Legacy Poems

The Hat and the Boots

The hat hangs on the wall,
not as a relic,
but as a witness—
to mornings that began before the sun
had made up its mind,
to arguments with weather
and the quiet pacts signed in sweat.

Below, the boots—
faded, cracked, obedient,
still loyal to the shape of a man
who walked with purpose,
even when purpose was
just getting through the day.

They are not symbols,
though

Legacy

memories and love left behind



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The Unbroken Spirit of African Leaders' Legacy

Africa's land, shadows of colonialism still linger
Leaders rise, with hearts aflame, resisting the fetters
Of Western dominance, a legacy of dolor
Their courage, a luminary, in the dark of night's refrain
Kwame Nkrumah's vision, a guiding radiance
Pan-Africanism's fervor, burning bright
Unity and self-determination, his battle cry
Ghana's freedom, his legacy, forever exalted

Julius Nyerere's Ujamaa, a path less trod
Self-reliance's puissance, Tanzania's

The fear of nothing changing

The rush of emotion stilled
The air once consumed by an undiluted energy
Now eerily quiet 
Something lingers in the air 
Justice? 
No something louder but hidden
A violence so silent 
It could go unnoticed by those who don't care to see
Those who choose wilful ignorance 

The streets once crowded by protest
Now sits empty 
Brought down from the

Our Legacy

As obvious as it may seem,
Our higher life we must redeem.
To get full value, its true worth,
It’s not a given at one’s birth.

First acknowledged, then understood,
Overcome ego, become good.
Use your energy to create,
Our deeper thoughts our true estate.

To share the truth that we have gleamed,
Our higher self must be redeemed.
Legacy: our thoughts repeated.
Shows our life

MASK OF MANY FACES

Who am I, anyway?

I wear the mask of many faces.
I speak, read, and understand—
sometimes with words,
sometimes telepathy.
My voice changes with my face.

I just need a witness.

Attuned to me, I become every language you know,
but I do not know the geography of my own soul.

I dare not look at my face.
It is a drama mask—
sometimes surgical,

Become a Legacy of Love

For L, with Love and Light. You're only young once. Enjoy it!

Become a Legacy of Love 
By Michelle Morris 
24/07/2025

I hope you never forget 
How Unique and Special you are
I hope you never allow anyone 
To attempt to diminish your Worth 

For you are created from Starlight and Stardust 
You have been forged in Fire

ADAM LEGACY 4

ADAM LEGACY 4

A planet that was full of bountiful resources
Destroyed by the ones chosen to care for it
A darkness decended upon it named greed
Man didn't realise that he hunger for poison 

Layer by layer, he scraped by what was healthy
Even the food  that was found very unhealthy
Gold and all kinds of precious weren't edible
After

The strength we embody

They told us our skin meant exile
That our joy would be put on trial
Because it brings rain
But how can they hate the rain when it nourishes the ground we walk on
The same ground that grows the food we need to survive

They want us to cower in the face of their Whiteness
To bow down to their

FAMILY LEGACY

May we be blessed as parents to know…
when thinking about our legacies…

We can hand down houses, cars and money to our children
but the greatest legacy we can leave them
are happy memories.

The Legacy of a Candle

Inspired to share my knowledge,
Dedicated to teach with courage,
I gave my service with all my heart—
In my students' lives, I played an important part.

Three decades of guiding the young,
These are my riches, the songs I’ve sung.
I may be a candle burning low,
But the light I gave will always glow.

Proud to shape each growing mind,
And when

In Your Studio

I’m on your lap
in a photo I no longer have—
a toddler with a borrowed brush,
my hand caught mid-daub
on your canvas.
It was staged, of course—
your painting for a calendar
on the easel in front of us
like the month you gave me
a tool of your craft
and I mistook it
for permission—
but my brush didn’t
paint like yours.

Sometimes I wonder
if you

Listener's Legacy

M-ind
A-nything
E-ars

C-atch
A-ttentively,
S-o
T-he
I-deas
L-imitlessly
L-ive
O-n

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Monocrostic (Birthday of Mae Castillo)

Legacy From My Dad

Dad passed away before I became a man
A man whom he had found a wife
A wife to build life with to mature

Mature as she gives me cute kids
Kids I have to toil for day and night
Night when I think deep about life

Life generating thoughts for solutions 
Solutions to life's current challenges
Challenges strengthening my heart

Heart residing

Model twaddle'

Quyeer times emit blazing signs..And some ex-boy friends?
Is this karma divine? mi5 say its Putin..' a prime topic for
Them...And its taken a fortnight with henceforth..No why
Where or whens..From them.' Yet it seems rather sloppy to
Be (a Russian affair?) And arson too primitive.'  I think thats
Quite fair.? Just an ass-umption.' To try to open the

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