WHEN TIME IS UP Will you lie in your grave with your gold held up With no one but your treasures to lift you up And hope when you transition to that place way up That somehow you can drag your treasures there up?   When your time is up Will the earth bear your... Continue Reading →

HELLO SELF Conceived in love she made her apparition Nine months in darkness then she found her destination Her birth was long and fraught with perspiration As with pain and cries she burst forth in jubilation   Nurtured in the deep of that African womb Her soul reigned free under clear African moon Organic in... Continue Reading →

They sit and stare at the world each day and each day they stare at Heaven to  pray that someday their life may make hay and they can be free from the fray   They imprint the pavements with bleeding feet the painful clanging of the peddlers bowl for a penny That haunting sounds from... Continue Reading →

For as long as John can remember, he has always had to fight The story of his birth tells the tale so right, of how he fought his mom in the womb and near almost took her to the tomb He has fought every day of his life for his bread, his place, his love... Continue Reading →

A struggle, a clash of opposing forces, strife A collision of ideas, ideologies, emotions & feelings A discord, a twisting, a wrenching of the heartstrings A confusion, illusions of desire of wants and needs all twisted A going forth,  going back, thinking forward, looking backwards A conflict, yet an outreach, a cry for help to... Continue Reading →

BROKEN RIVER The River flows ever so faithfully on its way It carries so much if you look beneath its waves On the surface it is gentle, beautiful, full of grace Beneath the surface lies the heart of grey   The river ebbs and flows with the currents At times it forms its path from... Continue Reading →

Hahahahahahahaha I heard them laugh Hohohohohohohoh I heard him bellow Hihihihihihihihihihi I heard her scream! Hehehehehehehehe they're all rejoicing.   What pray tell is all the commotion about I had to know what this music was I needed to know why I was so affected I knew not of what, but I knew it was... Continue Reading →

Oh poor baby, why so sad, I look in your eyes, and the world has taken your joy Oh poor baby why are you upset, I look at your face, and there's no one there Oh poor girl, why are you in pain, I search your smile, and I see a ghost in its place... Continue Reading →

My Dear Husband, my love, my heart, my soul's friend. By the time you read this it would be midnight as you make your way home from work. By the time you read this, I hope the rain would have stopped in Houston. You see, things have changed since... Look now it's simple!   When... Continue Reading →