EVOLUTION
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RAYS RESOUNDING
Give me a minute and in that
final second, I’ll tell you that I’m lonely.
I question my existence, tired of all the decadence that I behold. I’ve eaten egg rolls while standing in the
midst of
In barren places I wish I could
not see what I’m seeing because it becomes a burden of sort. My eyes have beheld the gory. I’ve road down streets where imps play, been
taken for granted, slanted into an existence that made me literally
scream. Been in deep dark tribulation
that left me staggering with just a dream and I wonder does anyone hear me when
I recite because right now I’m tired of dying.
I’ve seen and heard death and yet
never mourn. I live in dry land and feel
distance as the sand from the ocean trying to make sense of my emotions. I become hidden locked up in gloom wanting
someone, anyone just to smile at me, acknowledge me. Pinch me if you have to know that I still
exist because right now I consume with my shadow and I look for the glory of
which no one knows my story from whence I come from.
I attend church just to be
shunned by unconscious preachers then my desire tells me to go deeper and then
I begin to grapple with my grasp of reality than in my desperation. I cry out to God, please help me to make
sense of my insanity so that I can do more than exist. For the sake of time, I’ve become the night
that longs for the moons glow. I crave
for life and pursue trivial things that mean nothing. Call the cops and tell them to cuff me for I
no longer desire this freedom for I have taken for granted this gift that His
Spirit bestowed on me. I allow poverty
to dictate who I am and for that matter, what I am. So judge me, prosecute me, put me on trial
and let the jurors be poets. When trying
me examine if I as an artist have my integrity for right now I am in need of
some justice so that I can have peace knowing that I am not a nobody but
somebody to be acknowledged. For I
rather live this life on the edge of dreams searching for inspiration.
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BLACK MAN’S PLIGHT
Historically I’ve been left out, tricked, tried, hungered,
castrated, humiliated, misunderstood, forgotten, forsaken and desperate,
destined to be a statistic.
My view of the world has been unrealistic. Who am I, invisible,
a shadow lingering in the darkness. A
voice unheard, overlooked. See my
posturing on stage, and you hail me.
See me on the street and you will nail me, deeming me as a
thug, hood drug addict.
Who am I inflicted by apathy, in desperate need of some
sympathy, needing someone to talk with me just for a little while. Place my shoes on your feet and together we
can build a better world leaving behind a legacy of courage and love.
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About the Book
Evolution the book of
poetry and prose is about the social ills of a socioeconomic reality of what it
is to be educated in one sense, and mis-educated in
another. Evolution is one man’s
voice the pain of disenfranchisement, the struggle to find one’s place in a
world of disillusionment. This journey
filled with clouds and a voice that brings clarity to ask questions to be angry
enough to stand and be heard, and at time being discouraged his voice (the poet
is that among many searching to be heard, understood and embraced). Evolution is about enlightenment, what
it will take to move beyond self inhibition, and is about the ill affects of
stagnation. Evolution delves into
self-awareness, and writing gives way to a catharsis. Evolution attempts to pave way to what
really matters by constantly probing questions within one’s prose of what’s
really happening. What is truth if does
not set you free? Who is God, if you
can’t be loved or have the liberty just to be who you are. Evolution is the author’s stage, the
reader is the audience, the mind will be the recipient, and the heart is the
impetus that will feel the affect of the words that are heart felt. Evolution is a coming of age
experience that captures what the possibility of language does, that is, brings
forth life. Evolution is a
thought-provoking expose of hurt, a cry if you will in the wilderness of
loneliness. The author encapsulates the
meaning of life in the poem “Rays Resounding”.
Evolution seeks to be definitive in a
undefined world. Evolution seeks
to quench those questions that render meaning.
About the Author
He has been writing since 1993. He began writing as a form of self discovery. One of his first poems was written out of declaration, entitled "Who am I". The author attributes his writing as a self reflection and spiritual calling. He feels as though is something that compels him like unto an addiction. The author aspires to write in different genres, but deems poetry as his first love. He is a graduate of