~SUN RAISED~
...and today as I raise my head
I am able to take notice that
the clouds are all gone
I am able to see
that the sky is clear and blue
the sun is shining
and I AM ALIVE....
Embracing it...
A new moment...
A new day...
TO LIVE...
TO LEARN...
TO BECOME...
-Dr. D'elve Je Veux III
Multi-Award-Winning Poet/Author/LifeCoach
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BECAUSE I CAN FEEL..
It hurts...
but i'm thankin' LIFE
that I CAN STILL FEEL IT...
Thankin' Life
that I have not been left to the elements
..becoming numb...
For it is because of this feeling
...it is because I CAN FEEL
that I am able to get through...
See through...
push through...
Make it ...
(SHAKIN' MY HEAD)
it hurts..
it really hurts
and because I can feel that..
its a sure sign...
THAT I AM STILL ALIVE!
As i read this back to myself
...my eyes fill up with tears...
This sentiment is so true...
So Many people have been hurt
so many times before
that they become NUMB...NUMB TO FEELING...
NUMB TO EMOTIONS...
Abandoning Self...
CAPSIZING ON LIFE!
But I CAN FEEL !!!!
I CAN FEEL....IT!
Oh, yes
...Feel it within the soreness of these bones-
to the morning bird tweet within my heart-
to the choking hold within my throat
from the wind escaping from my stomach
the churning of my spirit...
the rocking of my ship as I try to sleep
...and even though it stings..
There, within the wound...
There is MEANING...
MEANING TO THE STRUGGLE
TO THE JOURNEY
THERE IS SALT!
I CAN TASTE IT
SAVORING...
MOUTH WATERING
SAVING...
SAVING ME..
DRIPPING FROM THE RIGHT
AND THE LEFT
SIDE OF MY MOUTH
I check it out...
I book shelf it...
I library it...
I bear it...
I brave it...
I sail it...
I walk it...
I run it...
I jump it...
I traffic light it...
I highway it...
I Valley it...
I mountain top it...
Until I have reached my SURE!
Because I can feel
...Means I AM STILL ALIVE!
THE JOURNEY
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pa, the life of Dr. Delve Je Veux III is a collection of great achievements as well as personal tragedy. As a child of a broken home, he was physically, mentally, and sexually abused for many years beginning at the age of 5 years old and understandably became emotionally withdrawn.
Treasured by close friends and family, applauded by scholars, the childhood of Delve Je Veux III was fraught with sexual, mental, and physical abuse. Compounding his misery was the fact that this abuse came at the hands of trusted people. His confusion and insecurities grew when he turned to many for support, and was ignored and even worse, blamed.
Growing up in an era when a child was seen and not heard a lot of pain and fear became internalized as undertones of abuse troubled him. Dr. Speakes once a straight A student dramatically became a failing student. Seemed no one understood- yet no one really tried to understand- he was brushed aside by the loved ones he confided in for refuge; labeled, instead, as rebellious, difficult.
At age 14, he had been classified as a runaway as he tried to escape the pain of being abused and misunderstood. With only a 9th grade education, he became a child of the streets, sleeping wherever he could rest his head. However, despite this tough existence, something happened on the streets: Delve found himself. He began writing down his innermost thoughts- and found that by confronting his past on paper, he hurt; he healed, and found resolution to move forward within his own mind and heart.
While on the streets I remember meeting youth younger than I, some prostituting, doing whatever they had to in order to keep living. These children had been pushed out into the wild, to fight for themselves and I was impelled to do something. It was then that I knew... I had to get myself together in order to help them...and so I did.
-Dr. Delve Je Veux III
THE SURVIVAL
The humanitarian in him was awakened, the giver in him gave; the survivor in him lived. Although circumstances suggested that he wouldnt D'elves life has become a monument of what happens once THE WILL TO LIVE has been established.
At age 31, he has dedicated his life toward the betterment of his community and has founded the Dr. Richard T. Speakes Foundation, Inc, a non-profit organization dedicated towards the mental, physical and spiritual growth of the community, and abroad. Today- Delve is having a world-wide impact , serving people from all walks of life with his infectious LIVE BEYOND FEAR motto.
"and this is my goal in life: I will not leave this world a buried treasure, but one who is buried and treasured."
Delve Je Veux III - A self-taught Multi-award-Winning Celebrated poet of some 9 books -an intriguing and charismatic young man with surprising facets, one who has achieved professional success and survived personal tragedy.
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