You can’t stop the sun from rising

nor the waxing and waning of the moon;

nor ca...

Winter is coming

and we are ready—our

hearts are warm and our

spirits burn— with...

We’ve been dancing
To our egos song
Forgetting the subtle
Beat of the soul
Trying to birth it...

Take your time
Breathe in, breathe out,
Take a break
To catch your breath

There is no time?...

Love can be romantical
like holding hands
While walking in the sand
Sending each other kisses
...

There are days
We crave for a bond
As strong as the atoms
Building our bones

There are da...

REMAINING STEADFAST WARM

IN THE STRUGGLE’S SNOWY STORM

Looking out up above

the snow...

Peaked out and everything was covered

White—some things totally invisible—visioning

OF AN AMAZING GRACE

Awakened from an afternoon nap, I arose

and peeped out through ...

Our hands

All arousing in unison

Our windows to the soul beaming with delight

Throupled ...

except me as I am

perfection wont get me extra credit

it takes too much time to edit

a bridge to cross

no time to keep

forgetting we're lost

over the deep

hate me

chain me

enslave me

beat me

rape me

hang me

choke me

shoot me

"I can't breathe"

Me loving you
didn't last that long

Me loving her
didn't last that long

Me loving them
d...

blood in the street

death around the corner

sin crouches at the door

I could stay out the rain and still get rained on

I could complain and still get complained on...

if the inevitable happens it won't be a surprise you can see it coming from a mile away if you ...

if we start all over again from the start of being friends it would be hard to pretend like our l...

You see the rain

I see the sun

You see a rock

I see a finished sculpture

You se...

flashback when the pot used to percolate couldn't wait to pour that cup of joe remember that can ...

angel mermaid

lost at sea

one day she will be back

visiting the sailors’ dreams

In the middle of the night

Spooked scared

I’m full of fright

By the night ow...

You pull my pain baby...

And I know that sh*tfeel wavy

But stop it,

I mean... cut .....

It was never me
And that hurts to admit
A placeholder
Hoping he gives
What I’m willing to sub...

Space travel millions—

Millions starving down on Earth:-

Disaster floating…

The cross: tree lynching—

Jesus and Simon walking:-

None mattering lives…

Si...

While the past year has been challenging;

know that the new year will surely be likewi...

This year I learned to never fall in love with a stranger

I learned that they will steal your ...

I thought about calling you

Thought about everything from what I would say if you were to answ...

Loneliness brings tears...

Togetherness brings tears too:

Despair can't ...

he had handset

the trap to lure

the nocturnal

bunny—

a prized catch

for th...

Death is not a due destination deserved;

rather, it’s a God privilege that’s reserved....

Molested

Lied to

Cheated on

Betrayal

Abandoned

Mental Abuse

Emotional Abuse

once one is bitten by a snake and one does not die from one's snake bite either one is immune to ...

I wear this struggle like a old pair of shoes this struggle fits like a glove it clings like a hu...

Wires, tubes
Get-well cards and vase with plastic flower
Freshly released from your hospital be...

Every Sunday
It is what I looked for as I passed through the
Old front wooden door
A box of bi...

In the midst of the fog of life

we now find ourselves, we often

conclude that we ca...

Love can sometimes hurt—

She often absorbs great pain:-

Nothing heals like love.HEA...

Dwelling on the past

makes me regret the future

hangin on to what u'sta...be

and the dec...

past midnight I stroll down the pathway through the hallway of the past books in hand speeding up...

Ive been writing before it was even a thing, my carpal tunnel had carpal tunnel and I was tuned i...

As time is waxing,

My time here begins waning:-

Time is so unique.

once was a time we'd get up and hit the side of the television set when the picture mess up it wo...

I'm not old enough to know your pain I wasn't there to see a thing I never seen a body hang I see...

your words come across emphatic unsympathetic and lack empathy I wish you wouldn't talk to me at...

They lie and say they white

But we all know that statements too false

As long as you live

Excuse my sarcasm

and lack of enthusiasm

I'm in awe of your negligence

and lack of intel...

