Poems Out of Place by Bekle Berhane

8/6/2019 Poems Out of Place by Bekle Berhane

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Poems out of Place by Bekle Berhane 7/19/11 7:21 AM


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A Sabbatai Song 7/19/11 7:21 AM

He was brought to a low place

One of darkness and ignorance

He did this to spread his words

He became a light for the Gentiles

By stepping down from his kosher cloudsEating and drinking with the defiled

He lifted them the unwanted up

Lifting the sparks higher and higher

Gathering the lost

By the hand of the Sultan

Those who mocked him only blinded themselves

A living revelation was among them again

They again missed the calling of the Most High

Cut the wood- Sparks lift up

Slam the stone- Sparks lift up

Apostasy- Sparks lift up

7/16/11 3:04 PM

Livicated: Moorish Orthodox Church of America


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Am I Beast? 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Am I a beast?

An animal?

Can I not control myself?

What good is discipline of the mind if one cannot discipline the body as well?

How many holes must I plant my seed in before I am satisfied?These urges I love

These urges I hate

These urges I just dont understand

Am I a beat?

Or am I a man?

What is man?


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Betty 7/19/11 7:21 AM

I ounce knew a girl named Betty

She was pill popping and sweaty

One day she climbed a hill

Just for the thrill

There she met a heavyset pimpWho walked with a sideways limp

He gave her a kick and then a smack

Now she fucks men for small doses of crack

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Exile 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Am I alive?

Am I dead?

Will I ever be rid of these voices in my

head?

Will I see the end of this Babylon rule?

How much longer must I live in exile?

Exile- away from my family

Exile-away from my memories

Exile-this place is alien to me

Exile-away from my people

Do I even have a place to return?

Been gone for 2,900 years and counting

Will I recognized by my own?

Or shall I be like a foreigner among my

brothers?

Time will tell


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If and when I return

Until that day I will pray

To my Lord, my God, my only companion

With Adonai all is possible

Holy Father graft me to my people ounce

again

Am I alive?

Am I dead?

Will these devils flee my bed?

Will I cast these chains aside?Or am I doomed in Babylon to abide?

End my exile Lord,

End my exile O, Gracious One

I submit to you

Allow me to lay my eyes on


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Face 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Have you ever seen a face?

A face everywhere you go,

Not a noticeable or attractive carved feature,

But one in your minds eye

Only you can see it, no one else.I do, I do,

I see a face, over and over and over.

A strange face with unfamiliar features and bizarre expressions.

Not too different than my own sculpted skull.

Am I the only one?

Maybe, maybe not.

Have you ever seen a face?


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Felt (Guitar) 7/19/11 7:21 AM

How did you think I felt when I saw another man playing my guitar?

Picking it

Strumming it

Tapping it

As if he had permission

You came up with a sweet kiss

As if everything was perfectly fine

Betrayer

You might as well of been fucking him

Such disrespect

A breaker of the Man Rules

Fed up

Disappointed

Disgusted

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Haile Changed I 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Haile Selassie showed I the way

Haile Selassie gave me a brighter day


Straight to the Orthodox faith

Before the King I never understood Christ

Spent my days chasing vice

Like a swine I polluted my temple

Cataract eyes couldnt see even if I was able

One day I heard a unique sound

Followed it down Main Street

Met the man of the year

Taught me to embrace love and stop running in fear





No more deception all his words rang true

The more I studied I learned what I had to doExamine myself old life was through

He taught me the scriptures like no other could do

He said: If you truly want to be my disciple, you must guard the truth of the

bible. Surrender your life to God and his Christ. Repent, baptism, partake of

the blood, body and life.

Haile Selassie Showed I the way




On all sides people mock me

On all sides people try to deceive


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Stand my ground Yeshua gives me strength

Struggles within, struggles without

With my cross I smile

I wouldnt have it any other way

I look forward to JAH Judgment day






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Livicated: Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Twelve Tribes of Israel, Fulfilled

Rastafarian Mansion, and the family of Emperor Haile Selassie I.


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I cant stay here 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Locked inside your rainbow cage

Its just not fair

You have all the say

Love is a prison

I keep looking through the bars for a brighter day

You think I am happy

That I wont fly away

Inside I am dying

You clipped my wings only to tell me I dont have to stay

Does any of this matter?

How many more days do I have saved?


Ill be free in the grave

I try to tell you

All the keys are yours

I cant say that I dont love you, (you know I love you)

That doesnt mean I have to stay

I will always love you (as the moon loves the sun)

But I just cant stay in your worldIt just wouldnt be fair


How many more days do I have saved?


Ill be free in the grave

Nothing matters

Nothing matters

Then why does it still bother me to be tucked away in your bottom drawer of

pipes and schemes?

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Ignatius Light 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Well I never though this would happen

Taking off inside a bubble of gum

Reaching high above the atmosphere

Looking down the zombies have over taking

Now its only them and vampiresIm not afraid of where Im going

Close my eyes to watch television

Moonbeams and rocket dreams are all I have

Never wanted to be a man but here I am

Sunsets with moth jets are twinkling

Never wanted to step outside but here I am

Witch heckles are swarming bees

Can you hear them when your mother calls?

