Levitate

I don’t consider
Myself
Stuck up
I just
Prefer
Not to participate
In the behind
The back
Chit
Chat
It’s easier to be positive
So I wonder why
Most focus on the negative
But there is good in this world
If you wipe off the dirt and debris
You will find gold hidden beneath


© 2010 Steve Logan
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My People

My People
We got to do better
Not just to keep up
With the Jones’
But do it for self
Aren’t you tired?
Of being a joke
Notice how
They
Only interview the one
That looks like they just
Rolled out of bed
And completely ignore
The one in the suit
That has knowledge floating
Around their head
Don’t tell me
That is how you were raised
Break the cycle
Aim higher
Evolve
Seems like we’re comfortable
Playing the monkey at the circus
And that isn’t disrespect to anyone specific
But if the shoe fits
Then you need to wear it
We need to change
To elevate
Only we
Can fix us

© 2010 Steve Logan
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Rainy Days

Rainfall
Sitting here looking out my window
I see water pellets crawl
I need my caffeine fix
Especially now
This weather was made for rest
But there is no rest for the weary
Hail hits the roof
As I take a sip of tea
To calm me
The glow from the computer screen
Is the only light I am willing
To have right now
Praying the power doesn’t go out
Nothing worse than being alone
In a blackout
The weather breaks
Only for the moment
To give way to more gloom
Rain
Rain
Go
Away

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Spirit over Body

My flesh
Yearns
For the soft comforting
Kiss of woman’s skin
Against mine
My spirit
Keeps me strong
Laying down
With just anyone
Would only serve a temporary want
That I have been lead to believe
I need
Ejaculation last for a matter of seconds
But what about
How I feel afterwards?
Knowing that I used her
How can I look myself in the mirror?
How do I face my God?
Knowing that I went back on a promise
That I need to him
The conclusion of this unholy
Union of bodies
Turns to be anticlimactic
Serves me right
After went about such
A lustful tactic
Wickedness
Forgive me
I keep the faith
Pray my past sinful nature
Will not override the holy ghost
This body is spoken for
My Father
Has promised it to my future wife

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What Does It All Mean?

I often
Find myself
Sitting alone
Pondering
What is this all about?
Life
How will it end?
Old age
Natural causes
Gun or knife
If I am killed at a crack house
Does that mean I was a user?
Maybe I was there
Ministering to lost souls
The dead
Are unable
To vocalize
But they still tell a story
I finally found Christ
At the age of twenty-five
If I don’t get to see twenty-six
Was it all for not?
My soul was saved
But finding God may have
Brought about the final chapter
In my book
Who knows?
Don’t everybody raise your hands at once
Just the thoughts of you narrator
Don’t mind me
I will just keep writing

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Living Dead

I am here
But not really
I walk amongst you
But can’t be seen
I live in this world
But I am not of it
What good is it
To be clean
On the outside
But the inside
Needs a power washer
To rid the dirt
The new me was born
So to make room
The old me has been laid
To rest
Renewed
Influenced by the holy ghost
While standing exposed
Showing the whole me
Here I am Lord
I surrender
It all to you

© 2010 Steve Logan
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Here Without You

They say
Putting someone
You love
In the ground
Is the hardest part
Once that’s done
Then the healing can start
I can’t help but
Replay
Them lowering
The casket
Into the ground
It isn’t fair
But is life ever?
The answer is simple
Never
So now I must
Adjust
To life without you
For you
Are in a better place
But I
I am still
Right here
As I keep you
In my heart

© 2010 Steve Logan
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Last Rites

Here we are
Paying respects
To the dead and gone

I miss you
…..

Think I can speak
For everyone else
When I say
That you lived a long life
Stories of your past
Could fill
Many books

The struggles
The defeats
The victories
The glory

Respect to you
Life will not be the same

Solace
In the fact
That you went peacefully

I can’t wait to see you again
Rest In Peace


© 2010 Steve Logan
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Momma's Boy

I can’t imagine
The world without you
You brought me
Into this world
Though
At times I wasn’t
The good son
It took a while
I finally grew up
Became a man
Realized everything
You ever told me
Was gospel
The only mother
I will ever have
And I couldn’t
Ask for a better one
I look back
On stupid
Childish
Things I did
And it brings
Tears to my eyes
Because I know
I made you cry
The over night shifts
Making sure you got home
Just in time
To make me breakfast
And wipe the sleep
Out of my eyes
You sacrificed so much
That’s why I buy gifts
On mother’s and father’s day
You raised me right
I love you mom

© 2010 Steve Logan
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