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293 · Oct 2019
You See
Edmund black Oct 2019
It’s dangerous
Roaming inside the truth

You close your eyes
Strange things happen

Illusions disappear
Sight takes over

Your whole world
Turns black
And
When the light comes on
Reality shines bright
Brighter than your desires

And
Even worse
You’ll see
That the truth will
Not set you free

I’ll tell you it’s scary
But it’s worth it

Because
Now,
You’ll understand
The difference between
Sight And Vision


You’ll See
292 · Apr 2022
Kiss With A Gaze
Edmund black Apr 2022
Sweet words mean nothing
Unless the eyes speak them too
It’s all in the eyes
#Haiku
290 · Nov 2023
Breathe
Edmund black Nov 2023
Sometimes
I give more love
Than I have to give
Like I have God in me

Sometimes
I showed too much hatred
Towards people I supposed to love
Like I have the devil in me

Sometimes
My mind won’t stop burning
Throughout the day
Like I have the sun in me

Sometimes
I just can’t stop shining
For others to see better
Like I’m married to the moon

Sometimes
I’m just too generous
With my everything and everything
Like I have an angel in me

Sometimes
This life is just too much for me to bear
Like I have too much vulnerability in me

Sometimes
I need to remind myself that
I am only a man……Just breathe
290 · May 2018
God First
Edmund black May 2018
A man who
Doesn’t put
        God first .
Is indeed a hell of a man !
286 · Sep 2022
Like A Dream
Edmund black Sep 2022
I see her brilliance
She’s
Like the shining stars
I adore,
I am mesmerized
As I watched her smoke descend
Dimly aglow
Taken shapes
Like sparkling wishing stars
As the poem of
Her hips, her thighs and her eyes
Calling for me
Seductively
Gliding,
Dancing,
Singing
To my slow lullaby
Until the sight of dawn
286 · Dec 2023
Don’t Wake Me Up
Edmund black Dec 2023
I dreamt of you
Every time
I closed my eyes
Every time
The sun smiled
Every time
A flower bloomed
You were such
A beautiful dream
But sadly I’ve learnt  that
A  dream too often
Is most beautiful
When it remains a dream
285 · Dec 2023
I have nothing
Edmund black Dec 2023
But I'll try
To find something
Out of you

I will make you
Fall for me
Then
I will catch you
Like feelings and butterflies
Till we both go crazy

So  I  have
Your love
Your thoughts.
Your beauty and scars

As rewards
Your smile
Your sadness
Your laughter
Like the sun
And the moon
Peaches and cream
Your shadow too

If I must
Then I shall,
And will seek
All the quiet nights
Where passion rise
Sweet delights Ice cream
And chocolate too

Love so true
And brew with
Tequila and wine

Now I have
Everything
From nothing
To something
Of you
Mind and soul

Exactly everything
My heart ever desired
283 · May 2018
Self love
Edmund black May 2018
Mirror Mirror on the wall you’re indeed my little secret. No matter what they say, how hard they’ve tried to tear us apart....

                           I see the Devine in you !
I am who I am and no one can change that #self acceptance.making peace with the Mirror.
280 · Apr 2022
Don’t chase
Edmund black Apr 2022
Don’t you ever
chase love
       Don’t you ever
search for love
      Because
love isn’t lost
      love isn’t blind
When your heart is ready
         And longing for love
Baby Just knock
     Love will see you through
279 · Nov 2021
Mary Jane
Edmund black Nov 2021
poetry
Flows from my blood
Causing me to get high
On the word
Dance with the word
Enthralled with the word
Chasing stars with the word
Dragging my mind in a cloud
Of two different worlds
Such a magical world
Lifting me high
Off my feet
Into the sphere of
Magnificent
LightX
Turning on
Within me
An ever-willing high
The greatest feeling
Word is bond
Even word cannot explain
Now I can only imagine
If these feelings were to be
An everlasting place for all to dwell
What a wonderful world it would be.
274 · May 2023
Trampoline
Edmund black May 2023
A lot of us are depressed
And  feel unfulfilled simply because
We’ve forgotten how to play
How to jump for joy
We’ve walked too far away
From the child within,
We have forgotten the sense of incitement
The wonder that magnifies the smallest
Of things into mountains of joy
We've forgotten how it feels to be Excited about something or
Perhaps about nothing at all
We have forgotten how it feels
To be curious like the moon
To use our  imagination to create
Whatever makes you feel good
Even for a moment in time
Take yourself on a vacation , relax
Kiss the sand with your feet
        As the waves tickle your toes
    And blown away your woes
By simply close both your eyes
          And get lost on purpose
                    For just a little while.
274 · Jan 2021
Alluring Expression
Edmund black Jan 2021
People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense, fear, and ignorance. Learn to speak positivity into your words. Keep the negativity out of bounds.

