This book is based on real life experiences and fictional imaginative visions of the author. These poems reflect the mind of a young adult growing up in many different aspects of life. There are poems of pain, love, sorrow, ambition, race and many other factors that makeup the author's thinking process.

Life Is Like A Diamond, Hard Yet Valuable

"Patience is a virtue only if virtue has patience."By Kareem Andrew Alfred

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Copyright © 2011 Kareem Andrew Alfred
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ISBN: 978-1-4634-4875-2

Chapter One

      Know The Soul


    Know the soul below heart's flesh
    Inside hides true beauty,
    Know the soul below heart's flesh
    Then judge its clarity,
    Know the soul below heart's flesh
    Don't neglect this value,
    Know the soul below heart's flesh
    Before you say I do.


      Brightest Bulb

    I'm not the brightest bulb
    But I'm dedicated to stay on.


        Ditch

    If your car is in a ditch
    Ditch the car,
    If your relationship is in a ditch
    Ditch the relationship,
    If your friendship is in a ditch
    Ditch the friendship,
    If you're in a ditch
    You can't ditch your heart
    But you can ditch your faults
    Perfection is an art.


        Won't You

    Won't you like to know the things I've done
    Before I joined the story of my scares.


        No More Religious

    It's Easter everyone but I'm no more religious than a smoking
    gun.


        Discipline Is The Art Of War

    Discipline is the art of war
    Death holds the hand I saw
    Life hangs as a picture frame
    Bullets separate droplets of rain.


        Good Monday

    Most people frown on Monday
    They claim it's a slow day
    Most people hate Monday
    They say it's the worst day
    Hopefully they'll realize
    Many people died on Sunday
    It's boring without friends
    Lack of gratitude complains.


        Life

    It blows like the wind
    It sets like the sun
    At the end of our roads
    We face one outcome
    Filled of memories
    Watered by deeds
    Old seeds remain green
    Our spirits can feel.


        Liverpool FC

    In red we strike
    Flair filled with might
    Let glorious days remain,
    Fight with heart
    It plays a part
    In unity we'll stay,
    By legs and shins
    Will moves to win
    Victory comes this way,
    Stick to rules
    We're Liverpool
    FC
    Champions again.

    Dedicated to Liverpool Football Club, England


        I'm Use To

    I'm use to making bad decisions
    So I only got failure to lose.


        High Pride Has Risen To

    Chest protrudes over views
    Eyes bulge as morning dew
    Sharply upon mountain slews
    High pride has risen to,
    Over and over walk on through
    None speak to your heart's rues
    Humbleness shall clutch a fool
    High pride has risen to.
    Ego's composer grown tall
    Mr. and Mrs. knew it all
    Avalanche, world laughs amused
    Cut down quickly as wild oats, due.


        To Learn Is A Gift

    Open every clam to find the biggest pearl
    Polish every rock to view the brightest stone
    Brush off dirt to seek the oldest bones
    Search every crevice for nuggets are gold.
    Patience is golden
    Ideas are linked
    Prized is the journey
    To learn is a gift
    Memory is its wrapper
    For curiosity finds
    Put everything together
    Great is your mind.


        Ambition Brings The Price Of Pain

    Should I give up?
    Should I quit?
    There's no way out
    My wrists to slit,
    Axes are broken and backs are sore
    Footsteps behind show pains endured,
    Yet if trees provided wood easily
    Every journey would be so smooth
    Jungles don't die so easily
    Turn back you thoughts of doom,
    Ambition brings the price of pain
    Extreme heat forms a blade
    Winded fruits fall like destiny
    Today to life I cling.


        State Of A Coma

    Emotions got the best of me
    Heart lucks up and throws away key
    Irrational actions awake from slumber
    Yesterday's decisions live forever
    Tomorrow comes and I'm angered no longer
    Trapped regrets as the last wild stallion
    If not for feelings this state of a coma
    Wouldn't care much about my lover.


        Captain Kidd

    Plunder as pirates
    Take, take, take
    Give us your possessions
    Quick, quick, quick
    Our ships are dark
    With harbored...