As crazy as things are today and everyone trying to get over, the world needs someone to tell the truth. Even if it means exposing their own short comings. The world is going to hell in a handbag and no one seems to care. It's like ignorance thrives here today and it's becoming an epidemic. I myself am not perfect and I'm searching for GOD's grace to lead me down this path surrounded by walls of hell. And I pray that one day, we all walk towards that light before it's to late.
My name is Idara, pronounced (E-da-ruh). Nigerian/AmericanI'm a poet born and brasied in the A.T.L. ghettos striving to get my voice heard. GOD blew breath in my lungs, Jesus Christ died on the cross for me, and the Holy Spirit gave me a divine language of Poetry to speak in, so through that language, I share my story and have become the voice of the people. I'm gearing up for war, see you on the front line. Peace by any means!!!
Website(s) coming soon!!!
Some old Poetry to hold you over until I can upload the new ones...
MY POEMS
"BEHIND"
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO REALIZE THAT WE ARE BEHIND ENEMY LINES,
WE LET THEM CONTROL OUR THOUGHTS AND OUR MINDS,
WE..RE SO CAUGHT UP IN FASHION, FATERNITIES, AND SORORITIES,
AND NOT ENOUGH TIME DEVELOPING OUR FAMILIES,
WE CAN..T READ A BOOK, WE HAVE TO WATCH THE FILM,
WE..RE NOT BLACK ANYMORE CAUSE WE..RE TRYING TO BE LIKE THEM,
WE LET THEM DEFINE WHAT THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE ARE,
FROM THE CLOTHES THAT WE WEAR TO THE EMBLEM DISPLAYED ON OUR CAR,
WE LOOK DOWN ON ONE ANOTHER INSTED OF GIVING A HELPING HAND,
HOW ARE YOU BLACK IF YOU WON..T HELP YOUR FELLOW BLACK MAN,
INFACT, YOU..RE HELPING TO DESTROY HIM FOR YOUR PERSONAL GAIN,
BUT THEY DON..T LIKE YOU, AND TO YOU THEY WILL DO THE SAME,
THEY WILL SEEM TO EXCEPT YOU AND BE YOUR FRIEND,
BUT TURN ON YOU BLACK A$$ LIKE "O.J." IN THE END,
YOU..RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW MANY WOMEN WILL HOLLA BECAUSE OF YOUR RIMS,
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU CAN GET IF YOU SLEEP WITH HIM,
WE FIGHT FOR BLOCKS THAT WE DON..T EVEN OWN,
DOESN..T MAKE IT YOUR..S JUST CAUSE YOU CALL IT HOME,
AND UNTIL WE OPEN OUR THIRD EYE THAT REMAINS BLIND,
WE..LL ALWAYS BE TRYING TO CATCH UP, ONLY TO BE LEFT BEHIND.
