the King sits blind upon his throne secret shadows roam the checkered floor the Queen demands open space she found a thrill beyond the royal place behind the ranks of pawns minding the gate the Rooks absorb the battle front she slips away slides ...

Everyday someone Gets Scammed

Gets Catfished., Gets ted on, Gets Bribed, GetHassassed,

GetBelittled, GetsTreated Lesser Than from the way a person may appear,Gets Pushed Around, Get Profiled because of Race, Sex, Creed, Religion, or Origion

I S...

In the years before the 90's we were kids

Kids that played outside for hours

When thirsty we hydrated ourselves by drinking water for water hoses connected to our houses

We creatively came up with games to play such as:

Jump rope, hide and see...

If you want to succeed in anything or accomplish anything you've started

Fight for it

Fight for it to not have any regrets

Never quit while on your quest

Just quietly do whatever it takes and distance for success

TEEDUB815

You are the navigator of your life

Only you have control of the steering wheel

You may not be perfect on the way

But you'll be okay only if you make the best decisions on every first time

Pivot through life's adversities on a dime

Understand ...

The vibe is strong here and it is clear we came with a purpose. We were cursed and we turned it into prosperity. We engineered somethng different, something special, and we are all a part of that. From the ether we spread the word that urban poetr...

We need to make sure we are taking care of business. We can moving forwards and backwards but we need to lookout for how the inner workings are moving sideways. We have to crab walk with them and use your claws the whole way. We cant be swaying th...

If I had to tell the world
goodbye today

and I didn't have anything
to say

would you think I didn't
appreciate the stay

If I had nothing at all to
say

perhaps the words spent a
lifeline

trying to convey

what silenc...

You don't need to know how to tell time

but you need to know how to read the sign on the clock

Some eyes look straight through the glass

Others watch the change in the reflection it cast

smokeout in the backyard
grandpa burns the ribs again

someone said orange juice
someone said lemon juice
someone said vinegar

someone said sugar
someone said honey

someone said marinade
someone said seasoning
someone said rub

In the calm of night.

Words live, thoughts grow, life goes on.

A bright summers day.

before the word before breath is lent before the straight and narrow line became the opposite of sin we stood upon the boundary of the heaven sent the gate is thin the air is split dividing ancient myth from modern wit sifting wheat among the tea...

before the line could ever run before the square was planned a single dot of hidden fire lay sleeping in the sand a seed without a root a star too far to see a punctuation of life's punctuation "to be" occupying no space at all making no outward...

tore out pages I didn't want to read let the ink dry didn't want it to bleed gave it everything I got didn't want it to need had to make some dough so I had to knead planted seed had to weed fix the fence mix cement stack some bricks built a wall ...

to a great poetic griot
who's presence was felt
who's pressence is missed
a teacher who taught
who spoke words he meant
who's kind words meant
more than the ink it took
to write poems and haikus
that shall forever live