meet me in a special place
when this is over
meet me in a special place
when this is done

mee...

they say stay home

they don't say stay awake
they say stay home

they didn't say take a bre...

There is a Light that Dances on a Thousand Graces

Marred in Spaces

Reserved Specifically to Not...

Touch me,

feel my blood move,

flowing towards your basin

to fill its futility.

Let i...

What have you to lose...???

Nothing that can’t be replaced;

Only…this dear life…

Freedom, what a commodity to be remiss

Ignorance is truly a bliss

There are too many of us who ...

You got parents out here scared or to damn busy to discipline kids, but got the nerve to say this...

Damn

I'm lit

staggering trying to maintain my composure

Call me Stagger Lee

My brain ...

Between the sheets,

skin silk like fabric

coming over me

like an orgasm.

Muscle spas...

Have you ever had a silent cry

those are the worst kind

where you heave and never make a so...

Covid 19...

Came on the scene ...so suddenly...

You'd not have even noticed it...

Passenge...

too many goody two shoes acting like their feet don't stank quick to call you alcoholic coz they ...

Poverty stricken,

three days to vacate,

no place for a heart

homed in the dark.

Bench in th...

Angel of mine.

Angel of mine, Oh how I love your mind.

The way you speak to me in that deep b...

Eye am becoming

A precious jewel made from dirt, gravel and dust
Shining so brightly
As the su...

Aren’t you tired of settling?

Are you tired of meddling

With things

That don’t concern y...

Eye sleep in womb universe heartbeats
Alone eye stand
Forging own pathway, not following
commo...

are we dreaming or are we
still sleep we got to stay 6"
apart to keep from going
6" deep we ca...

I hope you stocked up on enough toilet paper, weed and beer
Since you won’t need them any...

As the nose in the center

of the face so is the inevitability

that the sun shall ri...

I love you my sweet lover always and forever, Hold my heart tight and never let my beats go, embr...

Eye write and

Build on...

Ink spill on...

Creativity

been on...

4 eye never

pro...

Counting …our blessings…

While the worldly …spin the dice…

Playing the ...

walk my way

but slow it down baby dont walk so fast

cause see you pass I want this monment ...

My lungs gave up on me,

they couldn't fight another minute.

The depths were unclear,

and t...

Embrace me with your mind,

for it is all that need hold me.

Forever remember the two of ...

THE KNOWING KNOT…..

Throes not, coloring righting blocks for naught

Thoughts fizz, like...

Time cops, passing periods, punctually reappearing

Fear monger or just in feelings, seeing numbe...

Woolly my hair is

Intimidating to some in its natural frizz

Why do we judge by the color of...

MOVING ON IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

Into the eye of the storm

We have gone,

and there’...

I feel like a sitting duck
in a pond don't know
what's going on
in the middle of
hunting seas...

Fallen

stars against the rain,

whimpered wishes

watched through the window's pain.

D...

To A Distant Loving…

Love has no boundaries

and can’t be quarantined.

No, love knows...

Social Distancing can also lead to social Dishonesty. If one is honest and truthful and acce...

A Sharing With You…

(Apropos of Non-Virtual Penning)

Sitting here quietly…contemplating...

A simple thank you
A worthy welcome,
Contemplating fantasies
I smile in admiration imagining
...

Havent felt it in a long time

Being in love

When i do it's usually for someone i know i can lov...

With each rising sun
So too does the beauty
Of God's handiwork.

4/1

How strange it is,

the psyche of humanity;

it seems that only

in the shadow of death

From the moment I stepped
Outside for another short
Trip to the dumpster,
I said to myself,
“...

Love is you
Love is me
Love is the feeling
That sets us free.
Free from our worries
Free fro...

Truth be told,
Wise words given down
Through the ages speak of
Truth, knowledge and wisdom.
J...

Ole death sits…laughing…

Petri dish politics…soars…

Life looks on…waiting…

Daddy's duece and a quarter

Floating in a 8 track trance

Daddy clean in his own gansta lean...

Thick woman,

plush against my skin

like my softest dreams,

she warms me right.

The food for...

damn!...

look at those curves

with their rhythmic

apex moves

instantly bringi...

Old emotions

saturated through,

left out on the curb

like garbage day.

