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Yolanda Watson

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

6 poems·Since July 2014

I am an 18 year old college student who who has always had a strong love for both music and poetry. I am a singer as well as a spoken word poet. I currently reside in New York City more specifically in Brooklyn. I have performed some of my poetry at places such as The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and The Inspired Word presented by Mike Geffner. I am so blessed to have also been able to perform on The World Famous Apollo Theater Stage as a finalist for Urban Words NYC Teen Poetry Slam. I love the art of performing as well as expressing myself through written word. I never could have imagined years ago that I would be able to do exactly what I love and share it with so many people and now that I know it is possible I never want to stop.

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TAKE

July 20, 2014

The strongest man endures the darkest days

But to endure does not mean that he simply

Takes

And

He Takes

 

He takes and he cries and he takes and he breaks

 

He TAKES until his pain temporarily fades away

 

He TAKES to survive

Not to survive is to shake

Not to TAKE is to break

So he TAKES

 

The strongest man with no faith…

He TAKES and he BREAKS

And

                        He

And

                                    He

And

                                                He

 

becomes weary….

Until out of his eyes he can see clearly

 

He breaks loose all his chains

 

HE BREAKS

 

The strong man inside that he has been searching for

HE FINDS

HE SHAKES

and he cries…

Pours out from the inside

 

The strongest man endures

Breaks down his burden doors

 

He takes…..No more.

 

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