I'm just trying
to win,
the best way
I know how.
I don't want to
hurt nobody &
I don't
want to get in
anybody's way.
I'm in my own lane
& I'm doing
the best
I can...

She was promised
the best
But
settled for less
All she brought
Her was stress
But wanted
Respect
She done
Built this life
All by herself
So if you ain’t
Loyal
She
Don’t need yo
Help

Let me take
your hand in
mine and be your safe haven ...
take you places
you have never
been a new found love creating.
with maturity comes
great wisdom never
wont you behind
but always beside me .
let me love to love
you on this carefree
journey let me  
give without taking...
let me be what you need .
completing all of you...
why we embark
on this forever
unfolding eternity.

We finally
got settled
And things
to do
Then it got
******
Hitting the
spots
That I
also do
She love’s
when
we wrestle
Secrets in
my respite
In my bed;
secrets
We don’t
speak
Stay left
unsaid
Let’s talk
about
Love

All I wanted
was to be
at peace with you,
But if I have
to settle for
a piece of you,
Then I have to say,
peace to you.

I’m having
A great time
With myself
I love myself
I do
For the
First time
In my life
I can cry
I love myself
I’m learning
To love myself
More
See, going
Get my nails & feet done
That not loving yourself
That’s just
Maintenance
You ain’t by
Yourself
With
Yourself
When you get
By
Yourself
Sometimes
The thoughts
Would be
So loud
You can’t even
Stand you
Own
Self

Treat me so bad
But she feel
So good
Know you
Do me bad
Baby take me
Down
Like you should
Ought to know
You had it good
a girl gone
Bad but you
Feel so good
Not just anybody
You can play
With my emotions
Baby; you know
You drive me crazy
Never raised that
But not gained for
After that I paid for
Act as if it’s not
A game

If I was your Valentine
I'd touch your heart not your body,
Let this love grow inside me
Then express it to you proudly.

If I was your Valentine...

I would steal your attention
While giving you happiness
And continue to show I care
For the days that come after this.

If I was your Valentine...

I'd have you smile at your fears
And recycle every tear
Since this lovely day
Would make a cloudy day clear.

If I was your Valentine...

I would simply make you mine
For as long as the sun shines
You'll forever have my time
Cause everyday would be today,

If I was your Valentine.

M - Mindful
O - Optimistic
T - Trustworthy
H - House holders
E - Effective
R - Respected

When you love,
you get hurt.
When you
get hurt,
you hate.
When you hate,
you try to forget.
When you
try to forget,
you start missing.
And when you
start missing,
you'll eventually
fall in love again.

she isn't the easiest girl to love.
She has this bad habit
of overthinking,
she tends to overreact
more than she should
and
she gets a little insecure
every once in a while.
She'll be needy for your attention,
she'll want to literally
take up all of your time,
and she'll require
a lot of reassurance.
If anything,
she is everything
you wouldn't
want in a girlfriend.
She isn't capable
of fully trusting you,
she doesn't know
when to stop
fighting with you
even if she's wrong,
and she has no
problem pushing
you away
if she feels like you're
close to hurt her.
Loving her will
stress you out,
loving her will
make you angry,
loving her will
break your heart at times,
loving her will test you,
loving her will challenge you,
and loving her
will change you.
It may get so
demanding that you'll
be tempted to walk away,
it may get so hard
that you'll think
about giving up,
and it may get so
complicated that you won't
want to deal
with her anymore.
Loving her means
you get to see her
at her worst and most
vulnerable and that is
something that you'll
have be strong enough
to handle because
she needs someone
who's patient
enough to understand
why she is who she is today.
It's not gonna be
an easy relationship with her.
But if she is in love with you,
then she can promise
that you'll be loved
with such passion
and intensity that
you'll forget what life
felt like before she
came along because
she'll always be there
to put your heart
back together after
breaking it.
Maybe she's not the
best at being loved,
but she's pretty
amazing at loving.

