chasing....

reality tipping
fantasy dreaming
epiphanys of uncommon wealth
temporary relief of negative moans
and
heartless trips
In reality's hallway...
destiny's corridor,
vision's vestibule,...
my superstardom awaits
‎​Questioning my every move
is this the minor desire waiting for me
‎​Lurking in the voided place,
stalking my confidence,
pulling at my pride,
Stabbing at my soul
this is the internal battle that I cannot win
.... Beads of inspiration sprinkle my feet constantly walkin w ambition

Dreams of Black...edited by jovonna rodriguez

No longer haunted by insecurities

Of beauty,

Of image,

Of self-esteem.

The suicide of mis-education.

A grave marked with victory.

Failure was the plague of my people,

Now progression is our disease that we wish not to cure.

Melodic orchestras

Of educated conversation roam our streets,

Traveling within the ears of our young ones.

This is the noise we never want to silent.

Youth repeating,

Studying,

Rehearsing,

And finally attempting to understand,

Motivated speeches.

There are so many dreams to be conquered

And cycles to be broken.

The prostitution against the government

The hypocrisy of defeat,

The money and greed,

No longer defines us

Jails and graves have no place for our freed souls.

Let's have a funeral for stereotypes

That has only manipulated our enemy’s mind against us.

Outliving myths

And false hopes of failure

Against our beautiful complexion.

Inner beauty lives.

Salute to the Ebony queens

Who make love to education

And birth geniuses

Intimacy built on

Character references instead of bastard situations

Or victims of selfish one-night stands.

Nothing but love

To the onyx kings

Who speak with eloquence and sophistication,

Instead of producing words of ignorance and remedial conversation.

Dreams of black!

Reality of Beauty.

Recognition from within.

Reality Speaking

Passion awaits,
debates of politically corrupt politicians, with ambitions of greed and seeds of hate,
ubiquity and iniquity settle the score...

A battle where intelligence has become the target
against poverty stricken mentalities yearning for concern
in world where the simplest word attacks the being of a soul
A soul drenched in agony,
the irony of a prom queen spirit,
waring against a strippers reality...

the brutality of a strong current
beating against the shore
of my mental capacity ‎​
A Love story turned into a tragedy...‎​

Lookn through the eyes of my heart there's no reason to accept love
to live freely
conquering fears of heartbreak
and the aches of my souls
treading within
Fighting the demons of hate
battling daybreak and sunset
where am I to go
existing in a world where to live is to die
and to die is to live....

Yet again I'm left in question
Struggling to comprehend
The beginning from the end
Of it all.

POETRY IS MY WORLD

ALLEGORY

ALLITERATION

ANAPEST

ASSONANCE

AUBADE

ALL VIGOROUSLY DOMINATING MY THOUGHT PATTERNS

BALLAD

CAESURA

CHARACTER

COMPLICATION

CONNOTATIONS

COUPLET

BECOMING MY SUN MY MOON AND MY STARS

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY

DENOTATION

DIALOGUE

DICTION

PRONOUNCING EVERY WORD OF THIS WITH CLARITY

ELISION

ENJAMBMENT

EPIC

EXPOSITION

BEING THE MUSE AND THE CREATOR

FLASHBACK

IMAGERY

IRONY

KWANSABA

SEVEN

SEVEN LETTERS

WORDS

SENTENCES

SYLLABLES

SEVEN

THE NUMBER BEFORE BEGINNING

METAPHOR

ODE

SOFTLY HEARING MELODIES OF YOU IN MY SOUL

RHYTHM

FOOTSTEPS MATCHING THE STRIDE OF MY MIND

POETRY HAS BECOME MY WORLD

LIVING IN ME

BIRTHING FROM ME

DELIVERING THROUGH ME

AND FINALLY FREEING ME....

Thoughts

Its amazing how i can be so full from just a thought of you
anything beyond that would be a bliss
beautifully....
Conversation engraved upon the ears of my mind.
And the lips of your bein
kisses me daily....
My euphoric escape is by you alone....
The presence of you lingers in my mind nightly
leaving my mental in total awe.....
Captivated by the way a single word from you can make me smile
radiates from my soul...
Your very essence ever so gently flooding my thought process

STORM

YOU VISIT ME IN MY DREAMS
FOUR TIMES A WEEK
SPEAKING TO MY SUNRISE
KISSING MY SUNSET
CONSTANTLY FREAKING MY MENTALITY
DEDICATED TO MY PLEASURE
KISSING MY FEMININITY W PASSION
AROUSING ME WITH EVERY VISIT
CARVING YOUR WAY THROUGH MY CHOCOLATE FRAME
MOLDING ME INTO YOUR IMAGE
IVE BECOME YOUR MUSE
SEE YOU APPEAR IN MY DREAMS FOUR TIMES A WEEK
SATISFYING MY EVERY DESIRE
YOUR THE REASON WHY I CRAVE MY SLEEP
TO HAVE MY ANTICIPATION HELD AND KISSED
TO BE IN SYNC WITH MY VISITOR, MY ARTIST, MY PLEASER,
TO BE TAKEN WHERE NOBODY KNOWS ME AND YOU EXIST
EVERY NIGHT
I PREPARE FOR AROUSAL
EMBRACE THE ESSENCE
WELCOME ECSTASY AS IT SURROUNDS ME
YOU HAVE APPEARED IN MY DREAMS FOUR TIMES A WEEK
AND EACH TIME I'M STUCK, UNABLE TO COMPREHEND YOUR VOICE WHISPERS
TEMPORARILY CONFUSED FROM THE WAY YOU STEP INTO MY CONSCIOUS
TAKING ME FURTHER THEN WE HAVE GONE BEFORE
AND EACH TIME YOU LEAVE ME WITH GOOSEBUMPS ON MY DESIRES
SHIVERING IN MY FANTASIES
SPEECHLESS IN MY SOUL
EROTICALLY I GO PLACES WHERE NOBODY KNOWS..

FOUR LETTER WORD......-RAHEEM DEVUAGHN

I taste sweet melodies every time I kiss you
I yearn and toss and turn, every time I find myself missing you
Rain falls your sound is wet, don't feel as wet when ain't inside of you
Your skin is so a silhouette, at the stroke of my finger tips
Cause I hope your not the prototype, but the makings of the real deal
See it's been some time been some time since you came around
So I recognize just what I feel

It's that old four letter word that I feel you, when I touch you yeah
It's that old four letter word that I taste, when I kiss you yeah
It's that old four letter word that I recognize, so familiar yeah
It's that old four letter word Love love love love love love love

I feel sexy and confident, when I illuminate in your eyesight
I feel speechless and spellbound, so what's the use of even tryin' to put up the fight
I let down all my guards, you persuaded me when u did the same
I'm through it, played all my cards; I found a higher ground, a higher place
See it's been some time been some time, I know where u been, I been waitin on ya
But welcome back, I hope you're here to stay, here to stay
I always here about, sing about, even write about ya
Just know I had ya till ya slipped away

It's that old four letter word that I feel you, when I touch you yeah
It's that old four letter word that I taste, when I kiss you yeah
It's that old four letter word that I recognize, so familiar yeah
It's that old four letter word Love love love love love love love

This time this time this time this time
This time this time this time this time