Someone asked, "What change has Obama brought"?
My response...
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There is nothing new under the sun,
An old idea on a different day,
A different time, spoken from a different face,
Can bring about different results.
We witnessed record numbers of folks young and old,
Voting for the very first time.
Numbers of folks standing in lines,
Waiting hours sometimes, to execute their right to vote
No fear of Jim Crow… police brutality… are Ku Klux Klan activity..
People united on one accord, backed Obama’s platform,
Yes We Can, is the slogan, evoking hope to the broken,
Broken by the effects of Bush-onomics, introduced, and left behind,
Economic devastation, war based on faulty information, class’ation without representation, and Homelessness, due to predatory lending. Bush’s ending was as devastating as his beginning.
With Obama at the reigns, and his resounding phrase
We began to dream, the dream of Martin Luther King
Regardless of ethnicity, nationality, class or religious belief,
Dreams do become reality,
No longer the joke, if we work with our hope.
The glass ceiling can be broken,
Yes We Can. For
We are the people, who built this land, with toil and hands
Who form the more perfect union, every hue+man,
Regardless of shade
Establishing Justice, insuring domestic tranquility,
Providing our sons and daughters for the common defense,
Hoping to promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, for our votes, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Yes We Can
Copyright © 2009 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Obama !!! The Savior???
Obama!!! The Savior???
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We are our own self salvation,
Barack Obama is merely the inspiration,
Fueling the engine for a prolonged destination,
Stalled by judicial prejudice, class segregation
Covert discrimination, educational privation.
We are our own self salvation,
Barack Obama is not the savior,
Merely the vote of our conscious,
The President of the people, by the people, for the people
Whether elite or homeless in the street.
We are our own self salvation
Barack Obama is merely the voice,
The sounding board of our democratic choice.
Leading in this 21st century
Braking the chains of history
Rallying the desire for unity
Working to overcome poverty,
Awakening the possibility,
The glass ceiling is broken.
We are our own self salvation
Barack Obama is our legal democratic representation
Copyright © 2009 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
Friday, January 16, 2009
Domestic Violence
He worked for a company
spelled with an ‘A’.
They were taken over,
As he received a pink slip with his pay.
Being over qualified
no one would hire
his woman left,
taking the son he sired.
With no income coming in,
he felt a despairing chagrin.
Treating his stability,
the mortgage company and utilities,
inconvenienced his mentality,
as he witness friends and foe
losing their homes
Foreclosed
Foreclosed
Foreclosed
So he sold his house, one car, furniture and clothes.
Eliminated all his debt,
Got him a studio apartment,
Owned and operated by a friend.
He started over again,
An industrial cleaning business he began,
Success was at hand,
The phone rang,
His only son was dead,
Killed at the hands of another man.
Domestic violence.
Copyright © 2009 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
spelled with an ‘A’.
They were taken over,
As he received a pink slip with his pay.
Being over qualified
no one would hire
his woman left,
taking the son he sired.
With no income coming in,
he felt a despairing chagrin.
Treating his stability,
the mortgage company and utilities,
inconvenienced his mentality,
as he witness friends and foe
losing their homes
Foreclosed
Foreclosed
Foreclosed
So he sold his house, one car, furniture and clothes.
Eliminated all his debt,
Got him a studio apartment,
Owned and operated by a friend.
He started over again,
An industrial cleaning business he began,
Success was at hand,
The phone rang,
His only son was dead,
Killed at the hands of another man.
Domestic violence.
Copyright © 2009 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Payne
Photo by RozzieM@flickr.com Holding HandsOverdue pleas, written as poetic screams, remember me
Remember what you stole from me.
Walking to school,
Grade school
Junior high
High school
Wearing smiling faces with innocent grins
We were friends,
I was there for you
Book reports
Math test
Free lunch
Flag foot ball after school
Me and you were cool
So what gave you the right
To gather a few of your other friends
Tie me to the gate and rap me of my innocence
Overdue pleas, written as poetic screams, remember me
Remember what you stole from me
We were friends.
Copyright © 2009 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
As a poet if I had one wish: ______________________________________ ~ My Poetry Would Eradicate Homelessness ~
Photos by LJ@flicker... Another Soul ... Another Story...