I want you
You want me
I don’t wanna
Do you wrong
Ima give you my all
And I’m always keep
It real just
Gotta tell me
How you feeling
If we ain’t got
No trust
Then I ain’t got
No feelings
You say you need my love
We ain’t got no limits
Said if we ain’t got trust
We ain’t really got nothing

In my possession
Is something that does nothing
To spark a threat,
But in the eyes of those
Who propose prejudice
And negligence against
The natural color of elegance
Shows why we as a people
Become more arrogant.
To think that we are ignorant
Yet we can read the disbelief
Of how humanity doesn't accept our culture,
Blue vultures taking the life
Out of what was suppose to be dead
As chivalry overcomes
The troubles we once fled.

Without
you
I’m tossed
about
Lonely
can’t live
Without
tryin to
Find
my way

While there
are guys
In here
who looked
At a guy
like you
all they
Saw was
the color of
his
Skin
There are people
out there
Who look at
me and all they
See is the
color of my
uniform
So you would expect
to know how a
black man feel;
but they don’t
because they get to
take there uniform off

I'm standing on the edge
My toes hanging off the side
The wind blows sweetly
Rustling my hair
And relaxing me
Causing me to lean towards the void
All around me
I hear your  voice whispering
"You're beautiful" and
"I'll always be there for you"
I close my eyes
And I can feel your hand in mine
And your arms wrapped around me
Then my head is filled with memories
Of your lips
Pressed against mine
In the softest manner
And then
I'm
Falling
I've fallen in love with you
And it's the most exuberant feeling
The air rushes around me
And makes me lightheaded
It's like I'm flying
And nothing can stop me
All I hear is your voice
Telling me I'm the only one for you
Then...
Then you come along
You mend my brokenness
And help me to my feet
And before I know it
I'm on top of the building again
And yet again
The wind blows
Trying to push me off the edge
But this time
I brace myself
I don't want to fall
And get hurt
I try to back away from the edge
But something stops me
I hear your voice
Calling to me from below
"I will never break your heart
I swear"
Slowly
I move towards the side of the building
I picture the times we've talked for hours
The times you've held me when I cried
The times you stuck by my side
When no one else would
"I'll never hurt you like the others did"
You whisper this in my ear
As I drift off to sleep one night
I never remembered until now
Then
I
Fall
And yet again
The feeling is amazing
Only this time
It doesn't end with brokenness
Instead I land in your arms
And
In your heart

Down-time
Spare-time
Part-time
Or sometime
If they can’t
be there
for you all
the time,
they’re not
even worth
your time...

I never
got the chance
to experience
you remember
You treated
my heart
cold as
December
I still can’t
get your bitter
taste out my mouth
You made
me strive
to be greater
So I’m thanking you
For me not
feeling myself
by hooking up with you
Because of you
I stepped my game up
So the way
you treated
me cold as
December
My ego made
me remember.

It's all so confusing.
my pain seems
to linger feeding your
amusement.
Everytime I try
to heal your heart
you just take mine
and use it.
I tried to pull you
into me to show
you we can do this.
But what's the point
of love if
only lust seems
to move it.
giving you all my body
with intent
to show and prove it
and all
you seem to think is  
Yeah shorty
let's me abuse it.
And now i've
taken all the
pieces of me...
with love I placed
them in you carefully.
and now with
nothing left of me.
you say it's
nothing there to be

They showed you they
were a player
before they
cheated
They showed you
how hard it was
to tell the truth
before they became a
liar
They showed you
how Good they were
with their words
before they became
a maniuplator
They called you a *****
before they became
an abuser
They showed interest
in your friends
before they slept
with them
They showed you
they weren't ****
before they
reminded you
ever day

I love loving you.
I no longer
want to be  
in love with the wounded.
And I no longer
want to be your shield.
I have bathed
in these waters
for much too
long and now
I want to
submerge shed free

With someone who
wants you,
Who waits
for you
who understands
you even in
the madness
someone who
helps you
and guides you
someone who
is your support
your hope
fall in love
with someone
who talks
to you after
a fight
fall in love
with someone who
misses you and
wants to be
with you
Don’t fall
in love only
with a face
or with the idea
of being in love

You are the one
I want to
water your flower.
I want
to make you bloom.
A soul
that’s mine to devour.
A poison I can consume .
The one I love
with all my might
The one
I’m thinking
of every night;
that helps
make things right
The one
I dream
of when I’m sleep at night
And the one
I think
of when I
hug my pillow at night
I’m not giving up
without putting up a fight
I’ve will always fight for us
I always will
I promise you are the one
Your my only one.

