Inspiring Moments: The Poetic Courage of Victor Micah James E-Book

Michael James Allen

• Herausgeber: BooxAi
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

Inspiring Moments: The Poetic Courage of Victor Micah James are nearly 250 original writings of the 21st-century African American poet Michael James Allen, educator and philanthropist. He posits that poetry removes the stigma of political correctness and the societal moral code of what is
appropriate or inappropriate. Moreover, poetry permits the poet to go from the abyss to luscious green valleys to the mountaintop and write poems that address all topics regarding humanity, from love, hate, apathy to lust, promiscuity to living, death, and dying. Poetry is sublime, of excellence, grandeur, or beauty to inspire great admiration or awe. Removing any bias when readers delve into
each poem, the intent is to make you laugh, cry, and think deeply about the meaning of each poem.
Some of them will challenge and perplex you, and some will make you wonder, like “Suicide 1993,” a
poem about the author’s mother who committed suicide. Or “Blackness,” which deals with discrimination and slavery. Others will provoke you to reflect on some aspect of your life, past, present, and future. So, find that special cuddling and serene space! Indulge! Enjoy!

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Michael James Allen

Inspiring Moments: The Poetic Courage of Victor Micah James

A Kaleidoscope In Poetry

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Copyright © 2023 by Michael James Allen

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Published by BooXAI

ISBN: 978-965-578-627-9

Inspiring Moments: The Poetic Courage of Victor Micah James

A Kaleidoscope In Poetry

Michael James Allen

Foreword

Dominique Jessica Allen

I met the author over 30 years ago; he is my dad. He shared with me his childhood and earlier life of poverty living in Baltimore. It is a life I cannot imagine because of the perks and privileges I was raised in, upper-middle class. I have not met a more gregarious man in my life like him.

As a former ordained-licensed pastor and now educator, he has been helping people; I have heard him share his mantra more times than I care to count (smiling) – “I live to Give! I Give to Live.” Culturally, he appears to be ageless, and he is debonair. He has helped cultivate me into the person I am today and often tells me how proud he is of his Baby Girl.

He is qualified to write, not because he has earned multiple degrees, is an educator, entrepreneur, and an information technology professional, but because his writings reflect some of the interactions he has had helping people.

My involvement with the book was limited, as my dad has an artisan touch with poetry; it invokes curiosity, compels the reader to extrapolate the meanings, and challenges them to consider how poetry is a powerful genre and connects readers to those emotions they would not otherwise.

