Poetry
Soul Free
SOUL FREE In Honor of Human Trafficking Day & Month I am not a slave. I do not need to be freed to be free. – No one can own a soul. I am not a slave. Why should I be shackled to the name of my keepers? I am not a slave. I cannot be owned, rented or leased. I am not goods or chattel. I am not a Read More
The Very Action of Be
THE VERY ACTION OF BE Granting of beingness Is not just a pose It is life itself Poured from sacred hearts It is instant combustion Of one to another It is the ultimate validation Of supreme existence It is the Holiest Of Holy Go about your business But remember to Grant, Give, Confer, Award, Bestow The very existence of another And their right to live Survive and coexist It Read More
Promise Me This
PROMISE ME THIS Promise me this That you will not succumb to the propaganda Machine That you will not let rhetoric rule your life Promise me this That you will look at every situation objectively and not let emotions cloud your judgments This I ask of you This I ask of myself Lies are destructive falsehoods tantamount to treason Promise me this That you will never be swayed by someone Read More
The Friend
THE FRIEND My childhood was nothing to talk about filled with clouds of introspection and faulty wishes without backbone I felt small and insignificant. I wanted to be tall standing up for myself not stand out in the crowd find me through the noise. There were dreams I forgot to dream and relevances I found irrelevant I needed to detach my roots from the soil of my birth. -O Joy Read More