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11-15-14 It would help if you rememberlife is a cycle.It always comes full circle, and thegood and bad balance out. That isthe way of nature. However, whatdoes one do when you have comefull circle, and the ends do not meet?

Sometimes when the wind blows, I think I hear your voice whistling in the breezeI close my eyes and daydream to the sound of you teasing me into a game of love. I dream you are dancing for me, leading me into your oasis of love.I am afraid to open my eyes; I would be … Continue reading Dance For Me

Please don’t make me open my eyesI might lose this dream whereI am holding you in my armsI didn’t realize I had stoppedDreaming until I heard yourvoice I never thought I could feelThis way again; I had forgottenWhat it was like to let my heartSoar Every time I think of you, itLeaves me weak and … Continue reading Call My Heart

My love, will you walk with me? I want to offer youpassage into my soul. It is a journey I have neveroffered to anyone. If you are willing, we will passthrough each other, so our souls are one.I have taken a vow to live this life sharing allI am on my quest to show you … Continue reading Her Light

I love you the way I love my blacknessFrom the top of your head to the solesof your feetI love you the way I love my blacknessI love your hair and the way it flows, like theNile supreme, flowing in its greatness too far offplaces, bold, beautiful, and completeI love your face as it reflects … Continue reading My Blackness

I have written that we can love each other the way we love our blackness, but what does that mean? Can we look at the multitude of shades we are and define the way we love each other? Does our blackness come with an instruction book? Does the book tell us we should favor lighter … Continue reading The Way We Love Our Blackness

America is not America Anymore America is not America anymoreno more golden doors, no lanternslit to welcome the tired and sickAmerica is not America anymorewe no longer open our arms, neverto lend a helping hand, we have ravagedforeign lands, and we dare immigrantchildren to want better.America is not America anymoreour politicians lie and steal from … Continue reading America is not America anymore.

We Wear a Legacy When I think of you, I can feel the earth vibrate under my feet.My legs, broken pedestals, beg my feet to find you.I stood in the shadows, hearing the pejoratives spoken about my soul.I know where you are, but I dare not allow my mind to see the insult he performs.This … Continue reading We Wear a Legacy

3-17-15 It slowly chips away atMy soul, like a faucetThat has a drip, thatwon’t stop.Quietly at first, thenEvermore present inThe depths of my mind.At first, it was just a soundThen it magnifiedto become somethingDifferent.It is in my head, shatteringmy thoughts, chasingmy humanity intoDarkness------I must do somethingBut what? Do I run,Attack it, or let the soundDrown … Continue reading Insanity

Know who you are and the lessons you learned in your home. Believe in yourself; you are your truth. If you believe in something, ride it until the wheels fall off. Love with reckless abandon; it is worth the risk. Try to leave a better world for the children of the future. Treat people better … Continue reading Life Lessons One

When I die, I want to hear Negro spirituals as I did when I came into the world, bathed in the sound of promise and hope. I want the melodic, bone-stirring sound of black folk's history to carry me to the land of forgiveness and justice. I wish to hear my granddaddy's voice booming at … Continue reading I want to hear Negro Spirituals…

Sometimes I close my eyes to escape the sight of mytortured childI watch as she presses her back hard against the barbedwire fences that are the jagged edges of her lifeScreaming desperately to be loved while at the sametime cowering in the darkness because she might be.I would gladly lean my back against the barbed … Continue reading Barbed Wire

I feel all of you. I feel each of you who sits in darkness, surrounded by a room full of people.I see all of you. I see each of you who have let hope slip through your malformed, unable to grasp a better life; though it is what you deserve.I cry for all of you. … Continue reading All of You

She has flung the door open, and the bird gazed out, slowly, ever so slowly. The caged bird stretched her tired wings. One more flight, poised to slip into the night.  Now the constant song has ceased, a lifetime of passionate performances silenced, she is preparing for her death flight. The only thing left is … Continue reading Death Flight of A Caged Bird

I love you based on the promise I made to love you forever. Today reflects the love I will have for you tomorrow. I have loved you each day in a way that defines the platinum standard in our society. You are my Warrior Queen, the one genuine love that protects me and my heart. … Continue reading Sizzled To The Bone