You Know What 'Um Sayin'?

By Zavin Lyte

The purpose of this book is to make the point that we should allow ourselves to dream about a perfect world and then go ahead and set our sails in that direction. It may take time, but what life-labored mission is any more worth the while?

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jan 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512722857

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You Know What

‘Um Sayin’?

Zavin Lyte

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Copyright © 2016 Zavin Lyte.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-2285-7 (e)

WestBow Press rev. date: 12/07/2015

CONTENTS

Afraid Of Fear

My Race Has Run

I Watch You

Todays’ Moms

The Feel Good Sensation

It’s A Life And Death Game

There’s Always The Gangstas’

Food To The Bigger Fish!

Life Ain’t Fair, Man!!

They Never Saw How I Was Hurtin’!

Jokers And Aces

Cash Money Groove

Thinkin’ ’Bout Callin’ A Truce

Gotta’ Know What’s At Stake!

Stray Bullets!!

Bleed Your Way Out!

Don’t Let This Happen To You

Overblown

I Don’t Want To Do It No More!

Lean With The Breeze ’Til You Stack Enough Cheese

Smoke In The City

The Wrong Avenue

You Know What ’Um Sayin’ ? – Q & A

Afraid Of Fear

A Dark One comes to me

Shape-Shifting once and more

So many forms I recognize,

tho’, none I’ve seen before

he states his presence, why

with Backwards-Fated List

But One

has spoken to me

of what he,

yet, has missed

And, when that One did speak,

I heard what He would say

As Word came unto me

that HE, alone,

would name MY Day

So when…

he looks into my eyes

I look into his eyes

I fear not what he tells

I watch his wings

reclaim the Skies

for that

his Call is not my own

Hence

I would not hear his Voice

My Life, my World so Beautiful

My "FATE" is, lone,.. MY choice

For,..

when a Day shall Pen my name,

then will I follow true

Yet, I shall give this Day

that I am called to do

For, I know my GOD

And, my GOD knows me

Zavin Lyte 1/8/2008

My Race Has Run

        To whom shall bear the face of saddened hearts

when promises unsaved shall rend the soul

And futile pinings win but minor part

        Yet, amplifies itself in Grander role

        Falling from the vine while ripened not

when traits can not yet say me to a Gender

Compelled to clinch my fists and live My lot

        Yet, ease my Day with subtle, somber splendor

        Would that I know this Path was mine to take

can stand in readiness, so tall and right

to place my Slumbers ’twixt my times awake

        that Labors walk my fullest way to night

And,

        when self-surrendered tears shall fret no more

as weeping cantors final to the sun,

shall Heaven send its’ beauty to my door

        and give me Rest

For, long…

my Race has run

        Amen

Zavin Lyte /995

I Watch You

        I watch you in the Days and Nights

I watch your Ways and Deeds

        I watch your Dance for Life and Death

confusing wants and needs

        I watch you leave your Mothers’