We have a tendency to misread

We learn and earn the guidance to true principle and we succeed

When I maintained a stable mind

My standards were bougie

I was too damn choosy

And

Doing just...

These sins of mine havetaken a toll on my heart. Catchin' up with the part of me that cares. A bu...

Do not waste your life away

Do something, be somebody

Think large and take charge

Let no one...

Thank you God for my make for the me the me they see thank you for adi tracksuit, masqueraders, t...

Am I not the right me 2 see my choices through? Who, if not me can do what I do? Right or wrong I...

His concerns as a jealous lover outweighed those of a loving father. A common oversight in the ey...

If making love is an artform, then our canvas should be filled with so many colors that God himse...

I send healing

I do not wish you pain
It is not who I am
It is not my fault
Although I took...

You lost her and I flossed her

expensive things you bought her

priceless things I taught her

She sadly drowns in tears

Because of how you treated her

You were nothing but a manipulator

Feeling as if my world has turned upside down
inside out

in a matter of 48 hrs

unable to s...

the down beat
is you
the up beat
is you
you are my heart
i love you
emensely
te...

Keep me grounded

my world you rounded..

Well in my heart like a beat you've pounded..

Smell.. ...

Believe it or not...

You still make me nervous

Strangely, that’s how I know your worth ...

Conscious consideration of the gifts I've been granted

You should have come wrapped in grandeu...

Excuse me beautiful,

I’m just trying to get through to you

Hoping to inch closer, because I...

My words are not perfect with you

My tone often muffles

My fluency sometimes flawed

Voic...

If I could, I would

Get closer to her in a heartbeat

If she only knew or understood

If o...

It was never real

You all were never true

There was never a me

connected to you

F...

Dazed and amazed

Close attention paid, with an eyebrow raised

Trying not to be noticed star...

Wait…

What’s my role again?

On a roll again

Out of control again

Listen!...

Here w...

He saw everything he expected a worthy queen to contain

She was positively indescribable, beau...

What is a king without a queen?

A movement without any progression

No light at the end of t...

you made me cry

on a certain day

you cut my chord

of another way

laid the burden

b...

Deal well with trying criticism with the touch of your spirituality

Foolishness will set your mo...

Holding back my tears and finding myself kicking holes in the walls and punching the closest thin...

Dear Black Men living in America, we ask these things from you. To make it easier to profile ca...

Life is too damn good.

Dishonesty always walking through happiness and just lousing it all up.

We

are animals.

Having the

same instincts

as any animal.

Law of the

jungle cour...

In time you will find that I am here by design. My life’s song is entitled “Yours”. I am your fai...

I shut my eyes to complete the mission

Knowing the smell of romantic ambrosia would

Surface...

Comforts are designed with sunshine in mind

Matters are heated like melanin absorbing afterglo...

Lady Love just had to come

had to come from a space above

always got my back your true feel...

September said to me

why you angry with me

For you summer is a

real bummer

Just becau...

Always remain determined

Give it your best

Brighten your world greatly

Be the one who strive...

I’m in my 20’s,

Life is alright,

Stressful for most,

We are too young to be having t...

Time shared between us is a very tight squeeze

Our laughable moments; wish I could freeze.

Your...

The countermeasure through a lecture

Led me

To design my life

Similar as the mind of an archit...

Purpose

By Samuel K Byrd

Is it that our destiny can be determined by stars?

Or is i...

You were my morning priority

Sipping on my ice tea

Coolest I could be

You didn't remember th...

With gas prices constantly going up

It seems like the perfect time to buy

The new Hummer tr...

B is for the courtroom that I must appear in

R is for the repo man that I’m fearing

I was born on Christmas Day, and I come from my mother's sacred and private gates

I come from th...

My miracle of logical connection

When I found out you were gone

I thought of your peaceful tone...

My soul felt it

The spirit of goodness led me

My eyes had vision

and

Saw from a distance

My ...

U couldn't move me

Even when I stood still

I was highly skilled

Me, u killed

Me, u couldn't c...

