Liberation of Fear and Love: A Collection of Poetry

By Christopher Gaskins

The true hallmark of prose poetry
lies in its ability to seize the
unattainable; to arrive at places
that no longer exist, and lend voice
to the unspoken. In Liberation of
Fear and Love, Gaskins artfully
captures the rawest of emotions
and frees them via inventive use
of language and engaging prose.
One lyrical verse after the other,
Gaskins poetry becomes the voice
that erects pillars of social justice,
engaging readers into a Socratic
dialogue as they travel into a time
of love and music.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 3, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469186962

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Liberation

Of Fear And Love

A Collection of Poetry

Christopher Gaskins

Copyright © 2012 by Christopher Gaskins.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2012905135

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4691-8695-5

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Photography by Tia Hall

Cover Illustration by Sebastian Caceres

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Section I

Perspectives Beyond the Veil

Broken Silence

(Prelude)

Christopher

Misunderstood

To Young Minds

In the Rough

(Two stories far apart, yet so similar)

Listen Brotha

Black Man

When Will the Healing

Be Complete?

Good Morning

Interview in Black Face

Lye and Deceit

Circle of Life

A Blind Man’s Faith

Ole Charlie Thoreau

In the Night

Rainbow

Mansions on Street Corners

Blessed

Forgotten Roses

Good Morning, Metropolis

Transcendentalist Perspective

I Ain’t Got It

Delayed Appreciation

Charity

Skeleton Keys

Sibahle’s Arabesque

Exceptional Men

Martyrs

Time

Thorns of Roses

Sakeineh Mohammadi Ashtiani

Sack of Coins

En Flight to Exodus

(In Memory of Yaguine Koita and Fode Tounkar)

For You

Wind of Life

Braveheart

Section II

The Metronome

of Love and Music

Infinitely Beautiful

Let’s Stay In

Don’t Let My Love Slip Away

And If I Fall

This Desire

Love Jones

Thus Spake Love

Intoxication

Deceit of Eros?

Lust

Lover’s Ascension

Love

Tears at Sea

Unrequited Love

Escaping Sands

April’s Joy

Soaking up the Sun

Ever Again

King

Soul Sista

Affirmation

Music Is Noise

If I Could Sing

Memory of Music

Vinyl

Graffiti on the Walls

’64 Blues House

Silhouette Beauty

About the Author

Acknowledgments

To God: My will is to satisfy your will through my passion to help others. I now understand that this is my purpose in life while I am here on this earth. Please continue to give me strength. I thank you for the joy of life.

To my mother and father: Thank you both for always being such a strong support system and motivators in my life. I love you both very much.

Special thanks to Tia Hall and Sebastian Caceres for giving my words vision and life in the form of photography and art. Much respect.

Prologue

I truly believe love is the panacea for all of the world’s ills and pains. Love. Yes, just love. First you must liberate fear in order to liberate love. It is through love that compassion