My voice has no volume
for how loud my spirit wants to cry
In this vacuum
Where if I raise my voice I am unheard
And if I breathe I die—
Category Archives: Reflection
Inequality
When an oppressor dictates
how the oppressed can and should protest
it is apparent equality or freedom does not exist
This is the oppressor’s proverbial knee
pressed firmly upon the throat of the people
And any who supports oppression is an oppressor
…doubt is our greatest weakness, fear our greatest obstructor, intolerance our greatest enemy; all of these prevent the ascension to greatness.
If your dream is to be a poet, then also include isolation and rejection. Even one who dreams of being a lover must first except loneliness and heartbreak. Being a poet is to be a lover.
Sometimes you just have to be a candle in a dark room, burning unafraid of what surrounds you and waiting for you to burn out; your light is stronger than the darkness
—Tshombe Sekou
Poem 186/365:2015
born in a ghetto
transplanted into a desert
found the sea and sailed
a seedling grabbing the wind
without fear or choice I grew—wings
Love…
Poem 98/365:2015
Be wind or water…
Poem 8/365:2015
watching a river
reminds me how love rushes
to join a body
