Loves... dust, gathered...

all across African landscapes

nature plays as it does upon life

pic...

It's no exageration to say

has not been easy for us...

even though, when we...

Dear Old Black Man at what point will you admit where you have failed?

Where we all have faile...

...dream...

a wave of consciousness, arising...

washes over us, arriving... as we were, sti...

There are ten things that Medicare does not cover

Important things that your dear father and m...

I walked many miles
with shoes on my feet
it felt like walking
bear feet in desert
heat a nev...

you gone make some mad

and in the process you gone

make some proud so

"SAY IT LOUD"

w...

YOU KNOW WHY THEY
GET MAD WHEN THEY HEAR
"BLACK LIVES MATTER"
BECAUSE THEY KNOW
ONCE WOKE WE ...

I came from a broken home
leaving behind pieces of me
in scattered sites when it's
too much li...

long as rain fall there will
be no shortage of tears
we cry for different reasons
we don't kno...

I got hopes I got dreams

that have yet to be seen

even if it's all in the mind

I know th...

Ohhh them red ones start flying high!! That kinda attraction you can’t deny. You see it like a wo...

It’s most def them kids.. they made you change every aspect on how you live! Bring that li...

long life is not a guarantee

cherish the day on the way

tomorrow may never appear

death ...

you are sunshine when it rains
lighten loads when life's a strain
in sickness and health you ea...

didn't mean to hurt you with the words I spoke

didn't mean to hurt you with the words I wrote

mistakes are like beds are made to make, make one might as well make one hundred what counts most...

Kids It's Time To Eat!

My Grandmother Would Scream From The Porch

To Us Children Playing Outsid...

Be Not TooConsumed In Worrying About Death

Instead Be More Concerned If You AreNot Living

T...

Mannequins in Macy's window

Eternally stylish humanoids

Stare vacantly at the 34th street c...

Covid rides again…

Variance halts new normal:-

Children…new victims…

Childre...

I, Tempestuous

The chaos reigns to align

Balance is performed

Out of his love, God

Has given us His greatest

Gift: time…and time has its way:

Indeed, divine wisdom

And wise guidance dwells

In asking…i.e. prayerful

Contemplatio...

Ronald Reagan (bornFebruary 6, 1911) and Harriet Tubman (died March 10, 1913) were alive at the s...

Playing the dozens at school

I somehow kept my cool

As the crowd gathered, I’d never let th...

Back in the early eighties

Kids were snatchin’ emblems off any parked Mercedes

Apparatus fo...

The more it seems like times change, the more it seems it remains the same, forcefully trying to ...

Killing me softly she was nothing like Lauren Hill, digging my grave 6ft deep like Aretha giving ...

Love... Trust...

starting in the ability

...to transform

to a new skill set

...where what was...

If you owe her, you gonna have to pay!! It might be 20 years or 2 days....you gonna spend it eith...

Thoughts—desires of mind;

Truth—reality that is:-

Be aware of both…

Ideology—

While it looks like rain…

Planes go to Haiti…yet…no

Evacuations…

While it lo...

A HOLLOWED OUT SOUND
A TRUMPET MAKES
WINDSTORM DAMAGE
AND BROKEN GATES
STIRRING ECHOES
HELD ...

Ode to the artificial light….

Highlighting, staged sets, covet

Blindsided, hits of glare by...

I TRIED TO WARN YOU
BUT YOU DID NOT LISTEN
A PUDDLE OF WATER
THAT SHINES AND GLISTENS
YOU’RE ...

I FELL ON YOU
IN A MOMENT
OF RELEASE
MANY TEARS
FROM THE SKY
YOU LOOK UP
AND NEVER
QUESTIO...

RAIN CHANCES

IF I WAS THE RAIN
THAT SEEPED THROUGH MY VEINS
IT WOULD TAKE A MINUTE TO
POUR ...

OF PERMANENT SURVIVORS

We must remain who, whose, and what we are;

Survivors of holocau...

You cant expect real friends when you are living a fake life. That was a truth bomb. It dropped a...

By

the Genius

...of love

Being,

spontaneous,

found... us

watching,

Being

*

*

that you

bring

pure energy...

transfer power/time

feeding usef...

Redemption for the Woman in the Mirror

Is this the pinnacle of my life?

Unable to see b...

Summertime vibe flow
Babies, children, young adults, elders.
Music freely flowing through being...

Weight, what just happened is heavy

Richter scales or Nielson sales,

Looking for updates, i...

once...

reflecting back

...in retrospect

at the attack,

which...

left ...

