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Words of the night

DIDDIE JACKSON

An entry in the Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry

In the dark of the night
My thoughts steal across the plains of my mind
As my eyes stare motionlessly
Into the valley of the dark night

My thoughts danced across the plains of my mind
And so did the words that were so scared to
Come out and play during the day
For fear of all the negatives and what if’s
For fear of just speaking out
My piece of mind
For all this I hold back the most scared thoughts
Till night falls and I let loose
All that is within me

Let the moon be my judge
Let the stars be my opponents
For when night falls
My words are like the sands of time
No shooting star can shoot me down
For I will bring down the sky
With a thousand words
More then the stars that it holds

Only when night falls am I invincible
To the world around
As my mind dances to the beat of my thoughts
And my hands strum the cords of my words
Only in the night do my words come out to play

Leaving behind word prints
Of the past nights to remember me by……. 

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Diddie Kinamun Jackson

thanks Phil

Phil Fitzpatrick

Good one Diddie.

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