so funny to be in poverty, A wealthy man gave us a lot of money now we’re in riches.

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No Place to Call My Home Weakened and battered,

I hope for a better life.

Going insane and tortured,

No place to call my home.

I am just a poor boy from America, I have nothing to call my home.

Struggling just to have my victory, Over and over again I have no roof.

Where is my pride in unjustified?

To my world I once known.

I am poor and have no self-pride, I have no place to call my home.

Grace will set those to freedom,

As a young boy I wanted refuge.

I am not overflowing with wisdom, Unwillingly I am overblowing my fuse.

I yell but nobody hears my cries, Troubling and I have no roof over my head.

No place to call my home all I ask is why?

I hope for the goodness of staying alive not dead.

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Opening my opportunities to a wider bright side, I am starving from not eating for many long days.

They called me Lennie, but that might be a lie, Angered and beaten too I am blackened and hazed.

Over and over again I wish I had a home to be safe, But sadly I am never going to seek a home forever.

Wished and got nothing I think it is already too late, I wish I had a place to call my home I will be safer.

Please don’t let me die oh Lord I beg you for mercy, Hungered and battered I have a strong will to be alive.

Starvation isn’t an option in my option to have safety, Got no place to call my home I wish for this until I die.

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Ganglandia 3: Crime Roams the Streets

Welcome all to Ganglandia,

Put yo hands up where I can see ya.

Semi-autos cocked back bam,

If you hear gunshots yo know where I am.

Crime roams the streets,

I can hear the agony of defeats.

Ain’t I dat killing kiddo with pumped glocks?

I put yo ass to sleep wit yo blankets tucked.

Uptown we are shootas,

Downtown where dem coppas?

Hehe put yo ass to sleep,

Hush lil ones don’t you even peep.

Overnight we are criminals brah,

Ganglandia is where itz at wats it to ya?

Over it all we kill only da youngins, My goons, dey all be pistol-whippin.

Semi-autos and glocks,

Shut yo fuckin mouths.

I ain’t da kid to be messed wit,

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Man I ain’t gonna put up wit dis shit.

Please don’t lemme do dis,

Where dem criminals roamin in dis bitch?

Over yonder like Sleeping Beauty, Way way back like bitches fuck me.

I ain’t playin witcha brahs,

Fuckin go shoot yo self where dem coppas?

Erry time I see dees innocent peeps, May God bless my Grammy her soul to keeps.

I am not a badass,

I am just a kiddo wit regrets.

Ain’t dat into gangs and shit,

I am just a crazy person dat is it.

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The Killer Hides in a Watchtower In a land of mischievous wellbeing and ferocious beasts, Bestowed a lovely Princess Arethia and her daddy King Aguste Whitner.

In this land, there was a dragon by the name of Wimstone, And the wife of King Whitner, the lovely Queen Theodoria.

Along besides them a thief in the nighttime, He is also a killer of many sorts of things.

Longsome hours roll by day and night, Justice will be served as a raw covered dish.

As this killer, whom has been named Rogan, Has just killed a female that was frightened.

As he sought never to become imprisoned, Over and over again he hides in a watchtower.

“Killed or be a killer” he marked his own words, Slaying every bad person in his sight.

Every good person shall live,

Just this one very last night.

Evilest ways were sickening by the townsfolk, Flying dragons breathing fire as everyone panics.

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Now everyone has to beg and steal if they had chances.

Over and over in the killer’s mindset, He sought to destroy the dragons fire breathing, But somehow, that’ll make him a hero, Somehow he sought a good side and it needed an ending.

So the killer withdrew from slaying and became good, Jumping from home to home without warnings.

He grew too happily to be good, but deep inside was bad, Never will he go back to his olden bad ways.

I have killed too many people of this village, And I haven’t become good and killed fire breathing dragons.

It’s has to be done and I have done it now the dragon is finally dead,

Everyone including the princess, king and queen, thanked him for his bravery and kindness.

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Bleeding Americans (Those Who Served Our Country)

When the bloodline is drawn with bullet wounds, Happiness will become deeply sadness.

