"The Art of War" by: Nubian Star

The Art of War


What is a conversation?
A back & forth of wills
A pouring of the union of

Mind, soul, & heart
A cup running over u
With mutually conflicting
Ideas
Half listening
Overdue statements
Emotional Bottle Rockets
Erupt pain-filled lava
Hot with wicked delivery
Tit for tat
Between u & me
Has become verbal swordplay
& I am on the fence
& since when have conversations
Not been verbal manifestoes
One sided declarations of tainted truth
Never once did I say
I really cared to listen
Don’t know the start of the misgivings
Cuz the point was some where back there
With the accusations
Just wanted a real conversation
Want you to tune into my radio station
Feel my frequency
So you can see my agenda
Cuz to my will is how I want to bend ya
Gumby style
& All the while
You
Interject with a feverish pace
Trying to be the leader of this
Lexical race
Manipulating perceptions
So what you want can be
Perceived Reality
Saying just the right incantation
To get me to cleave
To your DICtatorship
See Captain
You
Can go down without
Me
Cuz this bickering I
Doubt will be resolved soon
Like it would take
Cows leaping over the moon
And pigs flying
& The Art of Conversation
Is
Dying
To Soap Box Politicians
Social Media
& Malicious Intent
The PowerPlay of the Circumvent
Just to be the LOUDEST to Vent
Get off Ya chest
Moving pawns
Requiring Kissed Pinky Admiration
Like a Bishop
Not really caring if I listen
In an attempt to be
HEARD
Flinging AK47 assault words
To kill the competition
All the while forgetting the mission was to
COMMUNICATE!
End Point
4/3/13

Written by: Nubian Star

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Are You a Nine to Five Citizen? By: Carin Neloms

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Are You a Nine to Five Citizen?
The world is set up to have you working like a slave under companies as a nine to five citizen living check to check…However you still wonder why you are not getting anywhere in life still struggling and afraid to live out your dreams.. All these nine to five citizens are helping someone else live out their dream, (the company) you are working for is someone else’s dream and you are helping them stay financially stable. Life is meant for you to enjoy it and live happy, you only get one. So many people are settling and working to die, how about we live to die. Sacrifices have to be made to complete you and what you want to do. We are so brainwashed, working a nine to five to only live in an apartment paying 695 to 1500 for something that would never be our own. What we should be doing as the Chinese do is live in a hut together save our money to contribute to our business and pay for a house in full. Brainwashed by materialistic items, working to have 200 dollar jeans and 400 dollars weaves which is all cool to do but not when it’s controlling you. You’re not enjoying life to the fullest. Patience is a virtue, work on your venue your business and save all that money and you can have your start up money for a business or hell the whole thing but we are so blinded by the materialistic items that we don’t even notice we are settling and will always be a nine to five citizen. Beyoncé and Jay-z would not be rich if we were not using our hard earned money to support them, not hating but just think about it. Be smart, if you are going to work a nine to five save your money and don’t live within your means and the money you save could be put towards your dream, don’t be a nine to five citizen all your life. We are so afraid to be seen in Wal-Mart clothes and payless shoes we are stunting our own wealth and happiness, it has taken over our minds Wear the Wal-Mart clothing to help you save your money until you have attained the wealth to spend on those items. We might not be in chains anymore but we still are slaves to Society and in the mind. This book, this chain we are following not working together as one, under someone else’s finances, ha it’s amazing how we have been brainwashed and working a nine to five, paying for college to still work a nine to five, funny. Do you ever notice that most successful people or rich people never obtained a college degree but still made it and their dreams came true because they were aware of how life works? Hell some people reading this still won’t get it. What I’m trying to say is if you gone work a 9 to five use it your advantage to make your dream come true, don’t get a car note and an a really nice apartment, that’s the point to make you settle and become dependent on that nine to five. Also if you gone go to College go to College for something that’s toward your dream for example if you want to own your own business don’t go to school to be a nurse go to school to study business duh. Basically be patient don’t rush and think everything out before going to school and  Just please don’t be a nine to five citizen because I know I am not.

Written By: Carin Neloms

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"Images" by: Nubian Star

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Images

Images of u move across my mind
Like Ko thi dancers
Boldly elegant 
Much like the mahogany of ur eyes 
They send me into Juvenal pirouettes
Til I fall
Dizzy
Giggling
Free in the space mere thoughts of u provide
I spread my arms wide
Awaiting ur embrace
No matter how long it takes
For the melting of our sensibilities is timeless
The swaying of our hips together is a melody
In rhyming
We are the kick, ball, chain, step
Tap, tap, tapping away
As you partner with my heart
U surround me
So complete
I need nothing more than to
Open my heart
Soul
Eyes
And see the image of
U
To know
This…
This
Is
The dance of
Love
End Point
4/14/14

Written by: Nubian Star

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