People tell me that I am loved People tell me that it is an uncon… I think I just started to underst… & the rest of his children Although we run into trials, tribu…

I sit in the sacred now In the stillness of this moment Anxious about nothing Do you hear this cry This lowly hum

When the world holds too much to b… When the waters rise When the shadows grow vast and my fear feels overwhelming When men and women run awry

Learn to talk to silence The silence answers with silence A peace that supersedes comprehens… And everything that we think we kn… Find Love in the unknown, in the…

My life has turned completely I once was a lost soul Headed south Not knowing the points on a compas… Spinning around aimlessly

I bet you get told you’re pretty I bet you get told you’re beautifu… It pains me to say that I bet you… It should give you joy that I thi… I can’t describe you in a simple s…

The poet turns on words to create The contemplative turns off his wo… and looks inward To create a poem Learn to talk to silence

Paper crumpled all over the floor,… His mind is clouded with rage As his fist penetrates his bedroom… He stands at attention at the desk… Performing push-ups in the sun, ra…

I too sing America Though I am “disabled” Dis is but a prefix By itself it is nothing Like the horsemen is headless

I. Am. White. Just a man who By the Pigment of my skin Is laden with privilege

Every time I look around I see Y… Everything that has breath Man or woman Beast or tamed Has a purpose

Like a bat in the night He’s running around without A thing in sight Not making a sound But somehow forming waves

Caught in the midst of the Lack of noise But this, deafening silence Makes it seem like I’m Hearing screaming