Letter to my unborn child

Uhunoma Leonard Iyahen 1986 (United States)

Life

To you youth is soon to belong my son
while my own age shall be on the run,
I shall become gray,
and watch your flesh sparkle like morning rays.

If they ever questioned you about when i lived
tell them i breath same air with United State President Barack Obama,

If they ever questioned you about the dreams i believed
tell them the dreams of Martin Luther King Jr.

And if ever they question you about what makes my poem unique
tell them the poet is neither black nor white man ,nor slave nor king,
Say i am just a dad, a real good one at that.

And if in your time they ever take any man as a slave
tell them about life and grave, who gives freedom
to kings, queens, poets and slaves.

https://youtu.be/P-dG8P6XenM http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1569005279 check out the Spoken word poetry by me on iTunes.

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Scheme	AABC XX XB XXX XXX C
Closest metre	Iambic heptameter
Characters	792
Words	153
Stanzas	6
Stanza Lengths	4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1

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GregLanier
Good stuff, Leo. Keep it coming.
LikeReply 12 years ago
- Leocribs
  thank you so much , the spoken word of it is available on iTunes https://music.apple.com/album/id/1569005279
  LikeReply2 years ago
baby_p
I will subscribe
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- Leocribs
  thank you so much share Leocribs motivations as much as you can. Let's go viral. Thanks
  LikeReply2 years ago
- baby_p
  do the same for my poems. Be blessed
  LikeReply 12 years ago
- Leocribs
  okay. You can make lyrics videos of your poem or pay someone to turn it into poetry videos for you and i can place it on Leocribs Motivations on YouTube if you want. Thanks
  LikeReply2 years ago
baby_p
A welcome note to the unborn. They should know their root
LikeReply 12 years ago
- Leocribs
  thank you so much . You can subscribe to Leocribs motivations on youtube to listen to my spoken word version of the poetry . Thanks
  LikeReply2 years ago
ludy_b
Precious thoughts for a future of hope.
LikeReply 12 years ago
- Leocribs
  thank you so much for the compliment.
  LikeReply2 years ago

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