My father who was a veteran he served well, Defending our country from the enemies.

God bless the broken road,

God sheds his grace on thee.

Just think about our veterans,

Defending our sweet land of liberty.

Just overthinking what I am saying, We have bleeding Americans.

For those who served our country, Our dying America we are strong.

The purpose is to defend our America, Our children and God’s children.

I am driven to tears writing this poem, Our sweet land of liberty to defend.

We have bleeding Americans,

Those who served with pride and joy.

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BLEEDING AMERICANS (THOSE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY) My world I have grown in will be bloodshed.

Gladly I thank my father for serving, He will be forever in my mind and heart.

Bleeding Americans we’re hope to come home, On this very Veteran’s Day.

I thank all those who have served our beautiful country, For those living day-in and day-out for our freedoms.

We should be proud of those who served to make America so free,

My sweet land of liberty, my world’s kingdom comes.

And for those military families who lost so loved ones, To our military children, who may be too young to know this?

They should gladly know their mommies, daddies, aunties, uncles, etc. who served,

For this sweet land of liberty so free until the date in history where it all began.

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Have Yourself a Merry Christmas (All the Children Gather Around)

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells, Don’t you hear this? All the children gathers around.

Have yourself a Merry Christmas,

O what a wonderful time of year.

Dear Mr. Claus,

I am a boy named Timmy Givens.

Please won’t you come to my home?

On this very nice Christmas.

The snow is coming down,

I’m watching it fall.

All the children gathers around,

Doesn’t it feel like Christmas at all?

I am very nice all year around Santa, I am a girl named Nancy Ross.

Please Mr. Santa come to my home, It won’t be the same without ya.

I can’t seem to give the children what they want, I am a very busy man.

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I am Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus is here just this once, Didn’t Little Timmy get his wishes for me to come to his home?

Chestnuts roasting over an open fire, As the village chorus sings “O God Is Here! Hallelujah!

Rejoice!”

It’s my one night all year around to begun to cheer, As I won’t let Little Nancy down I won’t be a good choice.

Happy New Year’s everybody!

Over yonder, here comes Santa Claus.

O let it be Christmas and cheery, Christmas toys for every good little girls and boys.

It’s that time of year again,

Where it’s colder than frostbite.

Happy boys and girls toys to send, Santa Claus delivers toys in one night.

Baby please come home for Christmas, Have yourself a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

As all the children gathers around us, It’s a Christmas miracle that Santa Claus delivers in one night and all the children cheer.

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A Time for Giving Thanks Let’s gather around the tabletop overfilled with goodies, As we have a time for giving thanks to one another.

As a prayer for the food is given just too truly, Just giving thanks for the food will make us godlier.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and to everyone good things, Loving your girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, and husband is thankful enough.

Praying will make the food we eat all up so very righteous, As a thankfulness we give while we’re getting so very stuffed.

A time for giving thanks will be a good thing to be happy for, All the thanks in the world as it was told in American history with the Indians.

Listening to good tunes as we get boogie with it on the dancefloor,

My thanks I give is that everyone in my family has good things.

Happiness is a time for giving thanks, All the children of the world that are starving with hunger will be fed.

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gracious things,

As they won’t be starving no more and they’ll be so satisfied.

I hope that we all have something to be thankful for, As the first Thanksgiving in America with the Indians when it first began.

Open up the can openers and feed yourselves like never before, I have a lot to be thankful for and one of them is being so glad.

I am happiest when I am with my family, Happy Thanksgiving to all and all a good night’s rest.

I am thankful for the armed forces while they’re defending our country,

Just I am thankful for everyone in my family and I’m so blessed.

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A Letter to Santa Claus Dear Santa Claus,

I am a good boy all year around.

Won’t you please come to my house?

If you don’t that’ll make me frown.

I am a boy named Nick Rowley,

Mr. Claus I wish you good luck to my home.

All year I’ve heard all the kids cheery, Just I wish for lots of toys for all the years I become.

If you come to my house,

Don’t forget my sis Rosie and my doggy Ralph.

We want lots of toys all scattered about, Mr. Claus, haven’t you’ve heard about Elf on the Shelf?

