walk alongside me daddy

and hold my little hand

i have many things to learn

that i dont ...

when i think about the times

we shared - me and you

time was not kind

when it comes to m...

To me,

you were
a wellspring
of beauty.
Brooklyn cutie
packaged
in brown sweetness
and p...

doggon’it…

you say

i’m sniffing like a dog

how i wish

i were

he lives

stranger fruits to come

by our roots we’re born free

no one owns the earth

yet b...

Just from the outside is what society, music videos, rappers, reality shows want our young girls ...

When words are hard

When words are hard and relative of the past and the scars

When they ...

But can I be myself?

May I overreact when things arent intact?

Can I bathe in the feeling w...

There's a woman
Walking alone into a yogurt cafe
Politely eats her yogurt.
On the outside she ...

23yrs into life they met:She thought he was cute, liked his car; he liked her body.
25yrs into m...

23yrs into life they meet:A surge of energy shot through them like a bolt of lightening and they ...

Before you label me a bitter ...
understand what brought me to this point.
Feel my pain after s...

Why do we stay after he hurt us?
Because Love won’t let us leave…
Love makes us stay; Love beli...

My hands are shaky, my heart is pounding at an astounding beat.
My knees are wobbly, my palms ar...

THIS SIDE OF LIFE

Baby girl I wish that you had listened, taken my
advise when I tried to st...

I awaken from a blissful dream of you holding me and kissing me the way you did back then.
I clo...

She would give anything to see your mother face for the first time.

To have a moment to cheris...

Love is not an expression but an action
that expresses one's thought or feelings.
So when you s...

work work work work or should i call it home. ive been working all day, too ***ing long. My super...

Crooks come in many forms

they are called by different names

The biggest crooks of them all

ar...

Powerful tag team spreading

out through out this earthly land

Chaos and mayhem new world Or...

He told me he was leaving me this came as a surprise!
He said “come over here; have a seat and l...

Thank You

Hey baby,
I know we never had a chance to talk; I never said
what I had to say.
I...

I've been up all night,
Protecting Metropolis from crime,
I come home, and again, you're demand...

My arm is numb,
Above my head and under yours,
Legs locked like Maple tree roots,
Sheets and p...

So Tiger had a few jump-offs, what's that got to do with Golf?
He was wrong, but smart enough to...

We have a simple chemistry,
Like Bunsen Burners and beakers,
You are music to my ears like ster...

Dark cloud, black sheep the odd man out

Rainy days are the lowest have no doubt

I have noth...

Eric Gardner killed for selling smokes

While these white boys killing and making jokes

Not ...

All good deeming and

all good seeming

casting gold

upon the dark

and the dross

in ...

My brotha’s, you are NOT our enemy…
You are the strength of our weakness.
You are ...

In the city it's a
Whole different world
Filled with people from all walks of life
Some hair s...

Life behind the "freedom fence"

Kings and queens
Declining
On kemet

Crowns strip
Wh...

Part One

couldn't tell it all, in 1 part
had to tear it into a 3 piece
victim of crime, is h...

protect your mirror
so that your reflection
cannot be broken
mindful of every word
ever spoke...

tried to hold me
couldn't keep me
the drinks were free
couldn't sleep me
snuck up behind me
...

it's about to rain

I smell the pain

feel the hurt

fight back the tears

the sun is gon...

my dream is the only thing

that makes me feel better

than I feel

my dream is the light

I miss those old
R&B love songs
the kind that had your
mind blown, but you
still kept your pa...

What you want from me

my down fall

not happening

Dont you run up on it

That stick get...

this is dedicated to the
THUG LIFE
we all want a, love life
but, how can we love life
when we...

Met God.

She runs.

She smiles.

She laughs.

She cries.

She dances on occasion.

S...

if I sit around, waiting
for time to, slowdown
it never will
I'll never feel
the change
I'll...

Tears gather in the bags of my exhausted memories

Curiosity tucks my insecurities into fla...

you say you like me

if they locked me up forever

would you write me

if I lost both my le...

too many families
torn apart
too many strings attached
too many loose strings
too many knots ...

there comes a time
in life, we have to
grow up
that don't mean
we have to slow up
we don't h...

this is not goodbye, it's

just, so long

I'm not... so gone

just not seen, long

ã€â...

