Poetry of the Soul: Full Version

By Gregg Upshaw (gshaw57)

Insightful book about social justice, discovery of one's self through a looking glass. It is about a person's inner-self and perseverance to overcome obstacles of life. Poetry Of the Soul, is the representation of anyone who had to endure tragedies and yet found the strength to overcome them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257608294

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Upshaw

A Father’s Tribute

In memory

Of

Johnnie C Upshaw Jr.

This is for the fathers

Who has been the mainstay in our lives

Who have brought joy, pride, and love

Into our lives-

This is for the grandfathers

Whose cherish memories

Will not be forgotten-

This for the men

Who understood the meaning of life

              And

That life is eternal and everlasting-

This is for the men

Who brought liberation

Of thought into our lives

Who understood laughter

As the antidote to enjoyment of life-

For this is for the men

Who can graciously cry

              And

Yet be strong within themselves-

For this is for you dad

For within you

All these attributes

Were portrayed-

This is for all the fathers

         who share

That common bond

             Of life

For in life there is no death

As in death there is no

             End

Only ahigher level of existence-

For I know now

That life is only

A moment in time-

This is for you

Dad

Whose life has not yet been fulfilled

Your light shines on eternally-

See you soon!

Written by

           Gregory E Upshaw (gshaw57)

A NATION OF POVERTY

Four o’clock in the morning-

She rises for work-

Coffee brewing, Folgers, I presume-

The shower calls her name—

Steam rising—the resemblance of a sauna-

Water hitting the ceramic floor-

Like tiny pebbles of sand—

She finds the shower very soothing—very cleansing-

As the water starts to dissipate-

Now her day begins—

She is dress now-

She begins her trek for work-

She is cold and shivering

As she awaits her public transportation—

There is no other transportation that awaits her-

Her privacy is on hold-

For the public transportation yields none-

She must either wait for her arrival to work—or back home

To regain her privacy—

For she represents—the macroscopic view of poverty-

The middle class absorb into the ‘Have and Have-not’s-

For she represents

               A nation of Poverty—

Written by

          Gregory E Upshaw

Abyss

Abyss has engulfed me!

Darkness has overshadowed me!

The burden of life has overwhelmed