my eyes are wide as i stare into space wondering how i will ever save face always thought the worst had come searching now for the edge to jump it is slippery, that’s why you fell 6 feet deep into a wooden hell or concrete cell, chained iron bars branded spear pierced my heart etched are words of love and hate wondering if they were real or fake upon hearing your name once pride now shame questioning why humanity was slain i didn’t lose my innocence, you killed it blood needn’t be shed, you spilled it tearless eye, you filled it once untouched, left wounded.

Shudder. I gaze into your eyes Transfixed. I’m taken by surprise path to the soul or a black hole Saw something that made me fold Glance away from the pale face feeling your pain is not my place. Olive green Bright yet mean Light blue Can almost see through Dark brown Commonly sound Pitch black You’re under attack Spectrum of sight doesn’t exist Wide eyes with clenched fist Peering into shallow or deep Take light steps with cautious feet Love at first what? I think not All I’m doing is looking at a dot.

Haven’t written in such a long time Almost forgotten these words are mine Made the move to which I was longing Yet life gives little sense of belonging Actually, I don’t want to be a part The norm is far from the place to start. Lonely on this side of the fence No this poem is not a lament More a reflection of what is missing Disconnected inside – I do miss Him Time goes quicker than the mind thinks My thoughts and actions are out of sync. I always knew this test would be hard Indefinitely left the evidence in scars Your pain and others are not the same Different measures those deeds in vain I...

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Listen to this here: Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. “Yes, I am the inescapable, the irresistible, The unnegotiable, the unchallenged [who dat?] I am time I scroll in measurements, control the elements, I hold the evidence, I tell the story [say what?] I am time I know no prejudice, I bare no sentiments For wealth or settlement, I move forward [who you?] I am time You can’t recover me, conceal or smuggle me, Retreat or run from me, crawl...

Sick lyrics We are all here for a reason on a particular path You don’t need a curriculum to know that you are part of the math Cats think I’m delirious, but I’m so damn serious That’s why I expose my soul to the globe, the world I’m trying to make it better for these little boys and girls I’m not just another individual, my spirit is a part of this That’s why I get spiritual, but I get my hymns from Him So it’s not me, it’s He that’s lyrical I’m not a miracle, I’m a heaven-sent instrument My rhythmatic regimen navigates melodic...

You cry in the rain to hide your tears Washing them away is what I fear Hard enough to let them fall Single drop, standing too tall. Pray at night so I’m out of sight Cowering but not out of fright nor hope, just fatigue and laze once humbled my vision now lost in haze. Open book I trace through pages Beautiful words travelled the ages Receiving not beyond ones throat Swallowing truth? Cough, splutter, choke.

This was so amazing I felt I had to post it and transcribe the words. Oscar Brown Jr – Children of Children The children of children by the time they’re half grown have habits like rabbits and young of their own The children of children from their mamas laps hop down to the ground to be taken in traps The children of children trapped by dark skins to stay in and play in a game no one wins The children of children while still young and sweet are all damned and programmed for future defeat The children of children are trapped by adults who fail them then jail them to hide the results The...