Contents

1. Inspiring Moment - A Pinch of Salt

2. Inspiring Moment - Abortion

3. Inspiring Moment - Abyss

4. Inspiring Moment - Achilles

5. Inspiring Moment - Adolescence

6. Inspiring Moment - Age of the Politically Correct

7. Inspiring Moment - Airport

8. Inspiring Moment - Alone

9. Inspiring Moment - Alter Ego

10. Inspiring Moment - Amazing

11. Inspiring Moment - Ambition

12. Inspiring Moment - Anal

13. Inspiring Moment - Anchor Sure

14. Inspiring Moment - Angels and Demons

15. Inspiring Moment - Anger My Gift

16. Inspiring Moment - Anonymous

17. Inspiring Moment - Attacks

18. Inspiring Moment - Attempt To!

19. Inspiring Moment - Bag My Pain

20. Inspiring Moment - Bamboozled

21. Inspiring Moment - Bastards

22. Inspiring Moment - Battle

23. Inspiring Moment - Beacon

24. Inspiring Moment - Beautiful Princess

25. Inspiring Moment - Beneath Soil

26. Inspiring Moment - Betrayal

27. Inspiring Moment - Birds

28. Inspiring Moment - Bitches

29. Inspiring Moment - Black Magic

30. Inspiring Moment - Blackness

31. Inspiring Moment - Blessed

32. Inspiring Moment -Blizzard’s Voice

33. Inspiring Moment - Bread

34. Inspiring Moment - Bright-Darkness

35. Inspiring Moment - Broken Orchestra

36. Inspiring Moment - Bull Rope

37. Inspiring Moment - Butterfly

38. Inspiring Moment - Caesar

39. Inspiring Moment - Can I?

40. Inspiring Moment - Can’t Get Enough

41. Inspiring Moment - Cards of Life

42. Inspiring Moment - Chained

43. Inspiring Moment - Chained Mines

44. Inspiring Moment - Change Me No!

45. Inspiring Moment - Chasing the Wind

46. Inspiring Moment - Chirps

47. Inspiring Moment - Church

48. Inspiring Moment - Cloudy Day

49. Inspiring Moment - Coaching

50. Inspiring Moment - Colors

51. Inspiring Moment - Comfort

52. Inspiring Moment - Common Ground

53. Inspiring Moment - Confused Is She

54. Inspiring Moment - Conquest

55. Inspiring Moment - Crossroads

56. Inspiring Moment - Crying

57. Inspiring Moment - Cunningness

58. Inspiring Moment - Daddy’s Girl

59. Inspiring Moment - Dance in Flight

60. Inspiring Moment - Dance with Me

61. Inspiring Moment - Dark Love

62. Inspiring Moment - Darkness

63. Inspiring Moment - Dead Man Bones

64. Inspiring Moment - Desire

65. Inspiring Moment - Destructive Obstacles

66. Inspiring Moment - Disrespect

67. Inspiring Moment - Don’t Tell Me

68. Inspiring Moment - DON’T TEXT BACK

69. Inspiring Moment - Dried Tears

70. Inspiring Moment - Driven

71. Inspiring Moment - Dying to Live

72. Inspiring Moment - Education

73. Inspiring Moment - Embers

74. Inspiring Moment - Enemy

75. Inspiring Moment - Enemy Friend

76. Inspiring Moment - Evil

77. Inspiring Moment - Exits

78. Inspiring Moment - Exposure

79. Inspiring Moment - Family

80. Inspiring Moment - Father or Dad

81. Inspiring Moment - Fatherless

82. Inspiring Moment - Favor

83. Inspiring Moment - Fernanda

84. Inspiring Moment - Fernley

85. Inspiring Moment - Flawed but Mighty Man

86. Inspiring Moment - Flesh

87. Inspiring Moment - Focus

88. Inspiring Moment - Freedom

89. Inspiring Moment - Freedom’s Price

90. Inspiring Moment - Fresh

91. Inspiring Moment - Fresh Honey

92. Inspiring Moment - Fresh Soul

93. Inspiring Moment - Full Account

94. Inspiring Moment - Give Me My Life

95. Inspiring Moment - Give More

96. Inspiring Moment - God

97. Inspiring Moment - Golden Moments

98. Inspiring Moment - Hack My Soul

99. Inspiring Moment - Hatred

100. Inspiring Moment - Haunted

101. Inspiring Moment - Hauntings

102. Inspiring Moment - Her Dyslexia

103. Inspiring Moment - Here

104. Inspiring Moment - Home

105. Inspiring Moment - Home-going

106. Inspiring Moment - Hurt

107. Inspiring Moment - I Am More

108. Inspiring Moment - I Dance!

109. Inspiring Moment - I Drink the Darkness

110. Inspiring Moment - I Grapple

111. Inspiring Moment - I Know Why the Caged Man Sings

112. Inspiring Moment - I May Live

113. Inspiring Moment - I Stand

114. Inspiring Moment - Ice

115. Inspiring Moment - If I am To Live

116. Inspiring Moment - Impatience

117. Inspiring Moment - Infinity

118. Inspiring Moment - Insensitivity

119. Inspiring Moment - Integrity

120. Inspiring Moment - It’s Not Every Day

121. Inspiring Moment - It’s Where I Dwell

122. Inspiring Moment - Kaleidoscope

123. Inspiring Moment - Knives

124. Inspiring Moment - Know

125. Inspiring Moment - Ladder

126. Inspiring Moment - Laughter

127. Inspiring Moment - Laying Here

128. Inspiring Moment - Leaves

129. Inspiring Moment - Legacy Nest

130. Inspiring Moment - Let Me Be

131. Inspiring Moment - Letters

132. Inspiring Moment - Liberty

