I Am a Child No Longer

I am a child no longer.

Simple joy eludes me.
Simple expression
becomes calculation,
for no one holds space
for adult emotion.

I am a child no longer.

My regulation
is willed by consequence,
for all actions...

Take me back to simpler times,
when life was mapped out,
when it became linear in scope.

One accomplishment,
paving the way to the next,
as if lined up like dominoes:
one falls,
the next follows,
until the full scope is revealed.

Take...

A thousand times, I mourn your absence, a recurring wound which stains every moment.

I mourn you alongside every achievement, the absence of your pride taking center stage.

I mourn you as thoughts of what could have been accompany my living....

In retrospect,

should have been a moment

I cherished,

held onto so deeply

that even death

could not pry it from me.

I should have clung to your embrace

a little longer,

stolen your scent,

archived your voice,

captured...

Time becomes a keeper of all decisions; it holds the consequences, like a collector hoarding treasure.

Time often wonders, I'd assume, why we never learn. For examples present themselves, along with choices given.

Yet the minds of men cling ...

To go is to see, Every step leads to new experiences, New adventures, And lessons to learn.

Every step ventured Is the accumulation of stories, Of tales which lead the mind to wonder, To be amazed, To be astonished, To be heartbroken at times...

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A song for all the Vibe Staffers and Management

Just A Touch Of Love by Slave

I have been laying on the sauce real thick, I think I upgraded from sauce to molasses. I was keeping things stick sticky. I barely got out of there, for all the damage I have caused I never thought to have anything like regrets. I was a part of th...

anything can be sung

you don't have to hear

the music to sing

our voice is an instrument

all weneed is a heartbeat

rhythm doesn't need permission

a melody doesn't need a name

a song is just a feeling

looking for a way out

I built this throne with words and rhyme

I've earned my seat one line at a time

Before you claimed that you couldn't die

I gave your existence a reason why

I took my pain and made it art

I gave my words a beating heart

You wear f...

Poured out all the love

Love that went to waste

Have not a drop

Not even a taste

Sweet and sour

Pair well together

Love and hate

Will never sever

Even though it seems as though

You’re going the wrong way

The process will not point you

In the wrong direction

Trust the process

Do not rush the journey

One of my favorite words

I like to use alot is Stuff

I don’t know why but

I like Stuff I love Stuff

Stuff can be anything

Some of us have some Stuff

Some of us have a lot of Stuff

Some of us can’t get enough Stuff

Some of us have too m...

Sometimes getting back

on your feet isn’t just

about what you can do for

Yourself.

It’s also about being able

to recognize yourself in

what you can do for others.

Tucked in the corner of a

spoken word poetry scene,

her delivery lit the wicking

nature of my mind,

producing the silhouette of

a muse.

—JG ©2026

Somebody done

spilled the beans!!,

This is a squealer,

perpetrator and

a blabber

mouths dreams,

to know yo biz,

all up in

your kool-aid,

wanting to know

who, what, when, where,

and who it is!!

pointing fingers e...

I am original,

I am simple,

I am one of a kind,

I didn't roll of a

conveyor belt, but

My model is hard to find,

I am genuine, I am real,

If I am brought, I am quite a steal,

I have values, a really good deal,

You'll love...

Years and years ago there was a tv commercial

that said best bet Hire a Vet

To the less then one percent who

raise their right hand and say this

We Will Defend I say Happy Veterans Day

For the Vietnam Vets i salute u my Warriors

We preach under sodium bulbs and stop signs,
hands cupped against the cold to warm a story.
Mama used to say the block keeps receipts—
every promise, every slap-back laugh,
folded into the pocket of an old coat
hung on a nail above the sink.
We read t...

I am sipping on sunshine, with a big straw too. I was always in this place of abundance. I have been looking forward to it. I was a part of this world and I still am. I am hopeful and thinks are looking up or at least I am. I see that all things a...