on 28th @ Central
I saw a man with only
minutes to go
5 minutes later
that man was dead
shot...

I am so proud of my people
we are not offspring's of weak folks
what can scare us down
we just...

Let me step back a moment and not even sit down

Get my facts straight so I do not have this me...

Jesus You're my everything. My dependence in the midnight hour. My confidant when no ones near. T...

Oh mother why can't you comprehend

The words you release do hurt and offend

Not only do you...

Floating on hopes and dreams,
Two separate but related ships steam down twisted streams,
Bound ...

This morning I really felt it

The thoughts felt like kibble and bits

Felt like dog S#!T

People say death leaves no trace

When the GOV keeps track of death...in the 50 states

Sign ...

A new life
because of you
all my debt that I owe
is now in you
taking it in your body
you ...

Well here we go again,
Another season's changed,
By the time this one will end,
We'll be month...

Lost cost time rhyme,
Blind truth believe grieve,
Facts melt wax lies die,
Focus hopeless ques...

I fail at folding fitted sheets,
Misspell words when the I's come before or after the c's,
Neve...

The gentle East Indian man disliked flyswatters

He would let an imprisoned fly find an outside e...

Sitting by the fireplace listening to the crackling sound of the fire

I reminisce on the first...

I live to see this.

Your smile is the sweetness

in my bitter coffee days…

That ray of go...

I find my peace within.

There is no external force

or influence that makes me win

or los...

It's seems I'm married to Love and I don't even know how. But Someone regretted informing me that...

Thoughts being played of you on the next level

Conscious is playing sides like God and the dev...

Struggled through life like rats in a sewer

Night after night putting spam on a skewer

Moti...

spooning food onto plates
passing out dollar store
Santa Clause hats
as if the needy are in fa...

she moan, she sing
she song, she rattled chains
she made the caged bird sing
she endured, she ...

This shouldn't be about romance

It should be about when is the final chance

The one I do no...

Insecurities all day, how do you deal with it? Back and fourth in my mind, my personality is spli...

you are POET
you are ordained
you are POET
the HOLY GRAIL is
your pen
you are POET
you rais...

Cold metallic air seeps under a cracked single pane window. Lying beneath a square portal, strugg...

It was around the age of eight that everything changed

I didn't know then but as I got older I...

This love thing is tricky, it will test your faith... the problem with me is, I can't tell what's...

a perfect wave, that

much has been brought about

and not brought about

a tin ear

Seeing you was great

Seeing you gave me faith

I felt lost before you came

You made me wh...

everybody wants to be that one.

but no one wants to be that one,

who holds the tears and se...

Hips large at the equator bearing jewels from deep inside her womb.

Breasts pointy as Mount Ki...

If money is the root of all evil, why is it required to live? Debt collector just took 225$ out m...

This female be bugging sometimes

I do not get the message

Some people want to always to be ...

End of the year decorations

Throughout the world in every nation

Everywhere it's lit up wit...

Two more weeks and it's Christmas Day

Can not wait to get with my loving family and celebrate

Dear Lord, in these days of trying times,
I come to you humbled and fearful.
I'm in knowledge o...

Aint no love down in the Delta

The depthsof the deep where many sleep

Where murderers seat an...

This is the true story of my life

I met a woman who had a child made her my wife

Entering their...

I never signed up to be constantly under assault

Buried under your anger and willingness to pl...

Tinsel glistens in the overhang, bell chimes ring

in the distance, streets are lined with tree...

walkin towards sunset and gower, hollywood

a very old guy tap dances for me in the echoing gar...

Called her a few times, even went by her crib. Saw her car outside, she gotta be in the bed. Na, ...

You used to be my brother, good thing we ain't blood. We had a bond like no other, it was nothing...

What's making me feel like this? I can't figure it out. I'm not eating, not sleeping... walking a...

Knocked at justice’s door;

It squeaked and opened slowly…

The room was empty.

We are children of the water;

the depths of our victorious struggles

flow deeper than the h...

percolating in time

i reached out

and plucked a star

took its points

and chiseled...

TRANSCENDENCE

I'm like the god Adonis

Concocting and dropping honest hypnotic sonnets

When she said photographs are special pictures,
Her students began to snicker,
Teacher tried to...

