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Abuntu

ABUNTU

I say to you 
ABUNTU
I am 'because we are 
many of time
we lose ourselves
believing ,our way
is the only way

We forget 
where we come from
take on cultures
not belonging to us
Forgetting wo 
we really are 

We forget 
what our grandparents 
went through
slavery. forced religions
taking away pieces
leaving us with
the crumbs .the ashes
the remnants
of who .we are

We yes i say we 
must understand
that although we 
are here today
Nothing has changed 
from that of past
We in one form 
or another 
are still
encapsuled in 
ignorance

WE dont look 
at what is 
in the eyes of today
there is nothingness

how many of us see
the eyes of the homeless
as we just .walk past them
how many of us
can feel the pain 
in the stomachs of the hungry

yet many sleep 
eyes affixed to i pads
i phones galaxy's
in neglect of seeing
the real galaxy
right above us 

untill the day we again 
open our eyes 
we will continue 
in the paths 
of our ancestors 
slaves 
mentally bound 
physically bound 
suckers for technology
solo egotistical 
only seeing self 

so i say unto you 
one word 
ABUNTU 
I AM BECAUSE WE ARE 
UNITED TO CHANGE 
STARTING WITH SELF 
AND ENDING WITH WE
ABUNTU
I AM BECAUSE WE ARE

DAVID SANDERS        02.20.15

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A Poets Voice

A POETS PERSPECTIVE 

i find it amazing 
how we transform 
our mind to thought
to creative energy 
allowing our tongues 
to speak
our ears to hear
and the formation 
of words
to bring forth 
birth
from songs to books 
to the internal
memory banks 
of those that will 
listen 

we speak in tongue
the language poetry
some may understand
yet to others 
we are just a voice
floating on clouds 

we bare our souls 
spit our cries 
release words of fire
and words of love
yet we are 
nothing less than 
the writer 
we write our thoughts 
sign our life 
in blood contracts
never giving up
that one day
our voice 
will be heard

we are universal
every language spoken
speaking of 
promises broken
from treaties to
words cracked with 
tears and ink
on stained white pages 

we are loved by many
hated by few 
tortured 
from within 
seeking the words
to the next page
sleepless nights
with empty pens 
looking for anything
a crayon a marker 
even a piece of coal
just to touch paper 

we are in tone 
with self
able to leap 
into forever 
in a single bound 
the release 
energy strewn
across rooms on
wrinkled pages 
that met their doom
yet we continue
to spit our stories 
most are true 
but we release them
to help guide you 
some of our journeys 
are sad 
some are celebration
some are even erotic 

but the message will 
always be in our words
released from
energies from our 
very soul 
so listen listen 
as they are told 

DAVID SANDERS       1.28.2015

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Dedication To a New Friend

DEDICATED TO 
A NEW FRIEND

when i was young
times were different 
good times came 
in the form of 
the games we played 

games forgotten 
of yesterday

stick ball 
on brooklyn streets
battle tops 
and flying pidgeons

watching as i pushed
my birds to heights 
where one day
i hope'd to go
watching as the would
leave my sight
only to return home
minutes later 

its a cycle 
we rest where our hearts 
find peace 
we sleep 
where we find warmth
in the comfort 
of loving arms 

at times 
things were hard 
yet i found laughter
to chase tears away

i found love 
it too ran away
i found myself
and again ran away

looking at who i was 
being reminded daily
by those around me 
that when one destroys
he is taking away
from anothers labor
at that point 
i realized 
i was not a soldier
but an ignorant child
never being taught 
the right way

never seeing things 
from the view
of others 
then came the change
in age in life
in view in thinking 
in who i was 
now it is i 
who embrace
i who show the love 
i who share 
for it is better
to have lived 
and far better
to have laughter 
over the tears  
   
