Forever in the Vision of Decision

By Romando James

My expectations are that my poems will reach across the globe to destinations I've only dreamed of. My parents allowed me to believe in my dreams and I can't thank them enough for the encouragement

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 25, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503542563

Romando James

I started writing at the age of seventeen. This is when the first novel was written, but not published. I grew up in Elizabeth City North Carolina and came from a large family. At twenty-one writing was my mental escape and I spent quite a few years creating poems. My goal has been working on getting my writings published for a long time. I would like to thank my all my family and friends who believed in my work. They’ve seen me go through ups and downs and I have never lost faith in myself. I would also like to thank my deceased wife Dahl A. Banks, because she gave me the title for my poems.

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Copyright © 2015 by Jerrold Banks.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015902125

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5035-4254-9

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Rev. date: 02/20/2015

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Contents

Intensify

Rags and Riches

The Maze

Empty Feeling

Skid-Row

Lonely Word

Dark Places

Pimps and Bitches King and Queens

Nightmares of America

Without a Vision

Chains

Personality

Knights

The Doctor

Journey

Forever, in the vision of decision

A dreamer dreams

Set’em free

Set the people free?

Being Black

World Peace

Strive to stay alive

Sight and Sound

Beauty

Lonely Heart

I met a star, just the other day

An All-star Cast

The Writing

A talk with a friend

Time to think

What is truth?

Over and over

The way it used to be

Intensify

(Blinded By the Glare)

         Something’s, that are true,

may just! Come through Blue.

But don’t give up the part that really you,

time becomes additive, as you learn to do

From the start man has wondered,

how true love melts the coldest heart.

We’ve tried everything to stay our distance,

to keep dreams apart.

Now like a mirror that reflects an image of what’s there,

people running, seeking all they feel is fair.

         Keeping up in the game is somewhat a dare,

playing by rules,

getting lost in its care.

How can you (mess) up the air,

spreading lies and confusion. Everywhere.

Will it ever come to a fact that the things we do come right back.

Man do you ever think (Life) is still judge on thought,

like you’re white and I’m black.

In the world some people still believe in the separate track.

Rags and Riches

         Where some are from,

others may