133. Inspiring Moment - Life 1

134. Inspiring Moment - Life 2

135. Inspiring Moment - Life Support

136. Inspiring Moment - Light My Soul

137. Inspiring Moment - Loneliness

138. Inspiring Moment - Love

139. Inspiring Moment - Love Reveals

140. Inspiring Moment - Loyalty 2

141. Inspiring Moment - Luggage

142. Inspiring Moment - Lust

143. Inspiring Moment - Marriage

144. Inspiring Moment - Martyr’s Sword

145. Inspiring Moment - Matriarchs

146. Inspiring Moment - Men

147. Inspiring Moment - Midnight

148. Inspiring Moment - Mirrors

149. Inspiring Moment - Monster

150. Inspiring Moment - Mother

151. Inspiring Moment - Mountains

152. Inspiring Moment - Must I Run?

153. Inspiring Moment - Must Not Stop

154. Inspiring Moment - My Color

155. Inspiring Moment - My Cotton Fields

156. Inspiring Moment - My God Reigns

157. Inspiring Moment - My Liberty

158. Inspiring Moment - My Monster

159. Inspiring Moment - My River

160. Inspiring Moment - My River Lives

161. Inspiring Moment - My Say

162. Inspiring Moment - My Shadow

163. Inspiring Moment - My Song

164. Inspiring Moment - My Symphony

165. Inspiring Moment - Mysterious

166. Inspiring Moment - Nameless

167. Inspiring Moment - Nectar

168. Inspiring Moment - Never

169. Inspiring Moment - Nigger

170. Inspiring Moment - No

171. Inspiring Moment - No Longer the Shamed

172. Inspiring Moment - Noonday

173. Inspiring Moment - NorthStar

174. Inspiring Moment - Not Enough

175. Inspiring Moment - Nuts and Bolts

176. Inspiring Moment - Omo Children

177. Inspiring Moment - Platonic Love

178. Inspiring Moment - Poor Man

179. Inspiring Moment - Proclivities

180. Inspiring Moment - Protecting My Name

181. Inspiring Moment - Pulpit

182. Inspiring Moment - Purgatory

183. Inspiring Moment - Purpose

184. Inspiring Moment - Rain on Righteous

185. Inspiring Moment - Rain on Unjust

186. Inspiring Moment - Rare

187. Inspiring Moment - Reaching Through Time

188. Inspiring Moment - Real

189. Inspiring Moment - Redbones

190. Inspiring Moment - Resilience

191. Inspiring Moment - Resurrection

192. Inspiring Moment - Reveal

193. Inspiring Moment - Revolution

194. Inspiring Moment - Right Mix

195. Inspiring Moment - Rigid

196. Inspiring Moment - Rising Water

197. Inspiring Moment - Sacrifice

198. Inspiring Moment - Sales

199. Inspiring Moment - Sawdust

200. Inspiring Moment - Sea of Glass 1

201. Inspiring Moment - Sea of Glass 2

202. Inspiring Moment - Seasons

203. Inspiring Moment - Setbacks

204. Inspiring Moment - Shadowing My Hurt!

205. Inspiring Moment - Shall I?

206. Inspiring Moment - Shattered Windows

207. Inspiring Moment - Silence 2

208. Inspiring Moment - Silence 3

209. Inspiring Moment - Silent Message

210. Inspiring Moment - Slaves

211. Inspiring Moment - Sleep

212. Inspiring Moment - Smell

213. Inspiring Moment - Smiles

214. Inspiring Moment- Sneakers

215. Inspiring Moment - Social Media Insensitivity

216. Inspiring Moment - Strange Love

217. Inspiring Moment - Strength, Grace, Wise

218. Inspiring Moment - Suicide 1993

219. Inspiring Moment - Swift Decision

220. Inspiring Moment - Taboo

221. Inspiring Moment - Tempting Me

222. Inspiring Moment - Thanksgiving

223. Inspiring Moment - Tickle

224. Inspiring Moment - Tomorrow Has Come

225. Inspiring Moment - Tongue

226. Inspiring Moment - Touch the Deep

227. Inspiring Moment - Unbox My Freedom

228. Inspiring Moment - Unlaced Feet

229. Inspiring Moment - Unquestionable

230. Inspiring Moment - Vengeance Freedom

231. Inspiring Moment - Virginity

232. Inspiring Moment - Wasted Joy

233. Inspiring Moment - What is Love?

234. Inspiring Moment - Where Mountain Sets

235. Inspiring Moment - Where?

236. Inspiring Moment - While I Live

237. Inspiring Moment - Whisper

238. Inspiring Moment - Whisper in My Ear

239. Inspiring Moment - White Hands

240. Inspiring Moment - Who Am I

241. Inspiring Moment - Who Is She?

242. Inspiring Moment - Wilderness

243. Inspiring Moment - Wind

244. Inspiring Moment - Without Hope?

245. Inspiring Moment - Women

246. Inspiring Moment - YOU

247. Inspiring Moment - Your Say

Who is Victor Micah James?

Inspiring Moment - A Pinch of Salt

Saturday, January 9, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Flavor me with

A pinch of salt

Crucial to my health

That my nerves

And muscles

Maybe at stealth,

The main source of

sodium and chloride ions

Not supporting cons

But helping to

Purify heart that

I may live on,

Flavor me with

Pinch of salt

Else my pressures low

Putting me in

a dangerous state

Stopping the go.