Who told you to be strong

When you are not okay

It is okay to cry

let those bad feelings...

Where did all the Black men go?
Did they go to a show? Maybe out on parole?
Probably on a midni...

DRIP…

There is

the Life we live

and there is

the Life we seek8

to liv...

God cried hard today—

Tears flooding down His earth’s face:-

Empty clouds dried out...

There she stood on the edge

of the cliff of loneliness—her

tiny eyes staring out in...

They did not want you to read
because they knew you would find it
So they gave you their books ...

Its easy to roast, shaving heads like toast

unlike most, yall bi.tches out here

clout chasin, l...

it's a hell of a climb sometime I don't mind sometime I don't feel like I want to rise again not ...

don't expect me to tell you what to do when you have no idea in mind what you should do if I tell...

Early this morning, I saw a young woman walking down the road

She didn’t have a coat on, but i...

Both invisible to the naked eye

With scripture and science we try to explain why

To all of ...

Why is it the minute you humble yourself .. it’s taken as a weakness? Don’t act like you actually...

In our Christmas joy,

Let’s remember those others

Still sadly seeking…

Sitting here on this early Christmas Eve,

doves of keloid memories fly my soul over

GOD’S BLESSED GIFT TO ME

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

(To My Queen, Barbara)

God gave Jos...

when I was a young boy
sitting on grandfather's knee
I looked at his face
while he spoke to me...

I can not answer
today
how it all would’ve turned out if we had stayed together at the time

Sometimes telling me that everything is going to be okay just does not sit well in my soul

You...

All of which you have written in the history

of your story that is without a shadow of...

The morning is here—

I sit perpendicular:-

Knees bent…Praising God.

You’ve heard my screams and my many cries. And you’re really telling me you don’t understand why?...

Quiet flesh!

. . .

Heart speak a little louder

Silence flesh!

fears are getting brighter ...

MY innocence wont allow me to, currupt you

But keep asking, an i wont hesitate this storm..

All...

You made it clear what you into,

Now Letmeshow you, what he dosent do...

Allow you to be fr...

The atmosphere of peace

The silence of fears

I’m being recreated

and brand new.

This ...

Mirrors

just

reflect—

The

moon

is

like

a mirror:-

We...

I ONCE HAD | A WRITING PAD | NAMED MAXI
WHERE I'D BLEED MY CREEDS
AND WOULD ATTACK MY BAD GENES...

As said by the wise ones, wisdom dwells

In contemplation; there we must seek her.

S...

Liberty coming—

Wise ones tracing the dream's course:-

Freedom’s manger waits.

Waking up and the light turns on

I wash my hands to begin another day

grateful, I swallow u...

Anger, frustration, temptation, and greed, faced with uncertianty, in time of need, Bullets with ...

it's sad to think that
words have gotten to
the point where they hurt
so bad that it makes
so...

I can hold all the pieces
to a puzzle but still I will
find it difficult to be able
to put it ...

Love gave me you, your blood made me new. As it was pouring I saw life. I felt love renewing, my ...

Part 1

Xing-out our Christ—

Chi is next to last in Greek:-

Didn’t call Covi...

false truth 1:

all are equal,

some not as others;

juxtaposition

fal...

Pregnant mothers of the waters they give birth to

Took an afternoon/evening walk acros...

Harriet reminded all of the Black brave

That her train ran only on a one-way track.

I live up the road from a funeral home ever day I see a procession passing by ever day someone p...

poetry
don't wear black ties and tailz no more
nor do it sashay 'round central park
in horse d...

A Box Showed Up At My Front Door Without A Return Address

I Carried It Inside And Placed It On M...

I have seen so much and not really seen anything at all. A life of limited experiences even in ri...

you look familiar I seen you before your name is on the tip of my tongue it's something you done ...

I got a goal to reach I don't see nothing but what's ahead of me I got to go all the way because ...

He never allowed us to play cards
Not even Tunk, Pitty Pat or
The long and boring game of war
...

I can tell you what it look like but you shouldn't believe it until you see it then you'll tell s...