GeNoMe 9963 Scholarship
Who is GeNoMe 9963?
Genome 9963 was Nathaniel Marquis Booker's pen name. Nathaniel, a native of Trenton, NJ, was a self-taught electric guitar player who also sang tenor. Many of his friends called him “Rockstar “. Nathaniel was a prolific poet, writer, singer, and musician who shared his gifts with close family and friends. Nathaniel wrote countless poems to his credit, signed with GeNoMe and the predominate number 9963.
Having struggled with addiction and incarceration for much of his adult life, Nathaniel would achieve periods of sobriety from time to time, but in the end his addiction robbed him of all future hopes and dreams. Nathaniel tragically passed away as a result of an accidental fentanyl overdose in New York City on January 27th, 2022.
It is with this tragic loss in mind that this scholarship has been created in order to hopefully give others the opportunity to fully realize their hopes and dreams.
Home
Bodies two, an embrace so urgent
That everything is communicated
When they meet with outstretched
Arms that lock around each other
She is holding onto her son
As if he is a rock in a raging river
Oh, dear life you live
And you give me love
Hearing a sigh exhaling
Eyes squeeze shut
Don’t let this moment pass me
Without living in it just for a moment
A fragment of forever forever is
Only a fragment of the anguish
I knew not knowing if you were ok
The elation I feel having you here
Now ----- like eternal sunrise
He has her (mother) pulled close
And tight Sheltered with arms given
Strength ---Joy, Relief floods through him
That same river of feeling flows, like
Tears from his eyes
He’s come home
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GeNoMe 9963 Scholarship
Who is GeNoMe 9963?
Genome 9963 was Nathaniel Marquis Booker's pen name. Nathaniel, a native of Trenton, NJ, was a self-taught electric guitar player who also sang tenor. Many of his friends called him “Rockstar”. Nathaniel was a prolific poet, writer, singer, and musician who shared his gifts with close family and friends. Nathaniel wrote countless poems to his credit, signed with GeNoMe and the predominate number 9963.
Having struggled with addiction and incarceration for much of his adult life, Nathaniel would achieve periods of sobriety from time to time, but in the end his addiction robbed him of all future hopes and dreams. Nathaniel tragically passed away as a result of an accidental fentanyl overdose in New York City on January 27th, 2022.
It is with this tragic loss in mind that this scholarship has been created in order to hopefully give others the opportunity to fully realize their hopes and dreams.
GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS are possible!!
For Those of Us Who Have Loved
In repose of those we wished to love
I suppose …As the day grows…
You have a choice. You may be the soil… or you may be the rose. Providing what it takes to be complete. Anchoring, nurturing, and revealing vibrant colors.
Cause lord only knows, and the universe strikes its moving prose ….For those who have loved….. and those who have been shoved…Brushing against those soft petals, you might know that sharpness… Feel as if you are left in darkness
Arms wide open…Surprised you are falling through the skies, petals wilting in your hand
That worm-infested soil told you such lies…As we try to stop bleeding from one puncture wound… or cover the scars of a
thousand sunsets exhumed from past lives And failed tries….
We’ve fallen as if one of the gods’ own tears…Those who have loved Know the lord above….gave us the choice……… with love