Regulate my body fluids

Makes me feel suited.

Providing me with the time

Keeping me on the dime,

Keeping to the

Minimal amount

The flavor enhancers

That is a must

Balancing my

Mind, soul, and body

Keeping things adjusted,

Let no one steal

Your pinch of salt

Else the dangers

Be real

Certainly, keeping it

It is a must,

It is a big deal

Cannot live

Without a pinch of salt

Always securing your arrival

But the most important is

A pinch of salt

Keeps you alive

2:02 PM

Inspiring Moment - Abortion

Wednesday, January 13, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

I am human

At 24,

Yet many weeks

are needed for sure,

My organs are there

Designed with care

Yet, in extreme cases

I could no longer

Be here.

There are some

Who says it right,

Others who say

It is wrong

To destroy my

Soul and body,

The first ten weeks

There are two types

To take away my

Precious life,

Both medical

And surgical

Must it be by aspiration

Or dilation and evacuation,

They have no idea 

Of what I could be

Or how God was going

To use me

To be all He wants me to be

8:24 PM

Inspiring Moment - Abyss

Friday, October 6, 2017, Linthicum Heights, MD - Superior Vision 939 Elkridge Land Rd (Work)

The 10th Year - Abyss

The abyss! Hell!

How much longer must the coals burn?

Where is the rain?

Who on earth cares about my soul?

It doesn’t matter if I am growing old!

The abyss! Hell!

Ten years of no-touch!

The burning within is hot.

The mind is scorched.

Loneliness is a dagger.

Pricking the brain.

Where can love be found?

Must I die alone?

The abyss! Hell!

Ten years of no-touch,

Torching me by intent,

Orchestrated schemes,

Plotting my destruction.

Shall I go down like mother?

I am too strong for that,

Nothing in life will cause that setback.

The abyss! Hell!

Ten years of no-touch,

She laughs in her night,

And during high noon,

She tells her kin,

She desires want,

But not willing to pay the price.

Hostility is her anchor!

Scorn is perverted!

Laughter is devious!

The abyss! Hell!

How much longer must the coals burn?

Where is the rain?

Who on earth cares about my soul?

It doesn’t matter if I am growing old!

What good is it to have a home

Paid for that you own?

When no one is home.

It’s like living in prison,

With no connection to a phone!

Silence in the night,

Mute moments at noon,

Tongue cut off much too soon!

The abyss! Hell!

Ten years of no-touch.

She laughs in her night,

and during high noon,

She tells her kin,

She desires want,

But not willing to pay the price.

Hostility is her anchor!

Scorn is perverted!

Laughter is devious!

The abyss! Hell!

How much longer must the coals burn?

Where is the rain?

Who on earth cares about my soul?

It doesn’t matter if I am growing old!

Ten years of no-touch!

Ten years of no-touch!

Ten years of no-touch!

Ten years of no-touch!

The abyss! Hell!

The abyss! Hell!

The abyss! Hell!

8:45 AM

Inspiring Moment - Achilles

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Towson, MD - Hip Hop Carry Out Towson

Achilles my weakness

Tortured running

Path of mind

Yet the force

Does not renege

Playing my fiddle

Pull down

Fighting the up

Yet knowing

The struggle

Will not stop

No one knows

The abyss

Or the strangle

Hold

Yet daylight

Is midnight

No laying

In bed

But dream

If what

Could be

Just a tender

Moment would

Break the dark

No one but

God sees

My head

What’s feeding

My soul

Yet I must

In earnest

Not to succumb

Achilles my weakness

Tortured running

Path of mind

Yet the force

Does not renege

This sea of

Drought

Dust under feet

Drawing me to

A defeat

I dare not

Claim what

Rips my soul

The inner strength

Knees fighting bold

6:18 PM

Inspiring Moment - Adolescence

Sunday, February 25, 2018, Linthicum Heights, MD - Superior Vision 939 Elkridge Land Rd (Work)

On a journey

Hard years

From puberty

To adulthood,

New pathway life!

New discoveries!

Potential dormant!

Hope aspiring!

Great adventures!

New perspectives!

Kaleidoscopic Vision!

Some black-white,

No gray area,

Not insight!

Naive living!

Brilliant minds!

Raw talent!

Period of life!

Challenges daunting!

Channeling anger!

Overcoming!

Social status must!

Friends are gods!

Aloof moments!

