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    A Lesson
    A Lesson
    A Lesson
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    A Lesson

    By Markus Grier

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    Poems that enlighten the mind and opens the heart. A collection of poetry about various subjects.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMarkus Grier
    Release dateAug 21, 2013
    ISBN9781301694617
    A Lesson
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    Markus Grier

    I was born in North Carolina in September 1983. I have been writing poetry and essays since I was 16 years old. I realized I had an interest in poetry when I was laying in my bed one night and this writing urge came over me and I just started writing. I have been writing ever since.

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      A Lesson - Markus Grier

      A Lesson

      Markus Grier

      Copyright 2013 by Markus Grier

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      Air

      Suchness seeps into just about anything

      Lives are broken when they get older

      Houses are burned and insurance gets higher

      When will it go, will we ever sell her

      Novelties take us to new worlds

      Readers embark on perilous journeys

      Hosts are emboldened by their leaders

      The east is won, over are the tourneys

      Bliss comes to the supreme one easily

      We find ourselves in books we never knew quite before

      Good is the sacredness of one’s heart

      Swinging at the thin air, the wind becomes black gore

      Societies have come upon many endeavors

      Hunts are undertaken like never before

      Underlings rage riots in the town squares

      What are we truly searching for?

      The meat is laid nice and square

      Walking through the dark, we come upon mist

      Spring into action, we see ourselves no more

      We ride like there is no tomorrow,

      Like how we take upon a gist

      A Lesson

      Happy are the bachelors at every peak of a mountain

      No children to take care of, no one to carry on his line

      People have fought for the world in many different spheres

      From the moon there is an inkling of a holy day, there is a sign

      For many have treaded the lands of times gone past

      Blood have been drawn that was not brought unto justice

      Savages pillage the country side in search of food, clothing, shelter and sex

      Guided by our teachers, erroneously graded by their rubrics

      Chimes rain down sound upon sound, noise is within the chaos

      Order is brought about with untold patience and strength

      But God has no bounds even if he is a prisoner or a slave

      Out of my golden eye I

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