Street Rationale

By Sheldon Hollis

Struggle is a curse that can only be broken by the holiest man. Struggle is a form of debt. When a man is in debt he is basically a slave to the person he owes the debt to. People who are outside of the community use logic to solve their problems. People within the community use street rationale to solve their problems. Street Rationale will draw you a picture of the streets. Street Rationale will give you a picture, but it’s up to you to finish the picture.

The aftermath of colonialism has taken its toll on the community. The community is like a prison being guarded by demons that were once angels. Gods have even fallen down to the level of angels, and angels have fallen to the status of demons. Is there anyway to save the community? How can you save people who don’t want to be saved? The only way to change the mind of an individual is to show him the future.

The future doesn’t look too pleasant. Humans are the perpetrators behind the destruction. Humans are like a disease. Everything they touch turns to dust. When will God come and cure this world from this disease? How long will the earth have to suffer? Poetry can change the world, but it’s up to the poet to change the people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sheldon Hollis
• Release date: Jul 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301754267

Sheldon Hollis

Hello, my name is Sheldon Hollis. I was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. September 1, 1993 is when an artists was born. I am an author, poet, and screen writer. My dream is to cement a legacy that will live on forever. But I know to cement a legacy you must first blueprint your legacy. In life nothing comes easy but you should want it to be that way. If there were no road blocks, what story would you have to tell? How would history remember you. Every day, when I wake up, I think about my legacy. I wonder, sometimes, how people will remember me. To create a legacy, you have to first create a blueprint. And when you're done creating your blueprint, you start sculpting out your legacy. This journey will be long but I know this journey will pay off. Legacy is hard to achieve but I know my legacy will be remembered.

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Copyright 2013 by Sheldon Hollis

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Preface

Struggle is a curse that can only be broken by the holiest man. Struggle is a form of debt. When a man is in debt he is basically a slave to the person he owes the debt to. People who are outside of the community use logic to solve their problems. People within the community use street rationale to solve their problems. Street Rationale will draw you a picture of the streets. Street Rationale will give you a picture, but it’s up to you to finish the picture.

The aftermath of colonialism has taken its toll on the community. The community is like a prison being guarded by demons that were once angels. Gods have even fallen down to the level of angels, and angels have fallen to the status of demons. Is there anyway to save the community? How can you save people who don’t want to be saved? The only way to change the mind of an individual is to show him the future.

The future doesn’t look too pleasant. Humans are the perpetrators behind the destruction. Humans are like a disease. Everything they touch turns to dust. When will God come and cure this world from this disease. How long will the earth have to suffer? Poetry can change the world, but it’s up to the poet to change the people.

When you look into the eyes of a man you are looking through his heart.

Slavery never ended it just took a new approach.

Street Rationale Table of Contents

A Man’s quote

A Treasure Behind the Doors

Arrows

Black Hades

Black Mans Blues

Blue Skies at Night

Powder on the Concrete

City Groove

Code Among Wolves

Dear Mr. President

Death Seems Unpleasant

Demons By Birth

Flowers and Rocks

Gentlemen and Thugs

Hoodies and Sneakers

I See the Light

Indians and Chiefs

Just Riding the Train

Lions and Tigers

Lonely Star

Lord of the Worlds

Man on the Moon

Angels Glowing in the Dark

Poetry on the Porch

Monks and Philosophers

Principals Office

Programed by Society

Public Housing

Roses in Deserts

Search for Utopia

The Bird that Left the Nest

The Judgment of the Young Bird

The System Your Fed

The White Plague

Thieves by Law

Unemployment Rationale

The Slave Ship that Arrived from Africa

What happened to the Soul

Wolves and Foxes

Words for the Youth

A Ride Down the River

Street Personified

The Butterfly that Rests in the Cocoon

Johnny

Articulating for the Blind

The Afro Headed Woman

Nature Gives Birth to Emotions

City Lights

Cardboards and Needles

The Man That Cries in the Dark

A Letter Left for the Black Widow

Poetic Soliloquy

A Man’s Quote

Will I ever have the chance to be remembered as a remarkable prodigy?

I have what it takes, but I have a feeling that things won’t end properly.

My mother tells me that I should try to think logically.

But how can I think logically when I have been unable to receive an apology.

You may think these are nothing but mere words.

But at least these words will be a song for the birds.

You may not hear my voice being played on a disk.

You may not see me with a rolex on my wrist.

But that doesn’t change the fact that I have an artistic mind like the great sculptors.

You’ll never have to worry about my face being plastered on posters.

There are many that would question the art, but they don’t understand the artists.

Many just suck the meat from the bones, but forget about the life of the carcass.

Why not be a scientists why be so focused on being an athlete.

You claim you want to accomplish these things, but look at your rap sheet.

By your attitude I can tell that your weed has been laced.

Situations like that will have you lying in a pile of waist.

Put down the guns and start building with your hands.

In a few years we will look back and see where you stand.

"As you walk across these lands you will soon discover