Beyond the Boundaries

By Monté Harris

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 20, 2004
• ISBN: 9781469111049

Monté Harris

Monté Harris has compiled his latest collection of poems to enrich the minds and souls of all poetry lovers. Philadelphia born, who now resides in New Jersey, has always kept his roots close to where it has all started for him. His true passion for poetry is to tap into the bloodline of your spirituality and touch the lives of those who are willing to listen and learn. He reaches deep into the abyss of one’s inner self to reveal the inner being. ‘The Core,” one of the featured and very first poems sets you up for this very real and imaginary journey.

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Copyright © 2004 by Monté Harris.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2004091494

ISBN:              Hardcover                           978-1-4134-4505-3

                        Softcover                              978-1-4134-4504-6

                        eBook                                   978-1-4691-1104-9

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Rev. date: 05/15/2019

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and

DEDICATIONS: This book is dedicated to all of you who have given me the confidence and support to write another book of poetry that touches the hearts and minds of many people.

I would like to thank those who are directly responsible for making this book a reality: my wife Deborah, the love of my life and the one who makes my life complete and who has always had confidence in me. I thank you for believing in me and everything we have accomplished. I thank you for not only being my partner in business but in life as well. I will always love you. My mother Lillie Mae, who is always with me in spirit and for passing on a wonderful talent I can share with the world. My godfather Isaac Battie, who is the father I never had. I thank you for your wisdom, friendship, and insight on life. My children who keep me pushing for greater things in life: Tyreija, April, Monté Jr., Uzziah, and Shanice. My sister Bernita Pleasant and cousin Johnathan Cooper for supporting me in my endeavors and for everything you do. My best friend Joshua Adams, who very much inspires me as much as I inspire him. The Fennells for allowing my family to be a part of yours. Thank you, Anita Chappell and Flossie Ashe, for being inspirational and supportive in my time of need. To all of you who continued to ask for this book, I thank you. It has helped me to finish the project that has so long been denied.

