Collected Works of a Common Man

By Larry E. Whitehead II

"The cover of a book is not the first, last, nor any page in-between."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 21, 2009
• ISBN: 9781462844920

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Copyright © 2009 by Larry E. Whitehead, II

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Contents

Ethos

Chosen (Etymology)

I Am a Man

The Sight

(Chosen Reprise I)

I Am a Brother

Who Are My People?

Food For Thought

Tough To Swallow

I Too Have a Dream

The water is rising.

Heritage

I Am For Education

Eternal Clocks

Forgive Us Father

What if White was Right?

Fairness Spell

What is Love?

Love is Truth

Love is Faith

Love is Compromise

Love is Sacrifice

You Can’t Choose Love

Lock and Key

Her Eyes

And Then She Was Gone

A Woman Can

I Want You

Interrelationship

Intercourse

Untitled Thoughts

Power of a Woman

Secret Admirer

Roses of My Heart

Reminisce

Thank You Angel

DeDe

We

That Feeling

Thinking of You

Why?

You Can’t Choose Love II

Pathos

Me Against the World

I Want to Go Home

Fool Me Twice

(Shame On Me)

2nd String

Writers Block

As A Man

Untitled Thoughts II

Never Will I Ever

My Worlds End

Trapped

Disappointed

Settle For Par

Motispirational

Strength and Independence

Ship in the Darkness

My Sister’s Keeper

The Light

Success

Enigma

Crimson Dancer

A Handshake

A Bit of Fun

60 Second Romance

Emotional Digger

Gio

Michelle

My First Speech

My New York Friend

5 Star Service

Yellow

For my mother, from whom I got courage and wisdom,

and my father, from whom I got strength and composure.

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but words paint a different picture for everyone.

~L.E.W. II~

Ethos

(distinguishing character, beliefs, or moral nature of a person)

Chosen (Etymology)

Everyone has been hurt, everyone experiences heartache,

It seems we are tested, to see just how much we can take.

Some become numb, others become cold,

Some sit and wonder what wrong number on life’s die they rolled,

I zealously try to warm the hearts that have been frozen,

This is my duty, to do which I have been divinely Chosen.

It has been written that all shall speak free,

Sometimes this right is denied, with this fact no one can disagree,

Race, gender, even religious and spiritual ties,

These often determine to whom this amendment actually applies,

I will stand for those afraid to be outspoken,

This is