I miss my gangsta granny she used to fuss and threaten to f*** us up literally she would motivate...

I tried to change the tire I found you had no spare I tried patching up the hole and found more t...

when I look at you you're dead to me it's as if I watch you take your last breath and leave th...

we are here today because of people like us subjected to death pain and distress experiencing the...

Before I was, I was
Before I lived, I lived
Eternally leaf
Of the tree of life.

I’ve been following ghosts
In the midst of time
Living in the future
While in a frivolous pres...

I miss the days when I was able to feel

When a kiss was breathtaking

When a touch was sensu...

When you tell your truth no one can deny or call you a lie when you tell your truth it makes you ...

As the sun continues to set and rise,

As the moon continues to wane and wax,

Here I...

Years ago I ran into a childhood friend of mine. So we spent some time catching up. We laughed an...

This is not a Trend; It’s real life Sometimes you gotta stop the mind, to slow the heart, ...

God please

I want to know

the reason when i cry

the tears run down my cheek

and there...

The answer

it came to me

in a dream

Clear

Like sparkling

River water

Pristine

"Your body's here with me" by the O'jays bumped in my head on repeat. Looking in her eyes for any...

one of the greatest story ever told is about some wretched souls who met a man walking down the r...

I'll try to fix it before I throw it away I'll try to make it work before I throw it away I'll tr...

it's more sharks in the street than danger in the sea it's safer to dive offshore than jump off t...

White snow, furiously freely falling, carpeting the hued ground;

A freezing allegory o...

Flaky snow just keeps falling;

As if I had been lonely and sad.

Did nature feel as ...

i can’t tell you

what you ought

to be…

i’ m not you

and you ain’t me…

i’m...

Once, I felt like a hole in a river;

Now, I’m floating on waves from the Giver.

A s...

Eggs break and yolks flow…

Broken hearts remain entombed:-

Yet, both are yolk-drained.

Upon the mountain—

Looking over the valley;

Eyes still on the prize:-

if this age go out in a bang and tomorrow make no sound the last thought of what took place and h...

give it a second and I'll need a minute give me a minute and I'll need a hour give me a hour and ...

Stop

Wait

Let me put on my cape

I’m not

That great

I just said it for yoursake

Modern Day Slavery, Is that even true?
Us black folk done evolved over time, look at all we been...

The Wonders of Technology, started a revolution
To expand man's perimeters in our bi-partisan co...

I’ve walked through many storms…

I’ve fought my way through many battles.

Came out with a f...

Living incomplete—

Dying likewise is harder:-

Be complete in both.

2022—

Still seeking vote amendments:-

We remain 3/5.

A POETIC LITANY OF POEMS CELEBRATING MLK DAY

The Man…The Spirit

His name was ...

My present and even my future hardships will go as quickly as they came. Beyond the temporary tro...

Brown Skin Girl oh Brown Skin Girl how could it be that the land of the FREE enslaved you for you...

it drives me crazy when someone tells me I don't feel the way I feel I shouldn't feel the way I f...

you can knock a man's legs out from under him but you can't take his legacy who he once was and t...

the first time I saw you I knew I looked a angel in the eyes but you knew I was a devil in disgui...

Pop up out of nowhere like the people.. … but It’s the honeymoon stage.. of course they’re gonna ...

I am not well but what else can go wrong? Nothing! I am exactly where I belong. Praying. Hoping. ...

What do you do when you miss someone, its like life's loaded gun and its been emptied. I am wande...

Let us not wallow in a quixotic stupor;

Becoming their silly food-stamped serfs:-

M...

Where do ideas come from?
And where do they go,
When they've burn out
Turning our possessed mi...

if I stop thinking I can fall asleep but I got to stay woke and on my feet because I don't wanna ...

as quiet as a secret is kept the sicker inside one gets of all the noise and urge to tell the loc...

simplistically I wholeheartedly agree I was raised ritualistically on lies told by those who seas...

never asked for a living life is freely given never asked for a dime out the pocket of some one...

water fell upon night caught in high beam light sleep hard dream lite wake up feeling uptight thi...

This title, A Change Is Comin
Is being commenmerated by a little known artist, to which this tun...

Heart of a child

the genius crouches and crushes
under the weight of the expectations
of a s...

Living in the reflected world

The eyes have it

Images reflect shadows stuck in a world gone...

There’s a battle going on between my heart and mind.

Trying to understand what I am feeling…

Me

I wasn't quite sure

because of my silly insecurities

but you assured my doubts

I.....

Your words are who you pretend to be,

your actions are who you really...

Long was I away,
Away from my Self
to notice the slow drift
Taking me further down the rift
I...

they say God watches over babies and fools

baby

ive been a fool for so long

I can see the confusion forming across your face

These words that you have spoken so proudly, ...

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...