I want action figures, gumballs, and other toys, My sis wants dollies, a dollhouse and everything pinked.

This is a letter to Santa Claus,

Please don’t forget us Santa, I need you here what do you think?

Overjoyed with glee,

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All the good boys and girls are getting presents.

Not the naughty,

They all get coal stuffed way down their stockings.

Another thing I want is a superhero named Captain Argos, I want you to deliver all the things my family wants and Ralph wants a bone.

He’s my favorite hero from my TV show The Super Duper Heroes,

Oh Santa Claus, I need you desperately to come.

Dear Santa won’t you please come, I really need you here tonight.

Happiness I will have if you’re at my home, Please! Please! I need you alright?

I wish you a Merry Christmas,

And to all a goodnight.

Oh boy Santa came and its happiness, All I’ve wished for was a good Christmas tonight.

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Clois Clair

Hello to all of city people of Auburn, I am Clois Clair.

I hope to marry a dreamboat if some return, Marrying is what I care.

Happiness is what I dream about,

Marriage is too.

I am a nervous wreck to whack,

A man I wish to flew.

Happily I dream about a male for my love, Overjoying I dream about him.

If I marry him, a beach wedding with doves, Keeping him will be a teachable lesson.

Overthinking about our perfect wedding, A perfect wedding it will so be.

Dreaming of a man is so very perfecting, With him in my life, my world we be complete.

This is my name,

I am Clois Clair.

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CLOIS CLAIR

A man just the same,

He’ll marry me I swear.

I am a nervous wreckage can’t it even tell?

Overdoing my imaginary wedding is too much.

Aren’t I just being a bit nervous lately oh well?

The Lord above me pray for us for happiness.

And he’ll be my dreamy-eyed dreamboat of perfection, A male to make me happy.

Oh boy I am nervously awaiting for his love no rejection, Because that’s love to me.

Clois is my name and I await my daydreaming of a man, Just awaiting my lover and I am not ever gonna let him down.

A perfect love is what I expect out of him that’s my plan, My love will not be the same without him trust me he’ll be around.

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Makayla Eisenchevsky and the Monster That Attacked Russia

Attention people listen up!

I am Makayla Eisenchevsky.

Open up your ears enough,

Please I am from Russia freely.

I can’t express this all enough for a lesson, A teachable moment is about to drop knowledge.

All of you please have enough decency to listen, I can’t protest this action without its consequences.

Evil lurks this darkest part from America to Russia, Overthink this thoroughly and come to a conclusion.

An overthought of this is scaring me is adding drama, Listen up, I am a truth teller and this a valuable lesson.

Trust me I am telling you the valuable truth and it’s true, Uptown and downtown it will be lurking us.

As its coming for us and even it is coming for all of you, I am telling you this and it’s so very priceless.

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MAKAYLA EISENCHEVSKY AND THE MONSTER THAT ATTACKED RUSSIA As she is a very very very scary monster.

I am not lying to you and I life I live is such a haze, As you should trust me and one another.

Overdosage on drugs prescribed by a doctor correctly, We all should live in the fear of Duchess.

Duchess is so overdoing her mean and she’s very scary, All you’ve got to is believe and run from this.

A young girl myself at the age of twelve-years-old, I am nearly pissing my panties.

Can’t be that reckless and she is scaring me as I’m told, All you got to do is just too believes.

Believe me she is very tall, green and scary to children, She is coming here to scare the people of Russia.

A monster coming all the way from the waters of Japan, Duchess is so gonna be the scariest to me and to ya.

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Ganglandia 4: Count Dem Benjis Up It’s me the bad guy from Ganglandia, All ya gotta do is count dem benjis up.

Smack dat pussy poppin,

Fuck bruh, all I do is hustlin.

A bank robbery just a block away, Put yo fuckin hands up gun tucked today, I do as I fuckin please bruh,

Dreams of being rich count it up.

Yo I ain’t a kid to be messed wit, As I swear to God above I kill yo ass.

Lord bless my Grammy I hustle it, Big asses and big fuckin bass.

