Original Post Date
2001-07-16 11:00 PM
Original Body
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pby Staff Writer/p
pCan you hear himbr /
br /Still Readingbr /
br /His oval smooth brown facebr /
br /In a square bookbr /
br /Squirming through the pages of lifebr /
br /His mother called him a bookworm/p
pThere is no ending to his bookbr /
br /To be continuedbr /
br /Cause nobody can kill an angelbr /
br /But they tried but Shhhh!!!br /
br /Can you hear him/p
pHis voice attracts animalsbr /
br /It also tames the beast in humansbr /
br /He is speaking and we need to listen/p
pHe stood in an empty theaterbr /
br /As they pulled their triggersbr /
br /Picking up twenty eight bullets with his tearsbr /
br /Smiling with no fearbr /
br /Cause he knows he is bigger/p
pIdris Stelley leading his people up in heavenbr /
br /Margaret L. Mitchell and Errol Shaw have been br /waiting for a leaderbr /
br /Now they are an army of spiritsbr /
br /Returning to earth to organize the massesbr /
br /To tell their stories that are shared by many/p
pahoooo ahooo, the animal kingdom is howlingbr /
br /Cause they can smell Idris Stelleybr /
br /Exchanging messages with his girlfriend, family andbr /
br /communitybr /
br /He shouts, "IT IS NOT US Vs THEM BUT ONLY US!"br /
br /Idris can't rest cause he sees no justice/p
pSo his life begins todaybr /
br /And he is reading along with usbr /
br /But this is not a bookbr /
br /It is real lifebr /
br /That will never end/p
pHe needs us to comprehendbr /
br /The pain that lies in manbr /
br /Makes them fear their own brothersbr /
br /His enemies and comrades are cryingbr /
br /They know that fear and hatred has blindedbr /
br /Our hearts and clouded our minds/p
pSo we react without thinkingbr /
br /Causing death and injuries to many/p
pEmotions are boilingbr /
br /Shhhhhhhhhhhh do you hear thatbr /
br /Buried voices are speakingbr /
br /Idris is telling us /p
pToday is a new beginning butbr /
br /Don't get swept up in the momentbr /
br /You got to see the big picture!br /
br /Shhhhhhhhhh.. what Idris?br /
br /People, the solution is in the silence!/p
pBy Leroy F. Moore Jr.br /
br /For Idris Stelley, my Black disabled brother I feelbr /
br /you!br /
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