pastors preaching, prosperity but pastors
the only one,prospering, the first lady is
too busy w...

I need some rest
from the stress
of all the mess
it takes time
to be the best
I must confess...

When I look around I can't help, but be harsh on myself about the things that I want to, but cann...

I was only nine when he made me a woman. I tried to speak, but my voice was soft spoken. Tell me ...

Sometimes I wish that you could see me. Not as who you want me to be, but who I am. Listen to me ...

the value of learning is
discovering that which you
already know
in essence, we do not
learn ...

there's someone who admires you

falling in love with your smile and

you don't have a clue

RAINING UPON THE GRANDEUR OF HOPE

Today the rain fell

steadily;

her drops remini...

"If I" If I would describe this, it would probably go like this,

Colorful vibrations and pe...

We're all runnin
As a slave runnin from his master
Runnin from a lynchin
Avoiding being hanged...

I'm all alone in this world if I don't got you. I awake to the sound of, I love you! Nothing c...

when you broke my heart
I thought, it was gas pains
and I just needed to fart
when we had to p...

most men in my family are Masons
they're well disciplined and stationed
equipped to handle any ...

I once had a dog name Spot
I did not! I would never name
a dog Spot, maybe Willy or Bill
but, ...

you're crazy
I'm insane
I love you
I can't complain
if you love me
you're the blame
for eve...

mother hurt me, father cursed me
I've been looking down so long
I tried to make hell my home
l...

I'll never forget, all the times
I almost died but, kept a dream
inside to stay alive

I'll nev...

I gave up on her / it was the right thing to do / but I'm still second guessin / this love lesson...

They say My anger comes from centuries oppressed / and one can never truly move on until the veno...

She says exactly what I like

She says she's tempted to do and say things around me but honestl...

Exponentially bound by mirages that relay insinuations, prejudice is the ability to discriminate ...

I woke up and found you here with me

Silently…sleeping peacefully…

Are you dreaming of me?

you can stay behind
I'm going to climb
this time is mine
you better believe it
I'm going to c...

facing the music

realizing the truth

denying your part

comparing a fault

rationalizin...

I would write to invite my children home.

Roll out the royal carpet,

Set off my drums,

D...

Please,

let them babies taste some of that fruit.

Let them nurse from the sweetness of thei...

Every season mirrors winter now.

More than a few hearts boil a fire

from the breaking news ...

Although I cannot see you,I feel your presence near.Iwill hold you close in memory,Till I drop my...

A crisp autumn night
Beautiful but cold
A sky riddled with stars
In all its heavenly vastness
...

I know why the bird sing, cause it was a sunny day. The sun kisses her golden skin leaving it...

Cold ... Dark ... Damp December;
how swiftly you crept upon me.
I always can tell once you've a...

My Valentine

Where were you when I was carving out the foundation of lov...

Adhere, ad there, I must comply

Everywhere, you are there, so are eyes

As I’m left with ans...

SONNET TO A SHORT HISTORY LESSON

It’s said that history will never...

HOPE WEATHERING THE TRYING TIMES

In the winter solstice

Of struggle,

Nets of justice an...

Power by the hour

Seconds gain on the moment

Internals burning with no expulsio...

I made it like a cake
with directions on the
back of the box
I went shopping but
all I wanted...

I'm so romantic, I can't stand it

I'm bleeding from the heart

I need a bandage

the chain...

I love it when you laugh at my jokes
I love it when you liked the poem I wrote
I guess I love e...

she say, she's having visions
is it real or are you watching
too much television
I'm elevated ...

supported by the system
the same system that dissed ,em
the same system, trying to kill 'em
pu...

are you half dressed or half naked
are you wearing enough clothes to be respected
are you like ...

her rapid rehousing is moving to slow

she has to exit, with nowhere to go

she's back on the...

they say you have to crawl before you walk

I say shut up before you talk

you're speaking ou...

I'm going for broke

risk it all

before I die

I'll have it all

I tell no lie

I look...

they say you have to crawl before you walk

I say shut up before you talk

you're speaking ou...

no more fears, no more tears

not in heaven but, down here

I'm too tired for the rat race

don't...

I just rose from a dose

propped up on two pillows

in a place that has no name

I can't he...

are you talking to me

you're not making any since

you're opening your mouth

it's just a ...

I've been bruised many times

I've been stopped in my tracks

I've been broken into many pieces

knowledge is beautiful

knowledge is powerful

knowlege is one of the few gifts of life no on...

i want to tell my son his father is dead

i know it isn't right

but i cant take him crying f...

IN LINGERING HOPE

Though we walk wearily

through the valley of weakness,

the roaring...

Exasperated

when we won’t conform,

but why comply with a norm

that’s been awry since the...

AND WE ARE STILL HERE…

While beating our drums—singing, dancing

and giving praises to t...

I often wonder will we ever meet again? It seems as if it were just yesterday when you said "hell...

People don’t just grow up and become this way
I’ll never forget who you were back...

if you love me too much, you might crush me

I've been touched so don't hug on me

stand back and...

I'm trying to find a piece

that I lost, written somewhere

in one of my compositions

too ...

you're just trading one drug for another

addicted to everything you get your hands on

nothings ...

a lampoon is in the white house

a pale face with a loud mouth

a blow fish in a shark tank

JUST THINK ABOUT IT FOR A SECOND

It seems it’s not enough

that a sister or brother,

The state of the nation

Within the nation

Presents a dire situation--

The prize cannot b...

I met a man one cold winter day
Who spoke to me in an unfamiliar way
He was so humble that I gr...

Views,I see yours stand out so gorgeously Tropical, fruity. so peacefully sweet in the morni...

lonely doesn't express this hollow feeling
lonely can't define why death is appealing
lost my b...

IN ALLUSION TO QUESTIONS ON SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Continuous documents of life lived an...

FOR THE UNSUNG MAIMED AND DEAD—2015

On the ragged edge of brittle time, the paddle of li...

New World Colossus Deception—2015

(Apropos The Sonnet of Emma Lazarus)

In her br...

SOMETIMES I THINK ITS GOD’S DOING

It’s strange, the rugged roads we’ve traveled

IN THE CUSTODY OF HIS HOPE

The common denominator of human life

Rode his pale h...

SOMETIMES WHILE IN THE MOMENT…

Sometimes while in the moment

I sink deep in...

In the music, I feel you

Cant get over our timeless love

Unless Im wrapped in your warmth

Dont need that energy

I just need your love inside of me

Go away hurts about the past

Le...

Look me straight in my eyes

Cant look you straight in your eyes

The way you feel when you blush...

she told me, she was having issues

I handed her some tissues

she said, no way there will be...

Tell me what I can’t do?
Do no more

Saying all the same things?
Say no more,

Looking thro...

To: Whoever this is for…

It’s not a fuzzy feeling,
It’s vibration that’s in my chest,
oh, th...

Promethean

I want be Promethean,
Promethean means to be boldly innovative
Boldly innovative ...

P L a I N

Under three years ago,
I had a messed up ego,
and I was floating,
through life li...

(I am Really Bout This One)

Okay. How many times I got to say,
I’m not done making noise,
ma...

Wichita

It all starts with a little voice,
I think the words,
and then they form a door,
A ...

Cognitive dissonance is the resistance that maintains the distance between equality of humanity.

Hope is that gleaming thing you see in folks eyes when you promise them even the silliest of thin...