time and place
are the elements to which
my heart races when your hands
run through my shaved head
as our tonges become intertwined in
involuntary muscle contractions,
thoughts become verbs, fantasies become actions
......you see, I've never been verbally intellectually
kissed in a conversation.
never had the pores on my skin
stand to attention
never thought verbal intercourse
could feel like this
such as your first kiss
such the taste of rum raisin
on a sunday afternoon
where the mood is right
and "I wanna love Yah" is our tune
as afternoons greets the night
our conversations become
manifestations of actions that
can no longer contain our beast within
so we hold each other in our arms
hoping that this lust is driven by
stimulating conversing of kindred
souls, that sees king through her eyes
and queen through his.
we can only wait till the after math.

(dated way back when until I can't remember)

this is when I realize that I am falling for you
in the past week. I can't go a day without hearing you speak
can't go a day with out the sound of your voice
can't imagine not kissing lips that were so
tender, lips that were so moist.
I know these words mean nothing without actions
So allow me my dare to touch your imagination
You are my summer breeze that I long for since
I left my country. When I stare into your eyes
It's like staring into the midnight sky.
Stars and constilations
Moonlights with no verbal communication
Just your arms in mine,
I want to hold you as passionate as no other
so other will be compared to me.
as I would to you.
I want to make love to your mind
make love to your soul
be intimate with the essence that makes
me see in you gems and precious stones.
and funny it has only been a two weeks
yet still when I am with you my knees go week
when you hands touch all over me
when you eyes see inside of me
when we embrace.
I have simply fallen for you.

Silent words

i WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT OUR PROBLEM
EXCEPT I REALIZED THIS WAS NOT YOUR BATTLE
SO SITTING DOWN FINDING A SOLUTION
WOULD SIMPLY BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.

SO I SAT DOWN AND KEPT IT ALL BOTTLED IN
WHEN YOU SPOKE FREELY ABOUT POVERTY.
BEING THAT RACE AND POVERTY NATURALLY
FINDS ITSELF IN THE SAME BED AND CONCEIVES
MY REALITY......... I SIMPLY JUST KEPT IT IN.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT RACE AND POVERTY
CO-EXISTED LIKE SPOUSES AND CRACK COCAINE
BECAME OUR APHRODISIAC IN THE 80'S.
AND IN THE HEAT OF THE STRUGGLE
DIS FUNCTIONAL HOMES.
GENTRIFICATION
SUB-STANDARD EDUCATION
AND GENOCIDE IN THE WAYS OF BLACK ON BLACK CRIME
WERE WERE GIVEN BIRTH
i WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT IT IS WE AND NOT YOU
ARE THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH

I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT IT WAS US
AND NOT YOU THAT WAS HOSED, FIRE BOMBED
AND ATTACKED BY DOGS. HAD OUR LEADERS
ASSASSINATED AND OUR MEN
EMASCULATED.
AND WOMEN REDUCED TO THE IMAGE
OF STRIPPERS, GOLD DIGGERS AND NAPPY HEADED HOES.
WHO WEAR THESE ADJECTIVES PROUDLY
AS IF THERE ON SOME EVERYDAY REALITY SHOW.

I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MANY ARMY
RECRUITERS LAY SIEGE IN MY COMMUNITY
AND BUSINESSES THAT NEVER GIVE BACK
SIPHONE OUR RESOURCES BECAUSE WE DON'T OWN
BECAUSE CITY OFFICALS MAKE SURE WE DON'T OWN
AND ON THE NEWSPAPERS TELEVION AND RADIOS
THINGS LIKE IS THIS ARE NEVER SHOWN

THINGS LIKE THIS ARE NEVER TALKED ABOUT
ONLY IN BARBER SHOPS AND BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
LIKE IF IT BECAME TABOO
TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS
LIKE IF IT BECAME A SIN TO TALK ABOUT
THE BLACK MAN'S CONDITION.
LIKE IF IT IT WAS YOUR PROBLEM AND NOT OURS.