CONTENTS

THE CORE OF MY POETRY

CHAPTER 1

Beyond and Within the Age of Innocence

LUSTFUL FIEND

LIFE’S ADDICTION

PERILS OF LUST

FLYING HIGH

THE HOLLOW TREE

LOVE WILL CONQUER ALL

LOVE SLAVE

MYSTICAL MAN

WELCOME TO PARADISE

WHEN GOD CHOSE PARENTS

PLEASURE ZONE

POISON BY LOVE

POOL OF PASSION

PLEASURE CHEST

PURE BEAUTY

RUN MY LOVE

THE SAND IN THE GLASS

FISH IN THE SEA

ABOVE THE CLOUDS

MS. SWEET LIPS

STEALING A MOMENT

DOORWAY TO SEDUCTION

UNTIL THE END OF TIME

VISIONS OF A WOMAN

I WONDER ABOUT LOVE

CHAPTER 2

Beyond and Within the Secrets of Untouchableness

THE ABYSS

THE ALLEGIANCE OF LOVE

DON’T TAKE THE BAIT

BITTERSWEET LOVE

CASCADING SHOWERS

CAUGHT UP IN THE STORM

DECEPTION RULES

DEHUMANIZE

DESENSITIZED

DESIRE

DEEP INTERPRETATIONS

DROWNING IN IGNORANCE

THE ECHOES OF GUILT

THE ESCAPING DOOR

THE EXCHANGE

THE VULNERABLE FORTRESS

GONE WITH THE WIND

JUSTICE FOR ALL MEN

LOVE OR LUST

LEAP OF GUILT

HURTS LIKE HELL

LOSING IT

MISERY’S WATERS

MY LIFE IS ON THE RISE

THE OTHER MAN

THE POISONOUS APPLE

BUILDING ON QUICKSAND

SIMPLICITY

SINFUL LOVE

SPARE ME THE PAIN

THANKS FOR NOTHING

MY TRUST INSIDE MY LOVE

LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY

CHAPTER 3

Beyond and Within the Essence of Spirituality

THE BEGINNING

BLESS MY WEAKENED SOUL

CORRUPTED SEEDS

WE’RE ALL CREATED

THE LIFELESS MAZE

KEEP THE FAITH

GUILTY IN HEAVEN,

FREE IN HELL

SOLDIERS IN HEAVEN

THE MEANING OF LIFE

OBSTACLES

ONE OF MY OWN

THE OTHER SIDE

THE PLAYGROUND

RESCUE ME

SOUL SEARCHING

UPON HIS GRAVE

THE SHIFTING OF THE SPHERE

TAKEN WITHOUT WARNING

FOLLOWING THE LORD

VICTORY WAS MINE

WHAT AWAITS AHEAD

I WONDER, OH HOW I WONDER

CHAPTER 4

Beyond and Within the Complexities of Life

WITHIN OUR SHADOW

BLACK AND WHITE

CAPTIVITY

CHAINS OF MERCY

CHANGE THE MOOD

CRIMINAL MINDED

MOMMY, WHERE’S MY DADDY

DESTINY

MS. DEVINE

THE ECLIPSE OF LIFE

ENCOUNTERS OF LIFE

TO EXIST

SHATTERED MIRRORS

GROUND LEVEL OF SOCIETY

IN THE EXISTENCE OF LIFE …

IN WAKE OF REALITY

MORALS OF CORRUPTION

WE MUST MOVE ON

MY MANY PERSONALITIES

POVERTY’S MY MIDDLE NAME

THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON

SWORN TO SECRECY

SHATTERED PIECES OF A DREAM

LIVING IN OUR SOCIETY

GET THE SPIRIT

TRACING MY STEPS

MR. VIRTUE

VOICES WITHIN THE WALL

PERSONALITIES

WHEN YOU SET LIMITS

IN WAKE OF OUR GROWING ADOLESCENCE

THE CORE OF MY POETRY

Clear your mind, then open up to a

horizon beyond expectations

Create a tunnel for images to pass through, as if you’re in a story

The human mind is infinite,

it has no boundaries, no limitations

You are the creator, become a painter in your own mind

Separate yourself from this world of reality

Let your mind create its own world of delusion

Then add your own unrealistic phobias, to enhance your theory

Make changes within your own imagination

Branch off to other aspects within your controlled domain

Then endure the sensation of living beyond reality

Caress the intensity and understand your fictional delusions

Your endearments into this world,

will suddenly become overwhelmed

Keep track of your path back to reality, for if you become stuck in

Oblivion, you pay the ultimate price, forever in a coma

Remember you are the controller of your intellect world

Your subconscience will play tricks, as it often does,

to convince the mind

In becoming as one, to subdue the

brain into becoming soulless

Once your objective is achieved, you must break away

It’s time to trace your routes back into the real world of reality

Soon after, a feeling of power will

soon be infiltrated in your mind

The feeling to understand the most difficult situations

Now you have conquered, what I have conquered,

but others have yet too

And what some may never be able to experience

Now these are the visions in which I create,

write, and explore

This is the core of my life, the world of my poetry, welcome aboard …

CHAPTER 1

Beyond and Within the

Age of Innocence

FOR YEARS, I HAVE SEARCHED FOR TRUE LOVE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, ONLY REALIZING THAT TRUE LOVE CAN ONLY BE FOUND FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT . . .

LUSTFUL FIEND

As a witness in life

In light of the bloom

The one who consumes

The prey that looms

Shielding my passion

That controls my emotions

In the mix of the commotion

With eyes, of a love potion

She took complete control

Captured with the intent

To discover my descent

Destined to explore, places

She’s never seen before

I rose to the occasion

Prepared for the journey

As the guilt stood before me

Turning my heart against me

With regards to my denial

Brainwashed like a child

As she slowly took the towel

Without resistance from me

I proceeded into seduction

Bonded with the touching

Fighting the corruption

Of hormones within me

Explode into paradise

Striking the bell at the precise

Motion in flight

To fulfill this lustful fiend

As my heart started pumping

The blood started rushing

It almost, made me scream

Lost in direction

Blinded by affection

As my mind started messing

My conscience was attacking me

As her climax begins

She’s holding the wind

Of a felling she hopes

would never, ever end

As I started to descend

Thinking only of the sin

Realizing I’m only man

Like the wind blowing sand

Through the cracks of my hand

I’m only man; I’m only man

I’m only a Man . . .

LIFE’S ADDICTION

I’ ve become addicted and I cannot break loose

I’d rather not be in this position,

It’s something I didn’t choose

It has made me do things, I would never, ever do

But this addiction is so powerful,

I thought I knew

There is only one cure and it’s

Hidden within myself

I need a solution to this problem,

I’m begging for help

My family has tried, but I’m only a nuisance

I never meant to hurt anyone,

But I’m under this influence

I’ve been dragging alone and

This addicted gets worst

How could I stoop so low, so bad it hurts

All my friends have given up,

They say I’m a loser

It’s so hard