Full of myself
Thanksgiving writing poetic hangover
Gluttonous
Snatched the last glazed verb f...

white snow falling on black streets
you, on my mind...

the arrival of spring
awakens the ear...

what it is about you?
what is it that you do?
Louie Armstrong red
Charlie Parker blue

Thelo...

so
I wonder what would it be like
if I were a planet in your universe

what if I flew too nea...

yesterday all I wanted to do was play then today came I threw my toys away in the trash can then ...

Its easy to be mislead, its hard to hide from its pain

Im tired of me, making others see

the fr...

Sometimes if I happen to pass by
There’s a light in the living room window
And another car is p...

Sometimes looking in a glass is the face of your oppressor

Thoughts build much like a prison w...

A ONCE BAD HABIT HOBBIT
FROM AN UNCOMMON COTTAGE
THAT LIKES TO FROLIC WITH SONNETS
IS HOPPING...

We keep taking, but you still thrive

You’re never invited, but you still arrive

We keep kil...

it’s early in the morning before the stars have left the skies
she rises from her slumber and wi...

I met her today
watching as she pulled up in the driveway
pouring long legs from the drivers’...

Mesmerized by the essence of your divine soul

your true being.

How is it possible for a bein...

Enormoity of what you could do

Wonderings of will you?

Graps of breath walking up steps

take your sweettime loving me

I ain't in a rush to be in love
when one thing leads to another...

I know you heard this before I know you don't want to hear it no more I know it lost its shine I ...

"you made me love poetry" I wasn't reading books I wasn't writing stuff down I was at home giving...

you

in that hip-higgin’ black dress
just lookin’ for me to lock my arms around your waist
...

Let me

Let me be nasty

Let me be your freak

A freak unda my clothes

A secret between me and y...

Feel not guilty…child...

You’re not your ancestors:-

They…not you… stol...

I've learned from my Mama that no matter how much or how little a person may have you can still f...

It’s said that today

the sky’s blinds

will be opened wide

and that the sun

wi...

Damn
This was an easy poem to write

Just looking into your eyes
Seeing sparkling
Dancing
Coo...

Time...

Is working on us'

although, it's really

...not the

Enemy

While each of...

At Home Alone In Room One Night Moved By Faint Voices And Whispering Sounds Outside Of My Bedroom...

Let me *** ya mental

Without hands...No rules

Can I part ya sea...

Eyes closed, will you still...

Yeah

I often wondered why
you and I
never touched the sky

why we never stopped along the wa...

I am quite sure I know
exactly
what you're looking for
as I closely study the billboard signs
...

If You Opened Your Eyes This Morning To See The Sun

A New Day Has Begun

Beyond Your Circumstanc...

We All Are Getting Older And There's NoTurning Back

Quite A Few Tend To Find Ways To Put A Halt ...

THIS MATRIX MAKES HASTE
OF SATANS VAGRANTS
THAT SPAKE SO BLATANT
OF THEIR HATRED
OF THE SAC...

Crispy White sheets,

visualize me

The whistling wind through the window slit

Chills ,

kissed ...

Today I release fear

Today I release doubts

Today I am turning my thoughts around

Today I take...

Imagine them telling you

You'd never be free

Your life will be a world of slavery

When y...

I gave you my peace

I gave you my time

I gave you my heart

You infected my mind

I tho...

As A Child; If You Were Abandon By Family, Grew Up In The Hood, Born In The Projects, Freed From ...

Inquiring The Taste Of Spirits Is Ultimately How He Settles Each Day

He's A Functioning Alcoho...

They say “I'm apretty black girl”, a quote heard too many times.

“Black girls ain’t my type”, ...

a silent audience
eyes transfixed upon stage lights of multi-colored hue
awaiting the commencem...

Before the fabrication of racism, religion,and debt

The world would change and long live to re...

pen in hand forgot what I had to say but wrote some stuff on paper anyway halfway through inexpli...

...and she waited
while those who still thought the earth to be flat
stood motionless on street...

she made love to me...

