Around twenty-five years ago

I lost all contact with life you know.

I'd sit on my pity-pots...

Lord God I wish I were blue

Like the skies and blend in near you.

But I'm not,I am black

The story of brother Quaku is a cautionary tale, Of what not to do, and how to fail, An internshi...

raindrops and mud

god cried today;

his tears fertilized

the womb

of mother earth—

The Waning of Tides of Love

Like the ebb

and flow

of tides

to thirsty shores,

when love stopped by…

unrepentantly

love

stopped by

today

to say hello

agai...

simple thoughts on true love…

true love

does not betray

the flesh

nor play with t...

reaching out...

the fair chance

of it all

raises fear

chasing hope

us

check...

Dawn Dream Awakening

The jasmine scented air

gently caressed

the night

as foam creste...

BLACK SWAN IN THE SPRING OF LOVE

There is an itching in my heart

I cannot scratch—

A...

a love supreme...

laboring through the trials

of day

and the weeping pains

of nig...

Love sonata

Oh how I would love

to write poems of flaming

love—singing songs stingi...

Love Is And Will Always Be: Look At You And Me!

Trying to stand still

In a moving world

The Showing

(Apropos an Exhibition of the Times)

The hand of time paints

Upon the ca...

Pushing Up Hope

Though we walk wearily

through the valley of death,

the roaring rede...

omg…

bombs—dark clouds

of death—once again

rain down blood

upon peace

wallowin...

Just Moseying Along...

In the fullness

of time

the empty scales

of justice

crave b...

in the cisterns of mud…

not indigenous

nor aboriginal

yet

a claimed national

r...

The Last Supper of Hope

Grief has exhausted itself

And pain has abandoned the heart;

The Last Supper of Hope

Grief has exhausted itself

And pain has abandoned the heart;

Shame On Us

For us, much beauty

of nature is denied;

not by being taken away;

but...

From Then To Now

(A Saga of Life Shared)

El Campo—rural ground

in a Nightingale nigh...

GOP pretends 2 care about #Benghazi
Pursue Hillary like Paparazzi
If no run 4 POTUS
They would...

I may be slippin' thru time

But I gotta thank my God

For all of the times He's kept me

From th...

At DTW Delta Terminal 71, Is a classical pianist second to none, Playing, "I don't get around mu...

Part 2 Was Me Sharing a Tragic Event In My Life..

Even If I Went Back In Time I Couldn't Make It...

#NFL ballers chose 2 take a knee
The sentiment looks good to me
But what comes next?
Hood is s...

Roses are red,
Violet's a hue,
Love is strange,
I have no clue,

What's in people's hearts,
...

I guess love is like magic
Never think twice from
Protecting your heart from tragic

Wh...

gonna rain? he asks himself

naw he says to himself

though seeing the new moon intermittently co...

The harm of mediocrity

Keep following we

From city to city

Keeps measuring me

With everyth...

Chicago hit a huge milestone
But this one will make you groan
500 killed
Such a bitter pill
T...

Hello America,

First, let me acknowledge your presence…

Remind you of my last days as presi...

I Will Not Lie

I promised you
the power over sin
I will not lie
A covenant of promise I made ...

In the forest of beginnings and endings

Grows the power and right of life

Innocently await...

We never heard of Monica Lewinsky
Until Bill Clinton opened the door
Invited the intern to drop...

Daddy issues

Dear daddy
I don't know if I'm angry with you
Or angry with the situation I can't...

Love is like orange juice,when you don't have it, you want and see the use, so you grab it, pursu...

Black folks selling their homes gottaremember one thing,
The only things somewhites love black a...

Take me away

To a faraway place

Make me forget that the world outside of us exist

Hug an...

I’m not going to beg

I’m not going to plead

I’m going to let you be

Your true intentions...

A motherispregnant,butisstillunsureofwhattodo,

“It'snotmychild!”saysthefather,nowshe...

Toanything,person,andplaceinmylife,andinmystory,

Inpast,present,andfuturetimes,itallgavemedays...

Thepast:Yesterdaywasahistoryofmemoriesbirthed,

Thepresent:Todayisamomentinthetimetolive,

Th...

