Twas the night of Friday And all through the brick house Every creature was stirring Oh God! Is that a mouse? A pair of yoga pants hung from the silver chandelier soaring in the air Because Jimmy spilled hot cocoa Over Jenny’s freshly dyed hair That rolled down her back And onto her legs greatly…
Tag: Life
Reboot
Disappear away from existence Slip into another dimension Fall in another plane Hide away in an alternate universe Where wrong is right Hard is easy Down are ups Failures are triumphs And struggles are uncomplicated Sometimes you need time To reexamine, readjust, and redirected Then get your head back in the game The game that…
Question Mark
Life is a question mark A mystery never solved A cliffhanger never understood Suspense brewing at every turn Everyday uncharted Every year unknown Plans are useless Strategy is counterproductive Because life is a Question mark Ending a sentence Forever to be determined.
B.S. Degree
Two thousand nine hundred and twenty days That’s how long it to you to get to that chair That chair in the gym usually commandeered for Basketball Games Or that auditorium mostly occupied for concerts by whichever pop princess comes to town Two thousand nine hundred and twenty days You rose before the sun Wolfed…
The Beast of Life
Tethered to nothing but a wish and a dream Floating in unsettling gravity Grappling for a branch or twig to grasp onto A mere ledge to hold you afloat In this life there are but few certainties You will be born into a world of instability Haunted by fears that infect your decent soul Festering…
Mysterious Island
I’m an island with no name Floating in the Pacific without tourist to call my own No boats dock on my plentiful beaches No feet dance in my tantalizing sand No eyes fall in whimsical wonderment while staring upon my pristine water No soul devours my delectable fruit Birds fly over, not wanting to rest…
Boredom
Like watching paint drying on a colonial barn door Brain cells exploding with rising trepidation Blood boiling with annoyance Waiting for time to soar towards its apex Bring upon the sweet pleasure of chaos The wild rapid ride of uncertainty Rain upon my senses the confusion of complexity The welcomed bliss of excitement Shine upon…
We Are Queen
We are the queen of this land you call home Civilizations were born from our wombs Suckled in our bosom Rested on our hips Protected in our arms And flourished from our wisdom We aren’t a queen We are the queen We hail from the land as old as time We are Africa Mother…
My Foundation
Like a wooden knob dangling at the end of a chain from the ceiling fan I hang on every last word of God in this world Walking through the fire Trekking through the forest Seeing in the dark Hearing through the nonsensical noise that obstructs my ears. I cling to the word of God Stopping…
What Blackness Means To Me
What is Blackness you ask? Blackness is not the color of our skin For that is only the God-given crown that makes us shine Blackness is the beauty of a reemerging flower Blooming in the spring time Blackness is beauty like Nefertiti, Cicely Tyson, Angela Basset, and Lena Horne Blackness is dignified Blackness is regal…
Peppermint Sunshine 