Where you are, I am;

Where you go, I will be there:

Love’s an epitaph.

Out of the darkness of night

crept the dawn.

Steaming with thirst,

the dry mouth...

Praising His Gifts

Another day—God’s blessings—

compounded twelve months: 7x11:

deat...

Unspoken wisdom speaks

Oh the sacrifice of being an outspoken Negro, can often be viewed as not ...

Do you yearn to praise me in the crest of my temple ...do you crave and want to savor my... femin...

A hustlas prayer. now I lay me down to sleep one eye open, the four five I must keep. Man stopper...

i

Deliver the word by my favorite group War check you tube gettin more and more aggrivating to p...

I can't ever go back

Backtracking a lifetime of

Mistakes

Heartbreaks

Missed opportunities

Her love cries out

An old song

Sentimental lyric

I listened with my heart

Breath taki...

I need to veiw it all from the top

So I apologize but I just can't stop

I must continue to cl...

I tried it my way

Everytime I run into dismay

What can I do to make you stay

When you're absol...

Our story will fade with sorrowing time

if we continue to allow it to become a

a si...

Every time I think about you
My heart smiles.
You’re so beautiful to me
My soul blushes
Whene...

If these walls could speak;

It would tell the secrets that it keep.

It would tell how your love...

We came into each other's life

when we both were vulnerable.

Battling our demons that kept us s...

Gazing out
into space,
into infinity.
I wander,
my
mind wanders.
I see vistas.
New, differ...

Poets…Word Griots

Writing…Imaging Rhythms,

The Blessings We Share

New beginnings
with no end
a story to tell
when our children grow older
Ironic, how a rose
c...

What these bullets want from atrigga?

Always thought I’d own a gat when I was bigger

Ended ...

Black History Month is every February;

excited, I paid a visit to the local librar...

I be

I, be

I be in motion

muscles move unda my skin

I be watchin

Minstrels mimic

So this is a story to you that I relate of a little black boy named Jiggaboo with the big red l...

She came and she went

Moving with no direction

In search of purpose

Memories of me

Is what I leave

When I'm long gone

Away from it all

When I'm not in reach

I...

I tell you no lie

Everywhere I go

Inspiration meets me

It speaks to me mentally

It paints a...

My light

Vivid and bright

Illuminating

Everything it touches

It reveals the path ahead

Pre...

Your essence is like the sun

The way it warms my heart

The way it makes my smile bright

When...

Do you wanna love me

Do you really wanna love me

Do you wanna kiss me

Cause lately

I've bee...

She is the devil's best friend

Her job is to manipulate

Peer pressure persuades her

Uses her...

Can you take me away

To another time

And another place

Away from these trials

And tribulati...

I write what I feel…

So what, if so many words:

God gave them to me!

Specs of dust dance in the light

Of colored sunbeams cast from church stained glass windows

Hey! Save the children!

It’s all about the children—

Heirs are what we were.

Society Lost

Entitlement blinds vision

Color of skin threatens

One day,

eyes open.

Open

to

see what

is.

Look around.

Look to see,

see wh...

Of Truth and Consequences

They lied,

trying to kill the truth—

unaware

God had ma...

Sitting down here

with a stick,

scribbling in the sand,

I looked up

into a space ...

Hatred of my skin

Character within flawless

Ignorance pierce heart

i

From Negro History week

to Black History Month,

has been a perilous ...

Time can be our friend

It can be our worst enemy

Time only moves forward

But we often beg for ...

I can't get enough

But obviously neither can you

I love the things you bring out of me

But thi...

Can I go with you

On this imaginary ride

Where our pens glide

And our words collide

I'm rea...

Mosaic in your touch

a craven for it so much

Mosaic diamond sparkles in

your eyes

brightness ...

Why do you make me cry

Words of acid you spit

Your actions are always slick

And I'm sorry b...

In complete silence

I hear the clock tick

The wind blow

As tears flow from my eyes

Like raind...

