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She stayed ready for whatever
Never hesitated to pull the trigga
breathing on the pistol
she ...
I am so esoterically hard to understand
Do not ask me to explain myself
I too often can be a ...
I bare my soul to you
My naked fleshI'm inviting you into my universeTo explore my worldI'll tell ...I smile to keep from crying
Because I don't want people to see My true feelingsWhat deep inside of...four were killed around my way today
not to mention the 3 yesterday
black on black crime
on ...
The night condenses into me, I'm dust.
understand the pain,
feel your own lust. twisted plea...
Every night he plays
Lost in a melodic never landFar beyond the controlled confusion of this place...I see into your eyes
And I look into a mirror,
Only hollow reflections of shadows
and ghost fr...
One Message
BLACK-ON-BLACK......
Crime
Revenge
Jealousy
Murder
Abuse
Fatherless
Mo...
Spirit writer, come, pen my thoughts
Quick! Write these words down
Before they get lost in tran...
I'm so tired of you making big things out of something so little
then you question my actions
H...
I woke to see the sun rise
Surrounded by the sum total of my life
I do not always like wh...
Drinking from a dirty water glass
In the best diner in town
The waitress comes around
To ch...
I can not stand on the back of a dream
Hoping it will carry me
Far and wide across the dark...
No moss has gathered under the stones of my shoes,
The rivers run too shallow in the valley and
...The many days, many lives,
And only a few hours to live each one.
Can any be full when they all...
Sometimes id rather starve than fulfill my appetite for love
As sensitive as my heart is it ma...
Her body is my temple
She nourishes my soul Eases my mental She's my religion I worship the groun...I wrote a list wen i woke up today
I decided im going to change 1. Lose weight Because i am carry ...What....
I don't know, I don't understand
As I stand looking up as Gods tears pour upon my face...
Pound in me
Become lost I am in bliss of agonyStretch me With your manhood Show me who owns me Yo...I was told that even at my best, i was at my worst
No recognition for my effort, though its what i...I wrote you a letter today,
but quickly discarded and threw it away.
I thought we connected...
Adam...the meaning being.".coming from the soil".
The african soil which bread mankind.So in other...Crushing sounds echo deep within the depths of the mind,
Fires that ravish the memories and f...
Struggled against those who chained his feet,
but they could not chain his soul,
Broke down the...
There's a presence of mind beneath that which holds shadows of shallow memories.
Visions of mush...
Two sitting amongst many, scripting Black Men as they go by:
My God! look another gangster, see ...
BLACK WOMAN'S DEFINITION (ACCORDING TO BLACK MEN)
RESPECT (MEANING UNKNOWN)
ADMIRATION (NOT G...
Smells of summers night shine dull amongst the background
haze of morning.
Through town, bus...
A prisoner of the life chained to the money because it’s quick and easy and gives me a n...
I caught a man dressed like Santa dancing around my Christmas tree
Telling me he brought a pre...
Play a symphony on my body I want to hear the notes loud and clear, but make them soft as a rose ...
If my pillow could talk it would tell all about the freaky things it was forced to do in my bed...
Aint got much but a pretty penny in a world where everything costs
Youre paying more for the air y...The darkness creeps up on me like a theif in the night
Through my windowUnder my bedUp the sideBen...I woke up in a rant
Because I had been dreaming
And I didn't wanna forget what I was thinki...
She did not give head
I found a woman who didShe is now my mainSour Song Mother,
Mother, Where did you go wrong, having a girl is no longer a pretty song.
The...
I am a man who holds secrets like a little boy
I am a man who stands with his boys and stares...
Stop with the apology it won't heal the pain inside of me
Pettiness gets you in to deep when you...
Old skool
 headstones popping out the ground like daisies, there's more black brothers dead th...Dear Mommy and Daddy,
One last look, I take to see, just what it was I left behind me. no laught...
As I grow before I die, the world I will view from the inside,
for I am tired and weak….
After I was born I begun to die, because of your irresponsibility and your lies, so I write to yo...
Your World is….
Hate,
You, yourself have the reason for hating someone
Who is differentÃ...
I wish it would rain,
So it could wash away the pain that you leave,
Every time you leave.
Thi...
Gathered inside my hand, siver studs and golden stars
glisten from the oils within my bath.
As ...
Babe you're like some ice cream,
So sweet
So cold
You give me cold feet.
