Poetry

Reflecting on the movie
The Passion of the Christ
Leads one to question
The compassion of whites

Folks who imagine they right
Inflicting gruesome abuses
Against innocents
Inventing self-righteous excuses

Every outrage portrayed
Against the character Jesus
Was done to 

Our women
Have a “Me alone” mindset
Taught that success means
How much she alone can get

In our communal past
The whole family were providers
It wasn’t one doing alone
The entire village stood beside her

The household wasn’t… Read the rest

It just ain’t white
That you never mention
Race ain’t even real
It’s all an invention

It just ain’t white
Living at the bottom
While all the benefits
The fairer skin has got ’em

It just ain’t white
If we … Read the rest

The intentions
Of those who mean well
Seem well
But often pave the path
To a mean hell
Because when we fail
To take proper measure
Of the limits of our means
But instead find pleasure
In confusing what’s real … Read the rest

One who glorifies Hitler
Sits in the Oval Office
Ordering hits on nation’s leaders
Over morning coffee

In contemplation his lips pucker
Like an offending orifice
With a brat’s disposition
He steals positions by means not nice

Creating economic chaos… Read the rest

Before you
Love songs
Were just an art form,
Now they leave my heart torn
Make my heart mourn

The words are so real
Resonate with me,
Speak to the loss I feel
Make an ache in me,
They feel … Read the rest