Glitches of love!

Fitting in needed!

Education important!

Some do care,

Others living debonair,

Visionary dreamers,

Gold is attainable,

Silver in reach,

Settling for bronze,

On hard road!

Magic numbers,

Transitional stages,

Between 13 - 19,

Up/down phases!

Maturity roadblocks!

Dangerous game tags!

Brain under development,

Sexual maturation,

Strong emotions,

Love and infatuation,

Testosterone and hormones,

A contentious fight!

Leaving some broken!

Others calling night!

Experimentation!

Sexual orientation!

Meeting of minds,

Discoveries find!

Mood swings helpless,

Normally feed-in,

Overcoming the hurt,

around the bend,

Personality changes,

Without a doubt!

Making through the labyrinth!

Coming on top.

8:40 AM

Inspiring Moment - Age of the Politically Correct

Sunday, September 5, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

We March to the

Politically correct

Never ceasing

To detect

There are hidden ploys

Of personal agendas

People seeking more

It’s wrong

To speak

words of harm

When you do

It sounds an alarm

Those who

Endorse this

New day

Have forgotten

How honesty

Will pay

Shoot the messenger

Delivering the plan

And Action Groups

Are ready to demand

When the wind

Drift in

New sand

Carrying fake news

As if a pre-plan

Hearing new voices

Giving new choices

Say it loud

Enough

And kick up

New fuss

Not seeing

The disguise

How the

Instigators have

Planted lies

To reap

The dollar value

Of cunning alibis

With swift deliberation

and subtle communication

New laws are

Given implementation

And when masses

Find out the passages

Uproars are

Now blasted

We March to the

Politically correct

Never ceasing

To detect

There are hidden ploys

Of personal agendas

People seeking more

It’s wrong

To speak

words of harm

When you do

It sounds an alarm

1:30 PM

Inspiring Moment - Airport

Sunday, February 25, 2018, Baltimore, MD - BWI Airport - to San Antonio, Texas

Energized people,

Coming to from,

Chained to luggage!

Terminal buildings,

Numbers are gods,

FIDs are essential,

Transition routes,

Speaker system king,

Wi-Fi a must!

Food stalls important,

Satisfy the gut,

Souvenirs wanted,

Reminder where been,

Something for loved ones,

And special friends,

Boarding passes,

Without humans!

Dispense from machines,

Computerized technologies,

Generates with ease,

Carry on bags,

Limited in size,

Stewards courteously kind!

9:37 AM

Inspiring Moment - Alone

Monday, July 9, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery – N.P Cooke Funeral

Alone!

Rise at sunset

Lay down at dawn,

Mind in twilight,

Distant from iPhone!

Who is there?

Do they care?

Island midnight

Alone!

Moon dancing,

Sun high

Noonday lullaby,

Feeling insecure,

No love near,

No heart cheers,

Castaway island,

Longing for home,

Bridging nowhere,

Blitz no more,

Reaching skyward

Opening new doors!

Fear not optional,

Shoulders broad high,

Believing, trusting loving

Alone,

Winds from left,

Cold from right,

Laying alone

Night after night!

Heart pulsating,

Pressure control,

Living life boldly,

Carrying my load,

Not counting days

Living a life,

Reaching for success

Always in sight,

Keys in door,

No one home,

Longing for companionship,

Living alone,

Cords of optimism,

Holding together,

Keep me light,

Floating like feathers!

Alone!

Rise at Sunset

Lay down at dawn,

Mind in twilight,

Distant from iPhone,

Who is there?

Do they care

Island midnight

Alone!

2:12 PM

Inspiring Moment - Alter Ego

Wednesday, October 25, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Rotunda 711 W. 40th Street - DTP Tutoring Center

Who’s there?

To whom am I speaking?

Why should I say something, “You?”

Who me? No, I!!

I am a pacifist. No, I am a fighter.

No, you lie!!

Who me? No, I!!

I am a gangster and hard as a rock,

No, I am as soft as cotton and will not knock,

I smile every day and every hour,

No, I frown because of the beatdown!

I long, and I lust and like kinky things,

I don’t think impure thoughts or scenes!

Who me? No, I!!

Who’s there?

To whom am I speaking?

Should I say something, “You?”

I like chocolate breasts!

No, I like red bone!

I desire a hot-looking girl.

No, I desire a fellow.

I like to dress conservatively.

I prefer the erogenous.

Who me? No, I!!

Who’s there?

To whom am I speaking?

Should I say something, “You?”

