TRIUMPH

 

graffiti, litter

decorate the city street

vine growing on wall

 

but thru the brush emerges

stunning, beautiful vision

 

though many won’t see

the human spirt triumphs

and rises above

 

triumphant in spite the odds

determined to find answers


 

 

Author's Notes/Comments: 

written inspired by a mural painted on Cecil B Moore Avenue

link to the mural that inspired the poem   https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2673301746026767&set=a.2085953288094952&type=3&theater

 

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you can find beauty

you can find beauty everywhere,you just have to look


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I'm always on the prowl but

I'm always on the prowl but my vision sometimes sees more than my eyes

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yeap

yeap


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an affliction I've yet to

an affliction I've yet to overcome

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well come to tennessee and

well come to tennessee and we`ll burn down somebodies barn


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as long as they have good

as long as they have good insurance