Archive for November, 2011

Grit and Gravel

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

The soft bare flesh of your palms
Marred along with the bony knees
That refuse to carry you along this path
Dirt and gravel dig into your skin
As you sit facing the Eastern Gate
Prostrate like a child before your relentless master
On hands and knees too weak for strength
But too strong to kneel
Defiance is your name
As you grit your teeth and grip the gravel
Between your blistered fingers
There is no blame just a silent battle
As you crash to ground
Like the rebounded toss
Of the writer’s crumpled paper
As another idea
Dies and dies again
Breathe in the ochre
Of this ground where you find yourself kneeling
Paint your face with the ochre
Of the very ground you were once told to kneel upon
Let it be your armor, your war paint
In the coming battle
Where once you had hesitation
Shaking as straw in the wind
Let this gravel be your battlefield
And your oppression become strength
We are the children of warriors
But we have yet to prove ourselves
Even as you sit with battered pride
And bleeding palms
This is just your beginning
Let this blood be the signature
That is remembered by all
You who wept for what was right
We remember your name

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Update

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

I know it has been disappointing how little I am updating my blog but I just want everyone to know I am still here. I have recently been frustrated with my blog and feeling it has started to go in a direction that I never wanted. Very soon I am planning on starting a new and getting back to the way I wanted this blog to be. I am going to start writing more and publishing everyday as soon as finals is over, think of it as my New Years Resolution. So from New Years on I will start to regularly post again. I am sorry it won’t be sooner because I am heading into my first ever finals week at UC Berkeley but I will try to post when I can.

I am sorry if I have been letting down my readers but I am trying to start fresh very soon. So keep on holding on, the time has almost come.

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Florence Part 2

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

 

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Florence: Part 1

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Walking into Florence is like entering a labyrinthe of colored houses, narrow alley ways, and open market places. There is so much to see here that is just simply astounding.

Everywhere you walk is something new and beautiful to look at; every corner beholds a new and interesting facet to this city.

We visited the Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli gardens which were beautiful.

 

 

And took a much needed break from the over bearing sun in the shade of the garden.

 

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