Swallow and release the nonsense out of your asshole

And

Your rational way of thinking

Elimina...

I felt it in my spirit

High as a miracle

God blessed me with deep expression, nice and lyrical

Sad faces sad faces sad faces

They are killing in the dark and light places

She lost her son ...

Illogical ways

Are Not taken over

You have a choice

To mend

What correction is about to sen...

I ask myself that
question as the
Gregorian calendar
(an artificial
construct) zeros
in on y...

Most of the follow
wing (fictitious) quit
tuss cent shill, knit
head, (non
adult tryst) pit
...

Got this magic money makin mind

use it in emergency from time to time

The power to attract what...

Continue to have courage

Keep it moving in a positive light

Just push on through

A beautiful...

You lose by default

When you do not try

What are you going to do?

When your life passes you ...

Hair on the chin

May be in

But let me begin

To mend the myth

That must be monolith

Farcebook what the hack

is happenin

Exteriors varied.
Different colors,
different
shapes,
different
sizes.
Each unique.
Each
...

Spring has sprung our wayward past but at a glance
shaped trees through your hair my jubilant on...

You wake up tomorrow

And start a brand new day

Another chance to build yourself

New challenges...

Excusi-moi my French but darlin’ I’m a nasty f*ck,

before I ride ya @ss into the s...

I love hard,

Idgaf even harder,

In the eye of a storm,

There is no ***s given,

Attitude is everything

Keep it positive and you will win

Always be encouraging

It all comes ...

if i could rewrite my life’s story

would it change my destiny?

and who i was destined to be...

Space the last frontier
We accept the challenge to bring the far near
To help us to understand ...

Addicted to you

You knew this was true

Hooked on that mega-watt smile

Pretty eyes dr...

Poetry Vibe, you have given me a place to write

A place where I am free to be me

Without judgem...

Just take that chance

You can achieve more

Spread your wings thoroughly

There is much more in ...

Some addicts take when they can’t get enough

Most can neuter the desire but it can be tough

a solemn ant colony
passes in a funeral-like
procession
carrying bits of crumbs
and one o...

When you feel like giving up

Just push a bit harder

Remember to stay on point

Let the challeng...

Stars and bars

Red white and blasphemy

Insolent primary colors

Defiant in the breeze

Waltz of
humanity.
Spinning.
Spinning
out of the
goo. Landing
on our feet.
Look around
th...

Everything tastes different.

Nothing tastes the same.

Music tastes different.

Emotio...

Love, you know when i look deep into your eyes, as if I'm the only one who exists,It's the way yo...

Girl, when we lay together at night

We soothe each other's soul

Nothing but a comforting touc...

Work hard towards your goals

And never give up

Maintain your inner focus

Strive in order to ...

Just out
of the
womb
are we.
Still in the
cradle naive
beyond belief.
Center of
the unive...

I guess that I don’t pursue her with much vigor due to the fact that Ive already been in...

I'm not sure I'll ever feel safe inside again.

The familiar drop in your voice and there we ar...

(Dedicated to my love that passed on 8/31/2018)

Remnants of plans left unmade cloud my mind.

It’s a crisp Sunday morning
The temp is about 30*
Cooler than usual
The rain hasn’t stopped si...

Take me away
To the open plains
Where the winds and
Wildflowers play.
Open and free
Just you...

If I were a rose and had to compose
A verse on how you make me feel,
I’d have to say in such a ...

We love pain and happiness is a myth
Ying and yang, it’s insane but today’s a gift
We sabotage ...

I grew up in a city where our dance of style was called footworking, twerking was called juking a...

Future you

changes

everyday.

Who you

become,

who you

will be is

fluid.

We...

What these bullets want from a trigga?

....Break them off some...

...What these bullets wan...

I’m simply complicated and vaguely abstract

Here’s a juice box and a snack pack

Take severa...

Look at the way at how you treat your lady

She seems bitter and confused

Darkness sadly surroun...