The choice is yours

Try a little harder

Believe that you can do it

You can always be better

I...

Make love to her spirit, f**k her mind and the flesh will follow.

I've fell into a black hole It seems to have no end Gasping for air it feels like a sinking ship...

Sailing

through the

crimson fog

to places

never seen.

Soaring past

strange

w...

she always knew
her greyed shape
would only enjoy
moments
of amber gold and olive

her resi...

calcium yellowed fingernails
scratched against the splint hairs
of a weathered wooden elbow

...

You probably think that you are better now (better now)

When I gave you everything you complai...

Alarming
heart wrenching
(stabbing
non-abating
with genuine
appall
ling brutality) zing
ac...

It was once about inspirational flow,

Bro

Logical acts of teaching,

To maintain and grip the...

Dear future, thanks for the grits and mackerel patties for breakfast after feeding me with ya oth...

His chick drip, click, clack bang

then ghost is G?

Teeshirt blue, never knew Atlanta breeze...

I do not apologize
that my words
are often like knives,
cutting through lies
that the blo...

Without belching
or hiccupping misty smoke,
the waiting sea
swallowed the setting sun;

Be willing to embrace life

Along with accepting responsibilities

Fulfill your obligations

Carr...

Feeling the need to be complete

Emotionalize by the people we meet

Bitter

Through the words ...

It's not the streets

That will kill you

It's the acts of Destructionists

In the streets

Tha...

Modernity aspires

but is built

on shaky ground.
Our knowledge so finite,

much
built on super...

One day

we open our eyes

and there it is.

The world opens up to us,

all that we can s...

I can still remember,
some of how it felt.
The newness of things.
Each day being a sunny day
...

I've been taught better -

Forgive my words.

Understand my pain.

Give me healing without seal...

Things may appear to be tough

But, you have to hang in there

Embrace those challenges that life...

I Googled truth, but didn’t find any answers

I looked up my symptoms and found a dozen differe...

From "hello" to "wassup",

the unfamiliar of new is never passed up ,

To understand why we start...

Don’t you know I’m crazy about you,

Stop trying to read me,

Because you can’t,

I...

You may take a tumble

But do not ever quit

Rise up through the air

Just keep at it

Build up...

I see you,

Do you remember me?,

The emptiness between us,

just walked pass m...

I wreak havoc on my own life. A martyr, a sacrifice. On a daily basis, I attack myself. I am my o...

Be willing to try

Continue to push harder

Work towards your goals

Make your world brighter

Th...

Walked to cashpoint

robot girldroid, type pin number

Told by umy cash fills ur void

I love when women holla out that men ain’t , this coming from the creatures who got us kicked out...

Just a few of you

Is all I really want

1 to pay my rent

1 to roll my blunts

1 to pay ...

Something has shook the great but no good country, I'm not talking about tennis shoes, but I'm ...

Always write to inspire

Encourage, enlighten, and empower

Be that positive motivating force

I put the seat down, flush the toilet and wash my hands before I leave the restroom. Nowadays itÃ...

My heart it bleeds,

I'm on my knees,

she used to tease,

but mourn the T

the me the T ...

Me need to stop trying to understand why they play roles like u a barbie , Im a Ken, Im a me and ...

"Epidermis": That is what is my new name. Little outsider goddess too far to see, Imperfect queer...

As if I'm in motion, but in a crescent trygectory, descending. I'm unable to hold on, the weight ...

It's funny, I saw the prettiest of little girls complaining about the color of her skin. She's to...

In my neighborhood apartments man, personal problems always seem to leak outside your front door ...

On the daily,

Reality escapes me

And I find myself

Lost in the dream

That I wish woul...

All alone

in the crowd...justice

standing—Seeking someone

to please.

Like...

Some Things Just Don’t Last

Like a flash flood
you rushed into my life
plucking the strings
...

freestyling…because we’re free…
(improvisational notes reflecting ourstory)

sitting here
at ...

as the sharp rays
of sunlight
meticulously sliced
through lingering clouds
to sculpt aw...

Laying there at the shore,
My aloe ebony sheen body
Basking beneath palm-shaded skies,
The n...

Darwinism is pimping Natural Selection, based off predilection

Still to this day, we living of...