Uptown we are hustlers,

Downtown where dem fuckin coppers?

Killed a lil kid by the name of Kashonte, Man he screamed I killed him before a say.

Over yonder, like mofo Sleeping Beauty, Look bruh, I ain’t the one to fuck around me.

All I do is rob and count dem benjis up, Fuck yo bitch while she fuckin me bruh.

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Oh damn I said too much for y’all to know, Man I ain’t gonna say no mo.

Pissin me off ain’t a thang to do, Man my guns be killin y’all too.

I am gonna cut this off wit my stories, Man I hope ya liked my histories.

Well this is the ending of Ganglandia, How do y’all like me know?

And don’t forget this I was locked up, Man I got a lot of years behind bars mothafucka.

Over the years I am in jail,

I can’t kill no mo since I have no bail.

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Tis the Season (Fa La La La) Tis the season to be jolly,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season not to be naughty, Fa la la la.

Tis the season it’s Christmas,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season for the presents,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season all the children happy as can be, Fa la la la.

Tis the season for it’s full of glee, Fa la la la.

Merry Christmas to all and a goodnight, Throw a snowball or two.

Tis the season it’s full of things merry and bright, All good things coming from me to you.

Happy children all full of glistening, All things happy and good.

Laughter and children,

All get presents not coal as they all should.

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TIS THE SEASON (FA LA LA LA) Tis the season to be jolly,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season not to be naughty, Fa la la la.

Tis the season it’s Christmas,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season for the presents,

Fa la la la.

Tis the season all the children happy as can be, Fa la la la.

Tis the season for it’s full of glee, Fa la la la.

Merry Christmas to all and a goodnight, Throw a snowball or two.

Tis the season it’s full of things merry and bright, All good things coming from me to you.

Happy children all full of glistening, All things happy and good.

Laughter and children,

All get presents not coal as they all should.

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A Life God Gave to Me Whoa, I was losing my Nanny badly in ‘13, She was strugglin’ for her life.

Dying of a heart attack she lived a life god gave to me, Yo I write my rhymes like it’s my time to shine.

A strugglin’ she had and I was in tears, This is just a life god gave to me.

Oh my god, Nanny dying was all my fears, May god let she rest up there in heavenly peace.

A life god gave to me wasn’t a blessing, It was getting me through life’s struggles.

God bless me, my parents and my family, As I rap through this like I got through these struggles.

I don’t smoke dope nor crack cocaine, This is just a life god gave to me.

Man I rap ‘bout the good in life it’s not that lame, May I rest up there in heaven when my death may be.

As I tell y’all my struggles,

I don’t want your sympathies.

Lemme tell y’all this it’s simple, As I give you all my stories.

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I have lived a life of death and dishonorably, Can’t I tell you I lost a lot in my past?

A struggle god gave to me,

Man I blow this shit ‘til it lasts.

I am just a teenager living with deaths, Paying god throughout tears and fears.

I cry every day until I got no tears left, This is a life god gave to me for these years.

It’s no such thing as rhyme or reasoning, I just live my life throughout the toughest parts.

My life god gave to me is a good thing, I thank you god and Jesus don’t lemme drift apart.

As I told y’all I lost my Nanny badly in ‘13, She was the best grandmother a boy like me could have.

Just I wish she didn’t die of a heart attack in misery, May god let her rest there in heaven lookin down at my life.

It’s a blessing that I have a good family who cares about me, I am thankful every day and every night for them.

As I am in tears just rememberin my Nanny, I am never going to stop thinking about her there’s no end.

As a youngin, I had everything I possibly could wanted, I had a mommy, daddy and my wonderful siblings.

A life that god gave to me I don’t want it to end.

I am blessed to have a wonderful family who cares ‘til no endings.

Proudly I am blessed every day I am alive, It’s been really nice meeting my new step relatives.

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Because that’s just a life god gave to me I love it like it’s always been.

I know that I have all I need right here in my roofed home, I grew up learning to not be a retard by every enemies I had.

As this is a life god gave to me I am happy I have a good home, People don’t feel bad for me, I am living this life and I am glad.

