poets corner

Jul 14 2011

Mya

Into her embrace    
into endless agony    
her crippled love    
comforts this void.    
    
An instrument of greatness    
capable of seducing thousands    
endlessly tempting    
wicked ways of the snake.    
    
Ringing in my ears    

Jul 7 2011

The me inside me

Sometimes I hide, the me inside me
In front of my friends, and my family
I want to be myself, but do I know who that is?
And will all this confusion finally come to an end?
Sometimes I think that I can just be strong
But I am too scared and have been hiding too long
To just get enough guts one day
To stand up in front of everyone and say
That I have been lying all of this time
Without any reason, without any rhyme
Except that I was just too scared to show the real me
Too wrapped up in what others may think

Jun 30 2011

Me, Beautiful?

she said I was beautiful
destined for greatness
and I could feel that about me in her presence
so no need
to debate this
she would accept all I had to give
me dying in her lap
just so I could live
take the blood from my broken heart
and pen the words to this script and all its parts
healing every scar
with each kiss to my lips
she saw strength in me
but I was just a reflection of her
reminiscing of what I never forgot
and what she couldn’t remember

Jun 23 2011

Sexual Abuse Victim

Tears are always running down my face
I hang my head low thinking “what a disgrace?”
The tears are coming from all the damage you caused
What do you want now, a round of applause?

I’ve watched you rape and molest me right before my eyes
Now the only thing left to do is cry
You stole my virginity without my consent
PLEASE tell me why this is the way it went

All I wanted was for you to get off of me
But getting you off of me just wasn’t that easy

Jun 16 2011

How I Spell Father

F    FIRST and FOREMOST, you are my FRIEND

A     You’re ALWAYS supportive, and ALWAYS embracing me with ARMS of love.

T     for the TOUCH of love that helped mold me into who I am, and for TELLING me the TRUTH even when I didn’t want to hear it.

H    for my HERO who is constantly HELPING me understand that life is what you make it, and that HAPPINESS begins within.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.