An Ode To A Queen / For My Lady

An Ode to a Queen

Oh, caramel female

My eyes are set on you,

And in heaven I dwell,

Oh, brown-skinned female,

Let your vessel sail,

In my sea,

Can I compliment you

With lines of poetry?

They say beauty is skin deep,

But these words are for my soul to keep,

I treasure visions of you,

Knowing that I forever need you,

So pretty you be,

You make the poet make love to similes,

Your beauty is as mysterious

As the world seventh wonder,

When you walk, it thunders,

For nice things to say to you I ponder,

Oh, caramel female,

My eyes in heaven dwell,

When I see you

Oh, brown-skinned female.

So-Called Playas

So-Called Playas

Many who call themselves playas

Have gotten played,

From a righteous path they strayed,

Misusing the talents God gave,

To the world they act like slaves,

The ones who walk the path

Our ancestors paved,

Now look at how we behave,

Knowing God only can save us,

But He we do not trust,

But for guns, dope, and money is what we lust,

So as the cycle continues

The confused avenues

Of greed versus need,

Leaving our own blood to bleed,

While our forefathers died to learn to read,

We mislead,

And do not take heed

Of the right teaching,

And if I am to rhyme this,

Then it is quit preaching.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes
You were a spokesman of the oppressed.
Immaculate was the way you dressed,
You battled a life of stress,
With the written word you blessed
A young, hungry nation,
Who you gave birth to an idea,
Of a black writer
As an occupation,
You were a poetic giant,
Who loved blues and jazz,
A man of class,
You were the very essence
Of what a poet is to be if black.

These un seen eyes

These Unseen Eyes
Through life’s unseen eyes
Many try
And fail,
Knowing their ship did not sail,
Many die in vain,
Leaving their loved ones to maintain,
Through the process of change
Although it may seem strange,
Out of this thing called change,
Our lives are altered and never stay the same.

Finding Truth

Finding Truth

To find reality in truth,
Is to find yourself and truth,
Examine and define,
What you think is true and fine,
The facts that show proof,
The facts are called convictions,
To these we must avoid contradictions,
When we all shall fall to many sins,
But the truth will set us free,
To be one with truth,
And that One with truth
Is God.

From my new book to come Verses Of Pain And Love

A Poem called   Life Is Eternal

Life is Eternal
Oh the hardships we face,
Getting through them only by God’s grace,
Tears so sweet from heaven on my face,
The joys and sorrows
That somebody did not live to see tomorrow,
When we were all young
Silliness was how we hung,
Now a few years have passed on
And death has become our song,
Being ever so hard it is to go on,
Although life’s current is so strong,
By the Lord’s drum we march on,
A triumphant tune we hum,
Knowing that life does not end in the tomb,
Or start in the womb,
It is eternal,
 yes, so eternal.

Sweet Love

Sweet Love
Oh sweet love
As through life we go,
And endure,
Searching for love, being so pure,
Knowing it is a cure,
For the ages,
And all of life’s stages,
It frees us from the cages,
It is all over the good Book’s pages,
Oh, sweet love.
Oh, sweet love,
You never come and go,
As life comes and goes,
You will always be standing
Forever gently commanding,
Our respect,
Whether we see it in retrospect,
Or we judge by our own intellect,
We know one thing,
Oh, sweet love,
You complete life.