Her love is urgent
Coming quick,
Reaching out with both arms extended.
Her love close to my he...

My black is beautiful

With different shades of hue

From light to dark

There's no replication...

All lives matter ! Oh they do? Has anyone other than a black man walk in a black man's shoes? He'...

None of this makes sense to me....Feel lost like a wandering bumblebee...Going around in circles ...

In the mist of this silence, I wanted to keep my mind balanced...Every word spoken was loud like ...

This is A Mirror's Call (America)

Hidden truths on restroom walls

Pondering the present ent...

I use to think how better it would be

if I knew then what it is that I know now.

Unspoken Wisdom Speaks

When did the American Negro woman, the mother of America become a b---h a...

Lone heart die withered

Pulsation seize to exist

Your love ignite life

RonnieL

Refuted victories mimic life

Dangling in the reality of struggle;

Time…longer than ...

Poured concrete form temporary monuments

hardened temples to self flagellation

whipping boy...

Do not abuse love…

Iniquity crucifies—

Revenge cements pain…

The organ wails

power chords

In the name of the father

the son

the almighty dollar

Unconditional

Respect and Understanding

Hate has no place here

How could you try to break me down

When I've loved and honored you

In return you treat me like ...

I close the door on heartbreak

I close the door on pain

I decided it's time to live my truth...

The intense beating of a broken heart

An erratic rollercoaster of emotions

Leading to a river o...

The sun greets the day

Light quickly turns into dark

A moon kissed goodnight

I am blessed

To have the opportunity to see another day

Blessed to be great in every single w...

I'm going 90 in a 65

Trying to escape my feelings

Trying to run away from all the memories

A...

Just when I thought that it was daytime; It was dark outside and I could never see. Am I wrong...

Do not question your purpose…

There is no caution in truth.

In faith, there is ...

Wright…in his last years…

Wrote over 4K Haiku:

Full black perspectives…

Washing the dishes used to be my least favorite chore

As an adult I don’t think that anymore

I came upon a clearing and I knew it was so, I cleared it up. One by one and sometimes two by two...

Keloids…wound symbols,

Raised reminders of journeys—

Scars of conquered trials…

Troubles are always…

Grief does not last forever;

Both…milestones to growth…

Light uncovers much…

In darkness much is revealed:

The mind bleeds in both…

Locked in
time.
Prisoners.
Prisoners each
to their
own
epoch.
Choice.
No choice.
Conform...

Red roster rousting…

White coop messy with cracked eggs…

Blue skies gro...

Soul to Soul, i am told

However do I want it

However do I need it

Behind my ...

Lets start with the other day where everything just turned sour...It happened so fast from second...

a past recalled

lapses in judgement

dark times

mistakes being made

dominoes falling

Burning desire flows

Speaking truth effortlessly

God created him .

Qadar Dwon'

We are not what others say we are

rather we are what nature has made us

and nature ...

We have achieved much

and won a lot,

but there is so much yet

to achieve and win...

Temperature up…

Blackbirds frolicking in snow—

Checkered field melting…

You don't want a good woman

You want a woman that acts good

A woman without morals and standa...

As a black Woman, I was told not to be fast

Because in a world of blonde hair and blue eyes

The hardest part is

Loving even when there is no

Love being returned

It's a fine time to say goodbye when things had just got real

After nine whole months of love ...

God is simply love

Anything outside that is

All sins of the world

Hate feeling like I the lost ant wandering alone...Antennas always working I stay in the zone...C...

To speak to you is as difficult as pulling out a needle from a haystack...I rather climb to the h...

Just the other day you said you wouldn't think twice if you left....That my feeling towards you w...

I am beautiful.
I have a good heart.
I do my best not to be
Negative towards others.
I am a s...

Gusting winds wreak havoc
Across open fields.
Thought a freight train was
Passing through my 1...

Forever intertwined
Circled, twisted and winding
Leading you back
To where you started
But al...

This place is so small.. and though I birth words, I can’t create the right ones to mend a senten...

I swear my lights so bright it could outshine the sun. Expectation management is a must because e...

