It takes a while to get back up, When you're knocked down to the ground while your bones rust. After all that we go through before our time is up, Life requires you to explore all avenues. And, It makes you feel all sorts of attitudes, That will land you on curbs of a street,... Continue Reading →
4 The Love Of Poetry
Poetry doesn't judge. Poetry will never reject you. Poetry will never ridicule you for the feelings that rise up to the very top of your spine. It's why I let it devour my life. It's why I let it consume my soul, With all of its smiles and Laughter washing away each tear from my... Continue Reading →
Sugar Rush 4 The Agez
Overreacting to any situation is a conundrum we'd all love to avoid, Even if we did for a moment or two. I mean, What's the point? Wasting that divine energy you were born with to uplift smiles hanging on a broken ledge. Those lugubriuous thoughts only trap us inside of its vortex of denial and... Continue Reading →
Back In Shape
Been a square in a world said to come around full circle. Jumping over hurdles I am meant to soar past virtu- Ally. Using everything the Devil made as an Aly, Heaven sent to me as a reason for the balance that I need. And, I ain't the only one. Trying to keep running away... Continue Reading →
Wake Me Up Inside
Rainy mornings. Each droplet, A reminder for the growth we must undergo. We're all a rose, Evanescent, Meshing with inner sun rays when, We are woken inside. Spirits soaring all across the Sky we've woven despite, How dark it once was... Sure. We might of had days where water has overflown, Prompting a Drought of... Continue Reading →
Frosted Flakez
Shy, Reserved and quiet I was as a curious kid growing past all Pain The South Bronx had to offer. Observing a family rife with internal turmoil from the get go. Yet, No matter how many fists were thrown, No matter how many times Grandma had called police during our lovely, 'Heartwarming' reunions every Sunday... Continue Reading →
Empty Little Black Book
Funny. As a Dominican man who grew up in the South Bronx, Labeled handsome in the eyes of most women I come across, A lot think that my call logs are full of Models the average Joe dreams to talk to. But, News flash! I'm as nerdy as they get. Proudly! Nothing wrong with Dragon... Continue Reading →
Sojourn In The Desert
During his sojourn on Earth, He experienced emotions so foreign. A whirlwind of torment never felt before, While the sun torches his new coat of flesh. Thirsty, For the first time, For something more than infinite rest... As he walks across desert land, Pain from each step on burning sand, Viciously seeps into pores being... Continue Reading →
Biterz
I feel like, The day others would care to see if I'm doing fine, Is when I die. "I know he's in heaven watching us from the sky..." "He's with God now, Rather than suffering in a world where he mostly cried in..." I can only imagine the narrative. "Why couldn't he reach out for... Continue Reading →
Never Give Up!
Sometimes, It feels as if Life itself forms into an unruly siren, Screeching her dear heart out right into your sensitive ears. Attempting to usher in a road of pain and despair for reasons only It knows. And, It creeps up and bangs on those drums when you've installed the brightest lightbulb within the middle... Continue Reading →