Category: Poems of Expression


Destination Nowhere

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January 29, 2012

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

I woke this morning with no particular thought
Hailed a cab, that drove to a train, that led to a plane
The clerk asked my destination
I replied anywhere but here
Maybe I’ll go to a tropical island
Or brave the cold of the North Pole
Maybe play in the jungles of Africa
Or sip tea in the land of Japan
My destination is nowhere
I’d like to start anew
This current life I’m living
Has reached its traumatic end
I’d like to have a different name
Make friends from different lands
Travel the world nonstop
Till I’ve truly lived this life
But I don’t want anywhere in particular
I’d rather be a nomad
My destination is nowhere
And that’s the life I live

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There Once was a Man

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January 15, 2012

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

 

 

There once was a man on a quest for greatness

One thing stood in his way

He spent most his life searching for that one thing that held him back

He’d always blame others for his shortcomings

Losing love and friends along the way

His life was destructive, because he over endulged

He seemed to lack dicipline or be in touch with reality

In his mind he made others happy, but all they really wondered was if he was ok

He’d boast and brag and hide from the truth

But deep inside he longed

He hurt

Thing about hurt is it grows

It consumes

It can destroy

He sat one day

All alone

Thinking of why his life seemed to be in shambles

In a moment of clarity

He saw the truth

The truth was he was his own worst enemy

He was what held him back

He was the other half of his failed relationships

He was the reason for many of his ills

In his search for the truth

He found a startling revelation

Truth seekers often try to find the truth

They have to be prepared to accept it for what it is

He accepted this truth

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Denying Love I Deserve

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January 12, 2012

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

 

 

I can no longer pretend my heart has turned cold

When the embers still burn red hot

I can no longer deny the passion I feel

The loneliness is felt on a daily

I wonder what the feeling feels like again

The feeling of being loved and loving back

What does my future hold?

I miss the feeling

The feeling of being wanted

Desired

Loved

But am I truly ready

Or is it loneliness speaking again

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Last Percenters

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January 12, 2012

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

 

 

We that strive to BE

Strive to achieve regardless of where we were BRED

Regardless of the tragedies we endure or the hard times we FACE

It is WE the Last Percenters WE who are SELFLESS

No SELFISHNESS

We’re the percent that the 1% FORGOT

The 2% who fight for FREEDOM

The 12% that society enslaved and REPRESSED

We’re political FODDER

The ones to which religion PANDERS

The ones that hope for a better DAY

Not just hope, but take steps to make that hope a REALITY

Our 15 minutes comes and goes, but it ENDURES

It has staying POWER

They can’t silence our VOICE

That can’t stymie our DRIVE

They can only watch us WORK

Watch us ACHIEVE

Create policies and laws as ROADBLOCKS

But as the Great Maya Angelou said “Still I Rise”

The light still SHINES

We are collectively POWERFUL

Divided we FALL

That seems to be the GOAL

But we live to fight another DAY

We are the Last PERCENTERS

The voice of the Past, Present and FUTURE

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No Sunlight

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January 11, 2012

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

As I sit and stare at the sunshine shining

It doesn’t seem to make it’s way my way

Leaving my life shrouded in darkness

I stare at happiness as I percieve it

I see the couples kissing

The kids playing

All the while I sit here alone longing for the love

That light to shine my way

I often imagine myself with another

Dancing and swinging in the sunshine

While our little ones sing to a melody only they know

We caress

We kiss

We love

But that feeling is suddently gone

The clouds covered the sun

Blocking my happiness

Stealing my sunlight

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Moments of Clarity

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January 1, 2012

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

Moments of clarity as the drunks call it

A moment when you realize the path of your life

When you realize you are truly grown and in control of your destiny

A destiny not controlled by anyone but yourself

I seek love like every other, just don’t acknowledge it

Yes, maybe I’m in denial, but it is stress free

Except when I am really in need

When I realize man is not meant to be alone

I love hard but love often fucks me

Hard with no loving often fucks me

Having its way as I drown in misery

One day I shall find the path to my destiny

But for now I’m just living life as it comes

I realize I’m an angry young man

A man that has a daughter and a responsibility to raise her as a respectable woman

That I will do with the help of God

With the help of my family

With the assistance of my friends

I love hard

My moment of clarity is making money and loving with all I have

Regardless of the outcome

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Hidden in the Words

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December 24, 2011

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

Does she really want he real?

Does she wants the pain that coms with reality?

Joy comes in the morning

Or so they say

You’re alive so that’s joy enough

But what do they really want outta life

Life is for the living, not the dying or dead

So spend most of your life getting the bread

Aka money

Hidden in most books

That’s the secret

Learning what success feels like

Cause all most niggas will give you is dick and that’s it

I’m spitting knowledge

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Bittersweet

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December 7, 2011

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

Love breaks the dawn

But all we feel is the pain of hate

Hate that breed’s violence against out fellow man

Wish I could love freely

But it’s all just bittersweet

Life is a making of a fantasy you make reality

Reality you may not be truly ready for

But you still have to face

It’s all so bittersweet

Cause without love you can’t have hate

Both breed unstable humans seeking completeness

Seeking life that they believe everyone has

But to no avail

Everyone seeks the same and only have the perception of happiness

Happiness crafted by humanity

But are we truly happy?

Are we truly dreaming or just emulating what someone else calls success

Marriage and relationships the biggest sham or truly a need for human existence

It’s all so bittersweet

Without one the other is irrelevant

Birds fly freely or so we think, they follow the crowd to the destination sought by another

Bittersweet

Is love an illusion or a necessary thing for survival

Bittersweet

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Fight for Freedom

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November 26, 2011

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

 

Soon I’ll be free to write my own story

No longer up at dawns ass crack

No longer fighting in some forign land

But truly free

Free to make my own choice

Suffer my own consequence

Be my own man

Free to explore and invent

To distort and prevent

My own ruin or success

Soon I’ll be free to roam the world

Not as a warrior

But in peace

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Happy Thanksgiving

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November 24, 2011

 

 

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.

 

I want to take the time to give thanks to God for making all life and enjoyment possible.

My family despite our shortcomings and negatives we have a lot of positive, stay strong in the faith and love that we all possess.

I want to thank my mom Mary Weathers for enduring labor to bring me into this world, God willing.

I want to thank God for blessing me with my one and only child Olivia Jefferson, you are my light and my grace. Much Love!

I want to thank God for blessing wit hthe foresight to call it quits with the military, thank you for not letting me ruin my life with reenlistment.

I want to thank the Jeffersons, Shavers, Weathers and all other of my families for blessing me with the attributes I have today.

I’ve came a long ways, from the darkness to the light and it wouldn’t be possible without the family, friends and associates I surround myself with on a daily.

I want to thank the Army, yes the Army, for providing me wit the strength to get through any and everything.

Thank the men and women who serve and have served beside me in battle and to those who are still fighting, I wish you could be home with your families.

Thank President Obama for remaining strong despite the evil that fights you everyday, trying to deny your plans and help.

Thanking my friends new and old for being a part of my life ya’ll are truly a blessing and an enjoyment to be around.

Thank you all and Happy Thanksgiving!

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