today will give me something

or take it away

without a spoken word to say

cause me to cr...

My best advice to you is live your life. Dont let another mf tell you whats wrong or right. We wa...

She is wise. She is fearless. She is bold!

That's what everyone around her see.

They admire...

Who would have thought

That I would fall in love

With someone within twenty weeks

And ha...

Lies being told to me once again,

i hear all the same words , but this time,

was different ...

There was a time when we could just

Sit and lough,

Or even go wine and dine

Without ...

somewhere

someone is without shoes

somewhere

someone hasn't eaten in 4 days

somewhere

Trapped in my own mind, I find myself fighting each day with reckless thoughts... Doing meanless ...

This Masters peace
Is his masterpiece
As Zoroaster speaks
His disaster peaks
Thus, much faste...

Was I merely birthed
Upon the surface of earth
To feel hated & cursed
Never learning my worth?...

Like familiar surroundings you find yourself gazing at the bed looking at the empty space where l...

I awoke from a joke named humanity

Awakened by a jolt of insanity

Easily became the son of ...

I've been told
That I appear to be stoically cold
Thus I'm opposed, seven-fold
For never dropp...

I'm an intangible soul
With a flammable flow
Watch my mandibles go
Like a cannibal that’s prag...

A positive order of events,
Meant to put us in a better light
But is it right to do wrong
For ...

I am humbled because I've experienced humility.
I am encouraged because I've been discouraged.
...

Watching this debate like Young M.A. - OOOOUUU!
Clinton strait pwned this fool!
And flamed this...

I must have been real good,
You knocked my block like some tree wood,
Guessing but wasn't expec...

In Panama years ago I got lost in a rush,
They say if you travel far enough,
You will eventuall...

"Bong," you are free to move about the country,
With airplanes, hotels and travel fees,
Everyon...

Hot, hungry, sleepy,
Itchy, tipsy, lustful, lippy,
Angry, stressed, bored, sore,
Playful, bash...

Had ayoung cousin ask me

what is fear

I said its not being afraid

but being scared

Th...

Dear Daddy,

How do I say "I'm sorry" to someome no longer here?

For going out and doing the o...

When I finally say I love you

Know the proclamation is not an attempt

At sweeping you off your ...

it's the uncertainty at the edges which flavors everything

the stalking on a tightrope

a life o...

Your more then one mind concede ..... Yet your fill with so much ,your the gateway to my desire ....

I suit up for this battle

My declarations of non-appreciation are the reason for this war situ...

It's high noon

Air fills with anticipation

And the sweat of impending doom

Time blooms suspens...

I have a passion so strong for you I'm almost to afraid to say.

I want to be close to you...in...

The night holds obstacles unseen

In the dark the demons appear to catch the glare

The s...

Her rhythm for life set her apart from the norma , she has an elevation ....that fit the mind s...

Ok... So, I’m in love, right? I’m thinking, “This is the greatest experience ...

If you should ever doubt my love; hear
me when I say "Baby, oh how my love is true."
Look deep ...

What is a woman's worth?
Beyond beinga daughter, wife, and giving birth?
She is trulyman'sbette...

this poem was written to me by my son years ago while he was away on deployment.

Dear Momma
...

Lost and found,
Limitless and in short supply,
Managed, leveraged, tracked, paid, and borrowed,...

I think I can,
I have a plan,
I am the man!
Then I get slammed,
Againsta wall,
I'm bound to ...

I keep making money mistakes,
Whether I have none orsome it still takes,
Too much effort to tra...

Tell me a story I'll remember. The kind that makes me quiver as you speak. Read to me poetry befo...

Tears for you fall while you're asleep

Fears for you come when you and the world meet

My chil...

Those that dont go along

with the status Quo

a different breed for sure

Those who think ...

Too tired to think

Too tired to eat

Spending precious time

Carelessly

Our obsession with

Cha...

Love can bring out the best in a person.

It can bring out the worse in person and

love... can b...

Welcome to

Couple's Therapy

Have a seat

Where would you like to begin?

Remember while one has...

creature of the moment…

creature

of the moment—war

devouring life

spitting out

As does

the sun,

her smile

saves me

from fading

into shadows

like nothingness…

Support of a King

What happened to the Queens of yesteryear?

The ones that supported th...

Dilated pupils.

Nostrils flared.

Pursing lips

in the musky air

of intimacy.

Tell m...

Weshow no weakness,
Our capability to leave you speechless
Uses its own defense
Against the de...

Stand tall

The bravery call

Muscles of steel

Guns on fire

our freedom supplier

for...

My inspiration

No need to try it comes naturally

Without even knowing you bring my juices flo...

She was my sunflower with a mockingbird animal spirit

Her yellow petal feathers brought ice wi...

During fitful dreams

Ocean currents carried nightmares

of the estranged..

Tossing and tu...

Take a look around the house

on the walls

Clock hanging for a few years now

stuck on qua...

Feeling this rage about

this minimum wage

Those old grey head men

and women of the congress

a...

In a hospital bed sick, nurses' banteredwithpure candor,
Dazed as I gazedat the light above inam...

Ladies don’t tell us

What he didn’t do for you

Don’t share so early

The things that we n...

Thinking to myself

I am compelled to talk to my heart

To flush the past and stand up in tod...

Love long distance,
Late nights & early mornings reminiscing,
Lonely, really just miss my homie...

When we look back,
And this present becomes past,
A few years in the future, will we be mad?
A...

Call me cursive, all my verses arecarefullywritten,
Pensive when I'mI spittin'
Paidmy dues like...

if you need a shoulder to cry on
you can wet my collar bone
my arms are strong, but, I
would n...

acting like there will be

no tomorrow

stretching and reaching

no beg no borrow

don't...

awake amongst the sleeping
hope every bodies dreading
going to jail, from
living in Holy Hell
...

by the time I made it back
everyone in town was gone
walking on cracks, falling into
the gaps,...

put down the paper cup
I think you've had enough
of the good life today
time to say goodnight
...

mopower to the motherhood
mopower to the sisterhood
mopower to the brotherhood
the house, the ...

We Scatter Sweet Seeds

We scatter sweet seeds

and await germination.

Like them w...

Perceived and Heard Regardless…

(Or First Movement of Beethoven/Ray Charles Symphony)

T...

why…and yet i know…

save those who know

the same womb

few sing my praise…

man...

Don’t speak of what you don’t
understand
It’s never easy to be the one who
listens
...

Killing time a favorite

art of mine

do it all the time

Got no time for the

drama and ...

Writing from many perspectives

Seeing the world through

Different lenses

An artistic conce...

My Dear Heart,

you're so trusting and forgiving which is nothing to be ashame.

But, in the ...

The tightness of my hands serves as the foundation on which we build our love upon

The water...

It keeps away the dark

It's big as a mother's heart

It's what we draw after we learn to crawl