I dreamed I was sitting on a shore,
Next to a body of clear water.
Clenched in my hand, I had
A beautiful oyster,
That I was trying to pray open.
I was using a knife,
Trying to force it to open,
By brutal force,
And the oyster refused to open.
Then, I tried even harder,
Furiously, beating it with a stone,
And the oyster refused to open.
Exhausted, I regained my calm,
And softly chanted deuce words
And to my utter surprise,
The oyster opened on its own accord,
Revealing to me its magnificent pearl
Build in time by its tears of pain.
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
WHISPERS OF THE HEART is artist and author J. Allen Wilson's second book of poetry.It can be autographed and shipped within 48 hours of order. NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
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