Best Running The Race Poems

GHETTO GOSPEL

BY STREET CRIES

ABANDON BUILDINGS HOUSES WITH NO PARENTS ALL CHILDREN
READY AND WILLING TO BE PROGRAMED BY THE TELEVISION 
GUNS WITH PRECISE PRECISION 

PAIN PILL...

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Falling in love

Caught in a web that a spider is spinning
Counting his legs as I notice him grinning
Perhaps a dream that is just now beginning
I...

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Achieve greatness by running a race.
Break sound barriers- just go to outer space!

Climb a mountain to get a good workout.
Deliver a speech- you'll probably have...

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I nudged my way through the throng of women and positioned myself at the starting line—an archway of variegated pink balloons.  It was mid-October,...

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They called it school
I called it hell 
From the huge imposing prison like doors
To the doom like toll of the bell
Everyday the same
Running for the...

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As time flies bye
No tears, so why do I cry?
I don’t see myself living to be with a kid and a wife
Who needs that strife?
My...

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Mitch McConnell is a long distance runner,and he runs to win,and he has been running the race,and never gives in!!!Derby Day is his friend in...

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Do you think of me when you're gone?
Do you believe I can move on?
Darling, I'm sorry if I hurt you in anyway
Someday, I will reach...

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GHETTO LIFE

I'm just a black guy trying to survive
I hustle hard, just for me to live
I was born and bred in the ghetto,
And the only...

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Hello? Are you there today?
Have I scared you away?
Spent my whole teenage life, 
Preparing for this day of strife 
To say my goodbye's
To your love-me-not...

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Life has been a journey looking back.
I was born into this world to watch my life begin;
Learning how to communicate with family and friends.
Like many...

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Do you believe in me when I’m running this race?
Do you think I am a disgrace?
Baby, I’m not sorry for the words I utter
Your words...

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The Girl
I know a girl,
With a smile that could
Melt stone into silk.
She sits in the front, ahead of me,
In my class, making me wonder what...

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Looking tragedy in the face
while running life's race.
Make sure to keep steady pace
as you pass the stream full of dace.
Streaming behind a shawl of lace
do...

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Slowly our pride fades away
Like a smoke entwined with the air
Rots and decaying dreams
Sends waves of pity upon our soul.

We were drafted like soldiers-
Into the...

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