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Auras brillant as the petals of an exotic flower
Did you know kindness was a superpower
Ability...
When one can speak in such a way, that undresses the mind, just to have you cover it deeply in yo...
Undress me, not physically, but mentally. Explore every inch of me. Study my mind, strip every p...
Even in the midst of his absence, he leaves an alluring mark on my body. His own distinctive writ...
I wonder sometime how some people even dare to say. “I have
Compassion for others”. Do they e...
No Justice
It’s been a while since my fingers touched these keys,
A heavy topic...
"Be the stillest and listen to me as I breathe. For you are my hope and I don’t recognize any suf...
I FOUND A DARK SPOT ON THE BACK OF MY LEG
I THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE INK ON MY HANDS
BLACK INK R...
Today, we have become
a rogue-led nation;
a real-life walking dead-like
nightmar...
awaken by multiple pops aware a war is going on out there somewhere aware people dying every day ...
Time is the illusion where memories are stored, with expectationsof
what we would do differently...
TIME AND ME
Time woke me up this morning
Today seemed just like any other day
Having time by m...
IF I WERE YOU
IF I WERE YOU,
I WOULD WEAR A WARM SCARF
A COMFORTABLE JACKET,
A SENSIB...
DETACHMENT
IN THE TIME THAT IT HAS TAKEN TO WRITE THIS
I HAVE FOUND THAT 10,000 THOUGHTS AND
...
A basket of words
interlaced
interwoven
Wound too tight
spills over and
shatters the air...
They wanted to first destabilize with stable lies
Now they monitor every wave on wifi and cabl...
My greatest weapon style, is to reconcile
Refusing to be heavens bile
As we watch the news ...
You must be willing to die a lot
During intense dialogue
Laugh hard or cry a lot
But tra...
The enemy pretends to be
In enmity, with its own identity
Working on subversive 'effigies',...
Outlandish Hispanic from Atlantis
Simple Sumerian syllabic savage
That can grammatically da...
Inspiration is a thought
Set in a blue black and gold vase which overlooks open and green spac...
As autumn begins fading away,
Soft rain comes falling down.
Rainbow leaves also beg...
Lying naked to the world
Removed all the glitterings and gold, thrown into the land of Caan an...
When you fail,
Ask why.
When you succeed,
Ask how.
When you’re confused,
S...
Strange, yet a reality none the less—
the oppressed destroying themselves
for the s...
That a voted-out dictator-like individual can
continue to hold a bewildered nation hos...
sitting down to breakfast
so glad to have breath in my body
those who show love thank you
...I Was Raised As An Only Child But In My House Their Was No Kiddy Sh@t
It Was Demanded By My Pare...
I don't know but I been told
should I take it to heart
should I believe it in my soul
sh...
do I go to sleep and forget to dream
or do I wake up and forget the dream
if this pains not...
life's a moment that can be taken
without a moment's notice
at every crossroad life presen...
In this ilfe, I think for the most part I have done the right thing. I have come across people wh...
There was no sun today
Finding it challenging to not let it get me down
Refusing to liberat...
I watched the moonlight
dance on the ocean surface,
awaiting my turn
Calculated love affair
Falls on deaf ears
Counting the days Of love withdrawals
Trying not t...
Match me,
Strike me,
ignite me,
Just don't box me in
Utilize me
Prioritize me
Critici...
It's broken, is what the report reads
Like a leg? A bracelet, a trinket
This is my mind, my...
Her hair was straw, blonde bright yellow and lips were pink as were the rosey lips, I sat hip to ...
How do I put pen to paper after Maya Angelou, Toni Morrision, Octavia. E. Butler, Zora Neal Hurst...
You are street talking, edge of culture dripping in French accent
Autumn leaves embrace the cu...
there was no good or bad side of my family one just had more ice cream and candy the other had ro...
Everyone was coming to me for guidance and I was sitting in dirt
Confused about who I am
Th...
I wrapped myself in worry and fear at the thought of allowing anyone into my world and mind
I di...
if you searching for love
you won't find that kind of embrace
this is not the place
There isn't a device around that can accurately measure my love for you
I opened my heart upon...
The rubric cube is just like the mind Arranges thoughts like the colors until they're all align...
Get UP! GET UP!
Do not let ‘em call you again!
Alarms are blaring, Scarlet lettering
Sta...