My words I tell you I just hustle it, Just don’t do any drugs or do stupid things.

My life god gave to me I am lifted.

I am prouder to know I had overprotective parents.

My lord god bless me,

As I have overdone my sins.

A blessing to be very free,

As I am protected like it’s always been.

Please don’t feel very bad for my stories, I wouldn’t call these stories just happy endings.

Over and over again in my mind of mysteries, As I am just thankful for my families.

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Love Affair

I have witnessed my mother with another being, It happened when I was eleven.

Mommy don’t be cheating,

I have been scarred evened.

Haven’t I’ve been emotional lately?

It’s just I am stressed.

I saw my mommy cheating on daddy, My mother rubbed his chest.

It’s been a lot of hooblah,

My parents are ending a relationship.

Ooh daddy will freak out,

When he hears about this he’ll be wrecked.

He’ll say “what a bitch” and be totes madder, Haven’t mommy put him through enough bullcrap?

My mommy cheating with another man it’s a love affair, Daddy won’t be happy when she comes home oh snap!

He’ll totes kick her butt out of the house, And mommy will never be in our lives again.

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There it goes my parent’s relationship in its end.

I never dreamed that I have no mother, Happily daddy isn’t all that upset.

Man how long has she had this love affair?

Ooh I bet that rich bastard has a jet.

Man I am totes a saddened kiddo,

Goodbye mommy be with that rich man.

It’s been stressfully it’s what kid’s do, Because she’ll be so sorry its daddy’s plan.

Oh daddy she’s been so naive,

Oh mommy it’s nothing like this?

Mommy and daddy no happily,

Daddy is stressed out from this bitch.

Happily it happened a long time ago, I am now thirteen and my name is Gerald.

What I can’t tell you about how it do?

As my daddy and mommy aren’t married?

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Where I Grew Up (Life Ain’t That Easily Done)

Yo I grew up in the southern parts of Jersey, As I was a nice kid wit nice dreams.

Life was so simple and it was all a dream, As Pharrell raps about his ice creams.

I grew up with a mom, dad and bros, As I learned a lot from watchin them.

It was an easy good-doer and it flowed, Going over and over in my young mind.

I was a youngin once,

Mommy and daddy went from raisin me to work.

I had it just a trance,

As I fucked it all up learnin from bad jerks.

Pappy wasn’t the happiest,

My big bro was a smart one.

Momma wasn’t like the rest,

And lil bro was the brilliant mind.

Where I grew up, life ain’t that easily done, As a youngin I learned from the blessed.

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And they got the job done just like the rest.

Back in town I was the smartest,

Downtown I was the lover’s comet.

Up in town I was the brightest,

As my brilliance took off just like a rocket.

The only one place I knew I had the most love, It’s true, the homes I grew up in when I was young.

As I was bullied crying over spilt milk I must have, Over in my young mind I was ashamed of where I belong.

Never will I look back at those darkest days of torture, I won’t belong to a group so-called the “popular ones”.

My friends I hung out with but me here today before and after, As the popular ones I grew up with were all smokin dem blunts.

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What’s That I Hear? (O Praise Ye Christians)

Merry Christmas to all children merry and bright, O praise ye Christians praying over sweet baby Jesus.

All children knows that Christmas comes tonight, Santa gives all the children their very own presents.

What’s that I hear?

Jingle bells all the way.

It is Christmas this year,

And Santa is comin in his sleigh.

What’s that I hear?

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

Every good children should cheer, As they all hear the ringing of the bells of the sleigh.

I am just asking for a good Christmas, And a happiest of them New Year.

Choirs singing hallelujah, o praise ye Christians, And everybody who knows Santa should have a white beard.

Happiest of them all,

Children singing hallelujah.

As they see white snow fall,

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They play in it as they oughta.

Santa says “Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!”

He’s even so jollier.

When I chant o praise ye Christians, That’s what I’ll hear.

Call this cheesy,

I’ll be happy with snow falling.

But it’s Christmas to me,

Just you ask all the children.

All over the world children are proud, O praise ye Christians will be jolliest.

