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Best Poems From
FAITH ELIZABETH BRIGHAM
(May 14,1953)
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Strength
i do not know my strength
nor see myself as other people do
i can not be all things
to others or please all for
the sake of keeping peace
death will come swiftly
when everyone wants a piece of me
and there is not enough
of me to go around
my strength slowly depletes
i turn a deaf ear to the men
whose own ears ignored my pleas
forgiving them a given
though forgetting so difficult
i release those that built this prison
i have never known my strength
to endure the unspeakable
giving life my all to
those who would just as soon
see me fall from lack of breath
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Best Thing I Ever Had
When I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go.
Yes, when I get to Louisiana,
just a mile or more to go,
Lord, you know i'll be alright
once I hit that station floor.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
They say he's in New Orleans
doing his best to survive.
I'll be in New Orleans just
as it's turning five,
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
When we're pulling in the station,
Lord I'll be headed for that door.
Yes, when we're pulling in the station
I'll be headed for that door.
You know I just can't wait until
I hit that station floor.
That man was the best thing-
yes, best thing I ever had.
That man was the best thing-
yes best thing I ever had.
Lord knows when I see him it will
make my heart feel glad.
Faith Mairee
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
Read more: faith poems, heart poems
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Love Feast
since we've got
soul food
brain food
bird seed
sea weed
how come
we don't have
love food
i know a lot
of folks
hungry enough
for it
to attend
a love feast
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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Surviving Life
i will speak
and speak out
speak out loud
if need be
trying to reach you
attempting to
get through to you
don't let the liars
cheaters and despisers
bring you down
to their level
tell you how to feel
they are the losers
the total opposite
of you
your love
and compassion
makes you rise high
above the rest
afterall, we
are survivors
you and i knowing
full well
our faith will
see us through
Faith Elizabeth Brigham
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