For everyone who’s done hard time
and is about that action,
Who’s been on the receiving end
of a cell extraction.
Five pigs in riot armor
line up behind a shield,
Once they assemble
your fate is basically sealed.… Read the rest
>From city to jail blocks
we live behind locks,
The world is much bigger
than this tiny cell box.
But like slaves
of old
confined within the fold,
Only allowed to know
what our enslavers have told
Each of … Read the rest
God is what we do
It includes me and you
The eternity of our deeds
Is determined by serving the needs
Of the planet and the people
Metaphysics doesn’t determine
What is good and evil
What does is the … Read the rest
Racialization is
A status,
On which
The only thing that matters
Is your hue and
Complexion,
And the dark one
Offers no protection
Against being shot by cops
Or suffering insults and offense,
And being treated as if
You … Read the rest
Prison lives matter
lives shattered
living the American nightmare,
We need support
against the courts
how they warehouse us here.
Razor wire plantations
their inspiration
slave pens of old,
Killing fields
riot armor and shields
if the truth be told…… Read the rest
Have you ever considered
you who call yourselves ”nigga”
how much you think like those who enslaved you?
You’ve become willing cattle
better yet chattel
your oppressor’s views now engraved in you…
Way back when
to break slave men… Read the rest
I remember vividly
the last time I cried,
I’d received an envelope
full of photos of children who’d died…
Under the occupation
of the U.S. military,
In the middle east
in their efforts to carry
Out wars in Afghanistan … Read the rest
Tiger eyes
behind them lies
not just vision
but shadows and
visions
indecision
born of loss
pain undeserved
cries kept in reserve
sharp as razor-severed
nerves
her deliverence
nigh
she questions why
it took so long
for this love … Read the rest
I met a woman
strong and fierce
my heart
my mind
my soul she pierced
brought me back
alive
she revived
my will
to not only survive
but thrive
rekindled my
fire
took my spirits higher
made me aspire… Read the rest
protect our women
and girls from violence
against the mayhem
and the silence
of pains
and abuses kept hidden
from the losses and costs
of living
in a capitalist world that
shows no regard
for those whose
labors are … Read the rest