DAVID SANDERS   01.13.2015

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I'Am

I'AM

I am somebody
Iam that 
light colored caramel
over spirit
the voice of
ancestors past
i am that voice
within your head
the one that says
are you just gonna watch
or do something 
the right thing
Iam your eyes
seing things that
you overlooked
visions that you
have mistook
yes Iam that
voice in your ear
that wont stop 
telling you
WAKE UP WAKE UP
for the dormant brain
is good as sheep
although i perceive
mental pictures
silent films 
play out in my head
silent because
the tongues of
our ancestors
have been cut out
we have been
consumed 
with so much
everyday shit
that many of us 
no longer listen
for the words 
of those before us
meditate sit alone
focus and perceive
the images the sounds
the voices
yes Iam the one
at the river
watching as the voice
of yemaya 
rolls upon the shore
swish swish
have you heard it
yes Iam the one 
who took you
out of bondage 
from yourself
love hidden within
the walls of your skin
yes I am the one 
who released you 
from your pain
and negative thoughts
yet you still deny me
but i will 
never give up
for it is not I
BUT THE ANCESTORS
who are telling you
you can do this
you can be free 
open your mind
open your eyes
open your heart
yes Iam that voice
giving voice to those 
that dont have one
adding harmony 
to your life
and a perspective 
to your soul
i am the destiny 
you will come to love
with every waking breath
i reach into the fires
waiting to be burned 
yet un-scorched
as rains fall 
i stay dry
believing 
only you can calm
my thirst
or the fire within
but yet Iam
unseen by you
for i will be 
forever spirit
forever I 
YES I AM YES I AM


DAVID SANDERS 24.MAY .2014

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Love

This was to be a collaboration but opened a mic with this piece last night 

LOVE

(me)
FROM A GUYS POINT OF VIEW 
FINDING MYSELF
WAS THE FIRST PART OF 
KNOWING WHAT LOVE WAS 
I CAME TO UNDERSTAND
MY EMOTIONAL SIDE 
MY WEAKNESS ,
MY STRENGTH 
WHERE MY MIND 
AND HEART WERE
WHERE THE FEELINGS
WERE BURIED FOR SO LONG
DIFFERENT SHADES 
FROM LOVE OF MOTHER 
LOVE OF SON 
LOVE OF LIFE 
LOVE OF FAMILY
BUT MOST OF ALL 
MY NIECES 
AND GOD DAUGHTERS
(you)
LOVE IS SHARING SECRETS
TRUSTING IN ONE PERSON
KNOWING THEY 
KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU
THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF
TRUSTING IN 
THEIR WORDS TO CALM
THINGS 
WHEN YOU ARE FEELING LOW 
AND ALLOWING THEM 
TO BRING WHO YOU ARE 
TO LIGHT
THEIR ALLOWING YOU 
TO JUST BE YOURSELF 
GOOD OR BAD 
THEY BELIEVE IN YOU
(me)
LOVE IS A BEGINING 
NEVER ENDING 
PIECE OF WHO WE ARE 
ABLE TO SHARE 
WHAT WE KNOW 
WITH THOSE WE LOVE 
ABLE TO BREAK 
BARRIERS 
TEAR DOWN WALLS 
AND ESCAPE THE FEAR 
(you)
WE OPEN OURSELVES 
TO EMOTION 
ALLOW OUR HEARTS 
TO FEEL 
SHINE LIGHT 
UPON OUR CHILDREN 
ALLOW THEM 
TO TEACH US 
WHAT LOVE REALLY IS 
UNCONDITIONAL 
WITH LIGHT IN OUR HEART
AND SMILES ON OUR FACES 
REFLECTIONS OF 
WHO WE WERE 
(me)
YES LOVE HAS ITS 
MANY SHADES 
SOME SAD 
SOME HAPPY 
AND WE WILL ALL 
FIND OURSELVES 
A PART OF THEM 
AT ANY GIVEN TIME 
WE NEVER KNOW 
WHEN IT WILL STRIKE 
BUT IT WILL
IN ITS OWN 
SEGMENT OF TIME 
(you)
I NEVER FOUND MYSELF 
LOOKING FOR LOVE 
BUT WHEN IT DID COME 
I ACCEPTED IT 
OPEN ARMS 
BUT TO DIFFERENCES 
OF OPINION 
FOUND MYSELF 
CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT 
IN THE MOMENT 
OF FAST PASSION 
BUT I WONT LOOK BACK
BECAUSE I KNOW 
ONE DAY YES ONE DAY
I WILL AGAIN BE LOVED 
(me)
LOVED YOU WILL BE
FOR SO LONG AS 
YOU JUST BE YOU 
AND ACCEPT 
THAT YOU ARE LOVED 


