A PEACE OF ME

By Craig E. Green

A Peace of Me is a poetry book that ventures many different areas surrounding life. This book ventures love, pain, depression, failure, redemption, loneliness, happiness, anger, racism, and much more. A Peace of Me allows people to connect with real life issues and see them from a different point of view.

• Language: English
• Publisher: TOPLINK PUBLISHING, LLC
• Release date: Nov 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781970066418

Craig E. Green

Craig Green is a United States Army veteran, who has been writing poetry nearly two decades. Growing up in a small city in Delaware, Craig experienced life in many shapes and forms. In his writings he likes to paint a picture using his words, which allow people to connect. In Craig's own words he states "my family is my motivation, but without God I am nothing".

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A Peace of Me

Craig E. Green

Copyright © 2018 by Craig E. Green.

Paperback: 978-1-970066-40-1

eBook: 978-1-970066-41-8

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Contents

1     My Testimony

2     The Mask

3     Daddy Where Did You Go

4     What Are You Fighting For

5     These Veins

6     Poor Nigger

7     I am Poetry

8     I Give my Commitment to Freedom

9     Mixed Emotions

10   For all the so Called Church Folks

11   For all the Soldiers

12   Thank you for the Ass Whoopings

13   My Momma Always told me

14   Smothered in Gray Clouds

15   Stop Thinking With Your Dick Head

16   Baltimore Ruins

17   Thoughts Lately

18   Sexy Ain’t Sexy

19   Sorry A Million Times

20   Love is like Suicide

21   I Wanna be the Guy

22   Lifeless

23   Sex on the Beach

24   Making Love to You

25   A Letter to CJ

26   When You Hurt I Hurt

27   Heaven

28   The Things we do for Love

29   Smiles

30   You Have Found True Love

My Testimony

I’ve done lost all my money, and almost my wife.

Depressed deep down with thoughts of losing my life.

And I’ve been trying so hard with all of my might.

But I just can’t seem to get this right.

I’ve done been hell and high water.

Negative bank account trying to piece together dollars with quarters.

Just to show I support her.

But the further I reached, I only ended up shorter.

Y’all don’t know my story.

Was chasing Christ reaching out for his glory.

But became lost because her words tore me.

See I was stuck in a tight spot.

The game was on the line and I took the last shot.

Begging for a new beginning, but look where I got.

Just because the sun is shining doesn’t mean that it’s hot.

I guess not.

See to be a king you have to keep the queen in your palace.

But when a queen dethrones, your kingdom becomes off balance.

And I was slowly sinking.

Trying to gather my way to the surface with all the thoughts I was thinking.

See I sold my body for money, I nearly lost my mind.

Working late nights I sacrificed my sleep for work time.

The thoughts of selling drugs came questioning do I go back to the grind?

Or jeopardize my freedom for nickels and dimes?

Scarred on the inside but acting like I’m fine.

Because I had to heal others and myself at the same time.

And daily I fed life, encouragement, faith, and hope.

It’s like doing CPR to heal you and I intake your choke.

I guess that’s what the calling do.

All along I’ve encouraged you to hold on, but I was falling too.

I’ve been soaked by the rain.

I’ve done broke these chains.

Battled this