Santa’s just the nicest guy in town, Good children shouldn’t be on Santa’s naughty list.

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Am I the Poorest Man Alive?

I am the smartest, I am the powerful I am the bravest, I am the resourceful Nor am I the wimp, nor am I the shortest I am the one kid, I am the one poorest Openly I thank people, openly I thank you Killed over simple, killed over drugs too Am I the kid who won? Am I the kid too?

If I’m smart who begun? If I’m smarter than you?

Justice will be served, justice will be overdone Can’t I behave trust? Can’t I behave just once?

Overdosing on poppin pills, overdosing on meds People pity me like its reals, people pity me like they’re best Try not to pity me anybody, try not to pity me like this Look I like all of this trust me, look I like all of this wishes Am I the poorest? Am I the wimp?

I am not anti-Christ, I am just anti-shrimp Underworld hear my cries, underworld hear my pities Hunger starving for fries, hunger starving for Reese’s Pieces Somebody kill me now, somebody kill me please Killed overdosage I blow, killed overdosage I weak 243

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Am I a lover? Am I a fein?

I am an over doer, I am an wean

Have I been here before? Have I been here never?

Just I like to be the cheerer, just I like to be the seeker Ain’t I just the poorest kid? Ain’t I just the poorest person?

Heaven hear me as I cried, Heaven hear me as I overdoing Look I don’t want to be poor, look I don’t want to be dying This is all that I am asking for, this is all that I am asking Hallelujah! I am saved, hallelujah! I am blessed I am just scarred, I am just death My pities I’m crying, my pities I’m done As a prayer I am asking, as a prayer I am one 244

Kristaphique Godfrey Hello world I am Miss. Kristaphique Godfrey I am from Arkansas where forest and cattle ranches is My world of pretending I am a princess and majesty Yours truly, I am Kristaphique and it’s been nice Always and forever I will be a princess Please don’t make me be a beggar for mercies Forever and always I will be a belligerence Please my fairest Lord above forgiven these Happiness isn’t always in a fairytale It’s been heavenly with a prince too My Lord it’s nice reading Jonah and the Whale As I whip out a Bible and be religious what’s it to you?

Overly I wish I had a prince to marry me for love Not for eternity just until I am through with him My Lord I thank you every day and I look to you above As I am pretending this is really my world it’s not pretend All of you think I am crazed or insane don’t you lie Merciful and mighty the Lord may stricken with lightning 245

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Just I wish to marry a prince I will do it with all my might As a wedding won’t be bad, it’s gonna be a bit frightening Overprotective parents barking up my tree like they’re dogs Like Ma, Pa, I got this don’t worry about my life I’ll be fine My siblings I love them like they are my happy pills drugs Wait did I say I take happy pills drugs, oops my bad that is a lie 246

Sterlington

As I look at them, as I look at backs Just as I am, just as I am sacked I am the boy Sterlington, I am the boy misjudged Jumping from frighten, jumping from prejudged Unhappy I am nervous, unhappy I am shunned Offering of forgiveness, offering of the good one My world is crumbling, my world is saddening Ask anybody whose crying, ask anybody whose dying As a boy I was named, as a boy I was criminal Killed many who didn’t, killed many who smile An ask for forgiveness, an ask for smiling again Lovely I am blameless, lovely I am breaking end Will I be happy? Will I be unclaimed?

Just look at me, just look at the blamed Forgive and forget, forgive and loved I am being judged, I am being shunned As I am born, as I am worthless

I am asking forgiven, I am asking to be blessed Please Lord I need you, please Lord I need flawless Mourning my death too, mourning my wish to bless 247

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Openly I need truth, openly I need freedom Ask me all I will give proof, ask me all I will give some Freedom is what I want, freedom is what I need Never will I be free from shunt, never will I be free from these Upsetting I am shackled, upsetting I am not freed It’s a shame I will blamed, it’s a shame I will bleed My world is over, my world is at its ending Have mercy moreover, have mercy on feeding I am not happy anymore, I am not happy any day It’s a shame I am done for, it’s a shame I am slayed Now I am dead, now I am done for

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Kendrell McFadden: An Introduction to Gangsville

I grew up in Gangsville where the population is all Man I am a gangster growing up in the ghetto I blow this shit like I am lighting up smoke Yup, all dem blacks know me by Killah Kay All them bitches’ numbas in my phone all I do is call Yo I be chasin’ all dat dough

Ask errybody I ain’t no joke

Bitches callin’ my phone like whatcha say?

