…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