Until Next Time
Every top of the hourI just can't help but see you at the top of the tower.The sand in the glass getting lower.Close to the edgeI can see your toes hanging off.Sand trickling downLike the time on a...
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I'm scared of my potentialAnd by not coming on this stage I would just handicap my mental.Now I could use my hands to trace this stencilBut the picture wouldn't be so pretty.Because how can you picture...
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Chasing the sunChasing the lightI need just one more second to keep it in sight.Another day passes.Another black man passes.Can I live?I made it from the jungle,But at night it’s a scary rumble.In the...
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Reality is something we deem real through our eyes Or is it just real lies we prioritize. I don’t know. We fool ourselves into thinking everything is alright. Just good enough not to explode. Souls set...
View ArticlePoison
Poison Not only a substance But anything that misleads you physically, mentally, or emotionally In a way opposite of your original direction of intent A poisonous dart will have you running in the...
View ArticleNerves
Might my nerves keep me from being great? Immensely Shaking. Not a sound slides out. Might they keep me from making a fool of myself? Or maybe my nervous system is a result of the oppression placed on...
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The water and moon have nothing on you baby. Your well never runs dry. Life overflowing from your delicate lips Watering my soul and heart Making me grow at every syllable, You get right to the root....
View ArticlePebble
I’ve always felt like a pebble in the sea. Pushed and pulled in every direction against my will. Never feeling in the right place at the right time. Never asking myself if this is what I want for me....
View ArticleStay Up
Us black folk love to tell others to stay up. Yet we can’t stay up ourselves. Always laying on the ground getting stepped on. They ask us to put our hands up But how much higher can our hands really...
View ArticleLucy
Her fruit was so ripe One touch and everything could bust Losing control from just the sight My mind was windy and my thoughts were cloudy So I was swaying blindly. Thinking she would be lost without...
View ArticleFaucet
Have you ever ran water in a dark room?Light can only travel so far down the faucet.Once the pipe bends only darkness can follow.You can wallow in your tears for they’ll stream down the...
View ArticlePlease Reconnect
Please reconnect your controller.Give your attention back to me.Reconnect your electrical current to my system.Do not let these control systems capture you.Your mind is decaying one half life at a...
View ArticleMatter
Sometimes I forget to look at the points in between my destinations.So focused on point A and B that I ignore the beauty of the journey.Pythagorean taught me that C^2= A^2 + B^2.Leaving no point behind...
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