There are so many ways to be beautiful. Don’t forget to Explore the less obvious ones.
SAD!
273 · Mar 2021
Believe
Edmund black Mar 2021
Whatever you believe ,
Whatever your heart desire ,
The answer is Yes

      if              
            ever
The
           voices
Try
          To
Tell
          You
                 Otherwise

You shout out thunderously,
Speak to them back
             And
Tell
          Them
You
          Still

        Believe


Would you at least please try.
271 · Nov 2023
Thankful
Edmund black Nov 2023
Despite it all, I’m thankful I’m willing to do what it takes to move on with our lives. I’m thankful that I can move past the pain and remember that I’m here for a reason. I’m thankful for the little signs from beyond that help me keep putting one foot in front of another when it feels like I can’t move. I’m thankful for all my angels, both seen and unseen. Through it all, I’m blessed. It all works together for the greatest good. I pray I never forget that.
269 · Mar 2023
An Invisible Letter
Edmund black Mar 2023
Coveted by love
Who wander & dream
Where my heart flow
In an endless stream
I wanted to love you
But all you talked about
is the moon.
So I loved you in secret
cries my tears at midnight
Every night under the glaring
eyes of the moon and the stars
With envy thoughts, before
I dare to wander into dream again
I write you an invisible love letter
Written in the wishing stars.
if you ever happen to look up
And come across my letters
I hope it’s not too late for us.
269 · Aug 2022
Read All About It
Edmund black Aug 2022
We
Live in
A world
Where
Boundaries
Divide
Can and can’t do
Near and far
Harmony and dissonance
Possible and improbable
Love and hate
Black and white
They wake up every morning
Convincing themselves
Convincing you
That they’re fighting this war
Along side of you
While enriching themselves
On your pain and misery
Laughing behind your back
All the way to the bank!!
Open Your Eyes
——
266 · Jan 2021
This One For You
Edmund black Jan 2021
Sometimes I’m strong and sometimes the nights are too long. Sometimes I feel love and sometimes the pain is all I have. As the pain grows so is the fear.
Fear will come upon you like a thief in the night.
Stealing the strength you need to carry all the weight.
The heavier it becomes the slower your gait.
Struggle to hold on to what I thought I knew,
My reality once clear suddenly no longer seemed true.
But must remind myself that time is not a respecter of no man , for it marches on
Even when we need a minute or two to catch our breath. When we don’t feel like it anymore, we must push on and begin again. Every day when life is trying,
I laid my soul bare to the master’s feet,
In a blink of an eye I no longer felt sad. Given another chance to begin again. Turn my tears into joy.
My tears now gone and replaced with a smile. Standing tall And so full of love, a clear path for others to seek. Finally my head held up high. No longer feeling heavy, but light enough to fly.
Black bird’s in the sky with my wings spread out, if you need a hug.
Soft clouds and sunshine awakens the gratitude within. Forget the pain and the disappointment and begin again.
Brace yourself , embrace the wonder. Brothers and sisters, suffering from illness and darkness, facing an unknown future, please know that you stand amongst. And be thankful you still exist.

This one for YOU!
266 · Jan 2022
Today was a good day
Edmund black Jan 2022
I inhaled the birth
Of the first Sunset
of the New Year
Her presence,
was grandiose
Her charms,
Was like diamonds dancing in the light
I must admit
I’m so lucky to be alive, because
She always takes my breath away
264 · May 2018
Happy-but complicated
Edmund black May 2018
When your heart is too big and your love is too heavy. Most people can’t handle the weight . You’ve got to find people who love the way you do .  
                                   AND
      Never settle for anything less than God’s best for you!
264 · Oct 2021
I
Edmund black Oct 2021
I
I
write
feelings
, experiences,
stories,
emotions.
I
write
whatever
Pounding
On
My
Skull
My
only
desire
for
those
on
the
receiving
end,
is
to
inspire
more
feeling.
And
if
I
’m
lucky,
challenge
your
perspective.
262 · Nov 2023
I’m Like You
Edmund black Nov 2023
I’m like
all the mothers
I’m like
all the fathers
I’m  like
all the sisters
I’m like
all the brothers
I’m like
all the souls
And yet it seems like i’m stuck
in a dream or perhaps a nightmare of
For jews and for muslims
For  rich and for poor
For gay and for straight
For red and for blue
For black and for white
in this sleep
of catastrophe  
Where are we?
Where are our hearts?
These tears of sadness
rolling down my cheeks
it’s so insane to keep wondering
If  this is as good as it gets for us?
Who are you, who are we?
Where are we going from here ?
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones that we’re hurting
Are you and me.
259 · Nov 2021
Sacred
Edmund black Nov 2021
Sacred You’re ,
Sacred
   As the moon
         The earth
     And the stars 🌟
You deserve not to fall in love
With someone that you cannot keep.

