On both my little bro’s birthday AND Black Poetry Day!
Wholly
I pray you whole
I wish you happy
I hope in your completeness
Chew on the fatness of your own
Because you own
All that can not be taken from you
A million miles
A million thoughts
A moment holdin’ to the truth you bought
And paid for in blood
Whitehouse to the hood
I want for your GOOD
I pray you whole
I pray you whole
I pray
YOU
whole
Wholly
From Black Poetry Day 2015
Criticism
can be
Constructive
Growth can
Often
does
hurt
Petty prides
Cut with malice
Seeking destructive details
Why?
Because
Hurt people hurt people
Proud people
Sad people
Lonely people
Controlling people
Confused people
Normal people
Human people
That’s why
Let’s go viral
Growing up
Getting up
Pulling up
Pushing up
Why?
Why not?
From Black Poetry Day 2013
My family is an amazing maze of triumphs and failures
Heroic acts and artistic neuroses
I love them
More and more
The more I love
The bigger the family gets
There are some
Still lost
In the wilderness
I want them to know
There is a home hearth
Waiting
In my heart
In my house
No judgments
No past
Just now
Just a big hug
And a
Let’s move on
From here
To the legacy