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Category: Birmingham

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Need to Promote My Writing

I have started writing again. I am no longer on my medicine, and I have written a second book of poetry.

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I hope you enjoy my poems. Here is one I wrote the other day:

I Do Not Know

I do not know
I do not understand
I do not accept the status quo
I do not make demands

Lost and alone
Lost and needy
Lost in groans
Very greedy

Selfish
Hurtful
Jealous
Ungrateful

I search
I chase
In church
In your face

I am not fair
I am not emphatic
Not that I do not care
Not to cause static

My every intention
Is to be loved
Not an intervention
Or to be shoved

But in goodwill
Honest and true
Neither a windmill
Nor a zoo

Help me Lord
Settle down
Not with a sword
Or to shutdown

Honest retrospect
Heartfelt transmission
Giving respect
Honest admission

Of my faults
Of my weaknesses
Of my assaults
To my Jesus

Let me bow
Let me repent
Worship thou
End my torment

Restore my heart
According to your will
I need a fresh start
Make my path downhill

Easy to travel
Easy to see
Less prone to unravel
With a skeleton key

Unlock the doors
Make my way
On all fours
So I can pray

Heavenly Father
Forgive me
Bless my sister
Hear my plea

Hear
In Jesus name
My sins disappear
Without shame

I am new
Today everyday
No blame
Without decay

Holy Spirit
Filled
Explicit
Old life killed

Written by: Conrad Birmingham

Brutal Endeavor

 Must stop
 No reason to proceed
 Our relationship a flop
 So easy to read
  
 The signs were there
 I did not see
 Not a nightmare
 We did not agree
  
 Agree on life
 How much time
 Husband and wife
 We did not rhyme
  
 Too many factions
 Ruling our existence
 Always reactions
 And harmful resistance
  
 You and me
 We were fine
 Full of joy and glee
 No reason to whine
  
 We could not breakout
 From the smothering
 No reason to pout
 Too much mothering
  
 All will be good
 We can move on
 I am not a kid
 Or a worthless pawn
  
 You will be in my heart
 Forever and ever
 Hate this part
 A brutal endeavor

Plagiarism

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 All my thoughts
 Are influenced by the Bible
 Plagiarism in spots
 Am I possibly libel
  
 I do not know
 But I have read it many times
 There is not unique prose
 We are not voiceless mimes
  
 The story of Christ
 And how to share his love
 Spliced and sliced
 It is all from above
  
 Above in God
 God allows it
 Applaud
 His grand skit
  
 I apologize
 If I copy or paraphrase
 I want to emphasize
 I want to give God praise
  
 Not copy you
 Or steal your work
 I like your view
 Am I a jerk
  
 I do not think so
 I am true
 To whom I owe
 My gracious renew
  
 God saved me
 Through his Son
 I am free
 And it is done
  
 I have to spread the news
 Jesus is the way
 I want no one to lose
 The possibility of today
  
 Find Jesus today
 Repent today
 Seek forgiveness today
 Believe in Jesus today
  
 Jesus is Lord
 And God raised him from the dead
 The gospel is not a sword
 Just everlasting bread
  
 Bread of Life
 Life everlasting
 Not senseless strife
 Jesus is worth broadcasting
  
 If I use your writing
 In an inappropriate fashion
 I am not fighting
 Full of passion
  
 To share with sincerity
 To praise their glory
 To explain with clarity
 To share the greatest story

End of Game

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  I have been there
 Struggling to win
 Throwing up a prayer
 Taking it on the chin
  
 A strong punch
 I worked so hard
 And I feel the crunch
 My soul and body marred
  
 As in the game
 So many opportunities
 To win with fame
 For our communities
  
 But it is not finished
 You may feel it is
 Do not be diminished
 Or end with a fizz
  
 Take stock in your abilities
 And know you are strong
 Reduce your liabilities
 And sing a happy song
  
 There is more time to comeback
 Life has not ended
 Pushback and attack
 Everything will be splendid
  
 Remember your durability
 And your unique traits
 Hopefulness  is not unnecessary futility
 But a date with our fates
  
 Decide to fight
 For your hereafter
 The day is bright
 Sunny with laughter
  
 React to your circumstances
 Enjoy the hear and now
 Take your chances
 Stay behind the plow
  
 Make your rows straight
 A strenuous chore
 No time to wait
 You can score

Bore

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  I am a bore
 Very whinny
 A word whore
 Not funny
  
 Why tell people your troubles
 When they got their own
 They do not live in a bubble
 Or made of stone
  
 They have feelings
 And they have needs
 Listen to their dealings
 And their life deeds
  
 Turn the conversation around
 Quit talking about yourself
 And your constant frown
 Leave your feelings on the shelf
  
 Pour yourself into others
 Be a blessing to them
 Ask about their brothers and mothers
 And what they have overcome
  
 Offer them a prayer
 Make it simple and plain
 Something they can wear
 To reduce their pain
  
 My feelings will improve
 Making it about you
 A good positive move
 Long overdo