When they said the world was ours

I grabbed the baton and sprintedtoward Mars

I was aiming ...

How could you

Hold me so intensely

Cherish me so immensely

Love me so tremendously

Then lea...

I STEPPED INTO THE ROOM UNAWARE

OF THE FACT THAT I WOULD FIND

A CHOCOLATE COATED

WAITIN...

Can I *** you?

Can I *** you here?

I promise I’ll make you feel as if you’ve been refreshed...

I feel his presence at the rise of the moon feels like a restricted lagoon

At the tip of his l...

If I said it I meant it

No apologies will be made……

I want u to truly believe this is what ...

I’m not trying to sex you this time

I want to liberate your mind

I’m so Petrified

peelin...

Through back alleyways
Where after dark no one stays
A shallow river flows through,
Coming fro...

Now Im craving your body

is this for real

temperature rising dont wanna

feel

Im in the wrong ...

Mind had this Idea I am top

dog round here I call the shots

this was the mind mind had in m...

Always wanna lay

with me

but never sleep

with me

All I want is just

some a lil bit...

In the eve of destruction

My sisters they hate me

Busy tearing each other down

The envy over...

I'm smiling brightly because he knows just what to say to bring a smile to my face

There's no ...

You don't love me

That's fine

Don't continue to waste my time

I'm sure for someone else

Lovin...

Sitting alone in pure silence

With millions of thoughts

Running through my mind

The answers th...

Im an antique. I believed in love but in order to hold on to something, you have to let some thin...

In a World where love does not exist, but a world where likes are important.

In a World where ...

Our Truth

Had me- defy my mama. Look dumb to my friends.

Cause he loves me.They will never ...

Heart of the matter is

There comes a time

When you must let go

Hard as it may be

The ...

Our baby girl

Her soul as pure as gold

Innocent from contamination of this world

Not kno...

But it's fine.

Still smiling when the hour flatline.

Still it's fine.

I jot about them bodies ...

they say you gone I say "YOU FREE"

they say you dead I say "YOU FREE"

they say they miss yo...

Lost heart seek love...

Torn from soul mate...

Heart unfulfilled...

Timing plays cruel g...

You told me things you thought I wanted to hear.

Sweet lies escaped your lips.

Your true intent...

Capped festering words exploded—

spilling out over my mind—screaming

and streaming...

Time

&

Time Again

I’ve Loved You

Time and time again I’ve loved you,

And ...

Premenopausal

The pain in my abdomen,

Doc says there’s a cyst,

Oh, how it hurts.

Can...

Waiting for You

Lying in bed,

Waiting patiently for your return,

2 days,

3 nights,

Darkness

Sitting,

Staring,

Out into the night,

Watching,

The neighbors lurking,

Forgive/Forget

Years of years of verbal abuse.

Years of being his punching bag,

Torn...

First come blessings from above

Next came recognizance of flaws

No judge-meant to soley del...

It’s not enough

just to remember

we must remember

to remember

what to do with...

america!

virginia!

republican!

democrat!

president!

governor!

today’s stats...

From the annuals of racist symbolism

Now comes the “Litany at Virginia”,

Razor slic...

Secrets of the Night,

Clubs and bars,

Light cameras actions,

Pimips and hoes,

Are...

WHORE

Standing on the corner at 2 in the morning,

Selling her body,

Degrading herself,

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Big house,

Fancy car,

Lucrative bank account,

The American Dream.

Look into my eyes,

Place your hand on my thighs,

The anticipation of your kiss,

Waiting,...

Winter cold and bitter,

The season that makes you shiver,

While sledding for a thrill,

B...

Gone Girl Move That Body to The Beat

All the men,

Sitting in the club,

Watching her body...

That college girl,

Sweet as pie,

The mother,

That needs to care for her family.

The w...

why do I need to understand
that which needs no understanding
something that never asked to be
...

we all have belongings
stuff we own stuff that belongs
to us our own possessions
things we ref...