Blotches of red and violet are to be found just floating (Im floating too)

I could never just go for the ride (question everything)

So wrapped a smug face into Peter Pan

Apples bring knowledge to no one (sex equals love)

Beat me down like the neighbors dog just for living

Now its only I and the colors (pretty colors)

Oreo skies with butterflies are all I have

Never wanted to be a man but here I am

Ice glass and hallway pass are twinkling


Crowds of people cheer as the wizard of Oz floats high above them slowly

becoming a pin then vanishing into the cosmos. What he sees are reflections

upon his own life and the life of young Dorothy. Behind him are the days of

tricks and smooth talking. He sees new worlds with estranged sunsets and

moonbeams that are edible to the touch. He is a man that wanted be Peter

Pan and for a while he was the great Oz but now he going home to a place

he has forgotten. We must all run away only to return to the place we have

forgotten before everything passes us by.


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As for the young Dorothy those red shoes never brought her home. That

was a myth she told herself. In fact it was the Wizard who brought her home

but he also used her young body for the must lurid of his sexual fantasies.

When she awake from blacking out by being strangled she must of thought it

was all a dream but never mentioned that part to her Auntie and friends.Though she did go and visit the old wizard for more adventures as she grew

so did he. So did he

Pumpkin pies with lullabies are all I have

Never wanted to grow old but here I am

Smoke stash and no cash are twinklings


Tornado come and save me

Tornado come and save me

Tornado come and save me.

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KHIKH 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Liquid silver

Eyes plunged

No whore mantis

Future comes

Exploding canvasHawks fly

Eagles die

Illumination takes place

Out side

Inside

Nowhere nothing

Liquid silver

Fades the sunrise

In a comet balloon

Created on 7/19/11 7:21 AM


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Knowing the Unknowable 7/19/11 7:21 AM

I have come to know the unknowable

That great maker of the entire Universe

By putting my life in his hands

By letting go of the material world which surrounds us

Intense prayerIntense observation

Opening myself up to be changed by the Holy Spirit

Embracing not words but the lifestyle of Christ

Living only for the second

Filling my mind with the bread of life

Correcting my heart turning it away from lusts and anger

The path is not easy

But it can and must be done

The Unknown is only unknown to those who do not dare to embrace Him

He reveals Himself daily, always

Open your minds, hearts, and souls

What you cling to belongs to Him

And everything but Him will pass away

Holy God

Holy Immortal

Holy Mighty

Let goLet go

Praise be the God of Israel

7/16/11 3:15 PM

Livicated: The Orthodox Faith


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Lava Love 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Lavender unfolds in the sky

Paper cuts

Sweet smelling ladies walk by

Orange cream

Saying hello to perfect strangersDog gone year

Another day above ground

Gods gift

Lavender unfolds in the sky

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No one knows except the Father 7/19/11 7:21 AM

No one knows the beginning

No one knows the end

Not the son,

Not even the mighty King.

Know this old world,Elijah is coming soon

He will come when least expected to those weary souls

The ones who have cried out the hardest in these days.

He will take his place at the table

Break bread

Eat, Talk, even laugh

To this family he will tell a great many wonders

They will believe

They shall ring the bells all through the long night

Some will accept,

Many will not,

Even when the Great One reveals himself the veil shall be split

Take heed, the hour is among us

Only the Father knows when the alarm will clang.

Livicated: God the Most High


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Now 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Eyelids shut

Perfect sight

Crowds of people

Walking

HustlingUgliness taking for beauty

Beauty taking for ugliness

When all the Babylonians die

End the plastic phase of America

Instituting Zion

Free mind

Free body

Free soul

Zion

Eyes may be open

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Odd Peeps 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Journey plays in the distance

While co-workers play volley ball

Im in my car

Drifting with the cold breeze

Eating vegetables with hummusDrinking honey tea with V8

Writing in my journal

Reading an off color American History book

People think Im odd

I would rather be alone than to be among the festivities

I enjoy solitude

The peace

I have more fun within my own mind then I ever did with homosapiens

These smiling faces would slit my throat for a promotion

With a laugh they would steal my money just to put it in their own pockets

So why would I want to play with them?

People think Im odd

I think they are the odd ones

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Off 7/19/11 7:21 AM

My mind is fogged

Life broken

Puzzled together

Still cant see

Dragged downInto crystal coffins

My mind is fogged

Tunnel vision

No vision

Television frits

Wish I could see clearly

Wish I could lift up

But I cant

A string of have dos

A slave to what one should be

Freedom exists only in dreams

Wake up

Wake up

Wake up to the world of brokenness

Long nightmarish boredom days of doing what others forced you to do

My mind is fogged, blank, shut off

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Prayer 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Praise be to H.I.M.

King of kings and Lords of Lords

Peace be unto he who sits with in Mount Zion.

Waiting for the proper time to return to judge the living.

He knows us for he was one of us among usHis wisdom pure and true

We shall reap that which we have sown

I fear not,

I know my strengths,

I know my faults,

That which I have reaped I will gladly take the harvest.

