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<table BORDER="1" COLS="7" WIDTH="90%" bgcolor="#000000" bordercolor="#AA9262" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="1%" BACKGROUND="#000000"> </td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="3%" BACKGROUND="beautifulbor.gif"> </td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="1%" BACKGROUND="#000000"> </td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="70%"> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <br><br><br> <center> <font face="times new roman" color="#AA9262" size="5"> Self-Portrait of a Poet</font><br><br> <font face="times new roman" color="#AA9262" size="3"> I was born A fatherless child, Chicago native,<br> with a purpose in my heart beneath the wings of an angel, <br> raised with my mother's love.<br> My family is my society and being a writer is my nature.<br> I've lived an uneasy life<br> where I found comfort in the world of ideas<br> as a mystique man of heart,<br> mind and soul; young in appearance but old in spirit. <br> My life is like a script full of tearful episodes <br> as I inhabit and capture my natural element. <br> It is only at that precise moment <br> when I'm holding a pen expressing my love for words, <br> or just documenting life from my heart to the paper <br> that I feel truly alive. <br> It's the love of publishing my pain to the public <br> that justifies and gives definition to who I am, <br> but in retrospect I often look within myself to understand others. <br> I am my worst critic even when succeeding in life <br> where others have failed, <br> growing even more ambitious as a writer <br> with a deep insight into the dark and elusive minds of mortal mankind. <br> My world evolves around God whom I bear my confessions, <br> confide my deepest secrets and entrust with my life. <br> It is my belief that without him I'm nothing, <br> just a soul awakened in a useless corpse. <br> It's the nurturing force of my Heavenly father <br> that keeps me spiritually grounded and blessed with a way for words <br> while embraced by the endurance of my family <br> which makes me who and what I am today...A poetic soul...... <br> </font><br><br><br> <table border="1" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="80%" id="AutoNumber1" bordercolor="#000000"> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center"> </table> </CENTER> <center> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="1%" BACKGROUND="#000000"> </td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="3%" BACKGROUND="beautifulbor.gif"> </td> <td ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="1%" BACKGROUND="#000000"> </td> </tr> </table> |