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    The Search for Substance: The Consumption, Addiction, Detoxification, and Relapse of Life
    The Search for Substance: The Consumption, Addiction, Detoxification, and Relapse of Life
    The Search for Substance: The Consumption, Addiction, Detoxification, and Relapse of Life
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    The Search for Substance: The Consumption, Addiction, Detoxification, and Relapse of Life

    By Crow

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    Living to see another day means nothing if you did not learn to avoid yesterdays mistakes. Crow

    The Search for Substance questions the direction of our lives and our motivations. We find that our challenges and opportunities to inspire and to be inspired are limited based on our skewed view of the world. For these reasons, we are on an endless journey in which faith, failure, and incite detour or determine the impact of our presence. The ability to define and catalogue our experiences may grant us enough space to live in our success and build a bridge from who we are to who we want to be. Our flaws create our character and since real life comes with no scripts, the ability to improvise helps us to survive. The moment we identify what we consider substance, then the when, how and why we search will forever provide us with answers.

    It is true that we often create goals based on the things we want to possess in life. Somehow during this process, we find purpose and the adventure solidifies the amount of time we have invested in our own growth. This discovery of who we are and who we can become remains priceless and the true value of failing is found in how we respond. These poems examine how we respond.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateSep 7, 2011
    ISBN9781463405083
    The Search for Substance: The Consumption, Addiction, Detoxification, and Relapse of Life
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    Crow

    This Brooklyn, New York native serves as a mirror to the people, places and challenges found in neighborhoods where poverty, a poor educational system, and limited opportunities run wild. With an unsure future, Crow fell in love with music and his penmanship eventually followed. In 2002, Crow became one of co-founders and orginal members of the poetry troupe “Machismo Redefined”, showcasing his voice and theatrical talents while performing at multiple poetry venues including the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Café. In addition, he wrote, published and distributed his first poetry book and soundtrack entitled “Blank Pages”. In 2003, Crow was featured on ESPN during the NBA 2002-2003 All-Star game. After taking a few years off to focus on being a first time father, Crow would eventually return in 2008 with another poetry book and soundtrack called "Windows to my Past", and then a year later with "Sinning on my way to Church". While fostering relationships and continuing to perform throughout the country, he presents his most anticpated and thought provoking poetry book to date "The Search for Substance".

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      The Search for Substance - Crow

      Contents

      Good Morning

      Come as you are

      I Owe You

      Postcards from MARS

      Training wheels, classrooms & merlot

      Stir of Echoes

      I know that (she loves me)

      Fear of Flying

      When pillows talk

      Curse of the Caveman

      Seeing you

      In between her heart and

      her heartache

      Emotional Roulette

      The acquisition of answers

      Your Children’s Tears

      Blowing Smoke

      Hiding Your Wings

      Shipping & Handling

      Chemistry

      The Art of Attraction

      Victoria’s Secrets

      She comes first

      The Legend of Superman

      Hiring Help (the restoration)

      Operator

      Wasted (Sober Tongue)

      The push while being pulled

      Borrow your smile

      You should know

      Days in the Dark

      Courage

      You deserve better

      Before I let go

      Armed & Dangerous

      Now what?

      The Great Depression

      Walking in the rain (praying for sunshine)

      Escape from debt row

      Dry Hand Jobs

      Milk Money

      The life of a battery

      For the first time, every time

      Unconditional

      Superhuman

      Chance & Desire

      The consequences of time

      No Space for Atlas

      Readers Digest

      Elevators (539 flights)

      The Endowment

      Naked

      Built on perseverance (Thick Skin)

      Thank You

      About the Author

      Good Morning

      I rose instead of pushing daisies

      So everything beyond this moment is easy

      I emerge and stretch from the covers

      Adjusting my vision as another opportunity

      Leaks through the blinds

      I find the bathroom in just enough time

      And release yesterdays consumption

      Eager to start a new and refuel

      I sanitize and take 45 minutes to stabilize

      Before I baptize my skin while reflecting

      On then and now, anticipating what is to come

      I groom, deodorizes, polish my porcelain

      Identify and embody today’s disguise

      Hiding more than my assets

      And showing off much more than my purchasing power

      Yet my ability to attract, command,

      And repel at a glance

      Toiletries heighten my natural lure and circumference so

      If my presence doesn’t clay and leave an impression

      My aroma is therapy

      And everyone knows (nose) I was here

      Whether I recognize it or not

      In turn I choose my fuel

      And everything that I consume

      It all varies from my ability to break fast

      And the size of my appetite

      The quickest route to my destination

      Remains on my determination to drive or ride

      Undeterred by traffic

      Yet inspired by the journey and volume

      And complexity of my playlist

      I avoided all that I could

      Though my outlook when I arrive may still differ

      From my initial perception when I left

      I expand and contract based on the things I keep

      And my ability to let things go, I know

      I am unable to pause, so my commitment to moving forward

      Stimulates and carries me until I return to my starting point

      Remove the disguise, filter my experience

      And pamper my pours

      Hoping when I shut my eyes

      It is not for good

      And I’ll have the pleasure of doing it all over again

      But even better

      Good Morning

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      Come as you are

      I knew your path before

      Your parents consummated and infused

      Characteristics to create you

      I made blessings

      You wear like lessons

      Even before your adolescents

      For in all things

      You have to crawl

      Before you can walk

      Your life is the accumulation

      Of cause and effect

      Being smothered and responding to neglect

      The urge to avoid, your drive when being detoured

      And your ability to be direct

      This is chest

      So every position is not equal

      In strength or mobility

      Yet every position has a purpose

      Even a pawn has the potential

      To change the game

      I catch you contemplating

      Your curiosity

      I don’t expect you to walk on water

      But I believe in you

      So every time you do the right thing

      You inspire some unknown soul

      To plant a dream in you

      And see the possibility of achieving

      Their own

      I know who you can be

      Even when your dark side

      Is in control

      I am still your passenger

      Ready to take the wheel

      Whenever you are ready to let go

      I will never abandon you

      But you must earn the right to be by my side

      To bathe in my grace

      To receive all I can provide

      I will challenge your will

      To thrive

      The temperature of your tolerance

      The fear found in your failure

      And your instincts to survive

      It doesn’t matter what you call me

      As long as you call me

      For you can do, be, live, love and learn

      Based on your expectations

      As long as you believe in me

      As I believe in you

      I Owe You

      You find kind words

      Though my actions deserve far worst

      I lean on your accounts

      Harder than any bank

      As if you co-signed for my debts

      Though I would never risk your credit

      But you loan me incite

      Even when I have clearly overdrawn

      I could never repay your wisdom and honesty

      Honestly I haven’t earned half of your generosity

      I have probably found dependency in your dependency

      And I maybe on the verge of an overdose

      Because your approach filters my income

      And for the first time in my

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