How to find my
soul to home
Where water
is not thirsty
and bread loaf
is not stone
I came up
with one thing,
and I don’t
believe
I’m wrong
That nobody,
but nobody,
can make
It out here alone

Sit back and relax
Feel the waves wash over your back
In the melting sun
Looking at the clouds reflecting all the pinks and blues
Over the blooming hill, echoing white noise of chirps and crickets

Listen to the trickling of the slow water over the smooth rocks
Feel a warm wind brush your face
With your eyes closed
Enjoying the radiating warmth
And the soothing crackling of a log fire

Or sit and admire the shimmering spray
Of a waterfall smoothly crashing into the water of a sky kissed lake
Sunlight dancing through the splashes
Rainbows jumping through every droplet

Listen to the pitter patter of the rain, against a tin roof
Inside a warm cabin
Drifting to sleep
Soon to wake to the song birds chorus
And the blissful sun

How you
expecting
A woman to
Be your
Peace
When you
Treating
Her like a
Piece of garage
You like be my
Peace
But all you
Do is
bring pieces
Of heartache
Pieces of
Cheating
Pieces of
Misunderstanding
Pieces of
Anger
In her life
All you doing
Is bringing
Pieces of
Storms in
Her life
& you
Screaming
Be my peace
Cover me be
My umbrella
But you raining
******* on
Her life
Everyday
She’s in
Yours
You say be
My peace
When you
Her chaos
You her
Nightmare

sometimes id wonder why .
our seasonal
love song cry...
hearts intertwine
by something
so amazing
but yet we are
politcally imperfect
unforgiving eyes gazing.
gazing into our love ...
judging loving
hating contiplating souls .
but as time flies
by the deeper our love grows

I’m light
headed
Like a kite
baby
I’m might
maybe
get life
Baby
My light shady
My rice gravy
My nights daily
My life crazy

Engery doesn’t lie
Language is primitive
somebody
That
Talk good
To you
And trick
Your mind
That’s why
Suspect evil
Of no one
Until you
see it
Once you
see it
Forget
it not
For once
An enemy
Could never
Be a friend

Many
have
said no,
No
I don’t
choose the
Path of
wild and
Radical
And
Authentic
Love,
Even though
I know I’m
Dying
without
It
I think I’ll
Just settle for
Good enough

In a new place
With the same face
But nothing
Is familiar to me
But there a strong rush
In the winds touch
And it bringing
Out the woman
In me I know
That you’re
Out there somewhere
Waiting on a deeper
Connection now I’m
Lookin to my left
Searchin on my right
Cause we could be
The greatest adventure
I’m ready come and find me
I’m not gonna hide, got the sun
On my side it’s heady
Cause I finally open
For the one

When I tell people
I have my time
In the Sun
Now I am the
Sun
Roll up
On me
And you
gonna blow
a feud
Don’t
roll up
On me unless
You leading
with love
Because I do
that everyday
I’m not perfect
I make mistakes
But I try to
lead with love
That enough

As deep as
our love was,
my self love is deeper.
Yeah I want you,
but I don’t need you.
I wanted to take
care of your heart,
but I needed that
real from the start.
Let’s grow together
and have some kids,
a few dogs and
a nice *** crib I said.
I’m on hers
and hers type of ****,
**** Jordan’s
and lame ****.
I’m talking about stocks,
vacations and savings.
But you played instead

Many have
said no,
No
I don’t
choose the
Path of
wild and
Radical
And
Authentic
Love,
Even though
I know I’m
Dying without
It
I think I’ll
Just settle for
Good enough

Make her promises
without breaking them
Love her
without hurting her
Uplift her
without putting her down
Compliment her
without Degrading her
Claim her
without throwing
in her face you have options
Encourage her
without discouraging her
Spoil her
without neglecting
her emotionally
Build with her
without breaking her down
Become her fairytale
without being her night mare
Add to her life
without subtracting from it
Last but not least
be the person you
were in the
beginning
WITHOUT
CHANGING UP ON HER!!!

