You left but are not gone;

like an amputation—gone

but still here.

When love is ...

don't do what I want to do
I do what I have to do
could say more to you
don't want to argue
d...

Just the perfect time of season

to rest this weary body of mine

Slowin the goin down

aro...

Before love glued me into the love of God love within myself was invisible

in the darkness I w...

Pimple Popper

bats in the attic
cobwebs at night
a refrigerator moment
living without sight...

Ancient priests,

witch doctors,

shamans,

sorcerers.

Power!

Held the

ancients in...

My thoughts rise like bubbles in the bath tub...

Emotions get felt like hot water......but the...

the bullied victim is now the villian
the empathic hero is impacted with
hurt feelings the lone...

you have to keep looking up

for the brighter side

you don't want to miss

the cloud with ...

you have to get your foot in the door

before it closes even if it hurts

take the first step...

BE FREE

what's this talk about

they want to shut 'em out

when they want to shut us in

I wish I had heart to break
one that felt pain from losing you
in the house you left when you t...

The time Ifelt mislead, denied from all things.

Mentally broken down but physically built well...

So I like your hashtag #MeToo, empower women to come out in the midst of sexual abuse and violenc...

& know that if I've ever made my body available for you,

I'd recognized your God Spirit,

Direct...

I zipped my boots knee high.

Red lips outlined.

In black.

Guardian angel by myside.

P...

I fight

I fight hard

I fight to win

fights

who fights to lose

fights

fight is t...

Ally

I’m

The fear that discovered bravely

The flicker that spark your soul

The air th...

As a passionate Khalifah, seeker and speaker of truth, I have made a covenant and commitment to...

Calling card, tossed by God

Marked and coordinated playa

One black “I”, suddenly elevated

one should not stop upon
reaching the top one should
slide down the mountainside
even if it me...

As I sit here
looking out into the cold,
all motion except the flow of sight
seem to be fr...

In the winter twilight
of the meandering drive,
silhouettes of dark clouds
patchwork the c...

the poet who speaks of death
as if the poet has but a few days
left continues to write througho...

one time I wrote 3 lines
three lines was enough
but I kept on writing...

I messed it up

I hate the fact that
I didn't marry you
I hate the fact that
you're married now
I hate the fa...

Itching for additional everything

Girl wana get married

I ain’t ready for no ring

I only...

Dropped off

alleged dropout

Landed a job, instead

Hustling for Feds dealing Meds...

Hurt people, HURT ..PEOPLE

I know you dont care,

You proved it clearly..

No matter what my e...

Never me never u this box never dance with the devil till u rip up those who question u and me an...

The quilted silence

refused to be pulled back

covering the room

with the cold st...

the cold silence

has frozen

our resolve—

depression hangs

like a bleeding...

In the winter solstice

Of struggle,

Nets of justice and equality

Lay rotting

Bus Fare warriors

Can't be late

Time zombies devour time

Mass transit

hauling people ...

Waiting around.

Waiting for the ground

That slipped from right underneath

My feet

Why would our children

Be waiting for Superman

When we’re already here?

Another ...

Got seven plus wind chimes hangin on limbs

of massive Oak couple Cedars Magnolia trees the mas...

today I banged my brakes from when we start to finish
lucky with good & plenty
rising up in the...

Once a predator spots its prey, their sinful intentions tell their mouths what to say.

Cue the circus music

Cue the spotlight

Overhead, witness a high wire act

Perfect balance...

As rhymes pass my lips it’s
Assault with deadly intent
If I represent myself there’s no chance ...

an illegal hand

touched the skin

i’m in…

leaving a keloid stain

on the surfac...

In the psalms of our lives let us be ever mindful;

we are children of the sun—Rising e...

Walking through a forest of memories

Along a trail of ancestral footprints

I steppe...

In the end as in the beginning

No one criticizes us

More than we do to ourselves;

Early morning.

Still dark.

Fire crackling.

Fireplace glow,

lights out.

Dark.

Chillin

While we sip warm cognac.

Throwback R&B on playback.

Snow blanket the city.

A...

“A heart of music,

words write a song

the melody I hear

keeps going on

it doesn’t doe...

Are you a Dreamer?

Do you Dream

What do you dream of?

Dream of Hope

Dream of FREEDOM

My 3 favorite sounding words they have

this funky rhythmic cool funky sound there meaning awes...

You ready you with me come on

now we gonna party on this one

No one said it would be easy doin

Chic

In a hood far, far away.

Lived a fly girl named Cachet.

She stay dolled-up.

Enthused b...

Give.A.Care

Will reward rule your

level of concern

can you

spare

some care

o...

Brush against me

Graze my feelings

with your fingertips

Nervous tension crackles

acro...

I wish I had heart to break
one that felt pain from losing you
in the house you left when you t...

People always look at me and say I am the tough guy, Oh my God Joe, I admire that you don’t cry, ...

Dreams are like direct TV a thousand channels only about

ten that you watch Dreams are like that...

It was a cool…gloomy…

Rainy morning:

“Teacher, where did God come from?”

“Be...

“Sticks and stones

may break my bones

...

For all the one way communications,
For all the “can you do this for me”
For all th...

Silently I sit
Closed eyed,
Soul deep in peace
Alone and free
Not too far from reality.
Here...

Clay pigeon shooting? I think of fat pigeons fashioned out of clay like some say we were, we at b...

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in the dark...

below the huskie wee wee..the doggy wee wee,

use me above the known see the ...

in the dark...

below the huskie wee wee..the doggy wee wee,

use me above the known see the ...

She

She strokes brow when mind is complex. Feeding love eternal, I open deepest thoughts to her

What has happend to the

world today

all these senseless killings

every day

America becoming a...

The queen of pain

meets

The king of sorrow.

It happened so unexpectedly,

From the beginning y...

Who do you think you are playing with me
Threatening a woman makes you feel strong, because you ...

some walk some stride
some slide some glide
I'm moving along walking
like leave me alone
push...

He said I was

fat, sloppy, ugly, nappy, and nowhere near sexy

No matter how Much I say I donâ�...

Leave residue on white collar crime scenes..

Afterthoughts shade thumbprints on a whiskey glas...

Captain’s log stardate 2399

Even in the future I still must rhyme

We just passed the final ...

Stars light up the sky.

There's a twinkle in your eye.

Is it love or lust?

Are you feeling thi...

I know you’re feeling me

a lot more than you display.

The words “I love you”...

Trapped within a corpus shell spread against a sought living hell

seek for the furtherance of ...

Detach
Standing in a room
full of people
I still feel alone..

Staring at familiar faces
Th...