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though I know it's over with I sent you this letter herewith an apology to note I'm sorry for br...
If I had a story to tell, would you really listen or would you hear the words and make up you...
Xmas past, future presents
De-vote comes out in polls of time
To remind, what’s fine and sw...
Don’t ever forget that you were there too
The world leaned its weight down on your back
Bro...
I asked my daughter where she wanted to go for vacation, she said Mt. Everest. She's only 5. Why ...
If You Ever Stop Chasing You Dreams
You Will Open Your Eyes AndRegret It One Day
And In The End...
Is it possible that PTSD affects not only thecombat veteran?Is it possible that there are countle...
I miss my gangsta granny she used to fuss and threaten to f*** us up literally she would motivate...
I tried to change the tire I found you had no spare I tried patching up the hole and found more t...
when I look at you you're dead to me it's as if I watch you take your last breath and leave th...
we are here today because of people like us subjected to death pain and distress experiencing the...
Before I was, I was
Before I lived, I lived
Eternally leaf
Of the tree of life.
I’ve been following ghosts
In the midst of time
Living in the future
While in a frivolous pres...
I miss the days when I was able to feel
When a kiss was breathtaking
When a touch was sensu...
When you tell your truth no one can deny or call you a lie when you tell your truth it makes you ...
As the sun continues to set and rise,
As the moon continues to wane and wax,
Here I...
Years ago I ran into a childhood friend of mine. So we spent some time catching up. We laughed an...
This is not a Trend; It’s real life Sometimes you gotta stop the mind, to slow the heart, ...
God please
I want to know
the reason when i cry
the tears run down my cheek
and there...
The answer
it came to me
in a dream
Clear
Like sparkling
River water
Pristine
..."Your body's here with me" by the O'jays bumped in my head on repeat. Looking in her eyes for any...
one of the greatest story ever told is about some wretched souls who met a man walking down the r...
I'll try to fix it before I throw it away I'll try to make it work before I throw it away I'll tr...
it's more sharks in the street than danger in the sea it's safer to dive offshore than jump off t...
White snow, furiously freely falling, carpeting the hued ground;
A freezing allegory o...
Flaky snow just keeps falling;
As if I had been lonely and sad.
Did nature feel as ...
i can’t tell you
what you ought
to be…
i’ m not you
and you ain’t me…
i’m...
Once, I felt like a hole in a river;
Now, I’m floating on waves from the Giver.
A s...
Eggs break and yolks flow…
Broken hearts remain entombed:-
Yet, both are yolk-drained.
...Upon the mountain—
Looking over the valley;
Eyes still on the prize:-
if this age go out in a bang and tomorrow make no sound the last thought of what took place and h...
give it a second and I'll need a minute give me a minute and I'll need a hour give me a hour and ...
Stop
Wait
Let me put on my cape
I’m not
That great
I just said it for yoursake
...Modern Day Slavery, Is that even true?
Us black folk done evolved over time, look at all we been...
The Wonders of Technology, started a revolution
To expand man's perimeters in our bi-partisan co...
I’ve walked through many storms…
I’ve fought my way through many battles.
Came out with a f...
Living incomplete—
Dying likewise is harder:-
Be complete in both.
2022—
Still seeking vote amendments:-
We remain 3/5.
A POETIC LITANY OF POEMS CELEBRATING MLK DAY
The Man…The Spirit
His name was ...
My present and even my future hardships will go as quickly as they came. Beyond the temporary tro...
Brown Skin Girl oh Brown Skin Girl how could it be that the land of the FREE enslaved you for you...
it drives me crazy when someone tells me I don't feel the way I feel I shouldn't feel the way I f...
you can knock a man's legs out from under him but you can't take his legacy who he once was and t...
the first time I saw you I knew I looked a angel in the eyes but you knew I was a devil in disgui...
Pop up out of nowhere like the people.. … but It’s the honeymoon stage.. of course they’re gonna ...
I am not well but what else can go wrong? Nothing! I am exactly where I belong. Praying. Hoping. ...
What do you do when you miss someone, its like life's loaded gun and its been emptied. I am wande...
Let us not wallow in a quixotic stupor;
Becoming their silly food-stamped serfs:-
M...
Where do ideas come from?
And where do they go,
When they've burn out
Turning our possessed mi...
if I stop thinking I can fall asleep but I got to stay woke and on my feet because I don't wanna ...
as quiet as a secret is kept the sicker inside one gets of all the noise and urge to tell the loc...
simplistically I wholeheartedly agree I was raised ritualistically on lies told by those who seas...
never asked for a living life is freely given never asked for a dime out the pocket of some one...
water fell upon night caught in high beam light sleep hard dream lite wake up feeling uptight thi...
This title, A Change Is Comin
Is being commenmerated by a little known artist, to which this tun...
Heart of a child
the genius crouches and crushes
under the weight of the expectations
of a s...
Living in the reflected world
The eyes have it
Images reflect shadows stuck in a world gone...
There’s a battle going on between my heart and mind.
Trying to understand what I am feeling…
...Me
I wasn't quite sure
because of my silly insecurities
but you assured my doubts
I.....
Your words are who you pretend to be,
your actions are who you really...
Long was I away,
Away from my Self
to notice the slow drift
Taking me further down the rift
I...
they say God watches over babies and fools
baby
ive been a fool for so long
I can see the confusion forming across your face
These words that you have spoken so proudly, ...
You can’t stop the sun from rising
nor the waxing and waning of the moon;
nor ca...
Winter is coming
and we are ready—our
hearts are warm and our
spirits burn— with...
We’ve been dancing
To our egos song
Forgetting the subtle
Beat of the soul
Trying to birth it...
Take your time
Breathe in, breathe out,
Take a break
To catch your breath
There is no time?...
Love can be romantical
like holding hands
While walking in the sand
Sending each other kisses
...
There are days
We crave for a bond
As strong as the atoms
Building our bones
There are da...
REMAINING STEADFAST WARM
IN THE STRUGGLE’S SNOWY STORM
Looking out up above
the snow...
Peaked out and everything was covered
White—some things totally invisible—visioning
...OF AN AMAZING GRACE
Awakened from an afternoon nap, I arose
and peeped out through ...
Our hands
All arousing in unison
Our windows to the soul beaming with delight
Throupled ...
except me as I am
perfection wont get me extra credit
it takes too much time to edit
a bridge to cross
no time to keep
forgetting we're lost
over the deep
hate me
chain me
enslave me
beat me
rape me
hang me
choke me
shoot me
"I can't breathe"
...Me loving you
didn't last that long
Me loving her
didn't last that long
Me loving them
d...
blood in the street
death around the corner
sin crouches at the door
I could stay out the rain and still get rained on
I could complain and still get complained on...
if the inevitable happens it won't be a surprise you can see it coming from a mile away if you ...
if we start all over again from the start of being friends it would be hard to pretend like our l...