In the matriarchal society she reigns as Queen.
Deemed God by the people.
Consciousness rises t...

Down at the burial grounds,

the stilled tongues of ancestors

no longer scream out

chasti...

our children

nor theirs

no longer write

or call---visit---

and “you got mail”

is a...

like the animals

in a zoo,

we roam freely

within our allowed

spaces---caged

and co...

Your heart us in pieces

You want to scream

You cannot deal with the pain

You try running...

Beast is dangerous

Bringing curses and death

It's ugly and dark

It kills anything

It ...

Beauty is powerful

BeAuty is magic

Beauty brings light

Beauty brings love

Beauty brin...

Hurt me with your words

Hurt me with your punch

I don't care

Kill me with your hatred

Your body feels numb

Your hands are frozen

Your mouth isdry

Your legs are stiff

Your ...

Let the trees wave at me

Let the grass feel soft to me

Let the flowers blossom for me

Le...

Two boys hearts are beating for me

I'm in aworld of my own

The wind is calling for me

The poll...

You feel pain

Even though it's wrong

The hearts an explosion of fire

You feel destroyed ...

Love is magic

It makes me feel special

Love hits my brain

I cannot control it

I feel ...

Home is where the heart stays

Home is wherememories are made

Home is joy and trust

Home ...

A royal bay is special and gentle

Treasured in a royal cot

Maids rocking the baby

Growin...

Love can be magic, Love can be tragic
Love brings summer and memories
Love can bring stress or ...

My eyes are stinging from the pollen
Everything is a blur
My hands are trembling like vibration...

this is your day

erotic play to another dimension

relieve you of any tension

a bubble bath and...

Never gets old

sleeping in her soul

Eases the insomnia

am so into you

Such the comfor...

days, nights

when the moonlight proceeded

the anxiety stampeded my cerebrum

folks claimed piet...

Watchin the ripple of the ocean

bob in and out

Its like live creation in motion

without ...

this happened In 2015 a week ago to be exact

a white women poured a bottle of bleach

into a...

Each day’s emancipation

from the clutches of sleep

is a blessing; and so it is

this prai...

I opened up to you
Exposed pieces of myself
I wouldn’t dare share with my own soul
I suppose y...

It is said unto us when we are conceived
Our limitations should never surpass our dreams
I real...

Disguised by eternity’s pride...

Imagine you’re at work

Trying to ignore the jerks

Boldly talking about race

My anger boi...

Incomprehensible sojourner experiences,

Windswept horizons, uninhibited

Paths paved in sig...

In a world where angels were frequent and so loved I sought she who I could share my demons with,...

Sh*t..... You know life always goes on, we can't be blaming other people for "our" problems becau...

never bite the hand that feeds you
the leader that leads you
you must follow like a Jew
and he...

youre the gravity that keeps me down whenever i dont have balance in my life youre the wamrth in ...

Under construction

Hey u the one I gave my heart to...when I first met u said I would be ur wife...thinkin about u a...

It's too bad you feelin' how you feel

I guess you shoulda kept it a lil' more real

Now you dont...

0 to 100 real quick

lose him in my convo real slick

think im gonfall off, still hit

just...

The day you were born

My heart was full but torn

A beautiful baby boy

You’ve brought me...

Bondage in editions prevails

As some front in search of sales

Entrails reveal mayhem thirst...

Here among the shooting stars of hope,

peace---scans the universe---

sprawled out on its ow...

What a vile

and wicked wretch

you are---

oh I got

your twinkle

twinkle

little s...

he cried liberty:

give me that or give me death---

he died in the streets

down the web she came---

satisfying her lover,

she left him smiling

dear karma

i know i wrote you a letter awhile ago asking you if we were cool

im writing aga...

Smoke signals rising

from the hood

The hood where only the bad

makes the news

never t...

I have a full plate and this is my first date. I have lived life in the shadows of the great pers...

I think it will be some time before we understand the true history and impact of rap. It seems li...

Black as the silt from a burnt down tree, I break ground wherever I lay my bare feet.

I stand ...

A closer walk with you is all I need to feel complete.

When you hold me I feel protected.

S...

Broken…

I remainopen –

never healed.

Unspoken…

‘cause I lost hope in

ever feeling

from the fire love,

to the affair in the pub

commitment rush

cant explain why i leav...

from the fire love,

to the affair in the pub

commitment rush

cant explain why i leav...

from the fire love,

to the affair in the pub

commitment rush

cant explain why i leav...

from the fire love,

to the affair in the pub

commitment rush

cant explain why i leav...

blue collar, under the street lights

the hype on the corner

the foreigners, the outkast...

from the fire love,

to the affair in the pub

commitment rush

cant explain why i leav...

It comes a tim e that things must change

So, I've gotta take the time to catch the next train

Sitting here flowing

through the meters of time

like a smooth spring stream

meandering t...

Here we go again

Listening to my heart again

Following the beat of his drum again

When h...

Today you spoke to me in a voice I never heard come from your lips…

After that I cried.

Wha...

I am nuanced
in a nation of sound-bites,
where if my words don’t fit neatly
in your ear, they ...

There are no white picked fenses in the ghetto

There are no ghettos in the hood

There are n...

I am an artist who’s crazy about the fact

that I am insane enough to talk about

and say any...

in a world so constipated

it’s hard to stay regular

I have been asked before

if I’m a be...

It was out of a story book, my eyes were closed and the world was dark. I could slowly feel that ...

I share my thoughts as a soaring plane

My poetry is my way of releasing my pain

of all the ...

How can you manage when you are so used to the damage. Walking in a detour of light. Where you se...

I made a new friend not long ago
Whose vibe and persona
Like a river flows
Whenever the though...

My life has been shaped by those who pretend to listen to the voices

In poverty 90% of your ti...

Brothers do you hate me

Because you’re black like me

And when you look in the mirror

It...

there is no shortcut to heaven

you have to go through hell

to get there

you may think that

yo...

here we encounter again

and each time we meet

you control and defeat

between...

As if she had a built in alarm, around 6:30 AM each and every day, Cinderella began her morning ...

The weight of sleep suddenly dropped from Leon’s eyelids. His now opened eyes fell upon the keyb...

Sometimes I get so tired

Life is a constant struggle

From one day to the next

Never ...

I will love you forever and some more, long after we are old, long after the earth has swallowed ...

Whether By The Sun Of Day

Or The Moon Of Night…Justice Waits…

I

In th...

Sojourning through life,

we live and die---

In between, we seek triumph.

Yesterday, ...

Sojourning through life,

we live and die---

In between, we seek triumph.

Yesterday, ...

There is an itching in my heart

I cannot scratch---

A raging rash ravaging through

The d...

Oh how I would love

to write poems of flaming

love---singing songs stinging

the heart wi...

true love

does not betray

the flesh

nor play with the heart;

true love

is not abou...

I have thoughts of bein' your wifey,makin' love to you for life see

When IloveI love hard,