You occupy my brain

Keeping your touch fresh in my mind

The taste of you still burning on ...

Sometimes I get this urge

all of a sudden an over flowing

word surge

So I take these let...

My little cousin Johnny, I weep for you.

I wish I coulda been there and ran them streets for you...

If I want never have to leave home

never have to roam

If I want escapism just a

push of ...

I Wish

I wish that I could reverse the time

To go back to the happy days,

The days w...

Those innocent eyes and welcoming smile make it...

We were young

You said you loved me but you loved her

Told me not to worry, she don’t have ...

Dear Hennessy,

Why must you come between my relationship

Why must you poison the mind of the m...

Rise Up Brother, Know That Tomorrow Is Today

Walking in footsteps

Frozen in time,

Another Advent of the Same Old Events

(Apropos December, 2016)

In this new season of Ad...

There are gonna be those who taunt and raves.As I give life from pain.

There are gonna be thos...

I swear Ive given more back than Ive ever Taken

And these are not the sounds of the ungrateful...

A skinnny gent with cauliflower ears

and crooked smile, he says he's of

eighty nine Labor Day p...

chalk traced images

surrounded by blood spills

covering concrete like roadkill

another a...

See I like you & you liked me

see back then we planned to make history

We grew older, glue ...

what if Moses spontaneously
in a state of panic, poured water
on the burning bush?
what if Abr...

Why should I be sorry for acting thisway

I did nothing you choose not to stay away

I told y...

ask Yah, believe me I tried

every time I thought I knew why

it turned out I knewlies, it's ...

Keep looking at your picture in my phone

The one you sent me when you were all alone

Pressi...

s are so emotional... I don't have time for that ride. Don't talk to me right now, and no I'm not...

My life been crazy, mostly only I know. The only other person that knew the full scope decided sh...

Starin in the face of death wishin I didn't have regrets, wish I stood the test and never missed ...

Shiny black sleek slick smart

at it too

This brother cooler then me

or you

am speakin of a fa...

Suppose their many reasons

why peace is so hard to come by

Such a tragic event when

so m...

I can't concentrate long enough to escape

My consciousness makes it hard enough to hate

Cro...

He hurt me.

I acted like it was nothing

He hurt me again, I started to feel something

Alone isn't nice, she really drives me crazy,has to be a girl the way she keeps youup long nights...

My hand was yet another shake.

With cringe and mighty force.

She looked at me in shame of ...

Everything is backwards now.

The rythem of her heart. The switch on her soul.

The dreams sh...

It's the feeling of getting exactly what you want and realizing later it wasn't worth the humilia...

A quote once read, " Relax nothing is under control."

As my mind tries to incorporate this dark ...

(This poem isntparticularly about me, just writing a story)

She explained …

You donâ€â...

For years I've tried on Satan's coat unknowingly, dappered up in the latest fashions and laced ...

she gives me control of her mind body and soul

she comes and consoles in me when she feels alo...

Too many problems being brewed

Witha heavy heart I struggle to stay sober

Keep my head abov...

The only good thing about rock bottom is that you can only rise up. When enough is enough you fin...

Mornings we have to set our minds to focus
To roll out of bed and gain our daily tokens
The tra...

Caution tape around my heart, it's a murder scene, worst case ever seen. No blood found, only tea...

What a disgrace

Why is everyone running this rat race

Money Isn’t everything

I’d prefer ...

Bun the feds dem coming str8 from the lava ground

A young brother moving mad cause I brown

4 On War and Thoughts of Love

(Apropos Peace on Earth and Good Will: Advent Again)

A QUATRAIN TO DELIVERANCE

Without justice,

we daily bury our children and the crimes

rippling

chipped off

the rock of time

a lone pebble pierces

the soft water of lif...

When you left,

the dreams still excited my senses.

Last night I dreamed

I no longer ...

sleep deception and reality

in the cup

of my hand

i caught a raindrop

blew br...

I took pen to paper and I made something
The words meant something to me and in that moment I wa...

!st Cousins coming down

from up north

Festiv time ahead

plenty of noise

cut up time g...

I am plopped down here on earth,where I came from

and doing here still a mystery to me

For...