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Ashanti-Means Life

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS JUST A GIRL IT INVOLVED A BAD MAN, & IT RESHAPED MY WHOLE WORLD A NEW SET OF DEMONS WERE INTRODUCED INTO MY LIFE PAIN, & SHAME, DESPAIR, ANGER, & STRIFE THERE WAS GREAT CHAOS IN MY LITTLE SOUL AND IT GREW, AND IT STAYED, AND INCREASED EVERMORE THERE WERE NO PSYCHOLOGISTS, OR THERAPISTS FOR THE RAPED WHO WERE POOR AND THE DREAMS! OH, THOSE DREAMS SO GRAPHIC, SO REAL I BEGAN GOING WITHOUT SLEEP I BEGAN NOT WANTING TO FEEL I COPED WITH THE INNER-TURMOIL IN A NEGATIVE WAY I GRASPED ON THOSE DEMONS WHO WERE WITH ME BECAUSE PAIN BEGETS MORE PAIN AND SO, THIS WAS MY REALITY & THE JUST OF MY LIFE HURTING BUT SMILING, DEAD BUT ALIVE THEN, YET MORE CHAOS....WHEN I BECAME MOMMY & WIFE THOSE DEMONS, MY COMPANIONS, THEY INVITED SOME FRIENDS THEY HAD TO, THERE WAS MORE OF ME TO SHARE, IN THE FORM OF CHILDREN BUT GOD...... SAID, “ OK, THAT’S ENOUGH!” THEN HE BREATHED IN AND HE BLEW...... “HI, I’M JESUS, GOD’S SON,” SAID A VOICE, “AND I DIED JUST FOR YOU.” “ALL THAT STUFF THAT YOU’RE HOLDING, GIVE IT TO ME.” THEN HE HACKED AND HE CHASED AND SPOKE AND HE PRUNED AND WHEN I THOUGHT MY FOOT WAS SLIPPING HE SAID, “ MY GOOD WORK IS NOT THRU! FOR MY LOVE IS ETERNAL.” “AND WHEN YOU HURT SO DO I. NOW IT IS MY TURN TO RESHAPE YOUR LIFE.” YET ANOTHER VOICE APPEARED, AND IN A WHISPERED HE SAID “ I AM GOD. I’M YOUR FATHER, AND I’VE MISSED YOU SO MUCH!” “ I’M GONNA TURN THAT PAIN INTO PRAISE!” THEN HE GAVE ME A TOUCH! “THIS IS HOLY SPIRIT, AND HE IS ALSO ME.” AND SINCE THEN, MY NAME’S BEEN CHANGED TO ‘BEAUTIFUL PEACE’. OH, LIFE ISN’T PERFECT, AND I AM STILL QUITE FLAWED BUT, I AM NOW ALIVE, AND I’M LIVIN’ WITH GOD AND MY FAMILY IS BLESSED NOT DEMON-POSSESSED MY WAYS ARE THE LORD’S AND I’M FREE FOREVER MORE

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Date: 10/12/2008 8:45:00 AM
This is an interesting poem. I like how the title resonates throughout the poem, and how the essence of Ashanti is reinforced. Great job and welcome to Poetry Soup! ~Joseph
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Date: 10/9/2008 6:08:00 AM
That would have been so hard for you. I was taken aback so badly. So sorry for it. But you made a great choice. Welcome to poetrysoup. Love and blessings, Chitra
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Date: 10/8/2008 6:51:00 PM
This write touched my heart, you will be in my prayers daily, Always, Christy
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