Guest author: Sylvester L. Anderson – ‘The Sevens’ free from Smashwords

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The Optimist

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The weight of the world

Slides off my wings

I am not a carrier pigeon

So I carry not a heavy soul

Nor a heavy heart

Even when I am grounded

My faith is always in flight

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(Sylvester L. Anderson – The Sevens)

I grew up in Chicago, Illinois with my brother (Mr. Imagination) and my sister (The brain), I was always the dreamer. We were raised by my mom and surrounded by uncles, aunts and my grandparents. The first poem I ever wrote was a mother’s day poem to my mom back in the third grade. I have always loved to write, whether it was stringing some rhymes together, short little stories and even my thoughts in an eight grade autograph book I used as a journal.

Growing up I was extremely shy. At home and around close friends I was completely myself, the guy…

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