By Idara
Copyright © 2002
"WHY HATE ME"
WHY HATE ME, MY ANCESTORS HELP BUILD THIS NATION,
YET THEY OWN NOTHING, AND LIVED ON A PLANTATION,
THEY FOUGHT IN WARS, AND GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US,
BUT IN THE 1950..s THEY HAD TO RIDE THE BACK OF THE BUS,
WE STRUGGLED FOR A LONG TIME AND STILL WE HAVETO FIGHT,
A LOT OF US WERE KILLED FOR STANDING UP FOR OUR RIGHTS,
THEY TRIED TO MAKE US LESS OF A MAN,
BUT WE STOOD STRONG AND HERE WE STILL STAND,
YOU STEERED ME THIS WAY, SO WHY HATE ME,
I..M JUST AN UNPREDICTED RESULT OF WHAT YOU WANTED ME TO BE,
YOU COULDN..T CONTROL US AND WE GAINED SOME GROUND,
NOW WE..RE A STRENGTH THAT YOU CAN..T SHUT DOWN,
WE FOUGHT BACK WITH PEACE AND A LITTLE BIT VIOLENCE,
BUT WE GREW TO A VOICE THAT CAN..T BE SILENCED,
AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU BECAUSE OF TERRORISM,
I..M SORRY, I DON..T SUPPORT YOUR PATRIOTISM,
I..M NOT FLYING A FLAG FOR A NATION THAT CARES NOTHING ABOUT MY PEOPLE,
AND I WON..T FIGHT IN YOUR WAR UNTIL WE ALL ARE EQUAL,
CAUSE AFTER THE WAR YOU..LL BE RIGHT BACK TO HATING ME,
AND THIS IS THE REWARD FOR OUR BRAVERY,
AND DON..T TELL ME YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL,
CAUSE YOU..LL NEVER KNOW UNLESS YOU..RE BLACK FOR REAL,
AND DON..T GIVE ME IT..S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE,
CAUSE I SEE THE STARES AS I WALK THROUGH THE DOOR,
EYES COLD, LIKE "WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE",
OR "SHOULDN..T THEY BECOMING IN THROUGH THE REAR",
I..M NOT AN ANGRY BLACK MAN, BUT AN EDUCATED BLACK MAN WHICH MAKES ME A THREAT,
AND GETTING SMARTER EVERYDAY, YOU HAVEN..T WON YET.....
By Idara
Copyright © 2003
"LOST"
I DON..T KNOW HOW I ENDED UP WITH THE DEVIL IN MY MIST,
HE TRIED TO POISION MY MIND AND SHACKLE MY WRIST,
HE TRIED TO DESTROY EVERYTHING THAT I WORKED SO HARD TO OBTAIN,
HE ENTERED THROUGH MY HEART, AND PLANET A VISION IN MY BRAIN,
TRICKED ME WITH WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE THE BEST WOMAN IEVER MET,
BLINDED MY VISION WITH CHEAP THRILLS AND TORID SEX,
WHAT HAPPEN NEXT WAS A TURN IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION,
I TURNED TO GOD AND WAS HIT AT THE INTERSECTION,
GOD PLEASE HELP ME, I..M LOST IN THIS LAND,
AND THE SINS THAT I COMITTED AGIANST YOU, I CAN..T CALL MYSELF A MAN,
A FELL PREY TO SIN LIKE EVE TO THE SERPENT,
I..VE CRIED, I..VE PRAYED, I..M TRYING TO REPENT,
BUT AS I CLOSE MY EYES, THE DEVIL TRIES TO EMBRASS ME,
AND CLOSES MY EYES TO A VISION THAT IS SO CLEAR TO ME,
LORD PLEASE REENTER MY HEART, MY BODY, MY SOUL,
PLEASE DON..T LEAVE ME OUT HERE IN THE COLD,
FORGIVE ME LORD, I PROMISE TO NEVER GO ASTRAY AGAIN, BECAUSE TODAY, I MAKE YOU MY BEST FRIEND.
