Tomorrow's Gone, Today's A New

Refrain From Holding On To The Negative Things Of The Past

Focus...

I wanted to paint a Rembrandt

with finger paint

Smear primary colors on canvas

art on th...

Be careful when u follow the masses sometimes the "M" is silent

I file this action under...bli...

I envy and pitty my daughter’s generation

They want for not and know nothing but instant grati...

I have respect for my fellow poets...

None of you know me from a hole in the wall, but know th...

i Nomad

I wander… i wonder…

Traveling with uncertainty ...deliberately…

Exploring, b...

basking... in your warm embrace

just beyond the grasp of yesterdays kiss...

outside... no l...

distraction... shadow dancing

to practice, for no other reason

but, for interplay...

taking a ...

Today’s irony is black turning white,

and white remaining what it is—White.

Ref...

You criticize...When we socialize...Took me time to realize...How many lies you can excercise...E...

Last night I cried myself to sleep...Without you knowing next to you my silence I had to keep...W...

Why do I settle for less...When all this pain daily you give me settles in my chest...Every time ...

"Death the stalker" Strange things happen, The moment one is lost, Another is found. We know lif...

Walk in light, love in your skin.

Equal to the stars at night;

In the sun, our beautiful Bl...

Uprooted, abandoned and displaced;

scattered about in their own homeland—

Irrespect...

Ripples In Time…

Chipped off

the rock of the time

a human pebble pierces

Rocked to sleep by buzz words...

Fake News Fake News & Transparency mind numb to it

Mass media ...

Life is a blur that can be seen by the naked eye

Time flies by like wind gusts that seldomly pas...

The world is against me

So I close my eyes

And run away

The world is against me

I...

He who has plucked away the light of day

has sent the healing moon to ease the pain

night b...

In the consuming time of day

the water of the no longer frozen pond

is again home t...

The winter of our discontent is over,

the Merciful God of the oppressed

has se...

Pervaded mounded
jeweled ground
gunmetal sky
incessantly
pelted and
did pound,
asper
stacc...

Body electric
zappedlower gastro
intestinal tract
wracked with
wretchedness
pitted, rocked,
...

Sorry if it appears I'm Standoff-ish

Just cautious

I'm sizing you up

Your smile...

Yo...

We as a black people living in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Has lost the meaning of our blackness way...

I guess

This is it.

I guess

The fire has begun to fade.

I guess

I can turn the pag...

You dibble

And dabble,

Challenge streams

Without a paddle

Then,

Look to me

As y...

The Emperor has no clothes

Butt a#ss naked

Naked aggression

Naked capitalism

Naked po...

US of A once a country of morals respect compassion

has now turned to b a country of racial divi...

Lets go and begin taking care of this cold...The cold that is in your heart you never been told.....

Each and every attribute of her are the stars that make up my galaxy,

so, in fear of going bli...

Saw your headlights

In my rearview mirror.

You got so close

That my soul began to quiver...

What happpens when the heart has been shattered...A mirror has revealed true lies no matter the c...

Experience
bubbles.
We live
in a
bubble.
All that
we experience
forms our
views.
Our
vi...

Never leave home attract what

you want from wherever you roam

Keep it in minds eye constantly

Hello there. Can I have a moment with you?
You know Real Love Hurts when it's tried and true
Ju...

I must look in the eyes of the oppressor

I must stand tall, as my skin becomes my deepest ...

They know his name.....

tHose corners.....

gUns, drugs, people....

aGgression, vio...

Phones A Major Hang Up For Me-Bye

Unspoken Wisdom Speaks

A newfound and more profitable Bondage after slavery (Peonage)As it turns...

Naked and afraid

In the jungle for 21days

Wishing Off and Raid was being sprayed

Dreams ...

“In the meadows of the sunset is where I find peace

in the quiet hours when no one’s watching ...

Ignorance, like a dreaded wind,

Waits in ambush for our ripening youth;

Waiting to ...

Her vibe was like Rum I took a sip then indulged.

Not a feeling of drunk but more like a high ...

Sun cast black silhouettes standing proud on cement auction blocks

Sweltering heat make dark s...

Bruises to match the ones on my heart.

Bruises to cover what’s tearing us apart.

Bruises...

I woke up in the future a relic of the past

Ordered a coffee but they refused to accept my cas...

She woke up different.

She woke up with God.

Although the life she had lived was bitter sweet a...

WITH EYES AND EARS ON THE GRIEVED LANDS OF AFRICA

Listen, Africa, our Mother, is calling…S...

You were always Dope

My latest greatest high vibe

My personal drug

I know

You’re somewhere

Sober.

Meanwhile

For me,

It’s over.

I’ve never been

To be a poet

Void of passion death sentence

Feelings penned lifeforce

RonnieL

WAKE UP ,STAND UP ,HAND UP

DEMANDS UP,SOCIETY DOWN

THE MANS UP, WE DOWN,YOU DOWN?

I'M UP...

LOVE ME TODAY

HATE ME TOMMOROW

PAIN CAUSED BY DEATH

JOY CAUSED BY SORRROW

DEEDS DONE ...

A world
beyond.
Dreamland
unbounded.
A vision of
grander
vistas.
Vistas
unshackled by
th...

Begging on sidewalks…

Plants growing in cement holes…

Life’s complexities…

Tell me brother

How do you feel

when the pretty little girl over there

aint tor real

Tell me ...

Workout, stretch, sweat, lift, and run

Muscle, hustle, train, success never done

Witness fi...

What we did

Is done

But,

There is still a Sun.

There is still room

To shine

One...

Rakim god MC

KRS 1 the teacher

Tupac brave speaker

1. Knock-Knock I know he in there/yep I'm at your door in my Main Chick Valentine's Day underwear...

Three forehead kisses

chewing panties like sweet gum

Breast tasted like grapes

A true Black Panther

Born to put fist in the Air

Shield for my people

Qadar Dwon'

I'm a mystery

You thought you really knew me

Such a Divine man

Qadar Dwon'

Because of the truth

I know how to treat a Queen

Just widen her smile

Qadar Dwon'

Streaked mascara running down faces

We cried

400 tears in the making

The final act of as...

Wide awake

sleep depravity

Starving for cotton candydreams

Begging for sub conscious sup...

Every once and a while, I find a need

to pull into one of my mind’s rest stops;

and...

An Elder Griot’s Hip-Hop Rap…

(Edited and Revised)

Sessions of revelation

Generate ...

EARTH SONG

Sing a song to Earth…

Archetypical Mother…

Our feeding bosom….

oh fair maiden

where do you reside

oh to whom

does your heart belong

for a bounty

Early In The Morning

Across the cling to do
paralyzed beneath ther eyes of sullen but sudden ...

To be honest
You've always felt like home to me.
All of the familiar feelings that
rush when I...

Time, it
moves.
It
moves into
nothing.
Nothing
at all.
Tomorrow is
nothing.
Can’t
touch...

Conflict bears messages

to be discerned;

revelation lies in the spirit.

The ...