Just don’t be startin up shit

Open up a Bible I mean B-i-b-l-e

Nuthin ‘bout blacks or whites

Just I love you girl ‘til my death I ain’t a nig to mess wit

Not dat sick ass Barbie

Bow down to me before I slice

My bullets be aimin at yo chest

Am I kiddin’ nah bruh?

Nigs be countin bitches up

Like they own dem bitches

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Jump off a bridge and die fool

I am ghetto watz it to ya

Uptown I am the one wassup

Downtown I ain’t wit dem snitches Off wit dem heads yo ass ain’t cool Damn girl where yo ass been?

Man I steal like I own this shit

Robbin’ banks like I’m the coolest Starvation is in yo sorry asses future Yo girl you betta get yo ass a trim Man I ain’t da nig to be mess wit Breakin necks like I am devilish

Gangsville is where we do the torture Yo bruh I ain’t dat mad atcha

Just don’t mess wit me like dis

Am I da slurrin talkin kid wit issue?

Ain’t I dat cool when I am witcha side chick?

Well for a fact I am slang talkin at ya Good one die when I through witcha asses Y’all sorry ass died yo parents cryin atcha funeral As I hitcha up wit another one of my main bitch 250

Hey Young Lady

I am a man in love with a lady

I am a man in love with a girl

All my loving goes to this baby

Because she means the world

Hey young lady ain’t I lovely?

Hey young lady ain’t I blessed?

It appears that I love you lately Just had to get this off my chest I am a man in love with a lady

Hey young lady I just love you

Maybe someday I get you baby

Man I’m in love aren’t you too?

Hey young lady I have a need

Young lady I’m just your lover

Don’t you ever try to ever leave?

I’m just in love I’m not a stalker Please lady say you’re in love too Hey young lady I am a lovely man

And I need you and I try to love you Leaving out there the best she can 251

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I love you and I am not that insane Just I need you and don’t you deny Over I’ve proven my love is so plain And I don’t stop thinking of you lady Hey young lady I am just selling love Am I just too much for you lately no?

Got chocolate why don’t you pick some?

And it’s very sad without you it’s true Look do you love me because I got to go Tell me pretty baby what’s your answer?

Man I am just a man that is in love too Just tell me and I won’t even try to bother 252

Only If I Knew You Better My bad girl

Only if I knew you better

Maybe we’d have it all

But you just talk about cheddar

It’s like you like golden dough

But life ain’t no walkin bank

Happiness doesn’t please though

It only pleases you doesn’t it?

Only if I knew you better

Embrace your inner weirdness

Happily I know you let her

Your beautiful majesty embraces

I ain’t the one you call lucky

I am just a guy in love with you

Only if I knew you better hehe

My world is involved with it too

Young lovers, rumors around

Only if I knew you better I would Just don’t be thinkin of the sound God just be with us until the end 253

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I’d be jumpin from subject to subject Just only to get to know you better Openly I embrace our inner weirdness You’re killing me while I go to get her Young love is in the airwaves of joy Upstairs in the room makin happy sex Ooh girl don’t you be so very naughty I ain’t the guy for this just feel my pecs Ain’t I just too buff lately can’t you tell?

I will be flexing for you girl all day long My world revolves around you too well You’re music to my ears it’s like a song 254

Paychecks

All I want to say is thank you for working We work harder to get them paychecks All we do is work the best for our paying So in a world where our bosses are jerks And this is a cruel cruel world

A world that I don’t want to live in We should celebrate with bottled

Our family works to make a killing Champaign in the airwaves we party Families work hard to earn paychecks I say thank you to the working family Just don’t feel bad as we celebrate us Openly I thank the hardworking families As we all should be the one celebrating We should be the one earning our pays Y’all should be the celebration of bottling It is just a celebration of hard-earned work As y’all get your paychecks of hardworking Overdoing the celebration our boss a twerp 255

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Just he don’t like all the parties of celebrating We all came to have a very spectacular time As we all celebrated our very own paychecks Our boss be denying our right to fun oh damn He really a jerk ain’t he as it’s our right to flex Bottles on top of bottles

We have a right to party

Like we’re Blake Bortles

Scorin’ touchdowns freely

Ain’t we scorin’ when we winnin’?

