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Odinkwa Kiyoshi Smalling

Offering yielded, yield back to the sovereign king
Devoted to duty, rise in the morning of its flame
Intellect's child, imprinted on Yahweh's soaring wing
Nurturer. natured with heaven's milk, sweet you came
Kindness kindled in hibiscus fire, passion against defeat
Wisdom that shall not from the incongruous retreat
Ambitious heart, panting at the throne for armory of grace

Kingly, in my visions, I yielded you to lead my void
Imaginatively, so imaginations tower may rise aloft
Young, youthful, fresh to hold the course against doubts slide
Organized and organizing the voyage of culture's craft
Sacred ship, through bulrush castling a kingdom's name
Honest to the core of soul, humble to life's bright esteem
Innocent of vice, I wanted a cornerstone of unscaffold dream 

Son of shrewdness, Smalling brimming to honeyed core
Motivated and motivating the journey abandoned at the door
Ask now the art to feel, and from your feelings yield
Learned lessons where the learned mind may drink again
Lead, listen, what winds the sails of your people keel
Inspirer of them, feel you not the mettle masking in your grain
Native of the civilized past, nest not now in silence down
Gallantry calls the gallant, and God his grace the gracious has shown.

Young and Free

Young and free  
what we're supposed to be

They're out all night in risque heels
shootin whiskey till noone feels

Dancin with men twice they're age
embracing the power of youth, center stage

No cares in the world, except about boys
how they look, proper poise

Stumbling home mid summers eve
best friends lock arms, young and free

My friends turned 21 that summer 
while I became your unwed mother

I may have missed that part of life
I may not have done all of this right
but theres not one thing I would trade
I'd go back and do it all the same

I'm young, but not free
 your little blue eyes capture all of me
I look at you, you're all I see
and theres nowhere else I'd rather be

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