Provocateur

I paused this morning to peer through the mirror

to gaze through eyes both green and grey

to plumb the visage upon the glass

I stared to see beyond beyond

to cross into heart and soul

to touch The Face upon face

my face, Christ's face facing

The image stands curious

on a morning after bath

as the world awakes to day

and I to the questions of Life

This icon I bear, is it Christ's?

Is he the one staring back at me?

If he's the one, then who're the others I see?

Is it his face I face in the mirror of their eyes

                                     the molding of their lips

                                     the coloring of their skin

                                     the silence of their cries

                                     the laughter of their heart?

*The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Did u hear about the rose that grew from a crack

in the concrete

Proving nature's laws wrong it learned 2 walk

without having feet

Funny it seems but by keeping its dreams

it learned 2 breathe fresh air

Long live the rose that grew from concrete

when no one else even cared!

-Tupac Shakur

*Sometimess I Cry

Sometimes when I'm alone

I cry because I'm on my own

The tears I cry R bitter and warm

They flow with life but take no form

I cry because my heart is torn

and I find it difficult 2 carry on

If I had an ear 2 confide in

I would cry among my treasured friends

But who do u know that stops that long

to help another carry on

The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by

than 2 stop and c what makes u cry

It's painful and sad and sometimes I cry

and no one cares about why.

-Tupac Shakur