Get On My Level

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Get On My Level

WORDS FOR THE WISE,

THERE'S SEGMENTS IN LIFE WHERE PEOPLE STOP AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE AROUND THEM, PROS AND CONS. THE "BIG PICTURE" OR AS SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY, "OUTSIDE LOOKING IN" IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. SELF GROWTH IS WISDOM AND FOR THOSE THAT SEEK IT INEVITABLE KNOWLEDGE AND ONES IDENTITY; POWER. POWER TO DO ANYTHING!

SEE, GOALS AND AMBITIONS ARE ALL WISHES AND FALSE HOPES; WITHOUT ACTION YOUR JUST THE DUMB SAD NIGGA THAT NEVER GOT OUT OF SOUTH CHICAGO, OR THE ONE THAT GAVE UP ON HUSTLING EXPECTING BENJAMINS TO FALL ON THEIR LAP, OR THE ONE THAT GAVE UP HOPE ON HIGHER EDUCATION. IF COLLEGE WAS SO EASY DON'T YOU THINK WE'D HAVE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS LEFT AND RIGHT? DON'T BE SO CLOSE MINDED NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELF. WHAT MAKES YOU SO DIFFERENT THAN THE ONES WHO HAVE IT MADE? NOT A DAMN THING!!

PERSEVERENCE AND DISCIPLINE IS THE KEY, THE OPPOSITE OF FEAR IS FAITH, THE BYPRODUCT IS HAPPINESS. GOOD OLD SERENITY!! I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SERENITY, IT'S SHORT AND DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN. IF YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SUCH FEELING IT'S NOT SERENITY. SERENITY IS PRESENT WHEN ONE ISN'T AWARE, THE GLOW. IT'S MY ADDICTION AND ALSO MODIVATION. THE FEELING AS IF ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE BUT ABSOLUTELY NOTHING COULD PHASE YOU, TOUCH YOU, OR TAKE AWAY ANY JOY OR COMPLACENCY; THAT'S MY GOAL IN LIFE. I LOVE TO LIVE IN THE NOW, TO SAY WHAT I FEEL, AND TO DO WHAT I WANT IN THE MOMENT. TO BE GENUINE AND KNOW THAT TOMORROWS NOT GUARANTEED, HAVE NO REGRETS, AND THAT I TRIED MY BEST. THAT IF I MAKE MISTAKES, BECAUSE I'M HUMAN, NOT BEAT MYSELF UP DRASTICALLY, TO TRY TO BE POSITIVE AND ALWAYS BOUNCE BACK UP. NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION OR HOW LONG IT TAKES ME, JUST AS LONG AS I DON'T GIVE UP ON MYSELF AND REMEMBER THAT "THIS TOO SHALL PASS" AND THAT IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY. THAT DRAMA, RELATIONSHIPS, AND MOST OF THE CRAP THAT STRESS US REALLY WON'T MATTER YEARS FROM NOW. THAT TIME, "MY ENEMY" WONT WAIT FOR ME OR GIVE ME EXTRA HOURS IN THE DAY. THAT THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN CHANGE THE SITUATION/MENTALITY FALLS BACK, AND ALWAYS WILL, ON ME.

YOUR BORN ALONE AND YOU'LL DIE ALONE, MAKE IT WORTH IT, IT'S YOUR JOURNEY. TRY TO LOOK AT IT FROM MY STAND POINT; GET ON MY LEVEL.

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nattyville commented on Get On My Level

03-05-2009

this 1 is the truth.. thank u

chadallac74 commented on Get On My Level

02-18-2009

I like it!!! There is a progression that keeps me interested in the read. I am giving this a 10!!! Good write.

Skies commented on Get On My Level

02-18-2009

WOW! SUCH WISDOM AND STRENGTH TO COME FROM SUCH A YOUNG MIND! YOU GO GIRL! HOLD ON TO WHAT MOVES YOU AND LET IT BE WHAT GUIDES YOU TOWARDS YOUR DREAMS!

cottonluv commented on Get On My Level

02-18-2009

nice nice work.so much truth to it.good work

bforibus commented on Get On My Level

02-18-2009

very deep thought. but it had no melody. so it was an emotional rant. i do love the insightfulness but wish it sang to me. good write though

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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