Sorry we never met, Will see you on the other side.
Sorry we never met,
I meant to take the time
I meant to be there for you, in good and bad times
Life has it's detours and I took more than one
There was nothing against
you
Merely Life’s corridor of choice.
Sorry we never met,
I meant to take the time
I heard so much about you
You were worthy of my time
Perhaps I even passed you, while hurried on my way
Perhaps we exchanged a smile, though I didn’t know your name.
Sorry we never met,
And now this tragic end
I lay these flowers at your site
And the card attached read
Goodnight my homeless, home bound friend
Sorry we never met, will see you on the other side.
A friend with regret.
Copyright © 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
PS..
Be more than mind full of the homeless…
We are our Brothers/Sisters keeper.
I meant to take the time
I meant to be there for you, in good and bad times
Life has it's detours and I took more than one
There was nothing against
you
Merely Life’s corridor of choice.
Sorry we never met,
I meant to take the time
I heard so much about you
You were worthy of my time
Perhaps I even passed you, while hurried on my way
Perhaps we exchanged a smile, though I didn’t know your name.
Sorry we never met,
And now this tragic end
I lay these flowers at your site
And the card attached read
Goodnight my homeless, home bound friend
Sorry we never met, will see you on the other side.
A friend with regret.
Copyright © 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister
PS..
Be more than mind full of the homeless…
We are our Brothers/Sisters keeper.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Writers Block...911
I started this site with hopes of posting my poetry,
However, in the last few weeks, I have found it impossible to complete even one poem..
Prior to this season in my mind, my poetry flowed, two or three poems per day...
Now it seem like a forced effort, and writing is becoming a chore, an obligation.
I am not sure where it stems from... perhaps this block is due to the many poetry sites i have now joined, and seeing how talented these folks are... perhaps somewhere in the deep dark corridors of my mind I'm feeling inferior, but why... I must work thought these issues quickly... it is so frustrating not being able to exercise this gift which brings me so much pleasure..
Anywhooo, that's whats going on with me..
Wish me well...
Always Kim
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My Thought for the Day Copyright © 2010
Sometimes we stumble;
Sometimes faith is betrayed;
Sometimes the mistakes we make
are the stones it takes, to build a pathway to the person we will be. Remember we are ever becoming.
(January 08, 2010)
Wisdom is the prerequisite of perfecting love,
Truth is the prerequisite of revealed wisdom,
If there is no truth, there is no perfecting love.
Seek truth, wisdom and love will follow.
(January 10, 2010)
"When I fall, whether I be friend or foe, stretch forth, help me, dust me off, and send me on my way in love." Yes, Love... The action that surpasses all understanding... The force, that creates forgiveness, in the mist of derision. The virtue, that gives all fallen souls the ability to journey on... and to the sender (the forgiver who's been wronged) the ability to heal, and also grow on.
(January 11, 2010)
Every Today was once a Tomorrow,
Every Tomorrow will become Today…
What will you do Today, to influence your Tomorrow?
(January 18, 2010)
Turn down the thermostat! Stop expelling valuable energy! Winterize your heart! Insulate the warmth of your spirit, and conserve yourself (your being) for those who acknowledge your wroth.
(January 23, 2010)
My thought for today is a reflection of something my mother always said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and well meaning people, who never got around to proving the thoughts of their heart". (February 6, 2010)
The grass always looks greener on the other side, but don’t climb the fence, the dog bites, the cat scratches, and the owner is a jack ass.
(February 7, 2010)
I would hate to wander through the desert of hope, hungry, only to find the fig tree barren.
(February 10, 2010)
What is adequate for one can be inadequate for another, time reveals what is. (February 17, 2010)
We are all more than we believe, if we merely believe.
(February 26, 2010)
To be unpredictable, for some is a challenge of intellect.
To be conventional, for some is deifying creativity.
To be absolutely unique, is a freedom we all seek, at various levels. (February 27, 2010)
We view photo's, we read blogs and status', we agree or disagree, we like or dislike, we study, examine and respond, based on our perceptions of what we believe is communicated and revealed, What you see is not always what you get.