I couldn't help myself...

my will was weak
my spirit
vulnerable to...

peeking from behind closed doors
speaking in metaphors laced with symbolism
she's seen the desi...

as we know time cannot be spent like

money nor can it be saved for later

it would bein our ...

can't ride your wave don't surf can't hold your hand for you to pull me in don't follow me I'll l...

You...

Yes you..

The teaching was in the pudding, the cry

wasn't for me, it was the Emptiness ...

out of mind out of sight

was what you said last night

as the light was turned off

and I walked...

Rain of your Love, find me in pedals of grace. Teach me the inner communication of joy. Bathe me ...

The Black woman is God, I’ve lied with her

The rains of her sorrows hug my infidelities

I was once told, my self hate might

Incrementally increase my life stage fright

So one late nig...

Sunshine in my heart, joy in my bones. Gladness all around, I have an enduring hope. Everlasting ...

this is the only mess i've made & can't seem to clean up

there aren't enough apologies in the wo...

Now I lay me down

To sleep I go

Devils night

Halloween

Your shallow enemy

Is gone ...

People ask how my heart can be so cold..

Cause you begin to realize s**t as you get old...

No...

Caught up in glitz and glitter

Allegiance pledging, crossing hearts

Heads in love, unde...

Her pictures
Cloud my thoughts
My day consumed with lust and desire
Mind haunted by this fire ...

Never should’ve

touched it,

never saw it,

never used it

Oh, how I wish

I never...

I feel sparks of electricevery time your lips slide against mine.
Waves of passion with every th...

And in this Man's world Pride is King...

the noise that drowns out everything.

How can I si...

whispering sweet nothings in my ear is a bitter pill to swallow thankful for running water and ca...

you can't stop someone who's on a mission best thing to do is get out of their way before they ru...

if I were a bird I spread wings and fly keeping in mind there's some one on the ground trying to ...

Your love is superhuman

your essence I adore

kiss my lips and touch my skin

take my hand tonig...

Your love is a dreamland, in your arms I wish to be

Lying on your chest, attentive to your hea...

Vanilla scented candles lit,

Gazing in daring eyes

Merlot on ice

Sex on my mind

Back ...

Guard your heart

from those,

who love you

only for their benefit.

Those who

value ...

Unapologetically bridging the gaps

On differences by embracing diversity,

While mending the bro...

How come nobody ever says it?

Surprised no one'sever really done it!

I'm about to change public...

White mediocrity used to make me so pissed

But after Trump became the president, I finally rea...

Can I give you a“natural high?”

All you need

is one sip of me

to spike your dopamine

You are a woman,

beautiful,black,

God’s masterpiece,

created withmajestic power

...

I feel like I'm holding my breath,

waiting for what's next...stifled at best.

I feel like I'm...

They promise desire;

Asking how would we like it?!

Then they clip away…

They...

Their…sweet-candy choice—

Our…candy of denial:-

Filled…jellybean jars…(*:_:*)…

Whats in a name

What you call yourself

What others call you

You..

You..

A title

A verb

C...

Speaking openly and unashamed
I am flawed.
My heart and flesh
Continually fail me.
Yet Iâ€...

Let down again
Support net ties unraveled
As I walked over the net
Suddenly with nothing but
...

Within amongst of the ruins

Of sacred temples

Once where a princess died

The monks ...

Do you Have it? Having it all is what I mean

Having wealth, power, and material things

Is tha...

Swam in oceans

Made it to depths most would dare not go

For their diving is met with disdai...

A bird caught a worm;

A squirrel captured a nut:-

A storm felled their tree…

A quiet pond’s face—

Threw a small stone into it:-

A huge smile flowed out…

Sitting here watching the game

You suddenly realize it’s just that—

A game going fr...

Poetic pieces posturing & pontificating

This prosaic pontif was hating

Composing prose to pose

Anticipating in the moment why wait..

I rather express my , NOW ...Hate .

The illusion you cr...

God heard and answered

But I was not listening:-

Blessings still echoed!

Hate is of the mind…

Love…of the womb of the heart:-

The heart can’t birth hate…