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Born in the Darkness

Harold Wallace JR 1992 (Charlotte)

Free verse
Born in the Darkness

You are new to the  Dark
I was born in it
Hell marks all over my body
The darkness tried to kill me before I ever started
Zodiac Arises  so you know I don't want no problems
But it's so lonely cuz I can't trust nobody
Got gold all over my body
Dredlocks my hair NGR I'm God bodied
Livening life off of logic
I get hate from everybody
All I wanted was see you prosper FAM
Mmmmhummm
I can still fell your hate
And your double cups still full of rage; hater aid.
I was born to survive
So strive
Never getting distracted While I'm on my wave
Never getting disappointed by the
Likes of ones like you cuz I was born in a world full of darkness and rage
Hell marks a over my soul and my body...

About this poem

This pome is about being black and trying to survive in a world that never wanted you and at every turn it wants to kill you; but , you survive….. NGR = Pharo

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Written on December 05, 2021

Submitted by haroldwallace37 on December 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXAXXAAXXABBXXCCXXXA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 721
Words 158
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 20
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Harold Wallace JR

Born in Charlotte NC , have been writing since I was 9. Married with five kids. Has an degree in electronics… and plans to change the works with poetry…. more…

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