It is not normal to walk in

And think you going to like someone right?

Especially a teacher...

Journey by Yanna

It is graduation day y’all ain’t y’all happy;

All that hard work and s...

I'm a strong women

A strong black women indeed

I typically don’t do

Or even say somethin...

Oh little river by me.

Flow onward to the sea.

Black brown, not so free.

Funny BUBBLES b...

My back was against the wall. So I took my pen and I stabbed anger in the heart. Ink splattered e...

gasping, holding onto my chest

feeling the pain, feeling the hard painful strain in my heart a...

staring down into an empty glass
remembering the past
when it was full and last
now it's empty...

Where is Mainstream America, cause I would like to go there? My old eyes is bad or this old map i...

The quiet night

crawls on—a snail’s pace.

Likewise the lazy snow flakes

seduced by the p...

Question without evidence,

The news anchor with his mansion in the sky,

Unlimited rhetoric;...

Tell me this.

When to kiss.

Don't do that.

Drink that vat.

Play with him.

You must...

YOU, look at me.

I look at you.

You tell me this.

I tell you list.

On a table you...

Christmas

Crisp Addidas Pro-model shelltoes..

3/4 white with the blue stripe.

Aux tres B...

This is how I do it

It's Friday night everythings alright

The party's up in Heaven.

So I reach...

My heaven designated for me.

You are my destination.

My definition.

You are love.

My love.

I...

radiance is what your skin is.

damn.

you sit during this red light special while i'm giving you...

the strength of manipulation weighs me down.

in the back of my pretty little mind, i know but on...

baby girl if you knew better you'd do better

trying to convince myself that my better is for the...

i stand in front of the mirror and reflect upon my reflection.

reflect the self inflicted wounds...

how are you near, yet so far away?

you're within arm's reach buti still reach for you.

you're w...

I wish my love
would stick to you
like glue, the Krazy kind
bonding me to you
being lonely is...

sea shells
out here
having fun
by the peer
twisting my dreads
up in a bun
sober no beer
on...

with my left hand I write
carpal tunnel in my right
still can clutch a fist to fight
rather ty...

one time, I was
so home...less
had to step out
put my name on a list
too much of a bum
to ge...

does everybody know the drill
it takes practice to get
over the hill, did you do your
exercise...

safety matters
you're going to pay
for the glass, you've shattered
someones been cut , all ove...

Thepast 8 years,
Eased most of our fears,
But American life post Obama,
Feels like Monday morn...

WHAT DO WE TELL OUR CHILDREN TODAY?

(APROPOS DR. MARGRET BURROUGHS)

Today what do we te...

Concealed form the sunlight,

Hidden from life,

A beautiful flower,

A wonderous idea,

His life was a long one

Full of pain,

The way he dealt with it all,

Was to write.

Narrow shoulders, resilient spine, she’s the innermost experience in our lives, as well as...

I used to be one of them b*tches that I shake my head at.

Acceptance was my priority, but since ...

I’m spent
I meant to dent the demon, be bent
cemented and blended,
discontented ventila...

Oh, sad girl.

So sad, girl.

All you do is cry.

Desiring to be happy but sadness is what you de...

Love lost.

Meaning you are lost and I am lost without you.

But together we'll f...

Another abandoned
filthy cliche,
left astray
laying displayed on the highway,
as if to say
O...

Life is meant to be a classic. Or at least that is what I think it means. It is meant to be beaut...

Never erase your hard drive.

Hard lives..

Stay alive.

Stillborn, still here..

Midwive...

JUMP WHERE ? there is no air.

CO2 all walking in pairs.

Trees are burning to the ground.

For the love of my child
I would do anything.
From the moment the sun rises
Until the angel's ...

The ultimate test of the times:
United in togetherness
We stand tall with heads held high
Shou...

The greatest lessons taught

are the simplest to learn.

-...

Ruffling a few feathers
stepping on truffle treasures,
now these earthly pleasures
are inedibl...

See because all i ever wanted was to be wanted. To be seen the way your eyes used to, to be grope...

I and I chased the empress Neffreti across the eastern sky. Him caught her stride somewhere near ...

Broken people, strewn shards, misshapen pottery. Pieces piled six miles high. Flesh tone. Free fo...