The cold wind blows
...To be honest, poetry is more than a monthly contest and a prize
Its a way of life I picked up that...Your love is an ocean
I wanna feel your wavesWhy don't pour over me and let me drown in you for da...I have a dream, I have a dream said doctor King, but is his dream unseen,
to the black on black cr...HELLO MY NAME IS....MS.MISUNDERSTOOD
My words are often misinterpretedMy eyes are usually misreadM...I walk on the clouds
I rest my head on the moon
I buy my asteroids by the thousands
I got a co...
How do you mend the soul of a broken heart?
In the dark depths of my mind where we grew apart.
...So smooth,
I'm spitting game like I got something to prove
I hope she choose,
Me. Every artist...
I'm in like with a girl
who's in love with me.
Never one to deceive,
I try to leave subtle ges...
She says I sparked her fire
Her eyes filled with desire
Miss too fine!
Her hips switch with a ...
Our love is interwined,
We're getting tangled with each other like a jungle vine.
You turn the ...
You ask if I have ever loved
I ask what is love?
You reply love is when two people care for one...
This girl told me I'm not poetic.
And I don't understand why.
Maybe because I don't have long...
Toe taps
Soft sounds surroundsour aura,
Aurora Borealis, allow me to paint this portrait.
Al...
I am that,
Hair raising sensation creeping up your spine
I am that,
Anticipation, impatiently ...
I have a loving heart inside me.
I keep it safe as a queen's tart.
It is warm and soft.
Nice a...
My world
is swirling in the accents
of beautiful music
so that my mind dances
to a rare plate...
Trapped between the spokes of society's movement; adhering to the motion with no ill talk of impr...
The first line was all I could bare
Almost instantly I was out of bodyAs if my every muscle had ...Looking out the window I see streets full of gold,
Full of dangers and miscreants..or so I was t...
Sometimes the loneliness gets to me so much I sit in silence,
Even when friends wanna hang out w...
Bipolar she is and it goes untreated,
Her relationships and friendships all depleted,
Every dis...
Why are you ashamed
Did you not see me Especially as i was once a seed in your cave Look at me Do...First of all,
There are no Fathers where I
Live. No Husbands. No Heroes.
No Heads of Househ...
If I may, allow me to show you a place
where children never hear footsteps of father
where home...
This loneliness holds its victims
It seizes no endEntices you with the hopes of a Happy ending Suc...How high am I…to feel so good
How high am I… to touch the sky
How high am Iââ‚...
I do not see me looking at you
Other tell me that I do
I see you too
You don’t th...
I tug of war till the rope broke
Rolling down the windows to let out some smoke
The sun tur...
over hot tea and tacos
I told my homey bravo
He just returned from overseas
With a bunch of st...
I wait for a man
A man I never hadLovingCaringHonestAnd trueI wait for a manWhere are youGentleSwe...The fire within the flame
Defiantly burns on and on
Through many trials and tribulations
Until...
It was late and you called me
Saying you had things on your mind and you couldn't sleepSo I took a...Have a little faith
Even where you think
It shouldn’t be
It won’t do you any goo...
I think about you
Everynight and everydayHoping that you are doing alrightBecause I know those wal...Starting out in lower middle class
School was indeed a lesson to learn
Heading straight for...
I aint here to give you no rage
Imma just tell you the truth Im in painIts indescribableIts unbel...There's never a right time to say goodbye
So I search for the right words to say to youBut everyti...I try to tell you my story, but it's hard to explain
To make you understand this life I live The r...If there's a soulmate for everyone
Then why am I on my ownStuck in this universe all alone Eterna...I'm letting go of you
I will no longer be there to pick you up when you fallNo more of those late ...The say the best way to eat an Oreo is to separate it, dip it in milk and lick the middle
thats ch...I live the life of a writer
All my lines must be fire
From a man trying find his way
To the pe...
A woman so loved
No one could take her place
As she greeted each day
With a smile on her face...
The way of communication to explore
The thoughts of one's mind and much, much more
For the kno...
When I'm feeling alone
Like I've been left behind
I look to God for comfort
For he is my peace...
Precious little angel
So dear to my heart
With a smile so bright
You're a priceless work of ar...
When it seems the world
Is standing on your shoulders
And everything is passing you by
Even w...
As the sun rises on this day
I kneel down and begin to pray
As sadness and pain take their toll...
Inside downtown Camden
Is a lot more than meets the eye
There's more than just people walking
...
I've had my share of joy
I've seen and had my share of pain
Although my time has come
I know s...