Landfills reak of vi...

What if I get it?

Quarantine restrictions lifted

Once young, black, and gifted

Now I’m o...

I wanna rule my destiny, like Buju

Be free to connect with nature

Maybe learn a little Voodoo

Burned bridge,

no way to get to me,

yellow tape,

forbidden ape.

After the ridicule, ...

My mama had two boys at birth and we were both separated, identical twins yearning for a brotherl...

When people say I don’t see color, I look at em like do you have cataracts mutha***a, I mean when...

2020 was like a earth sized version of the Maury show, I waited for the results to see was I resp...

"My heart lays silently In a drought filled with pain. Hurting, confused, sorrow and misery There...

it has been written

in one of the book s of nikki…

if you look into a mirror

you...

Ventilating Truth—Breathing…

If ever we needed to ventilate,

it is now…the thickeni...

The eyeball of truth,

Reflecting reality;

Corona vision…

Sometimes i feel sad for that kid that I grew from,

Innocent child tongue changing color from ...

on this night the train Coming

sounded like the foghorn of

a ship passing in the night

waking ...

Sea you

Bee you

Noone can loveyou better than you do.

Feeding upon …random opportunities…

Upon those, expecting ...somehow...

To be …given life …...

Apropos Of

The Poetic Family

Of Time…

These are

and have always been

trying ti...

I am ready for the next step in my life, its not really a step, its a mindset. I just made ...

Clear view,

no obstruction,

I seek justice

for the tease.

On my bended knees,

no p...

When facts become fear, pandemonium escalates;

likewise does the proliferation of its ...

Be sure to wash your hands…

the new pleading command

from fearing fearers…living

Born to struggle,

chasing power to survive,

riding waves of hope…

Came to fa...

It doesn't matter what day it is, we were always great. We knew what was at stake in writin...

Do you believe we are made of the universe and have you seen what it can do? We are harnessing wi...

Dear Sista its how you maintain your brains and your beauty,

It's not just ya booty but the pa...

Suck ups, breathe deep

Unfortunate clamor for relief

Old folks kept for long term storage

The last two impeached US Presidents were acquitted

Both vehemently admitted

Innocents as w...

Praying the pain away but my soul still hurts

Sweeping floors in the basement of my church

Prayers once so simple

As God please wake me up for class

To taking exams hoping you’d help...

Dogs do, people too

Figuring where to go with #1 & #2

To make ends do what it ‘pose to do…

Treasure Marked Red

A puzzle ahead
the blind man who peed dropped dead;
longing..laughter & ...

A naked truth,

the naked you,

maketh bloom

a full anatomy.

Your outter space,

skin ...

Psychosis: A Covid-19 Triad

No cure…no problem…

Let’s live a fool’s perspective;

Cur...

Who said it?

we don't know,

mouths zipped like the emoji,

smiling on the other side.

“Don’t tell me what you can’t do;

tell…[show]…me what you can do!”

So went the sale...

Regurgitating blubber that I thought I just immersed.

Hating myself in the mirror, a common pl...

Pen to my paper, Iwrite my thoughts andlet them flow...

I have toput them on these sheets beca...

Constantly wrapping, combing,brushing,imitating celebrities, forever lusting at what is unreal.

Backdraft lit, heat like read, kiln kindling

Bred inline on old tracks of soul claps performin...

Disclaiming minds, no cosign

Now is about that time, of no wanders

For conflation, is on a ...

I am a aprt of all things and in this existene I am black. The deep kind that would sacrifice for...

Nature…

Something …alive and new…

Enters the scene …for the ver...

truth is I hurt inside
feels like I might die
feels like I want suicide
telling God I wont lie...

people won't come to your rescue
but they will come to your funeral
these are the kind of thing...

I received the God particle and I had the power to create. I was given the gift and the only requ...

Even if you hate me I don’t hate you

I know I was bad

But now I’m a dad

Can’t have my se...

I had a late night and it is only 10 in the morning. I thought I was burning the midnight oil but...

Assholes come in two forms, one deliberately dispenses the built up inside of you that makes you...

Breach

Heart …pounding…

Alarm sounding

…in ANGER…

Multiple person intru...

When I qualified for this slam, my brother asked me, what if you come in second place, I thought ...