Darryl M. GWALTNEY-BEY-81

Get Out Fast

It was smart
On our part
To transport
Out of the city in comfort...

We lost a lot and that couldn't be prevented
But our flight was magnificent
Society documented
And our enemies consented...

Our departure was with great regret
We supplanted enormous threats
Paid our debts
Pride in tact we left...

That moonlit night won't soon be forgotten
Our prudence foiled their plotting
Diabolical and rotten
We got out fast and won't be stopping!!!

Darryl M. GWALTNEY-BEY-82

Da DRUGS

Did I dare deal drugs during desperate days

Dope drives dummies to desperation, and

despondence produces dejection

Damnation deepens down drugs dominated domains

Disinherited and despised as drunks, dope-fiend, drug

Addicts;

Die, devoid devoted to death; A disease

Destined for disaster and doom;

Draining dignity destroying dreams

Dem damn drugs!

Darryl M. GWALTNEY-BEY-83

INVICTUS

Ont of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole;
I thank whatever gods may be,
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have not winched nor cried aloud;
Under the bludgeoning of chance,
My head is bloody but unbowed

Beyond this place of wrath and tears,
Looms but the horror of the shade;
And yet the menace of the years,
Finds, and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll;
I am the mater of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.

"Invictus"-- By W.E. Henley, 1849-1903. These four short stanzas
are the embodiment of perseverance and reaches into infinity to
show the true potential of the human spirit to rise and be victori-
ous in face of great peril. For perseverance, a touch of motiva-
tion and a heavy dose of inspirtation read thses lines and between
them; and find the medicine for your soul.

Darryl M. GWALTNEY-BEY-84

Tripping Me Out

How the world has become so fake
Only politicians are getting a fair shake
They keep on lying
While the people are dying
Fighting foreign wars
barred from the stores
With not enough to eat
Or a place to sleep
The rich getting richer
And the poor getting prison
Down so low trying to get high
Struggling everyday just trying to survive
Playing a Mitt game
Going insane
Thrilled by other muther's illusions of fame
Where theatrical rule to mask our pain
Determine what is real
When so much is concealed
Everything's a dream
Nothing's what it seem
Round and round
Death easily found
Never even stop
I Tell You Man, Its Tripping Me Out.

Darryl M. GWALTNEY-BEY-85

Overview

From the womb, to the tomb is one great drama; with many epi
sodes playing out in a real of time that is the human experience;
some good, some bad, some happy, and some are sad.

Life is a learning experience, full physical contacts and emo-
tional ups and downs. It is a journey of epic proportion, and no-
thing is more profound in our travels than the wealth of knowledge
that is gained form the love we share; the hate we must confront
and the ability to persevere that is the result of our struggles.

It was my humble effort to share what life's experiences has
bestowed upon me, and if, at some point in your reading of this
work you have come face to face with just how these experiences
shape, mold and fashion human mentalities, I claim a degree of
success.

And if by chance I have conveyed that love is beautiful-though
bitter/sweet; and that hate can be used as a mechanism to create
for the benefit of mankind; and perseverance is the strength of
the human spirit, soul and body enduring every aspect of our exi-
stance, overcoming and carrying on--undertaking this task has been
rewarded.

To the One Who is Supreme, Most Wise and Beneficent and to
Him alone belongs worship, adoration, thanksgiving and praise...
"LOVE STILL EXISTS"!