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BATTLE OF DESTEE.COM (TO BE READ BY ALL DESTEE POETS, MEMBERS AND VISITORS)

Keita Kenyatta
04-05-2004, 05:41 PM
I really don't know where to find the words,
as they seek to fly like wandering birds.
I read your letter and my heart started to drop,
for we all have the power to make this illusion stop.
This is now OUR FIGHT, AND THIS IS OUR LAND,
WHERE THE CORE OF DESTEE
MUST NOW MAKE A STAND.

We've been many places from africa to rome,
but Destees the place we've chosen as home...
to express ourselves and to be who we are,
as a unit of one though we live very far.
We come here to smile, to laugh and to learn,
so how can we sit and watch OUR OWN HOUSE BURN ?
Is this who we are, I really don't know...
but our failure to act means we reap what we sow.

I know we're much stronger,
so wipe the tears from your eyes,
for if we must fall at least we'll say we all tried.
But I don't believe there's a reason to fall,
if each poet, student and teacher will only stand tall.
Tall enough to stand behind a woman with heart,
who provided a place where we each have a part.
A part of ourselves that we know is for real,
where we don't have to fake, to hide or conceal.

So don't put your keyboard back up on the shelf,
cause what we done for others we can do for ourself.
The battle cry has rang but this isn't the end,
for all our ancestors died cause they knew WE COULD WIN.
AND JUST LIKE THEY FOUGHT TO PROVE THEY WERE STRONG,
THIS BATTLE IS OURS TO PROVE THEY WE'REN'T WRONG !!!

LOVE YA !!
KEITA OTIBA KENYATTA

yahsistah
04-05-2004, 05:47 PM
brother keita
wow i am feeling that poetic
reply and this is the place we call
home and who we call fam
we need to support one another
fa sho
Shalom

queentswana
04-05-2004, 06:07 PM
I really don't know where to find the words,
as they seek to fly like wandering birds.
I read your letter and my heart started to drop,
for we all have the power to make this illusion stop.
This is now OUR FIGHT, AND THIS IS OUR LAND,
WHERE THE CORE OF DESTEE
MUST NOW MAKE A STAND.

We've been many places from africa to rome,
but Destees the place we've chosen as home...
to express ourselves and to be who we are,
as a unit of one though we live very far.
We come here to smile, to laugh and to learn,
so how can we sit and watch OUR OWN HOUSE BURN ?
Is this who we are, I really don't know...
but our failure to act means we reap what we sow.

I know we're much stronger,
so wipe the tears from your eyes,
for if we must fall at least we'll say we all tried.
But I don't believe there's a reason to fall,
if each poet, student and teacher will only stand tall.
Tall enough to stand behind a woman with heart,
who provided a place where we each have a part.
A part of ourselves that we know is for real,
where we don't have to fake, to hide or conceal.

So don't put your keyboard back up on the shelf,
cause what we done for others we can do for ourself.
The battle cry has rang but this isn't the end,
for all our ancestors died cause they knew WE COULD WIN.
AND JUST LIKE THEY FOUGHT TO PROVE THEY WERE STRONG,
THIS BATTLE IS OURS TO PROVE THEY WE'REN'T WRONG !!!


Since there are three (husband, daughter, self) of us...just read this poem 3 times, because there is nothing I can add that my husband didn't say...
WE LOVE YOU DESTEE...AND NONE OF US ARE GOING ANYWHERE...WE ARE ALL AS "1" :spinn: :look: :spinn:

$$RICH$$
04-05-2004, 06:12 PM
Thankz for dis here yesssssssssssssssss!!
become a supporter I am and let's keep
every light bright and bonding to rise as one
Please contribute to a worthy cause

MzBlkAngel
04-05-2004, 06:34 PM
indeed the place we call
home...DESTEE.COM


become a supporter I am

Peace
Angel

watzinaname
04-05-2004, 07:17 PM
What a poem of determination, so worthy of destee, great flow.

Nita
04-05-2004, 08:45 PM
Keita
So true
We gotta win the fight people

triniti424
04-05-2004, 09:02 PM
yes my brotha very well said...
it has been offcially CLAIMED
:grouphug:

Bluewater
04-05-2004, 10:47 PM
wonderful call n your flow
from the heart
this is our home
and it is time to make
every step count
much love to you
sending it back to the top
Peace
BlueWater:heart:

PLATINUMILLITY1
05-20-2008, 09:06 PM
This Has OFFICIALLY Been Proclaimed A HISTORICAL Scribe!!!(By Yours Truly:))

What Is SO WildIs This is My First time reading any if your oerty Brother Keita....anf gor this To have been it I am Amazed:)
Your Pen Flows Both Ways And it is GREAT!!!!!
I really hope to see you in te Poetry thread again Big Bro
BLESS
Catch Ya Later!:D
:10200:

truetothecause
05-20-2008, 10:02 PM
Power~filled piece indeed
For those who want to succeed
For those who are willing to take the lead
Standing firm in our decision, family let's take heed

For the journey is not over
The battle not won
There is much more work for us here
Under this Sun

My heart, Soul and Love
is what I have to offer
I trust that it finds a safe space
and adds not take away from our coffers

I cry for REPARATIONS
that is my fight
For to me it is to Heal
from this hellish plight

So Keita and Destee
you can always count me in
Even in the times when my Love grows thin
Or I unknowingly add to a picture that's grim

My Heart, Soul and Love
still...
Knows no end!

Thanks Princess P for bumping this back up :welldone:

M.E.
:hearts2:

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