By Idara
Copyright © 2002
"TAKE YOU AWAY"
LET ME TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ALL THE PROBLEMS OF TODAY,
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LET YOUR MIND DRIFT AWAY,
A ROOM DIMLY LIT BY CANDLES.. FLICKERING FLAME,
AS RAIN DROPS FALL OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW PANE,
LAY BACK ON ROSE PEDALS AND LET ME SLOWLY UNDRESS YOU,
WITH HOT SCENTED OILS LET ME TENDERLY CARESS YOU,
MASSAGE YOU FROM YOUR NECK TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET,
FEED YOU CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES AND GRAPES SO SWEET,
LET ICE DROPS DRIP DOWN YOUR CHEST,
AS A THOUSANDS LICKS GENTLY STROKE YOUR BREAST,
TRAVELING DOWN LOWER TO FIND THE HIDDEN TREASURE,
AS A LOOK OF PASSION CROSSES YOUR FACE FROM PLEASURE,
YOUR THIGHS BEGIN TO SHAKE, QUIVER, AND SPASM,
AS PASSION GROWS WILD AND ENDUCES AN ORGASM,
I GRAB YOU FIRMLY AS WE UNITE TOGETHER,
MAKING LOVE ALL NIGHT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FOREVER,
YOUR NAILS SLIDE ACROSS MY BACK AS I CALL OUT TO YOU,
YOUR LOVE IS WHY I DO THE THINGS THAT I DO,
WITH GENTLE BITES TO YOUR EARLOBE, AND KISSES TO YOUR COLLAR BONE,
YOU ARE MYROCK AND I AM YOUR STONE,
AS WE UNITE WE MAKE SPARKS THAT IGNITE A FIRE,
THAT SPREADS LOVE, PASSION, AND DESIRE,
BUT THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS AND GAMES I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY,
HOPE THEY TOOK YOU AWAY FROM YOUR PROBLEMS OF TODAY.
Idara
COPYRIGHT ©2003
"DETERIOATING LOVE"
MY HEART PUMPS TURMOIL, MY ARMS BLEED PAIN,
MY BLOOD BOILS, THE HEAT INTENSE RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS,
ASHES AND DUST ARE WHAT BECOME OF DREAMS AND FANTASIES,
AS PAIN TURNS TO FLAME,LOVE, A SMALL FORMALITY,
A MAN..S VERY SOUL BURNS WITHIN AND BLOWS AWAY WITH THE WIND,
CONDEMING MYSELF TO HELL ON EARTH, BETRAYED BY MY BESTFRIEND,
EXPOSING MY HEART THINKING THAT SHE WAS THE RIB THAT WOULD PROTECT ME,
BUT IT TURNED OUT SHE WAS THE DEADLY DISEASE THAT WOULD INFECT ME,
MY HEART BATTERED AND BRUISED, BUT STILL I MOVE ON,
MY AMBITIONS, MY PASSION, MY LOVE...ALL GONE,
MY HATRED FOR YOU MONUMENTAL, BUT LOVE STILL LINGERS INSIDE,
MY HEART WANTS TO TELL YOU, BUT MY THROAT IS LUMPED UP FROM PRIDE,
NEVER KNEW LOVE COULD BE HEARTLESS AND LETHAL,
RATHER BE SHOT TO DEATH BECAUSE THE PAIN IS EQUAL,
MY SOUL SCREAM OUT FROM AGONY AND FATIGUE,
AROUND MY HEART FORMS A CALLUS, NOW NO LONGER ABLE TO BLEED,
I TRIED TO DIFFERENT THAN THE MEN OF YOUR PAST,
BUT IT..S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY, GOOD MEN FINISH LAST.
Idara
COPYRIGHT ©2003
"Gemini (Jim-N-I)"
We share the same body, but we..re two different entities, we are bound together, but work independently, we live for the moment, and our spirit is free, but there are no others in the world like me, I am somewhat like a siamese twin, and I am my own best friend, you can never be me so don..t even try, I am the infamous and feared...Gemini
IDARA
COPYRIGHT ©2003
Gemini is not just a zodiac sign...it..s a way of life!!!