I never said
I was perfect
I just try to
Live the best life
I can
So many times
Wounded
So many times
Heart broken
By a woman
She knew I loved
Her
That woman, that
Woman she
knew I cared
She knew
I would have died
For her and
now she’s gone
And I’m alone
and that’s
just isn’t fair

I act like I don’t care
I pretend like I don’t even see you
But the truth is
I still think of us
I still think of how it all could be
I still care about why you
Don’t even notice me
And I still love you
I bet I alway will

I don’t
wanna make
An empty
promise
I ain’t
got time
To tell
you lies
I ain’t gonna
Pull you
Through the
darkness
But I can
show you
Where to
find a light

It’s her energy
that makes me
want to do more
Her smile
that gives me
happiness
Her boss mentality
that keeps me
motivated
Her love
that can’t
be compared
Finally;
for once I’m
100% sure

She is no longer
settling for potential
that is no longer
the appetizer
she gets full from
the potential to have
her heart cared for
and her soul loved
by someone
who wants to settle
down and build
a love story
is what is hungry for

Im a child of a man
And
Woman
But I’m not a child
Im a Woman
I’m a child of invention
But I’m not a child
I’m creative
I’m a child of God
But I’m not a child
I’m spiritual
Im a child of love
But I’m not a child
I am loving
I’m a child of a man
And
Woman
But..
I’m not a child

It was silly of me
to think we
could co exist
I remember
we were
once tight
like a bald fist
A bond so strong
Thought you
was so right
And Couldn’t
do me no wrong
That was then
But I know now
And to stop you
from hurting me
I now know how
I had to block
you from my heart
And keep you
out of my mind
And even if
I’m hurting severely
Inside
I gotta let you think
I’m doing just fine.

When I was little
I thought love
was about red roses
and expensive dinners.
Truth is,
love is giving her half
your fries when
she said she
wasn’t hungry.
Love waking up to
4am to her snoring
and refraining
from shoving
her off the bed.
It’s taking in accents
just to make her
laugh and trying
to embrace
one another in public.
It’s going on
adventures
and making
fun of each other.
It’s stupid fights
and
memorable makeups.
Love isn’t
pretty and romantic.
Love is just
stumbling through
life with your
best friend

Forever isn’t
forever
So just be
My baby
Whenever &
If **** goes
Sideways
Just be
My friend
Til we get
Back together

For it was
in the madness
of the night with
the moon
guiding my thoughts
that I lay
here and pour
out my heart,
lay out my flaws,
while trying to express
to you the depths
of my feelings...
Even with me
reaching deep
letting my feeling
take the lead ..
I still don’t see
how u could ever
believe that loving
you wasn’t
good enough for me .
when time  
after after time..
i continued to
give u all me ....

Your Love
Like craters
on the moon
Your love
has made
its mark
When you
crashed into
my heart
You hit
me like a
shooting star

A symbiotic
relationship
The compromise
The sacrifice
The service
Now no one
Is no one
Else’s responsibility
To make you feel
Good about you
You cannot completely &
Totally rely on you spouse
For validation for self
Love but to the extend
You add to
there life
You add security
You add levels
Of happiness

In the Time
Half- truths
told and entire lies
My conscience
echos thunder
In a time
when kingdoms
come,
joy is brief
and summers fun
Happiness
it’s race has run
Then pain stalks
in to plunder

Your heart only
get broken
where it don’t belong
we walk in
every situation
with our blinders on
leaving a piece of
ourself
hoping it feels
like home

sweet love
It’s the
Only thing
That there just
Too little of
What the world
Needs now
No, not just
For some
But for everyone
What the world
Needs love,
Sweet love