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Writing
My pen to my paper,
My hands on my keyboard,
My mind is boggled,
My life is ...
KARMA
Does she truly exist,
Is she the they say she is?
How do you know?
Have you se...
tens of thousands years ago
(a figurative out in left field ball park figure)
Homo Sapiens ...
I only live in the present.
Now is the only I have to be who I am.
The past me doesn't exid...
Old Crow
 
Old crow
Tired and lazy' against the day
Dark skies
Lost in blac...
to you my soul i gifted
laid my heart bare
let your naked eye
see the truth that it pump...
“NO!” MEANS “NO!” “STOP!” MEANS “STOP!”
Never right to touch someone,
No means “NO!”,
St...
BLACK-MAN
Strong and powerful,
King of his home,
A leader by nature.
Inferior magnitu...
KILLER WOMEN
A woman should be soft and graceful,
Strong and nurturing,
Loving and caring,
But so...
mocking
innocence
black widow
hung in her web
teasing passersby
so curious...
poetic wize
1ze
minds’ eyes
bulging—
inner sanctum
imagery
exploding—
...The new 950-ton bridge would beat
down time dashing to classes cheat
ting vulnerability asp...
The land of Baobab and Acacia sassa trees
The proud land of our forefathers.
The home of the ...
I've been gone for so long
Yet it's an all too familiar song.
The words bleed from the page
...I've lived a thousand lives but none of them complete, saw life through a million eyes but it o...
We say we can’t imagine how they feel.
To make it real, let’s imagine
The same happ...
mass slaughter of innocent kids aye abhor,
an undeniable chance, some and/or all
those slai...
The Mirror
As she stands looking in the mirror, it isn’t her reflection she sees. The ghostly ...
Out there somewhere I know that she exists; away from love,
or maybe she's just laid up with som...
Sleeping through the night is now a problem of the past,
‘cause Doctor TCL’s got so...
I feel it bubbling up yet my demeanor's next to calm,
the fire builds within until my head and n...
When she walks into the room you wouldn’t ever be able to tell the pain she’s holding
She smil...
Within Pantheon Of Classical Gods
stricken with affliction,
sans amyotrophic lateral sclero...
the upshot constituted a figurative straw
that broke the virtual camels back
where yours tr...
Nabucodonosor! thou shouldst be living at this epoch:
Namibia hath desire of thee: she is a qu...
Giving birth to me...
was like stepping into a new infinity.
Of love that'll never end.
...An abused child hurts every day of their life,
They do not know how to live without strife...
A woman can work just as hard as a man,
That is a notion some cannot understand.
I work just as...
Hurricane Katrina rages against New Orleans,
People begin frantically to scatter and scream.
Th...
Weak tears struggle down wrinkled faces
of mothers with sagging breasts—
Looking do...
It’s hard to please
disbelievers—
What good is it a cracked egg
retaining its contents
...Wisdom’s words run deep;
poets’ pens chase after them:
hungry pages wait;
Si...
All for one
tre three penny das ta do
juniper juniper the opened mass
turn over your yarn
t...
moving
blinking the moon
brisk clouds
pass by
a flock of geese
sil...
All for one
tre three penny das ta do
juniper juniper the opened mass
turn over your yarn
t...
Shelter in place
Where no place is safe
Fear reigns
Children cry
When it pours
What’s it like over there
What’s it like in there
You need to fix your hair
Also, that crooked...
washed away all the dirt
still can see the stains
it's hard not to notice
in the light or in t...
it's hard to spell beautiful
without u it's so true
it's hard to spell beautiful
without u it'...
there might still be a fist pump punch of wintry blitz
as planet revolves on the north/ south ax...
Hit the alarm
Stumbled outta bed and made my way to the bathroom
Showered , brushed my teet...
Looking glass, mirrored ‘casts
Reverting light, out of sight,
Voyeurs’ plight,
What a de...