               You deserve only the best
         For you’re A treasured gift from the One above.
258 · Aug 2022
This Broken World
Edmund black Aug 2022
Everyone I know
Seems to be broken
One way or another
Broken bodies
Broken hearts
Broken minds
Broken souls
In this broken world
And you know what
I am broken too
But if we can wait to heal
Our broken parts and not be tired of waiting.
If we can keep our heads up when all else comes apart
If we can watch the things we gave our life to, broken,
If we can trust ourselves
When all men doubt us
But make allowance for their
Doubting too,
    And stoop and repairing our cracks with dust of gold and hold on
Like a Kintsugi art
Indeed, my brothers and sisters
We can become more beautiful
More stronger than all of the doubters
In this broken world

Exactly because
We have been broken
254 · Feb 2023
502 bad gateway
Edmund black Feb 2023
Lately I  feel like this place
has become a house
that people has left
a long time ago,
with a lot of sun fading moments
and timeless spells
Where I hear people scribbles
Seemingly like ghosts
from a place I could never reached
Lately I find myself
fighting this game
of hope and catch me if you can
From a place
of fathomless longing
dreaming of words
as they whisper in my ear
to find my way back home,
towards the lingering light
that will otherwise
soon be a memory
among what feels
like a broken house.
Lately I feel like
there’s still a few words left whispering in my head
To keep speaking my story
where our golden light
engraves the secrets of our being upon this broken canvas
No matter what !!!
253 · Feb 2023
The Search
Edmund black Feb 2023
Looking for a lady
That can promise me a bond
That is a friendship
A love that is a relationship
Prayers that lead to a lifetime of commitment ship
To help me forget about all my hardships
A kind heart
To propel me to a kingship
If you’re indeed that girl
Show yourself
My  soul will recognize instantly
and
My heart will have no choice
But to love you
253 · Mar 2020
The World Is Crying
Edmund black Mar 2020
Whatever
Beauty
You
Can
offer the world right now,
Offer it now
However small you deem it.
               
 Now is not the time
To deny the world of your light or question your gifts
Now is the time to spread love, give it your light!
Peace of love!
Edmund black Nov 2023
Today I had the day free, I decided to jump in my car and drive up to
Maryland to pick something up. The drive was therapeutic. It's been a tough week and I needed to clear my mind. I started back around 7:30 but by 8:30 I was sleepy and there was a thunderstorm brewing.

I decided it was time to stop and get coffee and something to eat. As I walked in the diner, said hello to an elderly woman sitting in the booth across from me. She said hello back and we struck up a conversation.

We talked or rather she talked and I listened. She told me about her husband and how he had passed away and I kinda reminded her of him when he was a lot younger lol She beamed with love and affection ....even if sad that he was gone. Her heart was beautiful as a flower.

We joked about a few things and then she got up to leave. She said, "Young man, thank you for listening to this old lady. You are very sweet, please tell your mother that she did well.

I assured her I enjoyed the conversation and asked her to be safe going home.

Twenty minutes later, I went to pay my bill and was told, " mom took care of it...she's sweet like that, I was told”

I teared up as I got back in my car. You never know how lonely people are and how much just caring enough to listen will mean to them.

Life is short.... Don't squander any chance to be Kind.
252 · Apr 2023
Imagine
Edmund black Apr 2023
What a wonderful feeling
   When true love speak without
even a word.
       Enchants your world
To a beautiful obsession ,
A great feeling poking through your soul
Everything feels good
        Everything's beautiful
        An indescribable sensation
                     Oh my,
Just imagine
How good it’d feel to witness
   such love
    The Audacity of love to
       Paint you it’s beautiful world
          Without even a word shared
Imagine.
In your ears I will keep whispering my prayers.
252 · Dec 2020
Chocolate
Edmund black Dec 2020
I must admit,
Poetry can sometimes feel
Like a big box of mixed chocolates

I guess you get to experience
A little bit of all
The poet personality

The illusionist man = Chocolate and nuts
The joyful times = caramel and nougats
The sadness moments = melted chocolate
The love stories = pure chocolate
The pain with no end in sight
The untold truth
One never hungry enough to tell = empty box of chocolate

Sometimes you love it
Sometimes it makes you sick
To your stomach
When allow yourself
To consume more than enough

And then,
Just when you think
You’ve got
Just about enough of it all

You wake up the next morning
And you want to get your mind lost
In it’s abyss

All over again!


