Think twice before you say my name, once I was hungry and thirsty so I chased the fame.

See I'...

you know that feeling you get
when you start thinking of
things that are only important
to you...

Born a star

Can I twinkle

Strayed away from my calling

Which led me to certain evil

L...

you can only wear someone's
coat for so long then they will want
it back no matter how good
yo...

"MAKE POETRY GREAT AGAIN"

like it was when Emma Lazarus

came forth and poetically spoke

been friends for years now you say
why not me? I say to myself
these lines must not be crossed
...

Grew up in th e steel cold winter time of

Hartford Conn now for years livin in the south

do...

Will We Let It Be?

Will the flow of our vibe

depend on how the world

has treated you?

black bombs bursting…

dirt has its dust

and light its rays…

truth may gain rust

b...

if you knew what I was thinking
you would try to change my mind
careful not to think out loud
...

♔ ♕ ♗
♘ ♙ ♚
the only
game I
play is
sixty four...

sometimes you have to
wake up and listen or
you will miss the answers
to your question and thi...

First impressions at its best... Felt like there was something different then all the rest.. Infa...

I'm trying to see you in my light
so one day you'll be beside me
in my shadow so we both can
s...

every thing I need is inside of me
I lack nothing I can't manifest
that's the key to happiness
...

my light is my way
my light is my truth
my light is with me
may your light be
with you all th...

This is passions of a beast when we clawing up the sheets. Feel the pain, feel the love, every...

born before my time
grew up way too fast
been around the world
running from the past
fell in ...

I could not exist on this plane
without a name to describe
the flame that burns inside
I was a...

Platforms not the platform shoes for men back in the day

no one was selling a regular heel shoe ...

Goodie Mob once released a song called Beautiful Skin, I was too young to understand the full con...

Clemson Tigers National College Football Champion Team

got invite from the lily white white hous...

Baby I’m not gon hold you, I need you bad on some Jazz s**t

I mean I’m plotting and scheming, ...

I think most people misconscrew love, with Lust, fulfilling lips with words Unjust.... Then cau...

Why does it seem less important when a child cries,

When, thier reaching out, deep inside.. It...

KING DAY

(A Retrospective Perspective)

David said to Solomon his son, be

strong a...

Like the dawning sun

Our liberty is coming soon

The light of the full moon

Refl...

From out

of my dream

I awoke

to the melodious

voice of Martin Luther

King—...

you're a star in my eyes

not one on TV or seen

on TMZ I 'm speaking of

galaxies as far a...

I wanna listen to my music

and dance don't care who's

around don't care who's watching

n...

Noah laughed to scorn building that ark

all that lightening the worlds still in the dark

ã...

Let's go on a date to the bookstore, I will merely fill your soul with enough words of affirmatio...

You know its a set of sad affairs

when the individual elected to serve

all the people for you h...

84 straight out the door with time well spent in thought
today means every thing to the averag...

84 straight out the door with time well spent in thought
today means every thing to the averag...

Poetry is a great part of me swimming through the legacy for everyone to see.

The wind blew this way

causing all of nature to sway—

shaking leaves, bending trunk...

Shut down

but not shut up;

we’ll give this clown

his own bitter cup.

We know ...

Ink

Ink bleed on paper giving life to feelings felt

It flows like blood through veins pumpi...

You left but are not gone;

like an amputation—gone

but still here.

When love is ...

don't do what I want to do
I do what I have to do
could say more to you
don't want to argue
d...

Just the perfect time of season

to rest this weary body of mine

Slowin the goin down

aro...

Before love glued me into the love of God love within myself was invisible

in the darkness I w...

Pimple Popper

bats in the attic
cobwebs at night
a refrigerator moment
living without sight...

Ancient priests,

witch doctors,

shamans,

sorcerers.

Power!

Held the

ancients in...

My thoughts rise like bubbles in the bath tub...

Emotions get felt like hot water......but the...

the bullied victim is now the villian
the empathic hero is impacted with
hurt feelings the lone...

you have to keep looking up

for the brighter side

you don't want to miss

the cloud with ...

you have to get your foot in the door

before it closes even if it hurts

take the first step...

BE FREE

what's this talk about

they want to shut 'em out

when they want to shut us in

I wish I had heart to break
one that felt pain from losing you
in the house you left when you t...

The time Ifelt mislead, denied from all things.

Mentally broken down but physically built well...

So I like your hashtag #MeToo, empower women to come out in the midst of sexual abuse and violenc...

& know that if I've ever made my body available for you,

I'd recognized your God Spirit,

Direct...

I zipped my boots knee high.

Red lips outlined.

In black.

Guardian angel by myside.

P...

I fight

I fight hard

I fight to win

fights

who fights to lose

fights

fight is t...

Ally

I’m

The fear that discovered bravely

The flicker that spark your soul

The air th...

As a passionate Khalifah, seeker and speaker of truth, I have made a covenant and commitment to...

Calling card, tossed by God

Marked and coordinated playa

One black “I”, suddenly elevated

one should not stop upon
reaching the top one should
slide down the mountainside
even if it me...

As I sit here
looking out into the cold,
all motion except the flow of sight
seem to be fr...

In the winter twilight
of the meandering drive,
silhouettes of dark clouds
patchwork the c...

the poet who speaks of death
as if the poet has but a few days
left continues to write througho...

one time I wrote 3 lines
three lines was enough
but I kept on writing...

I messed it up

I hate the fact that
I didn't marry you
I hate the fact that
you're married now
I hate the fa...

Itching for additional everything

Girl wana get married

I ain’t ready for no ring

I only...

Dropped off

alleged dropout

Landed a job, instead

Hustling for Feds dealing Meds...

Never me never u this box never dance with the devil till u rip up those who question u and me an...

The quilted silence

refused to be pulled back

covering the room

with the cold st...

the cold silence

has frozen

our resolve—

depression hangs

like a bleeding...

In the winter solstice

Of struggle,

Nets of justice and equality

Lay rotting

Bus Fare warriors

Can't be late

Time zombies devour time

Mass transit

hauling people ...

Waiting around.

Waiting for the ground

That slipped from right underneath

My feet

Why would our children

Be waiting for Superman

When we’re already here?

Another ...

Got seven plus wind chimes hangin on limbs

of massive Oak couple Cedars Magnolia trees the mas...

today I banged my brakes from when we start to finish
lucky with good & plenty
rising up in the...

Once a predator spots its prey their sins tell their mouths what to say.

Cue the circus music

Cue the spotlight

Overhead, witness a high wire act

Perfect balance...

As rhymes pass my lips it’s
Assault with deadly intent
If I represent myself there’s no chance ...

an illegal hand

touched the skin

i’m in…

leaving a keloid stain

on the surfac...

In the psalms of our lives let us be ever mindful;

we are children of the sun—Rising e...

Walking through a forest of memories

Along a trail of ancestral footprints

I steppe...

In the end as in the beginning

No one criticizes us

More than we do to ourselves;