(word dance)

motions

to ebony tuned

rhythms

slicing stolen space

of sable

c...

Said, the windmill ...to the windchime

there's so much work to do,

yet, you're playing all ...

the... buzz

centered within...

each of us, as we

perform

our day to day, process

hustle, bus...

Early today,

brightthis morning,

...just after, i awoke...

washed my face,

brushing my teet...

These are the words unsaid a lot of words I should have said but never said

never spoken out l...

Our bodies tested—

Doubts and fears challenging us:-

Our free minds heat up…

Let me in
I showed up to her house unexpected,
Carefully forgetting every line
This flow is pe...

Dear Ms. Mental Flower

I need your brain for an hr.

Brain me

Train me

Stain me and do...

Sitting down here with a stick,

scribbling in the sand, I looked up

into a space in the...

In my time of loss
God heard my cry,
So He summoned His angels
To be by my side.

Bringing c...

Yesterday marked 30 days to the day
That my life changed forever.
I’ve cried, tearfully smiled ...

A priceless life gone

His memory living on

Residing deeply.

7/24/21 by Juanita J. Smalls

they came to be counted

listening, intently to

their current King...

encircled, by

his coven ...

Come let us master the needed strength

And determination required:-

None of us can ...

Speaking in parables exchanging pain for rain

enhancing gains for the despised and the disdai...

Fun was a time when laughter reigned and i never thought you laughed at me. Joy came when i belie...

Just after taking a dose of the medicine, sanctioned by the Medicare/Medicaid Heaith and Human Se...

Trying to write this, but it is hard to construwith baby so thatct, these feelings since she is g...

time has it’s mirror

reflecting

keloid memories

of pain and joy:>

juxtaposed ...

oceans away

Distant storms

spitting bolts of fire

unleash celestial fury

in monsterou...

I played you like I needed you just needed to be in between you needed a comfortable place to res...

Why must we suffer

...to find peace?

its genius...simplicity, itself...

that there was, ...

breaking down true light...

into component wave lengths

just... to find truth

C2

Hey, I am also

A song

And I am not

Afraid

To sing my

Own tune!

Now ...

Never stop mving forward you hear me, there is nothing you cant do. But the problem is you dont r...

soular winds echoes
oblivious to humans
as our lives unwind

summer nightwinds song

grea...

Counting one's blessings

Preying hands full of fortune

That's right, DOMINOES!

Palms...

(Abandoned Panther In The Jungle)

How long will we allow

Ourselves to be ping-ponge...

Watching and listening to a little Black girl

And a little Black boy playing a game ...

As...

ever, it

...wuz...

written, from
the same old story

THUS
it

...tiz...

Words, hear...

This ni**a I thought was prefect for me

A friend first, one of my best, always there for me

Whe...

Live pond,

Teeming with life—

Seems dead…

SOJOURNING MOON

The moon…

Peeping through clouds,

Moved on…

It can’t be defined;

It’s beyond explanation:-

[It’s a love supreme...]

Learning from Simone—

You can’t help others until

You first help yourself…

Today’s bright sunshine

Will be tonight’s glowing moon—

Both gleaming love’s gifts…...

TICK TOCK…

Pandemic survived…

Liberty…justice…waiting:-

Time has its own way…

as i look over the river valley...

an inner voice, inspiriing something yet unseen

as depth p...

Writing is tough, i mean who cares about this stuff.

Laboring over a piece of paper, or a scr...

Whether in sunshine or moonlight

The fire glows

Deep down inside

Head to toe

Her brilliant beauty is the reflective reflection of god

I miss her when im gone

To...

Early Morning

Purple sun and yellow moon

Your room is still dark

Electric sna...

They Have Known Each Other For Sometime Now Inwhich Prompted ThemTo Meet Up For Drinks

They Met ...

The wizards is always listening Night and day, To protect all of mankind from any major threats t...

I have never seen or been to hell.
But what is there to tell.
All I have ever known.
Is thing ...

When the sky start falling should I run home,
Should I run to a tree or
should I just be me...

I have walls all around me.
But they still can not stop the bullets of fate.
The fate is to l...

The more knowledge you have in life.
The more you think.
The more you try to accomp...

All what I see in front of me.
Is real and help me to make my day.
Feel like a new person.
But...

Looks like rain today and it reminds me of your tears.

Tears that ran like sweat down strong che...

I got pain, but my eyes can't make rain.

To much sand running through my veins.

Using liquor ...

Poetry is flowetry, when you here it, you know it's me.

I mean, who else could it really be.

...

From start to finish,

We got who we were to see:-

The greatest...Simone!

Bef...