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    The Destination
    The Destination
    The Destination
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    The Destination

    By Ivan Francis Wilbanks

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    The Destination is a collection of poetry that constructs a narrative about the author's final year in his undergraduate studies and talks about his thoughts about what is going on in the world around him. Throughout death, a move to a new city, and moving from one stage of life to another, he takes the reader on the last part of a journey, which are earlier narrated in the earlier books of the three part series: Moving On and The Journey.

    The Destination is surely a good read that is able to keep the reader's interest peaked and the pages turning.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateAug 5, 2015
    ISBN9781329443051
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      The Destination - Ivan Francis Wilbanks

      The Destination

      THE DESTINATION

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      THE LEGACY

      MAKE A WAY

      WALKING FROM THE PAST

      SONGS IN C-SHARP

      SOMETIMES IN APRIL

      CURRENCY

      ALONGSIDE THE ROAD

      THE RIVER

      HOTEL CASABLANCA

      LONGED FOR GOOD TIMES HERE

      SHE TAUGHT ME

      COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES

      GROWTH AGAINST CIRCUMSTANCE

      JOY

      IF GOD IS WILLING

      RESCUING YOURSELF

      HERE COMES THE SUN

      CANVAS UNPAINTED

      ON THE SUN

      CHEERLEADERS

      THINKING OF Y’ALL

      NEVER GAVE IN

      AIN’T FORGETTIN

      WATCHING THE SUN RISE

      I AM REACHING

      PREPARATIONS

      STRINGS

      A MISSION OF FEW

      E.N.O.U.G.H

      NURTURE RESPONSIBLY

      A JOURNEY COMPLETE

      DUTIES

      GLORY

      I AM…

      DONE

      INDEPENDENCE

      WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE

      THE ODDS…

      …TO AN END

      ON MY MIND

      THE FUTURE

      INTRODUCTION

      There are moments in time where we sit back and wonder what the directions of our lives are. We contemplate about it, either by being told to by our family and friends, or we sit and think about it free of any kind of guidance.  As we figure out where we want to go, it comes a day where we have a revelation. The revelation is that we have a goal that we want to achieve and a destination of where we want to be in life. When that time comes its magical for some of us. Others see it as a necessary burden.

      When I was asked, Why are you deciding to write a third book? I took a pause and then I proceeded to respond. I said I decided to write this book to help inspire those that were told that they couldn’t be able to do certain things. I’m also writing this to let people know that there whether they know it or not, they have a destination in life they are destined to reach. I might not personally know it. However, the ability to help empower others with my talent is important to me. I don’t want my abilities to go to waste.

      With that in mind, I want to remind anyone reading this

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