i am standing in my own shadow

putting together

all the scattered pieces of my life

i am...

if you don’t want

the standard answers

don’t ask the standard questions

if you want to m...

It's not easy being me

confident stride purposeful steps

Head held high effortless pride

I

could not

Would not fail
to answer...

The calling sign

Between our hearts

with...

i believe

...someday

when we

separate the mythology

from the reality

of our collec...

there are no such things

we should not as sensible human beings make

enemies

if enemies,...

for so long

i have held true to

this course

and feel it strong

despite the fact,

i...

you’ve

probably heard

about the

comes around

goes around biz,

the karma jazz,

t...

…if character…

is the difference between buying something for its …style…

and giving away s...

Demons

will be sorted

from saviors,

there will be time

for reflection,

for celebra...

When i look around at people

mostly living in its day-to-day world

of

…appearances and i...

As difficult as it may seem

you’ve got to find it

in your heart to believe

there comes a...

trying hard

to reach our goals

is a beautiful sight to behold,

we try to do it right

The essence of all things spiritual

A need of good Godliness

(A prayer to the most high)

we ...

Survival,

meaningful employment,

career ascension

and

community engagement,

qualit...

You make a mockery of love

when you wear the marriage

…only in name…

and do marriage

Glass shattered like shattered dreams.

I'm stepping on the pieces and bleeding from the stings...

Once I realize its true value, thos...

It's like medicine for the soul.

Music once sung to restore faith.

Like gospels being propelled...

Those famous rap icons from Compton were the first to say it. Years later, Ice T took it a step f...

She doesn't dress in the latest fashion nor move about with the rhythm of the city , when she pre...

Your world has been spinning and complying with your laws of what Satan calls science, since Yest...

I was groomed to speak for liberation from the time of an infant all the way up unto these curr...

War is a doorway to hell...
a river of suffering, pain and sorrow
leaves nothing but broken dre...

In bold bright colors inviting, enticing
suggestively, undressing
can hardly wait, to get a t...

You start me going
conversation speaking of your dreams
leaves streams of purely perfect pleas...

All

In a

Fluid

Motion

Emotions

Merging into pools
to rise and ebb with the ti...

More than cool, things to do

crazy stuff...young people do

gazing from the highest hilltop

If i fell in love

With A…

A Jewish girl, A Muslim girl

A Zulu girl, or even just ano...

i am so loving this
Blending storiesof love done right
with mythical creatures possessing near
...

…No

Peaches

...and Cream

Getting

screwed

No longer

in the mood...

adrift,

alone

i find a song

to soothe away

the pain

in my troubled heart

of min...

just because

you wish something

does not always

…make it true…

but, when someone’s ha...

a
tinge
of
sadness
touches
me,


in
your
face
aglow
and so
beautiful
as the
...

velvet rains,
have come and gone
leaving a silvery dew
sparkling in sunshine, golden
as for m...

having the floor dropped from us

is a test whether we will rise

to the occasion or fall apa...

Just

As every

Dreamer

Doesn’t dream

Every would be ruler

Does not

Make

A...

It'sa love dance
as loverswe do together,

finding peace, only when
we are both arefree

.
.
.
.
.
...last night...
.
...you gave me something...
.
.
...something,
.
...only ...

You

cannot hurt me

anymore

you have taken away

my last refuge in you

and lost me

My life and my history pages are one and the same

The lifelines on these pages cut short by my...

Tonight they will bask in a hot

Bathtub covered with bubbles,

As the romantic fragrance...

the sparkle

in your eyes aglow,

I feel it most,

when the lights are low

your radiance...

Our spirits gently touch

As we are overcome

With compassionate concern

Our hearts explor...

Only we,
who
have dreamed
the dream
paid its cost
...the dues...
worked fingers to bone
ma...

...i

am in

a constant war

fighting hard

against forces

almost beyond belief

dif...

.
.
.
Probabilities,
.
Impossible dreams
.
In multiples of exponential factors
.
Beyon...

Whut DaFaaak !
.
.
Ifwordplay, weremy forte...
Tonight, by thePassions that ignite the fuse
...

