...I am...: As I am

By Hopeton Roberts Oliver

Poetry is the art in which I now express what was once suppressed within
I thought it was too late but now I trust the timing 
I'm expressing life from my state of mind with free flow
Free style and what I love doing best.. rhyming 
Topics that are dear and for what I care I share I offer a few here
Read my mindful thoughts as I mingle in metaphors
Mincing and mixing words 
Decipher my hidden message painted on poetic passages
I'm hoping you're eager to check the next leaf after each
And your comprehension is reached from poetry which I preach
This is my first project with many more in the making
This opportunity now I'm taking that I have longed Forsaken
I've been writing from an early stage perfecting throughout the age. This is my gift and what I like and what comes easy for me to do
These are a few pieces selected and published here
This here is from me to you....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Spines
• Release date: Dec 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9789655786262

Book preview

I Am

I am not my mistake nor my mistakes

I am not my flaw nor my flaws 

I am what I repeat and repeatedly do

l got up after l stumbled and fell, I am not my defeats

I have walked the thin line between surrender and retreat 

If it benefits goodness, surely I am for the cause

I am at times cold, cold times I find myself thawed 

I will never judge one for a flaw

What am I? 

I am the choice I make

Forward with caution

I am for opportunities, I am for a chance to take

At times, so true, I am one to hesitate

I am my word, I am one to defend my say

I am still me paused, past version I let go

I am at times fast...I am at times slow 

I am at times with the flow trying to stay in the know

I am always focusing on the possibilities of a new