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these moments cut deep
drawing blood
with every gash inflicted
this pain has me conflict...
Knowledge is pain, ignorance is bliss
I was today years old when I finally realized this
Th...
a smart cap of sophistication
we jerk are emancipation
finger through the garbage...
...a smart cap of sophistication
we jerk are emancipation
finger through the garbage...
...To reminisce on a sensation guided by the flesh can impart a sense of confusion by ones of unce...
I'm not answering unless I know who's on the line sick of hearing the wine while I'm sipping on m...
in that mood again up all night Hugging a pen like it's my wife Who am I kidding I'll never do th...
She said I'm gone I said okay too prideful to say the things that would make her stay that's how ...
Where are you Echo back if you hear me I know you been Goin through me too it's a part of life n...
There's a river made of tears People come from miles around to cry It's an opening that's never...
Shot from a fallen ball sack Aborted into an opened Promiscuous womb Fell from a broken waterbag ...
call you Sunshine It rains every time You go away and Every time you return You bring with you Th...
Pictures shared over the airwaves.
Palm trees giving ever so gently
To tropical breezes are cap...
Beaten down by love. My heart is like a bell that cannot ring. The beautiful sound of love that o...
I can not undermine your presence....cause the universe will not allow it , it make me to rea...
spots on a hole fresh new beginning;
lattice out the hamoc vent traverse content
live above t...
The minute I start acting like you
There seems to be a problem
You stay with an attitude
Whe...
When you see us
Why do you cross the street
Why do you clutch your purse to your side
Why does...
It’s 5am
And I’m
Tossing and turning
Over things concerning
You and me
And the upr...
Broken clock why haven’t you changed your time ?
You’re showing me it’s 5 o’clock when it is c...
living my dreams in my head everyday
put action to it
do something
and feel that somethi...
Black skin my sin from the beginin, powers that be don't want to see me winnin
Tear extinguish b...
Fake butter
Fake cheese
Fake a$$€$
Fake degrees
When did our desire for reality becom...
I went into a path of unfamiliar territory. Where my world was upside down. A path of apathy, and...
With 4th of July close by and with all the stuff going on
in the Middle East and Iran Work for...
Vacuumed out the car after a long road trip
Daughter dropped a whole bag of cherry fun dip
...I Know How It Feels To Be Stuck In A Perplexed Situation
Trying To Soar To The Next Level But Fi...
I hear there were a place where only Identical souls, play like lover and mingle like neo soul mu...
there are moments
when we question
why things are the way they are
when we question
t...
Holding on to my chest,
grasping for breath,
there’s a vacuum in my head,
lighting next ...
A nation’s consolation prize to the life of denied opportunities to flourish, is the opportunity ...
I felt that I had it
And just for a moment, I wish that I hadn't
People stronly believe
...There's a time for me as there is a time for you
Lined and synced into a timely cue
As orde...
juneteenth...jazzing free
hey...i may not be
god's trombone
but like the trane
i ...
When I'm with you I feel love
As I'm starring at you now do you love?
I want you forever
I n...
When you driving on a longroad trip and the bottom of your foot gets to itchin, that’s hard, When...
I went out to one of my favorite restaurants one time and got one of my favorite meals, shrimp an...
Oh say can you see our women and children being driven from the father and husband authority figu...
I am littered with tattoos that cover half of my upper torso, Me and a bottle of Jameson are long...
They say you don't have to explain what's already understood, but when you screamed out neighborh...
I had a dream that for 24 hours, I was granted the powers to be white, so how did I spend it you ...
I got a friend who has a chimney, one day a bird flew in and dropped dead, he cleared it out, the...
birds peck thecut lawn,
ants &worms crawling freely;
grass feeds life &death
(Apropos of Us and the Children)
Time tested love,
bruised and battered,
lay lik...
false truth 1: a haiku
oxymoronic,
fighting war for peace;
a juxtapos...
With serious eyes she replied, I am always in the company of He who loves me.
mystic mazes…
floods…storms…
tornados…volcanoes…
earthquakes…weathering
life…mimi...