Thinking
something nice
might come of this...
despite the time lost,
...in the trench...

*

Her

Nando

Cortez

Could not

Have

Done it better

Had it all

Been preconce...

When we ...first met
the stage was set
nothing was left
...to chance

you looked at me, so.....

With gratitude,

I search for traces of a dream...
I've long kept close, to heart

You’ve ta...

.

.

.

in you

i recognize

a moment

of

peace

.

i found

within myself

YOU KNOW THE RIGHTEOUS BY THE FAITH THEY HAVE IN GOD.

THEIR HEART IS PURE, AND THEY SHOW COMPA...

Luscious lips
wander the tips
of her breast.
I will ingest all
that lies before me.
Your mel...

There is a plan for us---the black man.
“Vengeance is mine”, said The Most Highâ€...

He follows in the footsteps of righteousness to uphold hisdestiny. He keeps his mother close and ...

If Only We Were…An Endangered Species…

Endangered species: a species…in danger
Of becoming...

I chilled upon the beach alone,

“DON’T STEREOTYPE ME”

Stereotyping, categorizing, don’t typecast me

For I am my own per...

Learn to deal with the dos mes of me the good the evil
The sinner the winner
the angel the devi...

Please Don’t Shoot

By Tinesia Davenport 4/28/15

Mothers are crying while their sons are dyi...

The Father
I pray, my lord, my spirit to take- If I should die before I wake.
Lord Y2K is on my...

So heavy laden ...with truth

over

and over

and over and over,

over and over

WHETHER MAN……..?

It is always starts under the reign

Whether sunny grace or fee...

I don't utilize my time very well cus If I did, I wouldn't feel so stressed and overloaded, bur...

I have no inspiration to finish the poems that I have started

I just stare at the words on t...

As

long as

we persist

to take heed

of inertial guidance

a gift of kindred spirits

insights and understandingsso right,

and so written

that which ever way you throw the words

Why not share

Positive ...persuasions?

Why not give mutual respect

…Its proper due?

W...

What do each of us have,

in our uniqueness of spirit,

have of value to bring

to the tabl...

Reaching out

from a small place

within the universe

of my consciousness

where...

In visions
recollections of familiar forms

angles of deflection
and rounded shapes of things...

From

The moment

Of our birth

When arriving,

As if on queue

Our consciousness

Be...

(Prelude)

As

i

slowly

...come, to

finding you, waiting

with open arms

Being ...friends, all of us who will

...Means so much more than just another sweet "hello"...

Who are we fooling...

to think somehow, we are different

when, as the story goes

onc...

You and me, me and you

did the baby thing

and made it through

learned to laugh

at our...

Looking deeply into history

into the last millenium or two

...moves me to ponder

A new day

to gather thought

and focus...

what's coming is reality

built from the past...

Sorry,

Home crew

I kinda feel a little misty eyed

…a little sad and blue...

Like goin...

Bustello

...it's

your favorite

and it's

alright with me...

there's plenty room...

New ground

New sound

New air

No cares.

No clothes

No ...

What should I call this?
Love?
I’ve had encounters with love in the past
But this feels differ...

She innocent and she know my rights and she refuse to be spoken to in any kind of disrespectful m...

I really don't mind, it's mine, I'll treasure that forever, some peach cobbler virtuous pie.

Vir...

Even as currents

inthe starfields flow

giving depth to all eternity

throughout the unive...

My heart goes out

to the suffering people of Haiti...

imagining the intense clouds

of an...

...taking another step,

a reading of the book of life

a pause to stop and pray

in hopes ...

I lust every inch of you deeply, the feels between my moistened skin is unbearable. I'm forced to...

Words I wish I never said
Fired back at me
Beautifully
Reconstructed to stand for something
O...

In the morning I wake up needing you

You are my fix

Without you I contract a sickness

My heart want to tell you how much I really love you.

But my lips won't part to let the words ...

Thank you for the wake-up call. I almost lost myself for a moment there. See the awkwardness I fe...

I figure I can maintain the pain
By denying I wasn't in pain
the fact still remain
This pain d...

Hurt is something I've never been able to avoid
It always comes
As ifit waits lurking in the da...