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…

A bird caught a worm;

A squirrel captured a nut:-

A storm felled their tree…

Yes the mountain shook

Never once did my faith drop

Stood on my beliefs

The writer looks back, year

by year, star after star, ever

and anon. "I came out singing,

Sitting here

in the belly of the womb

of the mind, that’s mine—deep

in contempla...

Tears fall like raindrops hidden in the corner of my room from the outside world the guise of a...

Hey, I am also

A song

And I am not

Afraid

To sing my

Own tune!

Now ...

Morning falls into the stars, as if sun rays can't hold the bottom of fresh clouds

An energy c...

Far away, black bags lay riddled with your clothes

Brown boxes frame your entry into the futur...

FULL MOON’S NIGHT REVELATIONS

The beauty that the sun

Highlighted today

Is now refle...

You’re what it’s all about

Though my words and actions may sometimes lend doubt

I endeavor ...

I was just reminded of how blessedI am to know you

And you me too, true?

Seriously, as we c...

You gon' pay for what you did

pow pow to the head

I'll watch yo body drop

I love the...

Off the dome
So let this hit home
The old me is dead and gone
And if you don’t fux with me the...

I set off on agreat journey

Bought some business

I thought wasturnkey

Only packed "What Momma ...

Buy the rumor, sell the news

Make a profit, if you choose

Stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrency...

(Apropos Of Our Virtuous Queens)

Sitting here in the beauty

of the blackness of nig...

By Samuel K Byrd

Is it that our destiny can be determined by stars?

Or is it just pure ...

I've driven these same dirt roads

back and forth, over and over again.

The dust on my boots...

“You cannot have it,” my mother said as thing displayed itself in glory and in arrogance.

The ...

Have you ever heard the old clich, there is always something going on?

Some people are quick...

To be unappreciated by those who never loved you

is an acceptable pain to encounter an...

You keep repeating the scriptures

But not seeing the bigger picture

Ask and you sha...

I prayed for a man

But he was not praying for me

My vision was blurry

But now I can see

I no longer have to pretend

I am now free

I have a new walk

My new journey

My new pat...

Sweet Caramel colored brown skin
Different variations of my melanin
Different variations of my ...

You said Medusa
Don't stare or she would turn us into stone
Found out it was just the envy of t...

pencils down hands off the desk hand in the test held back a grade couldn't graduate with the cla...

Recognized as so,

But not accepted as so:-

Only footed as so…

Though we share foot...

Realize the tide, still water wise

Third Eyes Spied, all seeing guised

Surveils to control,...

Thats's usually the question I ask before getting in the car. Its really the only question that m...

what if the world had no color and it was all black and white what color would be our plight if t...

tired lady justice…

looking—

but unable to

really see—

took the day off:-

you know how you know what you know but you don't know how you know what you know but you know wh...

Took an old bus ride

home today—there’s

no subways here—and

here’s what I

was...

vanity of vanities…

victims:

children dying

in vain…

while vain

parent...

Fell asleep last night

Not thinking of the many books

The mind’s library quietly st...

Indeed, the truth will always be self-evident

and beyond all lies;

Though they laid...

out of breath from being long winded wrote a letter forgot to send it went to the store forgot wh...

I can't keep rebuilding everything you tear down I can't keep fixing everything you break I can't...

This last negative COVID-19 test...

The comfortable bed in which I rest

My wife with whom I...

I’ve always been a Starr,
by far
the most sought after gem
Blessed at birth with
that iridesc...

All he wanted was to find something beautiful

In the chaos

Like she did

He hoped that she woul...

Bring me all thingz that are sweet, make sure it burst like brains on a train track in my mou...