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Poems By Joel
1. Never Stop Fighting
2. Unlock The Power
3. Everyone's Got Power Infinite
4. Conception Of A Mind
5. Almighty Crossroads
6. The ComeBack Trail
7. Trapped In A Car And Not Going Far...
Never Stop Fighting
Never let the odds stop you
never let the setbacks stop you
never let the ratrace run you down
Keep on fighting
keep your soul alive
after struggle and struggle
as no matter the times, dates and years
keep on fighting
You're allowed your fits of rage and anger
you're only human
in a system that the bottom line is all that matters
never give up the fight
never quit
never let the flame be extinguished
or let the fire within your very being die
passionately declare to all "I'M STILL HERE"
Never let go of what is most important to you
never stop focusing on what awaits when you accomplish your dreams
NEVER GIVE UP!
NEVER STOP FIGHTING!
NEVER SURRENDER!
NEVER STOP!
KEEP GOING!
Don't quit.
They will be the only ones that will win if you do
and if they can win, so can you.
Unlock The Power
You may think your just a number
walking along in a pre-programmed slumber
not questioning what you know is wrong
just trying to go with the flow and belong
but at night when you cry and at night when you sigh
you know you can no longer stand for it
Unlock the power
it's in there somewhere
we must fight for our every right that is ours every minute
never rest
remain ever vigil
Don't let them take your money
don't let them tell you when you can sleep and when you can play
take charge!
and never give that responsibility away
each morning you are given an entire twenty-four hours and with that...
you can do anything....
Everyone's Got Power Infinite
Nowhere
nowhere to turn
you're left out there with no one to call
seems everyone's trying to run you out
no one
no one at all
seems as though you're the only one you can trust
and that's when you've got to realize
that even though you're only one single person...
It only takes one person to start a revolution
it only takes one vote to turn around an election
it only takes one person to throw that last second basket
it only takes one person to get em' all dancing
it only takes one person to shape things to come
it one takes one person to turn their life around
You think you're small and you don't matter
that's bunk
one person can do anything
it all just depends
on how much energy you want to tap
it's an amazing feeling when it all comes out
it's an unearthly feeling when you start casting aside all your doubts
just remember that one person may be one of many
but one person is never nothing
and one person has the power of all their experiences
and of all their surroundings
and one person
and one person
with all that is
and all that isn't
can bridge infinity
and work wonders within and without their own mind...
For Paulette "P.B." Brass From J.V.
Conception Of A Mind
All of love comes together
and forms a whole new life
a zillion new thoughts
a zillion new ideas
what will become of the child
maybe he'll be a pirate of the seas
maybe She will a major league football star with endorsments everywhere
maybe a he will musician with her records playing all over the airwaves
maybe he will be a political activist hiding from the provisional government
maybe she will be a mechanic
or he will be photographer
maybe she will be a race-car driver
maybe he will raise the kids
maybe she will be lawyer
maybe he will become a park ranger
maybe she will enlist as a secret agent looking for the secret danger
maybe he will become a surgeon
maybe she will become a jet pilot
but what ever they will be they will be because of you.
For Marianne and Rhonda
ALMIGHTY CROSSROADS
Each day is a puzzle
that we must figure out
and when we think we do
we're still not too sure
if we made the right choice
but it's way too late when it's tomorrow
Facing the almighty crossroads
is always a scary thing to do
each day it's different
yet each day it's the same
facing the almighty crossroads
and playing the almighty game
So many choices
should you follow the heart
or should you follow the mind
and if you do
what will happen
to all your dreams
will they end up as mere memories
Facing the almighty crossroads
can really hurt your brain
even with all of your experience
you still don't know
which way to go
just have some faith in yourself
you don't exactly look like the kind of person
who's could be filled with so much doubt
just take a chance
you never know which way fortune will turn
but you've got to make a choice
while the fire still burns...
The ComeBack Trail
Well, I wasn't hitting my jumpers
and I was striking out each at bat
fumbled each time I got the ball
and the coach said that's that
called me into the office and gave me a warning
said "you've got to produce, if you want to stay on the team
otherwise I can't keep you and that the way it is.."
I was halfway to a pink slip
and I knew I could not fail
even tough I had to climb the comeback trail
My friends took me aside
and gave me a boost
we drilled every night
I worked and sweated and tried until I got it right
so I could do those plays in my sleep
and my number I could keep
didn't want to fail
or stumble on the comeback trail
Little by little
they all saw the change
from "I'll try" to "No problem" every day
wanted to get off the bench
wanted to get in the bullpen again
didn't want to be satisfied with being anything but first string
and they saw me hustle and start to become part of the team once again
cause they all knew I was serious and wouldn't fail
after all my mind was made up to go on the comeback trail
I got the word that I was to start
in the game tonight
I was back and the crowd booed me
but I got base hits instead of strikes
and caught a hail mary
did a slam dunk and a halfcourt three
lead the team in scoring
and left all the doubters in the dust
as I snagged the game's MVP
and as I headed to locker room everyone was looking at me
I thanked my friends cause with their help I knew I couldn't fail
not now that I've climbed the comeback trail
TRAPPED IN A CAR AND NOT GOING FAR
OR STUCK BEHIND A TRUCK PART II
Stop and go, stop and go
why we're not moving, I don't really know
45 miles per hour, should now be 4.5 miles per hour
IT'S CALLED A GAS PEDAL, PRESS DOWN...CAR GO VROOM!
all this fuss because of a bus
I still don't like those Hartline busses
when they appear many utter cusses
stuck in the Fletch stretch
Fowler's all fouled up
I guess you just have to grin and Bearss it
it's a push to get through Busch
will we make it through Himes in times?
Waters are these people doing on the road
who don't know how to drive?
we're not having fun on 301
trying to stay alive on I-275
the sweat starts to pour when you try to merge on to I-4
help me survive I-75
please, please baby...don't make me drive on Dale Mabry
HEY WOW! THE LIGHT CHANGED! WE'VE MOVED A W H O L E THREE MILLIMETERS!!!?!!?@$$%#^&*(&%##
O LORD, PROTECTOR OF THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE,
THANK YOU FOR GETTING ME THROUGH ALL
THE PARKWAYS AND AVENUES WHILE BEING...
STUCK BEHIND A TRUCK AND OUT OF LUCK
AND
TRAPPED IN A CAR AND NOT GOING FAR...
JOEL MAURICE VERLIN
Copyright Joel Maurice Verlin, NOV 18, 1996
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