Yea Though I Walk…

Head bowed and eyes to God Recital hour of my heart What's my life's mission? Not my heart's wishes but the love that I'm missing Time's ticking The feeling of five minutes left on my test with blank scantron face down on my desk Petitioning your throne for the answers and please don't deny me … Continue reading Yea Though I Walk…

The Benefits (pt. II): Tunnel Visionary

Tunnel visionary Easy going: Missionary History revisionary Contrarily and quite scarily I've seen this before Never before this blurry... Looking backwards through the kaleidoscope is never as colorful The dimensions never as bold The aperture deadens the light source A colorful sea of dreams undisclosed Passionately believing things are better when unforced Yet unforced errors … Continue reading The Benefits (pt. II): Tunnel Visionary

The Punishment Light

Lies at the intersection of UNFORGETFUL PAST & WHAT IF's Meeting at the corner of shame and regret. Serving its purpose demanding a moment of silence from the busy life of satisfying others The silence I knowingly avoid births a moment of reflection in the mirror hanging down from above. No cars, no pedestrians, no … Continue reading The Punishment Light

Character Flaw

Kool Kid Blues Standing alone even in a group The outsider of the in crowd The quiet shouter... Statement makers seldom speak loud Secretly envied possibly But why?...can't understand. Humbly, Accepts praise and takes it in stride modestly. Mostly outstanding but standoffish a bit Genuinely the Good Guy The "Misunderstood at times" shoe fits Mean … Continue reading Character Flaw

The Benefits [Part One]

The more I tell myself to leave, there's another for me, The more I cleave It's not that you don't meet my needs, It's just...it's just... Please, don't take this as a slight I appreciate the heights I think perhaps its the countless long nights... We've devoted so many years to each other It's hard … Continue reading The Benefits [Part One]

My P.S.I. (Prayer of Self Improvement)

My personalized prayer. I encourage everyone to examine and create one. Know your weakness better than the enemy... Lord, When I forget to let you lead, When to your word I do not heed, When I feel we're far apart, Charge it to my head and not my heart. When I'm froggy, hold my feet … Continue reading My P.S.I. (Prayer of Self Improvement)

“Inferiority” Complex

I'm young, gifted and most annoyingly black Should be happy I just don't have to sit in the back, huh? Let's think back to why it is this way... See you tried to break me when my people were slaves Back on the plantation we did all your chores Now I can live in main … Continue reading “Inferiority” Complex