I am not asking for your best wine Nor a three course meal I’m accepting the Lord’s mercy, grace, and a love that seals… Fate, Unity, Life All in a cold cup of water I refuse hate, deceit, and unnecessary pain Humbly basking in joy, devotion, and a peace I claim… Reconciliation, Redemption, Freedom Through…
LORD GIVE ME Lord Give Me Joy so that I can share it Give me strength so troubled I can bear it Give me Light, Lord, so I can shine it A little knowledge so I might find it Then just a taste of comfort so knotted I untwine it LORD GIVE ME Lord give…
There is strength in being Black There is beauty in being Black There is responsibility in being Black There is joy in being Black There is knowledge in being Black There is hope in being Black There is truth in being Black There is history in being Black There is harmony in being Black There…
Originally posted March 2019 I can’t hate you, for if I do I’d have to hate me I’m color blind for only through God’s love can I see I am a man of color they say; yet my family is of mixed race I have grandchildren that have blue eyes like you They share your…
Originally posted November 2018 Daddy dance with me, hold my hands and twirl me ’round Daddy dance with me, let me stand on your shoes so my feet don’t touch the ground Daddy dance with me, please just one more song Daddy dance with me, I don’t want to dance this dance alone Daddy can…
Originally posted April 2018 While I was an infant with an innocent smile, crying kept you up at night I was still mama’s child When I started school you said you were proud, when I played football you stood in the crowd Time past and many things changed; from school to the block is where…
Bypassing the absent minded, Godless lost souls That falsely try to hold onto non-existing hope Empty vessels seeking to be filled with drama Power to create, produce, and extinguish life Oh, so precious, priceless, vulnerable and fragile Sensitive to verbs that define us as men, Black men Scorn, belittlement, degradation is what we serve our…
Take me back to the place that I’ve never been Where she truly loved me and I was never without friends That place where reality always ends in smiles In the blink of an eye I was able to travel in miles Take me back to that place that has no pains or fears Yeah…
Originally posted January 2019 The essence of ignorance is dense It worsens when with stupidity we compliment Our failure to achieve starts with blaming society It stops when with our own actions we claim responsibility This is not that hard to swallow Motivation and a leader I sought to follow I searched high and low…
Exhausted from walking the same path, miles upon miles of the same road taking repeated steps Yearning for a break in Hell’s routine whether it is self-induced, or forced on by the demons that lord over us Impatiently awaiting a call from anyone that we love…anyone that we know, sending missive after missive, our regrets…