Bottles on top of bottles once more Yo it’s just we’re in a celebration We earned paychecks when we score I ain’t comparing our lives to football Just that we scorin’ like it with paychecks The goal is to win all the time to win it all Scorin’ when we winnin’ we earned checks We’re hard-earned workers and co-workers We’ve earned our goddamn paychecks alright Our time to shine when we’re hard promoters It’s our motherfucking right to go and celebrate 256

The Heartbreaker (There She Goes Again)

Whoa!

There she goes again

She’s the heartbreaker

Making everyone’s sin

All I feared is laughter

As it is my last fate

Fucked off with her cheater

He’s dead as it far too late

Misery and woe

The battle has begun

My world is ago

Therefore I have won

Stitches to stiches

All I knew is fucked

Ashes to ashes

They only needed blood

My fate is far too gone

It’s bleeding as she’s a heartbreaker A warzone is what they want

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Like she’s posing for the picture Hurry before you’re too lately

Just as a death is upon us

My world is crumbling completely

All I asked for is justice

Just you wait to bleed

As it’s your only truest fate

Lonesome I am in misery

As I’m imprisoned crucifix

An overdosage on drugs

I am in woe

Look over like it’s unplugged

Never ending blow

It’s never going to be undone

She’s the heartbreaker there she goes again The bloodiest warzone has begun

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Kendrell McFadden: The Story of the Gangsville Massacre

Welcome all back to the town of Gangsville This is the story of the Gangsville Massacre All you’ve gotta do is sit back and relax As I begin to tell y’all a very interestin’ story Killah Kay is back to talk about the deathful As a story I will tell about him if you all care Open up your earholes and just sit back Listen up y’all I have to tell you this history The massacre’s name was Jebediah Swarney But he went by his own very nickname of Jeb All you gotta know is he is very rambunctious He’ll kill y’all without even blinking at all first Jeb went from town to town even from city to city Just to kill people in his evilest ways and step Trust me people I speak the truth he’s murderous And Jeb will leave all bloodiest and even nursed He likes the smell of bloody people screaming help Just as I needed to run and hide from Jeb’s wraths Openly I discuss this story as I should run and hide 259

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As people should fear him as he killed a boy Johnny Lil Johnny like to be called Lil J and he should yelp As Jeb killed him first blood and he loves bloodbaths Just he loves seeing people deadly and he even tried My world is doomed as I fear that this man is so free Gangsville should be afraid of Jeb as he is the killer Massacring as he shouldn’t be free he’s so the evilest People should run and hide from him as he has killed A boy that wanted to become his daddy one day grown Opening the Bible and begin to pray as He’s a fulfiller My Lord hear me as I pray that I don’t die I’ll be blessed As this boy was killed and the coroner’s say he’s stabbed My rock is my strength as I need to go all the way home It is up to the police now to catch Jeb’s devilish ways As he won’t be a massacre no more and we’re so freer Just as the cops came he tried stabbing another child The police told him to “Freeze and put your hands up!”

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Book Description

“Finding Love in Lost Places” is a beautifully crafted poetry book that was written by Steven Bowman. This book contains a collection of poetic pieces that were written within two years, from 2015 to 2016. Steven Bowman takes his readers on a journey filled with deep emotions and vivid imagery, exploring the depths of human experience through his poetry. Each page invites the reader to delve deeper and discover the hidden depths of love, loss, hope, and resilience. These poems are raw, poignant, and thought-provoking, with narratives that will keep you glued to the pages.

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Self-Publishing Date Finding Love in Lost Places was self-published originally on March 8th, 2023.

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