As I Was…
Growing up a student of the streets of Hillcrest, I ran with the wrong crowd. Wasting time, and spending countless unproductive hours in and of the (legal) system, I finally opened my mind to something greater than what is deemed “typical” for most urban youth from the projects… LIFE!
– Alfred Green
“New World Order”
Yes! I would like help
for our youth,
yet we teach them no truth!
A lie about what was what, could’ve, should’ve and would’ve been, and truly they know not what that does.
Confused, abused, somewhat sooth the mind, yet what they think and do is blind…
Time-consuming nothingness,
America’s dream filled lies
Home of the brave
yet knowledge…
they are afraid, land of the free
Yeah right! Not for me…
It’s barely free for the white race
It’s amazing but grace –
their blessings aren’t bestowed
on our children
So why say – the children are
our future if you won’t teach them
to lead the right way?
To
obtain a copy of “Black Night – A Journey Through a Past Presence,”
send a check or money order for $15.00 to: Alfred Green, PO Box 1303,
Asheville, NC 28802.
Mr.
Green is available for readings from his book of poems, also teen
empowerment and life improvement seminars. You may contact him at (828)
301-0691
Alfred
Green is a native of Asheville, NC, and has been writing poetry since
he was young enough to remember. Seeing life through the eyes of an
“Urban Child,” the poems he writes are from his perspective and the
realities of life as he lived it. Green plans are to obtain dual
degrees in Political Science, and Business Administration.
