Tip Toeing

Tip toeing through pastures patiently with no shoes on
Heading north towards the moon hoping our people can move on
Risking our everything walking carefully under the rail road
Realizing that freedom can become nothing but fools gold
Finding hope in the scriptures newest edition that they wrote
Telling us this is why we are where we are as our peers choke
Due to the neck ties they place around our necks to impale us
And now for there entertainment as we ride on a jail bus

For Her

I don't argue with her
I'm attracted to her
Distracted from the bullshit
I've been impacted by her
My worries overcome
My stress compacted by her
She makes life easier for me
I am elastic for her
Bending the rules I've set for love
There is no lacking for her
So I'm up early home on time
I try and practice for her
Making sure I don't detract back
To what aggravates her
Lying, cheating, and dealing
They stay in the past just for her
I move faster for her
No deviations from the norm
My hearts been captured by her
The sole possessor of my love
My soul is active for her
I'm out the hole my debts are paid
I don't look back cause of her
I see the future it's so clear
This rhyme is crafted for her
Hoping my love will understand
I am not acting for her
Write these words down on this page
An show my actions to her

Clarity

As an offering of clarity I give to you

A peek into my thoughts

They shift and shift and change up often

For battles internally fought

Against the biggest traitor of all

Tussling with temptations grand and tall

Stubborn so they push each other

Often ending up in a brawl

It seems that poetry offers calm

To my calamity after all

Loving the highs I reach through writing

While hating the sudden falls

Without it in my process daily

Things get missed and trees don't shade me

As the sun beams down on my behavior

Reflecting a taste that's hard to savor

I pause while not expecting Santa Claus

It seems realities been

Exposed through summers sudden falls

While hoping calamity ends

A cold July day is my birthday

Feeling like nothings worth it

Imagine my mind in spinning mode

While trying to write this perfect