Life
The thing about desire
This is the thing about desire,
It is not enough
but it is strong enough- for a moment.
Poetry
Do not fret
and when you fret about the now
you are missing that white streak on clear blue sky,
Life
Imagine Truth
Imagine truth showing up at Sunday brunch,
marinading confrontations while Grace overpowers words of advice
Poetry
Freedom
I have a bad habit of saying things, putting them out there then taking them back. Not because I don’t mean them anymore, I always mean what I say; but because the reception was lukewarm. Have you ever eaten warm coleslaw? Or waved at someone you know with such enthusiasm Read more…
Poetry
Parts of me
Parts of me are stuck in time’s farrows
I have dug in the gutter for pieces of me
Still, I am not whole
Poetry
Dear Black Man
No words are enough to describe how powerful you are, black man. I cried writing this, because mine are inadequate. What can I do, to stop their fear of you from taking you from us? They see your power, innate and beautiful and they panic. Black man, you are everything. I love you.
