1)Where I AM FROM,
I'm from slavery, segregation, and cruelty,

I'm from hard bitter streets filled with busted cars with nothing but the windshields stolen from them, decaying old houses filled with mold, hola, and cracks, filled with violent gang members, street thugs, and killers,

I'm from broken families, arguments,

But, I'm also from love, kindness, and unity,

I'm from a bigger picture, growing broader and broader everyday,

I'm from not a team, but a brotherhood, a lifetime of friends who bring each other up,

I'm from hard work, pushing yourself to the sky, and succeeding with extreme prejudice,

I might be from a many hard times, terrible poverty, and struggling,

But I'm also from prosperous living, great education and discipline, I'd never change where I'm from, because where I'm from, is going far.


2)Not often do I feel this way,
But when I do it is easy to say,

That I may,

At any given day,

Become implosive,

Strutting down to all my friends,

But the question depends,

It varies from family to family,

Wondering what is the true fantasy,

But the answer to this question,

Is that you can't just be onto the next one,

It becomes known when you're depressed,

But really are you in distress,

Living a life of lies,

But then the truth comes in like tides,

You try to make strides,

To hide,

But you can only go for the ride.......

In time, you might feel better,

But the guilt still wraps you up like a sweater,

That you won't share your feelings,

Knowing that were all human beings,

But in the end,

All I can say to you my friend,

Is never throw in the towel,

Because once in the bowels of defeat,

You will only become weak,

And want to sleep,

But to torture you,

They'll keep bringing up your virtues,

Just to knock them down,

And as you look up with a frown,

You can see what you want to be,

And it's that easy,

To rise........


3)As we climb through this jungle canopy called life,
We must climb with great strife,

Never looking back,

Keeping straight and on the track,

We make sure not to stray,

Because once you stray you shall fray,

But we forget that rules are meant to be broken,

For once you have gained the token,

Of breaking through the barrier,

You will be much merrier,

To see the exotic wild,

Like the experience of raising a newborn child,

Bringing excitement,

Commitment,

And overall happiness.


4)
Life goes on,
From dusk to dawn, we are nothing but pawns,

And life is the king,

Like a bee sting,

Life hurts for a while,

But like tile, the pain dies down,

And maybe this pawn will become a queen,

Then some day this queen will checkmate life,

And we people will stride,

To immortality and eternity.


5)
When i looked at her she smiled,
when i saw her she looked amazing,

Her sweet round face with short black hair said it all,

With her hazel eyes staring into mine i could tell that we could be happy,

As my heart raced i could tell that her heart was beating just as fast,

But then we split apart,

but with much thanks we have been put back together and now we are now happy.

6)
Persistence is key,
To winning any game you see,
For me,
Persistence is giving it your full effort,
And focusing between the end and the start,
Giving an escort to your confidence,
And feeling dense with pride,
Until you fall,
Thinking that you'd win them all,
But that's where resilience comes in play,
And through the following days,
You're able to phase,
Through the maze,
Of defeat, and understand that you're not weak,
And then your back on Fleek,
Winning games in a streak,
And you're able to look the fear of loss in the face,
Then you're able to say, "You, are nothing but a disgrace,"
And you're able to lace your mind, around all that is kind,
And right,
And you say, o
On to the next fight.

2-23-15
Nothing but an ordinary day was today, focusing in not what I was doing now, but for what was to come, Basketball Practice, nothing but heart searing, gut pounding hard work determination is happening here, constant movement, never staying still, getting ready for the last basketball game of my Fenn career. This is the constant day in the life of Stephon kindle though, living everyday like its my last, pushing myself past the barriers I once had. 
2-24-15
Today was a day for training, doing nothing but training like I was in the-Kwan-do, training for the biggest game of my Fenn career. Very important went hard all day long.
2-25-15
Today was heart racking, as we did nothing but practice, practice, practice. Nothing but going over and over and over and over the plays in our heads and on the court. Leaving it all on the court was the most important thing was, at the end of the day we had to give it our full effort, win, lose, or tie.
2-26-15
Today was the day we had to put life and limb on the line, doing nothing but pushing ourselves harder and harder at our last game against Fessi, a long rivalry against our schools and inparticularly some classmates on our team.
3-01-15