It has been seventeen years

Since that dreadful morning

Thousands lost their lives unexpected...

she saw sunshine
shooting above
the horizon
exploding
over pregnant
skies…

sunset saw...

The calm sea sputters—
Waves come flowing to the shore;
The sand heeds their call…

The...

under quiet
sunshine
lonely conch shell
sits…

tides
ebb and flow—
ancestor’s echo...

Beaching…

Rhythmic waves,
frothing to and fro,
carry middle passage echoes
of journeying od...

They say Jim Crow is dead
You can’t believe all that’s said

Like death, his ghost lurks e...

John S. Pemberton Invented Coca Cola

As a remedy for his morphine habit and to make payola

The art of the
"FAKE" deal
(according
to Walt Dizzy
Take a Knee
Singing
Matt Tilde)
once a...

This is for you, baby girl sitting in the green shirt, eighth row, third seat, next to the three ...

There lay the old gray trunk;

never to hold anything again.

There,in the wet soil,

Sometimes we search for answers

That we can not find

So cryptic and puzzling

And justifiably...

(I sit corrected for
typing year 201,
when most of
America
untrammeled
by hordes of
humanit...

Beneath the cold gray skies—proudly she stood.
Stripped bare, naked to the world—arms outstr...

Dawn Dream Awakening
The jasmine scented air
gently caressed
the night
as foam-crested wa...

On a Lustful June ‘Yester-Night’

June night…
Gibbous moonlight…
An inner pearl shining brigh...

The quilted silence
refused to be pulled back
covering the room
with the cold stillness
...

Toggle

flipped.

Spark of energy,

program

ignited.

Universe born

time flashes.

what is weak about thunder
when it roars and makes
skies tremble and cry
I wonder how can I de...

I always bet on the underdog
because the underdog
is still a dog
still has a bark
still has a...

Emotions are potions, covering mysteries

Cauldrons bubble in stews, for all to see

Still wa...

I told her that I'll call her back in a few minutes

picked up a book instead and read for a fe...

Some say

we live

in a

virtual world.

A matrix.

Our

existence,

digital.

Wh...

Is not the heart that beats within each man

the same ... can man live life without a soul

I...

Full Circle of Lifeitself, can so become,

as arms of Love surround a weary face,

to kiss aw...

Be there for her

Hold her in your arms

Always guide and protect her

Give her those loving ch...

You caused me so much pain
at times you drive me insane
no more escalating your stress into a f...

You are the light, that has bestowed upon me as I walked through the tunnels of darkness,

Its ...

Take your day in stride

keep your head held high

and your best foot forward

Birthday fri...

On the surface

You appear to be a good man

A decent man

A strong man

With a heart pur...

Good Morning Baby
how is your day
just a little poem
to send you on your way
feeling blessed ...

Heart of the matter is

There comes a time

When You must let go

Hard as it may be

The ...

Doubts, questions, lack of trust in the air

Why ask why

When theres nothing to despair

I...

Being Black ain't a crime

It is far from illegal

Dont arrest my skin

Come in my dreams, like literally, cum in my dreams, after you come see me, they say sleep is the...

alternate long
worded title –
the grudge
holder from
one generation
to the next for
all int...

Fat bellied man

It seems we have a

Miss

Under

Standing

What you huntin?

Nothing...

Intense breaths and hollow sighs

You gazed upon me and questioned my desires.

Crippled...

The

underpinnings

of our civilization

is genetically

controlled.

Our two dominate

instinc...

deciding to take a look
within

scary bones fighting
trying to escape
the ethereal lighting
...

so there I was hanging out
between the door jam
in between the
crack and sunlight
hoping to g...

Ah...herewith
ma usual
dose of pablum
from this meal
lee mouthed
muttering
doggerel
wordsm...

Always forge ahead

Do not fall behind

Take your schoolwork seriously

Be diligent and kin...

To those who are black,
we’ve come too far to turn back;
to those who are white, stand up a...

Today is as still as
a crowded graveyard
empty of life;
yet the green of nature
shines in...

Trees in the forest of life
are populated with leaves
of secrets lovers and others
have ...

Broken House

A house may not be a home
But a country is—
A divided house can be mended;
Rec...

Out of the womb of seedless waters
came her birth;
No less than always has been her silen...