I praise my God

I praise my devils

I walk in the light of darkness

I walk in the darkness of light

I prefer to be alone

I will instead be with the crowd

I have proclivities and fetishes

I dare not think something amoral

Who’s there?

To whom am I speaking?

Should I say something, “You?”

6:30 PM

Inspiring Moment - Amazing

Tuesday, February 27, 2018, Baltimore, MD - BWI Airport - from San Antonio, Texas

Have I told you?

Amazing!

You are loved

Amazing!

You are adored

Amazing!

Speaking you say,

Nothing but everything,

You are motion in silence!

You dance salaciously

With dignity!

Pride dresses you!

Have I told you?

Amazing!

You are my heart!

Cause my soul to cry,

waking me in the middle night,

Fantasizing at dawn!

I am drooling at dusk!

I am panting at midnight!

Eye mesmerize,

Spell me!

Amazing!

Lips glossed sweetly!

Pulsates the blood!

No-touch,

Glares and glances,

the secret weapons you are!

Under the covers!

Not the sheets,

No sex!

No-touch!

No desire!

No lust!

Watching, not a voyager,

Not a Peeping Tom,

Amazing!

It makes me want you!

Never having you!

Calls my name,

Not driving me insane!

Just a dream!

Have I told you?

Amazing!

You are loved,

Amazing!

You are adored

Amazing!

Speaking you say

Nothing but everything

You Wake me up

Amazing!

Whew!

Everything I dreamt,

All that I want,

The inner you from

without,

Feeling the essence

of touch!

You tickle my soul!

Drown my melancholy!

You bring me hope!

Draws me in

I see!

I hear!

I long!

Amazing!

Have I told you?

Amazing!

You are loved!

Amazing!

You are adored!

Amazing!

7:20 PM

Inspiring Moment - Ambition

Sunday, August 18, 2019, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

How I live!

What must I give?

Shall I be sieved?

Reigning on

This island

Deprived

Or is this

A menagerie of

Bogus lies?

Who said

I must be here

Incarcerated in

My fear?

Who shackles me

In my kind

Seeing not

A kaleidoscope

Of a world

That is and isn’t

kind!

Bad hombres

Exists

And mujer to,

Should not

Dim the tide

Of seeing the new!

Walking this

Elephant

In fields of

Green,

Yet seeing

Horrific scenes!

What strength

Must I pull

To keep up

The pace?

Is there a way

Not to lose

This race?

Strongholds tempting me

Calling my name

But I am holding my

Ground

Protecting my claim!

Ingratitude bastards,

Like vultures flying

Overhead,

Wishing me nothing

No success

But dread!

Must not let

Anyone

Cripple my soul,

For I have Vision

That courageous and bold,

Fighting my demons,

Meeting fate,

Picking my premise,

In this debate,

See my syllogism strong,

Know I will

Overcome any wrong.

How I live!

What must I give?

Shall I be sieved?

Reigning on

This island

Deprived

Or is this

A menagerie of

Bogus lies?

Swift days

Long nights

Yet flying high

Ad a kite,

Not let the

Strings

Entangle

My hope,

But mentally

Keeping

My boat afloat.

Keep on dreaming

When the odds

Seem tight

Be willing to

Die for the

Cause

That I fight!

Let not enemy

Family or friend

Destroy the

Ambition

That lay within.

12:07 PM

Inspiring Moment - Anal

Wednesday, July 3, 2019, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Precise beyond measure

Provides deep pleasure

Some people don’t understand

Others receive reprimand

The daily joy

A thing toyed

Aligning in a row

Going at it 

As the gratification grows

Phew! The mind beholds

Not caring

What others told

Moving forward daily

With a heavy load

Retentive about

What goes in

Fussy about outcomes

To the very end

Anal

The satisfaction it brings

Euphoric pleasures

Makes one sing

At the end of the day

Or larking night

Will not give in

Without a fight

Twisted mind is called

Like a graffiti artist

Will not give in

Will not take away

An entrenched lifestyle

Day after day

Most misunderstood

Putting it in

Never wanting it out

Creates a mystery

Causes doubt

Anal

7:29 AM

Inspiring Moment - Anchor Sure

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, Baltimore, MD - Prometric (Work)

Could I operate

In fear

Or keep the faith

Because fear is a bear?

Or bear my assault,

It makes me strong,

Even when my world

Falls apart!

All things have gone wrong!

The anchor sure,

Against my floor,

Yet tempting 

To pull me

Far from shore,

The currents trouble

Bent with force

My anchor holding

By mental choice.