I am not your model for the gram

Or that spokesperson “size 2, I am”

However…...

Beautiful Goddess

Garden full of flowers

Don't let him ruin your garden with his persua...

To be a poet is to ...

Let your beautiful mind speak the words to create the images of what yo...

POLLUTED air, dead mans wonder.

Taken back from the blunder.

Sing a broken song to me.

P...

How dare you wear them in dreads on your head, it’s not a right, it’s a privilege a...

A great beauty has come fourth,

Like an artists' dreams, a wonderful masterpiece

The canvas...

The pavement is dark tonight,

Yet it is so colorful,

The crimes committed here seem so atrociou...

The crystalline euphoria of atmospheric skies,
The color of blue fills my delicate heart with th...

Knock at the door.

BABY RAPER*WAIF*ADDICT*or WHORE.

Come talk to me.

I want to be free.

Oooh so bro, ya want to play the dozens, okay bro, I’m in, so let’s get at it. Ha-h...

Awoke this morning—gravel voiced;

Mars hued eyes—hopped a ride

on empty air: a locomotive d...

America I Salute You (middle finger)

I speak softly but my voice is loud as I cry out. But You...

Why does Assad look like an odd French waiter ?

Start with one and it's 13 crusades later .

It is what it is

it aint what it ain't

'cause what is is a sin

and what ain't is a saint...

feeling it unintentional automatic

though reveling in it

as if she were committing a

sudden fe...

One day.

I promise I’ll stop chasing your face through passing times of loneliness.

…Mo...

I was a screen queen one day.

Then they all fell away.

The man said to me.

"Your over - ...

Welcome back, welcome back

As the new year has begun

A few weeks in and all remains the sam...

So I've been missing...

From this site, had problems I'll describe without the dissing.

Wan...

My Lord, what a morning!

Wake up children!

Let us be not dismayed—Let

not our souls be d...

Awe there she is, looks as if she sleeping like a baby, umh…little do they know that she wa...

The man with the velvet gloves

The sweetest of smiles
Who never frowns
Knows what to say
Th...

Assiduous voices

whisper veraciously:

faith tested

is faith strengthen—

firmer like a...

Justice is not formed on Earth

Justice has the final say in heaven

I love the courtroom tha...

Hidden figures

Hidden agendas

Is it a coincidence that it's the same storyline in that movie ...

sometimes you can catch us by the PAWN (pond)

me and my QUEEN

im such a KING

and if you mistak...

Hello - my new friend.

You seem to never bend.

All day long I watch you.

I believe your ...

She felt

the rythum of

his verse

Every

sensuous syllable

against her canvas so...

Whats going on in the sky.

Some dripped down into my eye.

Birds fall to the ground.

It d...

Born less than a half a second a part, we are more so like fraternal twins. Faceless but notoriou...

Beyond the place of wrath and tears is where liberty is

Beyond the dreaded worries

The ashe...

How does it feel to finally be free

Tell me,how does it feels to now see

For once was you c...

Life is beautiful
But dear soul know it can be ugly
Life is a mirror
But it's also dirty
Life...

She is with me tonight-

And everything is alright

She is with me tonight-

Her abundant m...

They voyaged over many tempestuous oceans and seas;
They were pursued in woods by vicious dogs—d...

Standing at The Mountain

There stood the great mountain—

A Sisyphean challenge;

A Jo...

Journeying On

At the end of the day it’s realized

life is a road traveled—that death

A Stalker of love following me,
Creeping through the shadows at the end of the night,
With no i...

I wash my face to dispose of the disguise,
That I often, but daily apply at night,
The smiles, ...

I know I'm alone when I lie down for pleasure,
Guys will tell you anything just to get to your t...

I can tell you love me, by the way you compliment my body,
Not my mind or soul, just my ability ...

I'm a sideline chick, but I can't complain,

Hegot a wifey and two kids, I guess I'm the one to...

How would you feel, if I died?

How would you feel if you couldn’t look me in the eyes?

Imag...

Don't know if she should go right, don't know if she should go left,
Whichever way she goes, her...

He said we not compatible after a year and a half,
I feel like that's a decision that can be dec...

The bad news will travel before the good ever will,
But I'll be damned If I take that deal,
Tel...