I slipped and tripped

Wearing dress socks andwalking down the stairs

The moment I flipped

The day started out hopeless in utter dispair

Went to bed chewing bubblicious woke up with gum...

Underneath the floor boards of my memories a digital time capsule produced a ripple in unsound vi...

Did you ever truly love me?

Or did you just love the things that I did or loved the way that I...

In my
mind
the universe
resides.
Galaxies,
stars,
planets
all spinning,
living
in my hea...

Hyenas are born with a mouth full of teeth

Ready to attack and chew beef

But we are born he...

Fire blazes before me

Timbers ember into ash once a tree

From lush to dust time’s impossibl...

Lust over love another /I’m a dumb /hate on me is what you figure /I’m depressed like eeyore but ...

I want to speed/through this nightmarish dream/no stopping no sleep/straight ahead the light gree...

Every man has a place

in his heart theres a space

and the world cant erase his fantasy

Take a ...

My son we are but a Mystery to them

My Son

Lets keep it that way

The truth hurts? Naw it just stings

Respect’s earned like champion rings

Blood, sweat, and ...

When Someone Try To Make You Fill Lesser Than

Remem...

I wonder why you entered my world
And was gone before I knew it
For you brought me so much joy
...

When the devil comes under attack and you know he will, don't be discouraged or be dismayed, just...

Today begins another journey as I encounter my million mile
A journey where I will enjoy each mo...

The strength of a woman should not be taken for granted
Nor should it be misunderstood
It is no...

What you

And I

Have is

So Devine

Something that

Can't be

Seen with

The natural

Eye and

2008 was a year so great

A president was elected to represent the United States

Yes, a pres...

The hardest thing to do

Is hand my heart over to you

Allowing our spirits to combine

Into one ...

All up in my feelings

Emotions digging deep

A million thoughts of how I feel inside

Making it ...

Whenever you feel you're going through
God is always there for you
Yo problems cause yo mind to...

There are rooms in my home where I seek Your inner peace
There are rooms in my home where my wor...

Three of us went out to bowl
For this is done by many, the young and the old
We talked as we wa...

The human body is a unique creature
Designed with destructive, loveable features

My eyes that...

Weaves to women is like an aid
Some they wear straight and some they braid
Wigs are used for ea...

There's so much about this man
I've learned and prayed just to understand
Driven I am and so is...

Candy Crush is a computer game that people like to play
But Candy Crush to me was revealed a dif...

Pine needles ape ice cycles

glowing in the misty rain;

the cold air periodicall...

A world
spinning
furiously.
Beings popping
in and out
of existence.
Generations
morphing
...

Take me to those precious moments in time
Where I once held you oh so close
And your lips passi...

There comes a time when we let go
And no longer feel what we thought we know

I know he's the ...

He's my potato peeler, my heartbreak healer
My apple cider, my daytime rider
My strength and my...

The entire city is in darkness
Yet the brightness shines through you
People left to get away, i...

I just wish people would leave me alone
And stop asking me what happened to my phone
I had my p...

I want to share with you what each letter in the word STAND means to me.

S.T.A.N.D -

The S ...

Should I leave or should I stay?
Stay for who? Stay for what?
Leave to go where? Leave to do wh...

Spoken words are what I hear
That sinks into the depth of my ear
What's reflected and brought u...

Who am I that I can choose
To pick from my closet different types of shoes
Who am I that my fee...

One night Hurt and I decided to have a Pity Party and
everybody brought somebody

Hurt brought...

Throwback is a person like oh so whack
They do something for you, then they throw it right back
...

He exposed me to the hurt and lies, the brokenness, pain and distrust
The selfishness, the cheat...

How do I love after the hurt
When my heart was shattered into pieces in the dirt
How do I begin...

Ever since I was a child and throughout my growing up

All I kept saying was, Enough Mom, Enoug...

Is it the West Wing is not the Best Wing?

Is it the White House is not the Right House?

Is ...

Thanks for making us tough, ever so rough, Black in the Day, Black in today.

They still do us ha...