The surf prevails

Over my bower,

Directing to me

What it won't allow,

The strength required

To stay afloat

Refusing the force

To sink my boat.

The materials

And substance made

Standing upon them

I refuse to fade!

My joy anew,

The faith beyond,

Keeps me from

Dusk to dawn!

I dare not say

is an easy task,

Troubles come

But not to last.

The winds repent not,

The sounds surreal

Forces me

Not to appeal,

Resolve intact

Thought my boat

would rock

I have past

Many, tick-tock!

Could I operate

In fear

Or keep the faith

Because fear is a bear?

Or bear my assault,

It makes me strong,

Even when my world

Falls apart!

All things have gone wrong!

The anchor sure,

Against my floor,

Yet tempting 

To pull me

Far from shore,

The currents trouble

Bent with force

My anchor holding

By mental choice.

1:52 PM

Inspiring Moment - Angels and Demons

Wednesday, July 3, 2019, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

I hear the voices,

Angels of light,

Demons of darkness,

Calling my name,

Angel guiding me,

through the fire

Demons stretching bob-wire,

An insidious cornucopia,

Of sinister delight,

Engaged in a battle,

A combative fight.

I hear the voices

Angels of light,

Demons of darkness,

Multitude of decades,

Angel protective liberty,

Demons setting blockades,

Taunting my mind,

Spewing lasciviousness, unkind,

Shrills echoing pain,

Labyrinths designed to drain,

What warfare this,

Strangleholds amidst!

I hear the voices

Angels of light,

Demons of darkness,

Sleeping in my bed,

Angels melodious melodies,

Demon’s songs of dread,

Tossing and turning,

Soul on fire burning,

Screaming in noon light,

A horrific flight,

Help me, please,

Give the keys,

Don’t let me drown,

Deliverance will abound!

I hear the voices,

Angels of light,

Demons of darkness,

Angels giving guidance,

Demons giving lies,

Railing harmful alibis,

Sleepwalking nights,

Boxing gloves on,

Challenging day born,

Heart riptide racing,

Try to control pacing,

Scream, scream, scream,

It’s all a dream?

I hear the voices,

Angels of light,

Demons of darkness,

It’s no dream,

Blood on my pillow,

Running down in streams,

Demons laughing,

Fun, full of joy,

Goalie hit to destroy,

Angels refereeing,

Seeing the playing field,

Promise my deliverance,

Giving God’s seal,

Now demons are running,

Defeated in the fights,

I have peaceful nights,

Victorious living,

God’s constant light!

5:55 PM

Inspiring Moment - Anger My Gift

Saturday, September 25, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

My anger is a gift.

That I must have

It helps me to grapple

The meaning of life

When right is wrong

And wrong is invisible

When hurt is purposed

Without conscious care

Or the neglect of

Love

Blocks the forest trees

My anger is a gift

That justifies the retreat

When the riptides emerge

And struggle swimming in parallel

To the shore

Never panicking for

Uncertainty

Accepting the challenge

When anger flares

Believing that calm

Will emerge

My anger is a gift

That I must have

It helps me to grapple

The meaning of life

When right is wrong

And wrong is Invisible

When hurt is purposed

Without conscious care

Or the neglect of

Love

Blocks the forest trees

My anger is a gift

That justifies the retreat

When the riptides emerge

And struggle swimming in parallel

To the shore

Never panicking for

Uncertainty

Accepting the challenge

When anger flares

Believing that calm

Will emerge

My anger is a gift

That I must have

It helps me to grapple

The meaning of life

When right is wrong

And wrong is Invisible

When hurt is purposed

Without conscious care

Or the neglect of

Love

Blocks the forest trees

My anger is a gift

That justifies the retreat

When the riptides emerge

And struggle swimming in parallel

To the shore

Never panicking for

Uncertainty

Accepting the challenge

When anger flares

Believing that calm

will emerge

9:47 PM

Inspiring Moment - Anonymous

Friday, January 1, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

I could not hear her.

But I could see,

More than anything

She was my enemy

Of the soul!

A horrendous dark friend

Never accepting the

Mirror on the wall

Always masterfully

Being the center of the ball,

Using wit, lying,

And charm

Not even caring

About those she harms

Taking everything

As joking

Never filtering

Or even realizing

Those she was choking!

So many people,

Family members,

Other kin,

Came to also

Realize she’s an

Enemy and not a friend!

Intellectually sharp

As she could be,

Academically smart

As a flying lark,

Wanted to be grown,

Beyond her years,

Dared to come out

Without consequences

Or fear!

