It comes a tim e that things must change

So, I've gotta take the time to catch the next train

Sitting here flowing

through the meters of time

like a smooth spring stream

meandering t...

Here we go again

Listening to my heart again

Following the beat of his drum again

When h...

Today you spoke to me in a voice I never heard come from your lips…

After that I cried.

Wha...

I am nuanced
in a nation of sound-bites,
where if my words don’t fit neatly
in your ear, they ...

There are no white picked fenses in the ghetto

There are no ghettos in the hood

There are n...

I am an artist who’s crazy about the fact

that I am insane enough to talk about

and say any...

in a world so constipated

it’s hard to stay regular

I have been asked before

if I’m a be...

It was out of a story book, my eyes were closed and the world was dark. I could slowly feel that ...

I share my thoughts as a soaring plane

My poetry is my way of releasing my pain

of all the ...

How can you manage when you are so used to the damage. Walking in a detour of light. Where you se...

I made a new friend not long ago
Whose vibe and persona
Like a river flows
Whenever the though...

My life has been shaped by those who pretend to listen to the voices

In poverty 90% of your ti...

Brothers do you hate me

Because you’re black like me

And when you look in the mirror

It...

there is no shortcut to heaven

you have to go through hell

to get there

you may think that

yo...

here we encounter again

and each time we meet

you control and defeat

between...

As if she had a built in alarm, around 6:30 AM each and every day, Cinderella began her morning ...

The weight of sleep suddenly dropped from Leon’s eyelids. His now opened eyes fell upon the keyb...

Sometimes I get so tired

Life is a constant struggle

From one day to the next

Never ...

I will love you forever and some more, long after we are old, long after the earth has swallowed ...

Whether By The Sun Of Day

Or The Moon Of Night…Justice Waits…

I

In th...

Sojourning through life,

we live and die---

In between, we seek triumph.

Yesterday, ...

Sojourning through life,

we live and die---

In between, we seek triumph.

Yesterday, ...

There is an itching in my heart

I cannot scratch---

A raging rash ravaging through

The d...

Oh how I would love

to write poems of flaming

love---singing songs stinging

the heart wi...

true love

does not betray

the flesh

nor play with the heart;

true love

is not abou...

I have thoughts of bein' your wifey,makin' love to you for life see

When IloveI love hard,

On this night, I mentally submerged into an ocean:.

Floated on possibilities, stroked thru rip...

I can't even begin to explain

The type of s**t that remains on my brain

The love and hate that ...

I rather be pi*%ed'd off than pi**e'd on,

kissed on and licked on

Man these ni**az aint s**t...

That Love

She was the love
only traumatic
brain injury
might grant you
more than one of
i...

I’m living in a cultureless culture

Feels like Im in a room filled with vultures

My iPhone ...

I can fall into your eyes…and get lost forever in your thoughts.

Your sensual touch, the warmt...

temporal pursuits

my enclosed booth

my Bible, my livelihood

It's survival

temporal pursuits

my enclosed booth

my Bible, my livelihood

It's survival

tongue twisters, spitters

tongue twisters, spitters

The night the morning rise,

fashion show, runway Sunday

hips at a slow roll, makes me want to sell my soul

inflicted pain, the shame, triflling father

won't ever know a name, why bother

or whoever h...

head in my lap, no turning back

it's a rap now, I threw up my right hand with a vow

unfamil...

this current life, these restless nights

these dreams to fufill, this present standstill

if...

hear me out,i understand who im ***ing with

what is your name,

because i try to put it toge...

have you ever sat at bar

wanting a drink coz something

happened that made you think

that...

reaching Jekyll Island from Africa

hated us but probably sipped on Arabica

still continue to sh...

stretched in the hammock cloud

feel the blood flow of my pen

my thoughts have been aroused

Dear Daughter, I don't ask much of you

I just ask that you love yourself for who you are no ma...

take the boards off the community

no holds barred bring back unity

sanity in the shanty mor...

way too elevated

bars intoxicated

even mars is persuaded

I don't belong on earth

I evacuated ...

wrestling in word baths

my other half interrupting my rough draft

stuffed from the buffet earli...

a prodigal past

in pursuit of methodical fasts

day to day

I've lost my way again, I'm kneeling...

Stress on my mind like clock works the time break me free bust the locks like the bullets in my g...

Catch me… because I am falling.

Hold me as I brake down my walls and reveal the softer side of...

I am feeling your hand slide down the center of my back.

Gentle kisses...sultry moan echoes in...

Why you hatin? is it the things i do..Why you hatin? cause im always makin moves...Why you hatin?...

Im goin out of my mind in time.In the state of grind and shine i cant control these demons inside...

Time is not on our side.

Now is the time to do right.

Seconds keep on ticking.

It's past...

My milk swirls interlinking on his milky way,

I had you for many then lost you for plenty,

Weakness will never run in my DNA,

Drank from natures poison iv(s) where I found malenourishment for the fluidity of a rotten soul

Your gentle touch brings tears to my eyes;

but I don't want to cry.

The way you touch me se...

What does a woman want from a man?

He doesn't think that she understands,

when in fact, she...

Life was handed out on this rock

Beaming in purpose, not easily seen

Amber binds me and all...

my heart stopped I turned and stopped

jump a turnstile followed you a mile

you turned aroun...

I often ponder about the correspondence of the like-minded. Like-minds that readily embraces the ...

Martin Wright was lonely and it had him quite depressed, he knew that cigarettes killed folks but...

I never felt sicker like I was cancer it's self,

There's this man that I know

and I'm craving him mentally

those sweet nothings that he's al...

live the life

before you go into

the white light

into your final goodnight

live the l...

over the hill and through

the depths of the valley

the mountains are calling

what is lef...

Don't tell me how to please you

Imstead, I'll just tease you

Touch you in certain places, k...

You wasn't perfect

And I still sometimes question God why you couldn't just get a happy ending...

I got a tattoo
grandma called it taboo
she's into voodoo
so she's a sinner too
mama don't loo...

everything is not always
peaches and cream
red roses and things
tailor made dreams
I'm a poet...

a body was found in a minivan
parked in a alley on 5th and Grand
I seen him before on Rosecrans...

Shout out for mothers

Love’s eternal manifestation

Maternal love, making nations

Beauty...

This kingdom is cold without you

I've spent hours barefoot on marbled floors searching for your ...

beneath our feet

the rhythmic tides

swept salty sands to and fro

as we walked together

where does the wind go---chasing;

breezing time through the annuals

of our lives?

wh...

what strange webs they weave---

woven like black widows lacing

silk dreams of ecstasy

In the desiccated vineyards of peace

ebony hued ‘grapes of wrath’

cooled their souring soul...

Hope is a starving hunger seeking to be fed;

Faith awaits the reality of visions of the dead.

At he entrance of evening,

The melting sun slowly dips

Behind the tree tops---reflecting

The raga muffin invisibly stood there;

lone tears wrapping themselves

around his heart. Blu...