It was inky before it was light
It was lost before it was found
It was blind before it was ...
we don't always know what to think but it's hard not to I think all the time there's nothing deep...
My heart hurts as my thoughts breaks into a purple river of tears
My veins can no longer breathe...
We never quite know
what the future may hold but,
an idea is near
By Street Cries
Rhyme with finesse like diamonds around neck they verbally digress
Pressure on ...
I've been told I be reaching That may be but how else Am I going to touch a star No matter how h...
24 years ago it was raining I was walking down the street holding an umbrella When lightening s...
Create Creative Creator Cannot be spelled with out the word (eat) in the center Our gift Our tale...
As the matter feels worse ~
I live within the means of knowing better,
Even when the worst ...
Joshua saw a man
With a sword in his hand
Asked if he was friend or foe?
‘Neither,’ the ...
If you been on the lookout for famous black poets, im one of them. I have been doing this from th...
If you even believed that there was a word as LIMIT, you already started losing this race. People...
This last sea we have travelled
towards a journey’s end, has been
perilously treach...
It has become clear to me that
nothing is clear
i am blinded by my heart
whichspeaks for...
PRESENCE OF YOU
I feel you
your presence
apart of my waking
conscious
has slipped its way ...
A Wink and a Smile
Driving East
I see the clouds in the distance
I hurry in anticipation to ...
the one who comes to save the day will be the one who will give us nightmares don't fall for the...
are you ever going to forgive me
for whatI done I been guilty for so long
I admit I was wrong I...
I can't say more people are dying than ever before
because I don't know how many people died b...
te he he, ha ha ha,
LOL, ROFL, LMAO
I could use a good laugh
even if it's meant to be
...only the hood dies young is not a song unsung it's a national anthem and actual truth it's absolu...
I love to watch Gervonta Davis swing his way out of poverty and lack that boys from the city of B...
picture this you're outside standing on a ledge on the edge the phone rings you turn around to go...
looking around
Having no clue
Flowing through
Bit**es after bit**es
Hoping one of them
G...
Went for a Monday morning stroll
three weeks ago today
Nature filled this lake to its natur...
It is a bird of disdain
Flying just overhead,
Feeding the rarefied,
Smelling salts for p...
The spirit of a WOMAN
it soars touching everyone
reaching no one
never to be contained
Like t...
I HAVE BEEN IN A FETAL POSITION
FOR A WHILE
I BURY ME HEAD UNDER THE BLANKET
TO KEEP MY ...
END TABLE
IN MY LIVING ROOM
THERE ARE TWO BOXES
UNDER THE END TABLE
A BOX OF “WHATS THIS”
...
I have swam through the darkest of waters
waters reflecting the darkness of moonlight
echoing m...
IT WAS A LIE
A LIE I TOLD MYSELF TO SHIELD MY WORDS
TO SAVE FACE
TO COVER THEM WITH NICE...
She Said,
"The Lack of Communication Between Us
Brings Me Pause"
As if, Her Statement Should...
the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth history is not the whole story freedom does ...
it's like a earth quake get out the bed and feel earth shake wishing I was sleep walking and coul...
I love grits even more I like to cook 'em it takes time and patience to get 'em right otherwise y...
it's just thoughts on paper it's just heart on paper it just tear flow it's just pain on paper h...
a taste a smell a sneeze a cough a laugh a smile a a door bell ring a touch of unforgettable fee...
I call these times of bliss time we spent together and never missed always early and never late e...
I never thought change would turn my angels into drunken bastards the devil wouldn't even claim
...He asked me if I was scared of change as he held a fainted white heart in his hand
Said if I g...
can you feel it too
its in the cool autumn air
vibrating through your hair
radiating in ...
centuries living and walking amongst creatures
reminded to accept our different eclectic feature...
You say, you have so much anger and rage within you.
When you learn ways to reverse your ang...
Change is my name
Cause I stay the same
When I divide, I multiply
When I add, I subtract
I am...
you terrified I'm about to write a tell all you got secrets you wanna keep I got time I wanna spe...
you taught me to be aggressive you told me I was too weak but you quick to shut me down when I sp...
The mountains are moving The spirit is stirring It's something in the oven It smells like it's...
my pockets "Changed" all I have to do is look instead of counting "Change" to see all I got in m...
it’s your soul that has layers.
beautifully pealed to reveal
the most stunning light in you...
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