Brags about those

She can attract,

But clueless

About how karma will impact.

Thief and a robber,

Plays psychological games

As she attempts

Having moments of fame!

Her success was built

On what others gave,

Yet her ideology,

And grandstanding

Leaves her lame!

I could not hear her,

But I could see

More than anything,

She was my enemy

Of the soul

A horrendous dark friend

Never accepting the

Mirror on the wall

Always masterfully

Being the center of the ball.

1:34 PM

Inspiring Moment - Attacks

Monday, June 5, 2017, Baltimore, MD - YMCA Parking Lot 900 E 33rd St

Attacks

Attack my soul and bless me!

Call me Nigga, and I will still respect you,

Curse me, and I will love you,

Piss on me and tell me it's raining, and I will tell the truth,

Anger me, and I will smile at you,

Con me, and you will witness discernment.

Attacks

Gossip about me, and I will tell you my story!

Ridicule me, and I will stand like lightning.

Lie on me, and I will be like yeast bread in an oven,

Hit me, and I will show the definition of resolve,

Pretend that you love me, and I demonstrate authentic armor,

Betray me, and I show you what deliverance means.

Attacks

Set me up for failure, and I will display agility!

Sensor me, and I will show you a revelation,

Attempt to destroy me, and I will emerge as a gladiator,

Shoot me, and I will show you how the God I serve will protect me,

Circumvent my vision, and I will enlighten you,

Cut me, and I may bleed, but you will witness a special anointing.

Attacks

6:22 PM

Inspiring Moment - Attempt To!

Sunday, August 1, 2021, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Hemmed this body,

Say no more, 

Attempt to destroy  my mind 

Get past my door, 

Seeing the witness 

In poisoning pain,

Refusing to

accept being maimed, 

Running the distance 

No matter the height, 

Forging the  unknown 

With tenacious sight, 

damming the obstacles 

But pressing ahead 

Reminding myself

I am alive, not dead,

When the bow breaks

And the precipice near

Reminding self to

have no fear,

Grappling with hopes 

Never give up dreams 

Creating a life 

Masterpiece of bright, 

Colors and themes 

Knowing the Lurkers 

who plot and scheme, 

Who’s the spirit of darkness

Is hollow and mean, 

Yet never accepting 

The calamities 

Even at tsunami heights 

With God-given 

Witness navigating

Broken dikes. 

10:33 AM

Inspiring Moment - Bag My Pain

Monday, June 24, 2019, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Bag my pain,

Toss it away,

Silence the hurt,

Stop the play,

Fooling with head,

Like I’m dead,

Waited all day,

Held at bay,

Lying true words,

Flying the birds,

Shitting on me,

Not begging plea,

Knife in back,

Syllogistic attack,

Pawn on a chessboard,

Trying to checkmate,

Causing testy debate!

Bag my pain,

Toss it away,

Silence the hurt,

Stop the play.

What false sunshine,

Cause a decline,

Mental, emotional state,

Can’t not relate,

Smooth as satin,

Nailed your pattern,

Playing your roam,

Daily at home,

Leave me alone,

Don’t call the phone,

Bag my pain,

Toss it away,

Silence the hurt,

Stop the play!

Gave you heart,

You shot dart,

Cruelty cuts apart,

Fresh new bread,

Tasty wholesome delight,

Forgetting hellish past,

No more midnights.

Bag my pain,

Toss it away,

Silence the hurt,

Stop the play!

9:58 AM

Inspiring Moment - Bamboozled

Friday, May 8, 2020, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Must I take

This living thing

That says they

Really care

When beneath

The red blood

Flowing heart

A darkness

Lurks near,

When winter comes

And freezes the soul

It makes matter

Far worse,

Have I been bamboozled

Where is my hearse?

I give my life

helping others in need

they planted corrupted seed!

Through treachery and

Hatred and jealousy

Ripping my heart apart,

Yet I push

The coffin lid

And rise again

On my bed,

To hold my ground

get back in the race

Must I take

This living thing

That says they

Really care

I take my

New mountain.

9:06 AM

Inspiring Moment - Bastards

Thursday, June 28, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Home - Man Cave

Bastard, I am

Not because of me

But mother be

Child of night

Look in mirror

Believe what I see

The charcoal color

Of father in me

Bastard, I am

Not because of me

But Sperm donor

and the moment

No father

No bother

Had the cow

Milked it too

Ghetto housing

No electricity

Kerosene lamp living