DAVID SANDERS    2.17.15

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Darkness

DARKNESS

STANDING IN SHADOWS
AS I WALK THROUGH 
DARKENED STREETS
SENSES ALIVE AS 
I BREATHE 
THE NIGHTS STENCH
URINE STAINED WALLS 
TRASH FILLED STREETS
YET EVEN AS A SMOKER
I HAVE TO CUT MY BREATH
TO GET THROUGH
WHY I ASK 
ARE PEOPLE 
AFRAID OF THE DARK
IT IS ONLY 
LIGHT TURNED BACKWARDS
EVERYTHING IS THE SAME
YET WE PERCEIVE
THINGS HAVE CHANGED 
HIDDEN IN CORNERS 
STILL CRAWL THE RATS
AS THEY FEED, ON OUR
DISPOSALS OF THE DAY
SO WHY FEAR THE UNKNOWN
WE KNOW EVENTUALLY
ONE DAY 
WE WILL ALSO DISSAPEAR
INTO THAT DARKNESS 
WE SO DESPISE 
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE 
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
THAT LIGHT IS THE 
OPENING VAGINA
ALLOWING US A SECOND CHANCE 
TO BE ALIVE 
YET THE DARKNESS IS 
WHAT HELD US 
WITHIN THE WOMB 
SO IT WILL BE WHAT TAKES US
BACK TO FEARING 
THE BEGINNING OF LIFE


DAVID SANDERS                               FEB.17.2014

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Fire

FIRE 


WOMAN LOOKING AT YOU 
SETS MY BODY ON FIRE
WITH AN IMORTAL PASSION
PRIMAL LUST
WANTING TO HAVE YOU

SO STRONG TAKING
OVER MY SENSES
YOUR SWEET AROMA

LONG BLACK HAIR
FULL LIPS WAITING
FOR THE TOUCH 
OF MY FINGER
UPON THEM

STROKING THEM WITH 
PASSION
CAUSING THEM TO DESIRE ME 
AS MUCH AS I DEIRE YOU

UNDER GARMENTS REVEALED
SKIN SLIGHTLY PRESSING
AS WE COLLIDE IN PASSION

ARMS WRAPPED AROUND 
YOUR WAIST
HANDS ON YOUR
SOFT CUSSIONED PADS
AS YOU EMBRACE MY NECK

SEALING OUR MOUTHS 
IN IMORTAL KISSES
NOT ALLOWING OURSELVES
TO BREATHE

IS THIS HOW WE DIE 
EMBRACED
LOCKED ONTO EACH OTHER
LIKE HYENAS TO BONE 

IF SO LET IT HAPPEN
AS OUR BODIES 
WEAVE THE MAGIC
FLESH COMBINING INTO ONE
ME INSIDE OF YOU
CHEST TO CHEST
LOCKED IN EMBRACE
LEGS TANGLED 
LOCKED TOGETHER

THE SWET LIKE RIVERS
RUNNING OFF OUR BODIES

THEN AT THAT 
HOUR OF RELEASE
SEPERATION AND RELAXATION

BUT HOW LONG 
CAN IT LAST 
UNTILL PASSION AND LUST
AGAIN TAKE CONTROLL
OF OUR VERY FLESH

KNOWING OUR DESIRE 
IT WONT BE LONG


WRITTEN  DAVID SANDERS APRIL 27.2014

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Desolation

DESOLATION
have we been blinded
eyes closed 
shuttered by that 
which they 
want us to believe
waking up without 
worry or care 
living in comfort zones
within our minds
not facing the reality
that it is us
yes us 
killing off the only
living thing we have
life as it was 
is no more 
the rich get richer 
capitalist gain 
profits through the roof
but what do we care 
when forests 
home to many a great 
species of nature 
animal or plant 
tree or rainforest 
savagely cut down 
to make timber when 
concrete and brick 
are readily available
when wildlife is lost
because of mans urge
to kill and destroy 
well soon we wont have 
to worry no more 
because life 
will no longer be 
money wont be 
nessessary because
there wont be shit to buy
and people 
well we are also 
on the endangered 
species list for it is
our own doing
allowing these things
to happen 
allowing poachers to reap
harvests of living animals
taking away their freedoms 
but yet 
those same freedoms are
taken from us 
on a daily basis 
allowing our governments 
to do as they please 
use us controll us 
smart phone us yes 
that smart phone is a gateway
where do you not see 
its obsession of people
texting texting texting 
even the children 
young as 7 years old
is this education today
this is medial controll 
and you are allowing 
it to happen as you are 
allowing this mother to 
perish

written DAVID SANDERS 5.31.2014