The Beauty of Poetry

the beauty of poetry is the fact that it lets you express how u feel. I love it!!! I haven't dabbled with my writing in a while because i was ashamed, scared that people might laugh at me but who cares, I am me. anyone who calls me a friend should know how much i love poetry. Here goes a piece i wrote 2 minutes ago, don't know why but i felt like it. to those who read this, i just want u to leave a comment, u can critique me as much as u want to, that doesn't kill me, it just makes me stronger. the poem is untitled.

In a world where
hate and sorrow
live
breathe
sleep
side by side
I spit in the face of danger
Violence when commited
Angers me
Guns don't only kill who they intend to
they kill the soul of the unintended
I spit in the face of danger
for the sole reason
that Danger spits at me
Every morning i wake up
Give my praises to the Lord
In a world where
hate and sorrow
live
breathe
sleep
side by side.

And I'm out!!!

Freedom....does such a thing exist???

The Spirit of July 4th is in the air and it got me thinking, does freedom really exist? we live in one of the major powers in the world yet i do not feel a sense of it, freedom. Now don't get me wrong, i have lived in countries where expressing your political thoughts got u in jail, no freedom of speech, no freedom of press, no freeedom of anything. Well, we do have feedom of speech in the wonderful continent of the U.S of A but is it enough???Do we call this freedom when every day we are scared of another terriost attack? I wonder how the Jews of Israel and Muslims of Palestine feel everyday knowing that a suicide bomber is inevitable.Walking down the street thinking is it my turn today.
So are we really free? We live in a society were the color of our skin can get us a job or not. Racism still exists. Poverty still exists. We are stuck in a mindless war in Iraq, to tell u the truth, i don't even remmber why we invaded that country. Was it becuse they had weapons of mass destruction or that we needed oil or that George Bush Jr. wanted to finish off something George Bush Sr. started? Does freedom really exist when we live in a society were stereotyping is a way of life? Does freedom really exist when your government is telling you that they have the right to tap your phones and e-mail account, God, what happened to something that American values the most, privacy!!!! Does freedom really exist when u have to watch what u say about the President? Does freedom really exist when the government takes money from us in the name of tax that we will nvever to see again?
Ask yourself when u wake up Tuesday morning if u really are free.