How many times can we say to someone
"You melt my heart with your smile"
Of course they do.
Bu...

Every year when the time is right
The leaves
They fall peacefully in
But never out of sight.
...

I can draw out

The map of a woman

That of

Including her body

Her heart

Her flesh

A f***ing ...

This particular flower, holds so many thorns

As if screaming behold thy pain

Such a carnati...

Detroit is an embattled city
Very little money in the kitty
Bishop Wayne Johnson
He tried to c...

SWEAT

HOPE

HANDS

Each day that I wake

I lay a kiss on your cheek

Whispering I love you

While gently touching yo...

Two intentions

Intended to satisfy the aggression

Hungry bodies intertwined

Under the so...

Eagerly awaiting
For the next time that we meet
I can't stand to be away from you
So I sleep,
...

Sometimes standing up for what you believe in

Simply means sitting down

Let your actions re...

Pink tears of amnesia

tears of a tortured soul
When longing of
someones touch,
Someones l...

We were talking and all of a sudden you decided to give me space

You never said anything

I just...

You see love, love blinds the truth

Because if I didn't love you

I would've saw the real you !

I got things I want to do,
Places I need to be,
Been waiting for hours on you,
To give YOUsome...

As one of the most visible African-American females on the planet, Michelle Obama is in a very pr...

I’m a mother-side caroler I stay by her side always

I start my warbling when she’s...

My upbringing, my inspiration my encouragement. I don't stop because someone says they don't like...

Brighter Days if u look into the sky, brighter days when asking why, who's by your corner who's g...

finding that dream
the one desire
capture that life
happiness perceived
comfort breeds
negle...

thumbs are the sine qua non

that help get the toughest jobs done

just ask any plumber's son

Past decisions and past mistakes, laid the foundation for my words of today,

Hated my faults...

If not winter then will you come to me in summer?

Oh, I forgot, in summer you are at-one-with ...

My mind is burnt, I wish I knew the words to say to you to add a flame to the cinder that is the ...

Most people are useless
To the society at large
Forgotten before remembered
Don't know how luc...

That's exactly what i want
someone with potential
You have so much
I see it
someone who knows...

Trump's whole approach is foul
Reminds one of Simon Cowell
Time to exploit
The town of Detroit...

Now that the war is over

and the armies have gone

very little seems as it once did.

At one t...

the chains

can fall apart

If I break the links

with my words of choice

I speak diligently

I ...

Brock Turner out for good behavior
Victim doesn't have a savior
20 minutes of action
Privilege...

Hushed for seasoned sacrifice,

Rationed in being not quite timed right

Strong winded gusts ...

Languishing in fallen dreams

Nightmares of unplanned manifests

Detesting ergo roosts coming...

Sobering claims of Jack Daniel Whiskey
Slaves masterminded distilling
Without celebration
Blac...

There's more that unites us,
Than the$#!+ that divides us,
Let's work on our problems, then spl...

Just paid down several thousand in credit card debt,
An expensive lesson, hope I never ever forg...

I get these epiphanies,
Attacks like allergies,
Hay fever from non-believers, then I sneeze,
"...

Apology to the Starving Artists,
How do I start this?
Sorry they treat your crafts and dreams l...

I didn't fully understand,
Love, frustration, patience, humility, pain, anger, sorrow, pride, jo...

Muad'Dib, the spice is the worm indeed,
What's that he's spittin'?
Nom de plume from science fi...

U are eager to fit in Dwight,

A pre-planned abortion that tripped the light,

Walking up to ...

Waking up with a pain in his gut

He rolld over and scratched his butt

The Sun shined over g...

What we have now, is beyond being intimate

Even though I know it was meant

For us to be, IN...

Is this the feeling of love, as winter wind chills my bones... Is this the feeling of love?

Is...

The new moon courtside deeds,

Pages from the dancing beeds,

Light illuminated from the cave...

Choosing for she said he had a reputation,

What could be worth to U A Trophy,

The contents ...

Miss Georgia peach

Preach! to me

Your morning

Dew,

Spill your tea to me

On this Su...

Lost in this world, girl

i need to find you

i'm too, deep in my ways

a slave, oh how I a...

do we laugh when we want to cry
live when all there is left is to die
persistently we are conti...