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Hate's Lullaby

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS. I AM A POET AND I'M PROUD. TRUTH SHALL ALWAYS LEAK FROM MY PEN, AND I'LL HOLD MY CHIN HIGH; BECAUSE GOD WILLING ...I'LL LET NOT A DROP OF WISDOM PASS ME BYE. BECAUSE I'M A YOUTH WITH OPEN EYES, I'LL FOREVER LISTEN WHILE THE WORLD CRIES. AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT I'M HERE TO RECITE HATE'S LULLABY. ROCK' A BY WARCHILD ....LET YOUR WEAPONS LIE. THE DAY HAS COME FOR YOU TO SLEEP. AND I WON'T REST UNTIL YOU'RE UNDERNEATH THE FEET ...OF AN INSPIRED YOUTH. THE CHILDREN OF FREE THOUGHT. WIELDING THE POWER OF THE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN WORD. LET THEM SCREAM THE WORDS. I WILL NOT BOW BEFORE THE DEVIL'S CURSE OF IGNORANT HATE. FIGHT NOT A WAR THAT THAT LETS YOUNG MEN DIE TO PUT FOOD ON A FAT MAN'S PLATE. GO TO SLEEP HATE... SO OUR CHILDREN CAN AWAKEN. THESE BOYS AND GIRLS NEED TO KNOW, THAT LOVE IS NOT FOR THE WEAK ....AND KINDNESS IS NOT A MINDLESS LEAP. GO TO SLEEP HATE SO OUR DARKENED HEARTS MIGHT BURST INTO LIGHT SO OUR GUILTY CONSCIENCES CAN MUSTER THE COURAGE TO ASK FORGIVENESS. SO OUR INTOLERANT FACES MAY BITE THE TONGUE OF RACIAL DISGRACES. I DREAM OF A WORLD WHERE LOVE IS BLIND, AND COMPASSION SPEAKS FREELY. I DREAM OF CHIVALRY THAT IS UNDYING, AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE FOREVER FLYING HIGH ABOVE CLOUD 9 ...AND EVERYTHING ELSE. I DREAM LIKE BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES, HONEST AND INSPIRED ....WITH COURAGEOUS PASSION. I DREAM LIKE IT'S GOING OUT OF FASHION, BUT I CAN'T DO IT ALONE. SO LET HATE LIE ...SO WE CAN DREAM TOGETHER. -James Kelley 2010© Read more: http://www.myspace.com/jamesk_87/blog#ixzz11acnlnvs

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