"Armageddon"
I've lost touch with reality on purpose,
to have my brain serviced because of the things I see,
I look outside and everyone else is different from me,
my reflection was a suggestion that I might be strange,
I was outside of the matrix and the whole world had change,
I could here the ignorant songs ringing in my head,
all of the different partners I slept with lying in my bed,
I found the FBI getting high off of intelligence stolen from us,
Trust was a word hardly ever used because it had been abused,
The President screaming "I bet you can't do it like me",
While our soilders are being bombed over seas while walking the streets,
At an early age young girls becoming freaks,
By age twelve introducing themselves to hell,
I fell into a trance as I watched in horror my people doing the "Snap dance",
As long as we act like this we don't stand a chance of surviving,
Idolizing these so called stars that are trying to maintain an image,
Some sort of gimmic that us as people try to mimmic,
I'm not timid so I constantly speak what's on my mind,
Regardless of if I'm behind enemy lines,
I've gone through the pain and steps of being liberated,
My thoughts are no longer constipated and locked within,
I give my voice to the wind exposing their little white lies,
So I can remove the tint from my eyes,
They want to control my vision and what I see,
But I have an old soul, never been a slave because my mind is free,
Free to roam and preach the truth but nothing like these theiving ass pastors and molesting priest,
I'm nothing like Jesus Christ but I would give my own life to have all of this cease to exist,
I would die proudly as I held high my black fist screaming power to the people,
Never give up the battle until we all are eqaul,
Regardless of religion, superstitions, or persuasion,
caucasian, black, asian, mexican, or hatian,
We have turned to being gay as a way of expression and a way of life,
To the point that married men are sleeping with other men cheating on their wife,
We floss the ice that has killed the land that man origianlly expanded from,
The end of existance has finally come, count down, 3...2...1,
I hate the fact that we have surrounded oursleves with sin,
That very moment I realized I was still in the matrix and this was saddly but actually the world that we live in!
IDARA
COPYRIGHT ©2006
"New Beginnings"
I'm sick and tired of these same old endings,
I'm praying to GOD for some new beginnings,
I want to wake up and watch the sun rise up into the horizon,
thriving with life giving light to enrich the world,
and change the path of this once ordinary girl,
It's clearly time for me to let go of the past and grasp on to the present,
and cut out all those old unwanted dead segments,
My life plan will not be constricted by the thoughts of a foolish man,
I've been down that road before and fell prey to the games,
but then the lord touched me and told me I would never be the same,
so I stopped listening to all the "rumor has it",
belived in GOD and started my right to passage,
on that road I ran into a demon named temptation,
wanting me to fall short again and put myself in a situation,
but through demonstraition of GOD's foundation,
I found faith in him, our lord and savior,
proceeded to grow as a woamn and change my behavior,
but there is much more for me to do than to do just belive,
because faith without works is dead, and a man cannot live off of water and bread alone,
so unlike Otis Redding I will not be sitting on the dock of the bay,
I will be praying as await GOD's promise of a new day.
Poetry is at War!!! ©
Copyright © 2006
Written especially for Whitney-Raqual
Davin "Dobie" Bryant 1970~1987
Dog, I don..t even know where to start. I miss you so much. Not only are you my brother, but you were my father figure, and my best friend. Becuase of you, I..m the man I am today. There..s no way I could repayyou for the things that you..ve done for me. I just wish I could have told you before you left us. I would give anything just to talk to you one more time and tell you I love you dog. Your name and memory lives on through me. I..ll never let the world forget you.
R.I.P.
Saronda West
1972~1997
Girl, I didn..t know how close of a bond we had until you were taken from us. You were like a big sister to me. You kept me and your brother in line. I thank you for that. You proved to me that all cops weren..t bad. You opened my eyes to new things. I miss your voice, your smile, and your silly antics. I..m sorry we didn..t spend that much time together. Thanks for all the advise you gave me. I..ll never forget you.
May you rest in peace.
Godwin J. Udoh
1947~2003
You were my biological...sorry we weren..t men enough to reconcile our problems before you passed.
Annie Green
1921-2005
Lady, what can I say about you? You were, are that great. You were the closest thing I knew to the beginning of my existance. You were a mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, you were that glue that held the family together. Sorry I didn't get to know about you until the last year of your life. But it meant so much to me to understand you, to find out you liked poetry was so amazing to me. You even inspired me to write more poetry and a poem strictly for you. I promise to be on my best behavior "Grandma" as you watch over me from heaven. I promise to say my prayers and respect everyone around, that way we can one day be reunited. I LOVE YOU "Grandma"!!!
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