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

Poem 7/365:2015

in a room of walls
surrounded by silence, I’m
centered not center