(2014)
My imitation of the haiku form. Syllables (17): 5-7-5
I come to you today Offering to be your knight; Your guardian, The protector of your love... So concrete is my affection:
Do you ever ask yourself, what is… Why are we here? What are we mean… The assurance of death leaves us a… Life is too short, if only we had… What’s the rules? Survival of the…
The angst of life Keeps me up at night Thus I write letters To or For The love I fight for–
What is “black privilege”? My “brutha”, you have no privilege… You have but Right. Yes, you heard me right You have but one.
Perception is deception. From a distance you watch. Up close you listen. Don’t fear the truth.. Protect yourself.
center I’ve given 1,000 speeches Yet, in your presence I’m speechl… Being face-to-face with the epitom… Is truly thought numbing–
You keep your guard up Protecting yourself like a knight. But you’re the queen– Not the knight. You’re more like the day–
Let your pen be your Knife, and paper be your wrist Bleed onto the page
There’s something different about… Sometimes I step back like: “Damn… I look at you and see the moon On the nights where it steals my s… Mesmerizing me with an alluring li…
She wants to go back to where it s… When she was gay and innocent-hear… Never giving less than all of her… It didn’t take her long to realize… When with pigs, all is just never…
center When I hold you, I don’t want to let go. When our eyes meet, I never want to look away.
I’ve been moving through this pool… Dragging these cinderblocks—you’d… I’m tired, tired of everything; Tired of the same ol’ thing, tired… Animals, and tired of human beings…
Since when does a thought not coun… It’s a shame to have so many thoug… But lack the ability to express th… Or to just let someone bury them a… Wasting a brain is starving every…
Windows to my soul, sunk by the sp… Right now fixed on a window to the… “Look in your blindside, tell me w… Are dreams the memories from our f… Trying to capture a moment unseen.…
I’m not perfect– I’m no saint And I won’t claim to be. I only strive to be the best that… I don’t believe in violence Which made boxing kinda odd–