HOLLA, HOLLA IF YA HEAR ME
AND COME UP CLOSE THERE'S NO NEED TO FEAR ME.
BY THE TIME I HIT TH...
Here I sit … from higher
than the stars...
Dimensions beyond,
lost ...in prayer...
with...
life is not always,
rising suns slowly go down;
memories live on
To God Be The Glory…
In the clear
the brightness of morning,
streaking clouds
...In my mind deep within my soul…
A prayer …a call… for my soul mate…
In the wellspring of p...
there is a strange list
to ther wet reanger of clouds
stroking our fields;
heavy pheasants...
I look to the sea
viral implications take me to the surf
along the rocky ledge leads to an old ...
This …is no…
…dream…
I see you standing there
…spiritual warr...
Spring arrived today…
Winter went to yesterday…
Hope rides tomorrow…
...the mind controls all;
seek a liberating mind:
free your mind...you are
Of Rainbow Children
Rainbow children unite,
splashing in the pool…
running through t...
sun rising,
gentle breeze blows;
birds incubate eggs
Dimensions beyond …your wildest dreams
A lone trumpeter …makes
his instrumentâ€...
Got down on my knees
...to pray for the secret to the lesson
Confessions...
Should be whatâ...
Swiftly
Flying through
The Starlit …night skies…
Against
a dawning majestic moonr...
leave it up to me
I will be as big as a mountain or
as small as an ant
leave it up to me
I'll...
(For My Princess, Karma Nurisha Wa Kupenda Lowe)
Come children; listen
to the drumb...
Yeah...I’m gonna take my Honda to the corner store
I’m gonna... recycle cans and some bottles ...
Oppressed mud smashes
the wall of its freedom flow,
the collateral damage a mere
...there’s a flame
burning in my heart—
setting my soul on fire…
an enlightenin...
serendipity
lies in fields
of four-leaf clovers…
in fields of dreams
...As you read this, millions of people are watching people eat food online!
I thought this one c...
The US is in a state of cognitive dissonance
Almost miss the days of religious and political i...
If you look around you can see a bunch of mistakes
The classic carcovered in the yard in need ...
WHO WOULD I BE TELLIN'
IF I SAID I WAS A FELON
FOR BEING BLACK & YELLIN'
'BOUT LOVING TO...
Life…liberty,
Happiness pursued—
Voting rights denied.
Raindrops falling...
There are 86,400 seconds in each day
Make each count, don’t let them waste away
Time goes b...
An Amphibian Moment...
Being the infant
that you were,
there you sat;
hunched kne...
yellowed surface water
of living ponds
seem quietly content…
its submerged chaos...
dove right into the buoyant bountiful breathtaking beachhead of heavenly delight flutters of butt...
Hold off
…catching your second wind…
Time for the real work
To begin, again…
Turn aro...
Nothing in life
Is quite black or white
Shiftless negros lack ambition
Honky zeros never...
I feel like there isn't much time
Hours to minutes before I lose my mind
They tell me try befor...
Learned …ones…
Those whose curiosity, remembers
The chase of elusive ideas
A fascination...
My sexual beast that you are is more amazing than looking at the Galaxy stars when we kiss it's l...
the seas
we have sailed…
the shores
upon which
we have anchored
have been ...
Living grass—created—is green.
The sun in its dawning and setting
is brightened gol...
Earth trembles
with deluded pain
of illusions—seeking to avoid
her duties
to ...
YOU START OUT FINE ON YOUR FIRST DAY
MOMMY GAVE YOU LIFE IT'S YOUR FIRST BREATH,
THEN SOMEO...
Strip me down to my barest form
Before all the wrong and unfiltered layers of unbearable pain to...
Listening to the classics
No, not Rhythm and Blues
But the mellow sounds of the ivories
The ce...
I took some time to read other people’s words
Learned all sorts of things that I never ever he...
The Love I share
He love me I love him
I open my heart to him
I share my world to him
I birth...
Respect …is spoken here…
Loyalty, honor… duty…
Practiced, openly …naturally…
Blessings b...
Today is as still as
a crowded graveyard
empty of life;
yet the green of nature
...