There are times we should use our prudent minds, to take another look, there could be more than what meets the eye.
(March 7, 2010)
Things don't always End Well,
Yet its well they ended.
(March 17, 2010)
Women, we are always told, we talk to much, so men created Facebook, Texting & Twitter, to teach us to be direct and to the point. Please say it in 140 - 420 characters or less…
(March 18, 2010)
S H I N E !!! Even in your darkness shine.
Those who need your light will see it. S H I N E!!!
(March 20, 2010)
Selfishness will tax any relationship, and chronic selflessness taxes the individual.
(March 27, 2010)
Many of us read to locate, take note of, or memorize, that which has been taught unto us. Some of us study to gather information of that which is written, and has been taught unto us, with no intention of questioning its validity.
Others of us locate, take note of, memorize, gather information and are able to rightly divide the written and spoken word, which has been taught unto us, and there confirming or denying its validity. Wisdom is seeking beyond what is taught or understood, to affirm truth.
(March 29, 2010)
We are taught in childhood, not to question, our parents, our elders, and those deemed to have religious authority over us... We are not to lean to our own understandings, and if we find ourselves of another opinion, we are told it is the devil. Therefore withstanding our failure, our unwillingness, our fear to question, that which is questionable, we adhere to a belief passed down but never scrutinize by those we looked to for guidance. We pledge servitude to a belief we ourselves struggle to comprehend, and in so doing, we vaguely acknowledge the God-ness, the creative force within ourselves… (Greater is he that is within U than he that is in the world. (The world meaning, outside of U.)
(March 30, 2010)
Misery loves company, and hurt people hurt people. If folks fail to take the time needed to heal, they will always repeat the cycle of pain. I have found love means different things to different folks, so we must find our definition of love, and apply it as we await the arrival of that mate, whom shares the same definition of love as ourselves.
“Can two walk together, except they agree" Amos 3:3
(March 31, 2010)
Normal isn't fun....
Sanity has no adventure... and when U go crazy,
there are no valid excuses... I'm staying crazy...
(April 24, 2010)
Not every Hello is permanent,
and not every Goodbye forever...
time is the common denominator.
(April 29, 2010)
Allergies are like sucker punches,
there aren't any warnings,
and you're never prepared....
(May 3, 2010)
There must be balance… as you will learn;
your success is no more superior than your greatest failure.
(May 4, 2010)
Reggie Arnold THOUGHT: you have to love some people from a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng distance. Help yourself before you extend too far, there may not be enough rope left..
(May 8, 2010)
God always places the answer within us...
We must be still enough to hear, and wise enough to listen....
(May 18, 2010)
soap & water don't make U clean..
it just makes U washed...
so watch U'r deeds...
(May 27, 2010)
Love at first, second or third sight is possible.
For U determine the love u will give...
U determine the barriers or limitations U will set.
We don't love because we think others will love us,
We love because we so desire to do so,
Despite whether we are loved in return.
Love at first sight simply means I choose to love this person despite their willingness or lack thereof to love me back...
I will love without seeking a return...
I Love u because I can.
(June 28, 2010)
All Life's lessons can't be learned in a day,
so slow down and pace yourself,
it's not that kind of race. ~Sista
(July 27, 2010)
It would seems at some point we should graduate
from believing to knowing...
Are U ready for your cap and gown?
(July 27, 2010)
Wine is a necessity... for relaxing conversation... :)
(July 29, 2010)
One should not work to maintain faith,
If you’re working, you are working in fear,
For faith and knowing, just is.
Copyright © Kim Daniel
(July 30, 2010)
If you’re giving to get,
You’re not giving, you’re lending.
(August 10, 2010)
Baby stepping to my forward motion....
Hope the train don't leave the station fo' I get there...
(August 18, 2010)
One of the most amazing encounters is watching my thoughts manifest before my eyes...
I am grateful
(September 3, 2010)
Rummaging through the closets of my memory, I found U.
Just like old times, we laughed and smile, and joke for awhile, then the phone rang, and guest what, it was U... (September 29, 2010)
Wisdom can sometimes look crazy, and looks can sometimes be deceiving. (October 22, 2010)