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Im Possible

Poetically impressive 
Mentally progressive 
Addicted to my writing
it’s becoming a bit obsessive 
But this is the medicine 
A therapy for my depression 
Post traumatic disorder
Is the cause for my aggression 
My heart gets heavy
My mind gets to stressing 
My soul gets to feeling like I’m lost
Without a blessing 
Heart ache and hardship
Are the teachers of my lessons
I always keep my guard up 
When I’m facing these testings

I get crushed under the weight
Of the times I was filled with hate
Left alone by myself
With none that could relate
I only knew the will to survive
in hard times
I found mines 
Like digging in a coal mine

I stay concerned with hard working
And maintaining my health
Writing to escape 
But there’s no escaping myself 
Even working overtime
There’s no accumulating wealth
Circling myself
Like a dog chasing its tail
I have an uncanny ability 
To find ways to fail
Still on the search for Heaven
Walking through my own hell

I’m a full time writer
A Full time fighter 
Insomniac 
so I stay up all nighter
Alone in my own head 
These thoughts are an igniter
My feelings become the fuel
Of this emotional lighter
I seem to never learn 
I must love playing with Fire
I’m looking for a staircase 
Lord please take Me higher

I’m addicted to pain
I think I’m just looking for a rush
But some days pains
the realest thing that I can touch
And it really doesn’t matter
Cause I never get enough
the pain only shapes me
I’m impossible to crush.
I’m an artist with my words
And this pen becomes my brush
Painting pictures with my pain
For others to reach and touch
Ace
King
Queen
All jokers are getting flushed 
If you can’t withstand the pressure 
Then like powder your getting crushed 


I’ve fallen so many times
From such a high height
I should evolve wings
To turn a fall into a flight 
First boots on the battlefield
In every fight in life
Seen so much trauma
It’s hard to sleep at night 

Every moment that I’ve loved
Has been a double edged knife
I was built for the hardest times
That I’ve faced in times of strife
I’ve stumbled 
And been humbled
I’ve seen the glory in the fight
pain can be rewarding
When you’ve overcome your plight

Sometimes though 
the nights can be so long 
Then I get to feeling like everything 
Is always wrong
God forgive me
Sometimes I’m headstrong
Shaken in my Faith
Lord please give me calm

Order my steps in this world
bless the workings of my hands 
Give me patience to get thru it
And the knowledge to understand 
That where I am now
Is not where tomorrow I will be
The road is long and winding 
On the road to Destiny 

Give me the strength that is needed
To overcome my inner me
That is the only enemy 
That I need to defeat 
If I can face down my demons
My training will be complete
Let me guard against hate 
And slander in my speech
Give me the wisdom to turn knowledge 
Into a lesson I can teach
And please bless my words 
So they will have a longer reach
I came to be a witness
But if You command me 
I will preach
The journey isn’t over
So once again unto the breach

But I flow like waters rush
I stay writing and fighting
I’m impossible to crush
Hot to your fingertips
the process that makes diamonds 
Is my process not my crutch
I stay gifted and lifted
Because I know I have the touch
This is the realest thing to me
though I may not have enough
What I have is plenty 
And reason enough to call your bluff
I shake em
Then I break em
I don’t get moved when life is tough
I’m only here to break the chains
That trap the ones I love

I’m here to shine the light
In a world that is dark
speaking Life to those I love
I bring a flame out of a spark
life is always moving forward 
I will never stay in park
I’m Realer than MTV or BET’s
106 and Park

This is all straight verses 
There’s no hooks or chorus here
Just a Man always willing 
To overcome his every fear.
Just a man willing to lay his life upon the line
The same way I put my soul in every line.

Copyright © James West | Year Posted 2018

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