Found+Poems

= = __The Hopeless Effect of War__

Two white women were tossing bread over the parapet calling, "You are all free now." There was no color here. Everything was washed out in tones that had no hope. "I've seen'em eat anyin', even dog,"the prison guard said. He was not old in years. But when I saw his eyes, I knew he would never be young again. By: Erika Wikoff

__**Fight For Freedom**__

Said he'd rather die, A free Yankee soldier Then come home and be a slave. They's whole colored families The army, babies in arms... Eulinda, you gotta make Yourself come True. By: Thalia Tjandra

**__The Real Truth__** I've been given a sign. And I knew what I was going to do. Make myself come true. I liked the ring of it. Neddy, starving and dying. To make himself come true. Well, I resolved, I'll do it too. I'll make myself come true. Should I just walk off from everything I knew? Was that the way I was going to make myself come true? But I didn't care. It was about time I did something of worth,something to start me on my way to making myself true. I was going to leave this. I would have to leave Pond Bluff. I tried to stand straight and not speak rough. It was agreed. I left for something I needed to do. Make myself come true. Yes, it had a ring to it.

By: Ayman Ahmed