Peace be to the World,

They who are unaware for what is to come

Take pity on old Babylon my King of Kings

They know not what they do

Peace be to the slave masters

They who use others to gain riches they do not deserve

They who keep the majority pour

They who try to lead us astray with false riches and a corrupt system

Take pity on them my Lord of Lords

They are ignorant of your ways and know not what they doO, Holy One,

The bright light shall flash

Sheol shall cough up the dead

So that they may live again

You will come swiftly, quietly,

End all turmoil,

Make all paths straight.

I fear not,

I know my strengths,

I know my faults,

Gladly I will harvest that which I have reaped.

Praise be to H.I.M

King of kings

Lord of lords.


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Shaved 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Turning stomach

Sharp stabbing pain

Belching

Long-winded farts

Chills run up and down my backUntil sleep over takes me

Into dreams I go

Awake healthy

Awake new

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Snow falling on a dead world 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Ancient fellows gather round an old habit

Filled with greed and malice

Instead of love and good cheer

These Ancient fellows are obsessed with race and classThere minds full of illusions

They have forgotten Noah

Split by family feuds

Lost to one another by blinding lies

Only the wind knows their origin

Only the Owl speaks in the late night hours of how it all use to be

When the Ancients with gather in brotherhood, sisterhood and glee

After a time they may grow backwards

They may rekindle the inner truth

Embrace ounce more as they did in days before

Placing aside Greed and hate

Showing Love, Respect and Fellowship

Snow falling on a dead world


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Taking a shit 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Sometimes theres a little pain

Buy all in all taking a shit always feels nice

A pound dropped

Stress relieved

Ah, yes,Its even better wheb you end with a piss


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Temptation 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Women

Sultry half naked and wet

Always throwing themselves at me

Whether it be under the sun or the moon

Out in public or in privateThey are always near

Always horny

And always willing

Begging me to enter their wombs

To lose myself in there passion grip

How easy it would be to give in

Feeding off of the lust, the heat

Temptation, each one

I must stand firm

In prayer I ask God for the strength to resist

Only he can grant this ability to me

I am weak

Slothful

With the Lord I shall over come

These temptations shall vanish

On my way to Zion I will continueIn peace

In love

In rest

In the Most High


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The 4th 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Face painted people

American flags waving

Children running around

Unbearable traffic

Women using the day as an opportunity to be little slutsEveryone chanting the God bless America, or Happy 4th

But not me

I see through the glitter, streamers, and fireworks

Shove your faces with hotdogs

Choke down you enslavement

Stuff hamburgers in your gut

It wont change your standing

When the smell of gunpowder fades

And you wake from your heavy drinking binge

You will have to go back to your task

Back at a job that could care less about you

Slowly being reminded that youre just a tool

So wave your flags

Act like were all one community

One people

When there are masters and slaves

God will bless America

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Dog Bark 7/19/11 7:21 AM

The dog barks

Waking me up

Making me sick to my stomach

Yell I do he listings not

Until he sees me standing behind himThen he cowers down

Slinks off to his resting place

Head hung low

A little peep

Then all is quiet under the snow sum glow


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Lion Throne 7/19/11 7:21 AM

The lion takes his throne

Babylon bows down

Trembling at the judgement that will come

Its time to pay for the crimes they have done

Now they try to run awayNow they kneel to pray

Its too late the lion does say

Waves his hand

They all go away

The just cheer

Peace comes forth like a spring

The kingdom of Jah Lord becomes a reality

All is all said it would be

The lion takes his throne for all eternity


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Snow Trouble 7/19/11 7:21 AM

The snow brings only trouble

Never joy

Snow blower breaking

Children shoveling

Parents a swearingThis is winter to me

Neighbors waving hello

Just to try to get you to go

Help them with their yard

Over friendly retards


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The way people are is Trouble 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Looking for easy ways to get out

Always the wide road never the narrow

Always down the path that everyone else has gone down

Troubling only because we get nowhere

Standing still until the endEven death does not set us free

It only brings us more misery

And so we go

Standing still for all eternity


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Truck Drivers 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Sitting high above the cars

Thinking youre a tough guy

Flashing your high beams as I take my corner

Driving away with a smug look

Not knowing that I was following youRed light- thats were you stopped

Red light- thats were I pulled you out of your truck

Red light- thats were I bashed your head against the pavement

Leaving you as soon as the light turned green

Next time think before you go high beaming people

Just because you sit in a truck doesnt make you a tough guy it only makes

you an asshole.

7/19/11 8:41 AM


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Why Care? 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Why do we care

About certain times of the year

Is it in our minds from a long lost memory?

Does it come forth from our ounce cave man mentality?

Odd I have always found it to beMaybe the only thing odd is me.


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Bekle Berhane 7/19/11 7:21 AM

Is a writer, musician and an active member of the Share-a-like movement as

well as a member of the No Poo Movement, The Moorish Orthodox Church of

America, the Zen Zion Coptic Orthodox Church, and the Anarcho-Pacifist

movement. He lives in the Boston Massachusetts area where he draws most

of his inspiration from. He can be seen at local rallies and concerts as well aslocal tea houses. You can get in contact with him through his facebook.com

page or by his twitter account.

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