I told my niece and nephew
things that I, use to do
like keep my curl activator
in the refrige...

What if Columbus went south and east instead?
And survived, would I be dead?
Spanards versus Ch...

This love's like Hersey Kisses & Almond Joy,
If your strongest muscle hustles, holla at ya boy,
...

You don't want no problem with me,
Panda, Controla, No Limit Soldier, DJ Khaled for free?
I jus...

She said if a man shall love me then love me like a song that his heart shall never forget

Allow...

His smile gained instant access to my soul.
Touches were mutually vibed and engaged upon.
I fel...

Hidden beyond lost meadows’, lies an oasis in stasis

Southern comforts by culture, nurtured sw...

A rollercoaster of whimsy

You make my body flimsy

When you smile, I need to sit down

for...

Now some gone call it destiny while others say that its fate, I give this world the best ...

Ain't in the skies nor in the lies I know that God is inside you'd be surprised what come with pr...

Rehab

I’m detoxifying

Purifying my life from you

Seems my life is in ruins accompanied b...

Back in the day a family

of nine

5 brothers one sister two parents

and I

Well neck bones was ...

oh home on the range—

nothing has changed

disdaining

and disagreeing

yet shar...

Popularity is popular

everyone searching for the stare

duck lips and the hair

signature wardro...

Dominant on one side

He new what he was doing

They speak of balance

But i walk with a limp

To live life with no spirit is to not live at all...
But to die slowly of adherence to anoth...

from rising to setting

she saw sunshine

shooting above

the horizon

exploding...

water trumpet

under quiet

sunshine

lonely conch shell

sits

tides

eb...

taping dancing freedom

on the mountaintop

tiptoeing

the mountain top

we slipped

of unjust harvest

when will

the grim reaper

tire

being cast murderer

how ...

when she left

emerald spears

lay rusting

in the ground

partially veiled

by lost ...

Losing in love is universally soul shattering. The vibrations of serenity deplete to an energy th...

I've got

so many thoughts in my head

tangled,

ensnared

like a fly in a web.

Strang...

I had to identify myself when I looked into the world and saw everyone else. I understood their n...

I woke up and their was a wisp in the air, a feeling of an approximation of life. The world fell ...

A faithful friend
and compassionate
spirit that will lead
always to life.
A comforter from th...

Love, your affirmation is fulfilling,
Surrender my heart to you I'm willing,
To cherish this un...

Aaron of thy brother catch me in thy sleep,

Find the missing path of my pillows grief,

Join...

Now it's time to analyze the journey. As I travel down the road to my destination. I have encount...

Why must I feel this way

Every interaction leaves me feeling strange

Be it good or bad does...

In the beginning there was I......

Then there was nun,

A race with no purpose than the orde...

Do U do it for free or just let it be,

The south as the fed official dreams,

For free from ...

Years ago a popular term was

home grown

but it was home grown weed

things have changed n...

Without a thought I rush into you craving your touch, never knowing it was possible to want someo...

Your touch plays my body like a beautiful love song that is so very sweet, and it has me anticipa...

A REQUIEM FOR HANDS FREE AT LAST

“Oh death where is thy sting;

Oh grave where is thy victo...

Tired of the same same,
Finna murk this,
Everyone wanna sit around and just complain,
Finna mu...

I feel guilty for having a good day when,
A brother or sistergets shot by a cop then,
The media...

Can't wait till I marry my best friend

crystalline ceilings
glittering
purposeful portr...

We get shot
We getgot,
We confess under duress,
We get jail time,
We are guilty until proven ...

I pledge allegiance to my Papa. He the reason the reason im so proper. He taught me how to tie a ...

The New Griots—Pouring Down Raining Words

From the wombs

of our pregnant minds

may our c...

who said darkness lacks

why should their be strong expressions

about the color of my back

I am...

What of life would of been if we didnt live in a world that has government, just a pimp tothe inn...