I seem to be in a
Purple Haze
To the sky
I often gaze
Amongst the mortals
the muse...
ah...a flood of memories wash over
this anointed Goatama Boo Da
whose respected status
a...
Imagine
you can see
what your ears hear
and they see
what your eyes watch
...Your are my everything
Even when Satan threw his darts at me you kept me safely under your win...
Time waits on no one.
Sunrise is always somewhere.
And the moon too.
Nature ...
Why I’m disappointed
Maybe I’m disappointed because I had toomuch faith in you
From the get...
again and again
i inhabit a land of dismay
wallowing in sorrow
drowning in the tears
i try to...
I aged a small number of hours,
none the worse
since posting about Daylight Savings Time,
...If this was
just a tale
this would be
the ending
a story
must begin
...just moments ago, a dawning realization
arose within this sol son begat
from ma late mother...
he came to us on a woven beaded hamoc as a flower bedded excursion taunt to the sun
there was ...
Good morning, come on before you miss your bus (Mom is waving bye and have a good day)…
I ...
Years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability of black and
white, good and bad. The discomf...
Waging wars
we seek peace:
blindly loosing. Why?
In war
only death wins:
...If only hate was a virus;
we could immune
ourselves with love
that is pure.
...The night grows stale
Like lingering molded bread;
The cloud shaded moon
Reflects no...
Bingewatch theapocalypse on Netflix
Eat popcorn watch porn, sex by the megapixel
Front row ...
I will no longer dilute myself
I will no longer confuse myself
With other people’s percept...
Candy colored fingernails..
Whats your name...
Can I go with you...
Sweet confection try...
You suck the love out of me
You knew the love was there
You handed me the pieces that were brok...
I've looked far and near, I've searched both high and low to prove and substantiate a claim tha...
less than half a dozen hours
remain here in Lake Woebegone,
an idyllic enclave, where legal t...
less than half a dozen hours
remain here in Lake Woebegone,
an idyllic enclave, where legal t...
less than half a dozen hours
remain here in Lake Woebegone,
an idyllic enclave, where legal t...
It may seems
Like you won the fight
What is a fight if he renege
You're...
I swear it’s something you do when you walk in the room
My whole body changes
I feel like m...
the truth we hide
under the guise of protection
hurts deeper when revealed
then the swee...
Once I look into your eyes
I feel our souls
Intertwine, or somewhat catch fire
Afraid to...
Being a black woman
I was born with strength
I was born with a crown
I was born to nurtu...
Can I
Can I tell you all of my thoughts?
Can I tell you all my fears?
Can I express how ...
I am right, your wrong
Don't matter
Your right I'm wrong
Still don't matter
I'ma hold this gr...
I had to go through it, and it wasn't my idea
but throughthe ashes and cleared smoke, I am clean...
She was quiet, observing the all around
alone with her thoughts allowing only happy thinking to ...
Can I trust you with my heart?
Can I place down my guard, in your pressence and truly know tha...
exploding the duration of the sun
exposing reloading i look at my phone
grow fond of grow f...
overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such...
I don’t doubt it Matter fact I’m right behind you my fam, lets shout it!
Let em ...
the world needs a sanctuary
a safe place to keep evil at bay
a place somewhere in the sun
...Pardon this hand written hyperbole prose ink colored confessional
Draining of a lyrical hemoph...
Neon valley pulsate
Glowing money changing cathedrals soar
Babylonian towers house luck zom...
Walk me up on Canal Street
Give me my last ride with a Brass bandand a slide trombone..
Tak...
How can I be, If I can't be with you someHow?
How can I sleep, if you're not even sleepy?
Ho...
a tsunami catapulted cruising skiff
skyward landing with quiet thud
across undulating infin...
Today
time took time
to think;
Then truth
took thinking time
to task;
...You are a blessing
You are favored
You are destined for greatness
You can make it thru t...
I watched it shatter
heard what you did
watched termites devour it
left it brittle
on...
I paint my flaws on thin tissue paper and tape them to the corners of my consciousness;
I draw...