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Soul Reflections
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
- Arike Idowu
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
Table of Contents
Gone .......................................................... 51
Guilty Pleasures ........................................ 52
Passionate Woman .................................... 53
Perfect Lover ............................................. 55
Soul Lover ................................................. 57
Long Distance Love .................................. 60
Unknown Depression ................................ 61
My Cherished ............................................ 62
Offer .......................................................... 63
Third World .............................................. 64
Trust .......................................................... 66
Self Harm .................................................. 67
Reflection .................................................. 68
Sweet Oblivion.......................................... 70
You............................................................ 72
My Faith in You ........................................ 73
Not Afraid to Love .................................... 74
Alcoholism ................................................ 76
Argument with a friend ............................. 77
Azazel‟s Song ........................................... 78
Departed Lover ......................................... 83
Disillusioned Girlfriend ............................ 85
Heritage ..................................................... 87
High........................................................... 88
Illiterate Nation ......................................... 89
Insanity...................................................... 91
Insignificant .............................................. 92
Wisdom ..................................................... 94
Personality................................................. 95
Pregnant .................................................... 96
Reading Your Bible .................................. 98
Running from Myself ................................ 99
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
Dying Child
My heart breaks
When I think of you dear friend
For you are not aware
Of our cruelty
Our ignorance
Our Bias
Our shameful acts at the behest of fear
Some of us have
Warped your personality and character
With malicious intent
My heart breaks
When I think of you dear friend
For outside your destiny is cold
Breed Specific
Legislation
Texas State Representative Martinez Fischer (D-San
Antonio) filed H.B. No.1982 on February 2, 2009
(Texas Legislature Online, 2009). H.B. No. 1982 is a
bill “relating to the regulation of dangerous and
vicious dogs; providing penalties” (Texas Legislature
Online, 2009). The bill was introduced in response to
two dog bite fatalities occurring in Texas during
March.
References
Stop BSL!
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
Writer’s Block
Write what?
You laugh
“You already know”
I hear between your giggles
I pace
I sit
I stand
I listen
I read
Write…
Write What?
My lips are numb
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
My body shivering
There is no warmth here
No solace in this blanket of white
Ideal Love
Indifference
I wake
I breathe
I survive without caring
My feelings
Are burned away
By indifference‟s cool flame
Until then
I let my being fade away into the safety of
Nothing‟s abyss
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
Pain’s Question
If you listen
You can hear the mirror shatter
In the distance
A loud lonely sound
Muted by carpet
Pain‟s question
There is anger
There is sadness
There is happiness
And despair
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
There is mayhem
There is order
The semblance of peace and harmony
Contrasted with a shadow of darkness
And the various shades of gray dancing
with
Her partners - Black and White
Mate to My Soul
Mate to my soul
Do you know the different flavors of love?
Love that leaves you weak and aching,
Love that burns with supernatural fire,
Love that takes you beyond oblivion,
And love that cools the soul -
A safe harbor during a fearsome storm.
Mate to my soul
With you I have the ability to taste
So many unique flavors of love.
With you
I seek a constant state of yearning
Reinforced by our
Soul to Soul joining
Connected by love‟s adhesive bond.
Never deaden
Through Sight
Through Touch
Through Smell
Through Hearing
Turned to Stone
The hurt
That is locked away
And consumed
By bitterness and darkness
Infidelity’s Truth
Suffocating
On un-cried tears
Maybe I am guilty
Standing over his helpless body
Staring down at the gaping pulsing hole
In his chest
Exposed for all to see
In my heart
I wish
I would have lied…
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
My Heaven is a place
You are not welcome
For the light
Will cause you
To cringe
In pain
And cover your eyes
For all hypocrites
Will be revealed
And thrown down
Unable to stand in the presence
Of my Lord
I hesitate
Afraid to take the steps
Toward salvation
Afraid to walk the path
Of redemption
I know in my heart
My own hypocrisy
My own contradiction
A fragile body
Consumed by earthly sin
And yet
In the distance
I hear Him tenderly calling
He says He is willing
To take me
Just as I am
Believing
Repenting
Confessing
I am grounded by my Faith
Guided by the Word
And I use my many blessings
To bring glory
To my Lord
Arike Idowu
Soul Reflections
I am an imperfect saint
Walking in the footsteps
Of a perfect Christ
A shining example
To a lost world
At last I am ready
To open Heaven‟s door