MATTIE WRITTEN BY MRS YOLANDA JOY NICHOLSEN 6-23-2004

I FEEL YOU EVERYWHERE I GO TODAY 
YOU LITTLE CHERUB LAUGHING SO EYES ARE
DANCING AS BUTTERFLIES CAPTURE YOU AS
NO WORDS YOU NEED TO BE HEARD WOW
A SMILE SO TRANQUIL THAT DIMPLE IN YOUR CHIN 
GLOWS FROM WITHIN THE WORDS YOU WROTE
STAYS WITH ME AS I OFTEN WONDER HOW SUCH A
CHILD COULD CARRY WORDS ACROSS THE MINDS OF
MANY AS YOU HAVE FOREVER PAINTED YOUR CANVAS 
ADMIRED BY ALL WHO HAS EVER GOT THE PLEASURE 
OF YOUR RAPTURE AND THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SHALL
ENDURE YOUR POETIC WRATHS FOREVER THROUGH 
THE WORDS YOU HAVE SO UNSELFISHLY DONATED TO OUR
HEARTS AND OUR MINDS THE MERE WONDER OF YOU
FOR ALL I CAN FEEL IS SO LUCKY SO LUCKY AND YET
FREE IN MY VOICE AS I SING THE PHRASES THAT
GOD ONLY GIVES TO A FEW OF US THE REST MUST 
ENDURE THIS DREAM WORLD IN IMAGINATION AND
BY SIMPLY CUDDLING UP TO ONE OF YOUR VERSES ENDURE

WRITTEN BY MRS YOLANDA JOY NICHOLSEN 
6-23-2003 IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA WRITING 
POETRY FOR MONTELL WILLIAMS MY SUPPORT 
FOR MS. SURVIVORS I ACTUALLY WON 1999 
TAMPA BAY HAND WRITTEN SUMMITTED 
POEMS BY MAIL WAY BEFORE THIS ONLINE 
COMMUNITY BEGAN 

THIS LITTLE GUY INSPIRED HE SHOWED ME THAT BEING DISABLED SHOULDN'T STOP ME FROM WRITING POETRY HE WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD ANYONE COULD BE A POET EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ESPECIALLY WHEN EXPRESSING YOURSELF ABOUT YOUR OWN SELF WELL IT WAS 6-23-2004 I SAT DOWN AND SUBMITTED MATTIE IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE DISABLED CHILD POET I WON A CONTEST BUT DECLINED BEING A MOTHER A GRANDMOTHER CARRYING FOR A DISABLED CHILD I REMEMBER WALKING INTO STATES ATTORNEY MARK OBERS OFFICE THERE WAS MATTIE ON THE WALL I DIDN'T NEED ROYALTIES FOR WRITING AN INPIRATION POEM ABOUT THIS GRAND LITTLE PERSON OF WISDOW I HAD TO EDIT IT THROUGH THE YEARS DUE TO MY BRAIN INJURY 

I DECIDED TO POST THIS ONE AGAIN AFTER HACKERS 
DATA BREACHES FAKE AI USERS MY STALKER J JOHNSON 
OBSESSED WITH MY WRITING PERPUTRATING FRAUD UPON ME 
IT'S TRULY SAD I WROTE THIS 6-23-2004 IN FORT MYERS FLORIDA 
WHILE WAITING FOR FBI AGENTS TO ESCORT MY FAMILY TO 
GIVE STATEMENTS ON A MURDER IN TAMPA MS JOHNSON 
ATTEMPTED TO END MY LIFE OVER MY POETRY   

WRITTEN BY MRS YOLANDA JOY NICHOLSEN 
REST IN PARADISE MATTIE THE DSABLED MATADORE OF POETRY
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