Happy New Year My Brothers And Sisters.

Love You All
Cheers To A Healthy New Year ....
251 · Feb 2023
It’s So Empty Here
Edmund black Feb 2023
Lately It’s so empty here
Where laughter’s once celebrated
Where the river’s once cried
Where the ocean’s once roared
Lately It’s so empty here
Where the sun once shined
Where the moon once seduced
Lately It’s so empty here
Where our hearts once merged
Where the rainbow’s arch
Once welcomed  our vulnerabilities.
Lately it’s so empty here,
Where hope once grew
And
Where love
Once
Loved
251 · Nov 2023
Lately
Edmund black Nov 2023
Lately
My mind’s so quiet
On this magical ride
I bleed no longer
For me to see
My mind no longer
My means of sight
I let faith unfolding
like flowers in light
My new find joy
Without the noise
For all to hear
Feeling new everyday
Releasing old pain
Of what used to be
Lately
My mind’s so quiet
On this magical ride
Without fear or despair
Please don’t wait for me
To  bleed any longer
For I only traveled within
250 · Nov 2021
Word thirst (Haiku)
Edmund black Nov 2021
Red wine on her lips
And a swift sway of her hips
He falls to one knee.
And he lives happily ever after

Trying my first haiku, hope I didn’t disappoint lol
Cheers to love ❤️
249 · May 2023
black Superman
Edmund black May 2023
Love sometimes or most times
Could feel like a superpower.
It can take you places
Where the average soul can’t go.
It makes you feel like you can fly high
And  touch the mother sky
Without even having to have a cape on.
I know you can tell by now
I’m a sucker for love.
My name is black, black Superman
Who are you? What's your superpower?
My dear Poet.
There’s three types of people in the world
People who don’t know love
People who wonder about love
And
People who makes love happens
In Every breath they take.
249 · Mar 2023
Howling At The Moon
Edmund black Mar 2023
Last night I got caught up
In a butterfly storm
As I noticed the moon
Noticing me,
Sprinkled her love upon my flesh
Brighten up my soul and
Once again, saved my life.
Or, is it fair to say
Maybe It was just my imagination
that got caught drifting away with my mind
Whenever I’m desperately in need
Of a lift upon high?
Or maybe, just maybe…
I’m losing my **** mind.
Either/Or I just can’t make sense of it all
Like this life had enough of me
#edge of life, sadness, depression, anxiety
all at once.
248 · Feb 2023
Happy Valentine’s Day
Edmund black Feb 2023
But,
For those of you
who has no clue
Love is not found on February 14
Love is found in John 3:16.
It’s in every single breath
you’ve taken.
You should be grateful that
It is free!
Love!!!
246 · Feb 2021
<3
Edmund black Feb 2021
<3
Have


      You

Ever
    

       Seen


An


        Iceberg


           F
              A
                  L
               L

With a KISS 💋
I’m In Love <3
240 · Jan 2024
Pages Of You
Edmund black Jan 2024
Perhaps,
Let’s be real here.
Real men don’t fall for looks
Baby I’d rather fall for your words
I heard sometimes, it could last a lifetime
Baby tend my nest with your words !!!
238 · May 2018
Note To Self
Edmund black May 2018
Overthinking can
                                   Be a distraction
                                
                                            Don’t you
                                    Ever ignore

                                                 The truth
                                   For temporary happiness.
I shall remember that :)
238 · May 2018
10 Words
Edmund black May 2018
Maturing is realizing how many things don’t require your comment!
236 · Dec 2023
A Sunday Without You
Edmund black Dec 2023
In your absence
I get tired of being
Anything at all
I get wounded
by my own selfish
desires to be,
I imagine myself
Falling on purpose
Tearing’ up my heart
Into a million pieces
Just to wait and see
if you would come
And pick me up,
As always said
You would
If so ever I fall
So we, you and I
Could drift away
Onto a brighter sky
Without a trace of clouds.
235 · Apr 2023
Baby Forgive Me
Edmund black Apr 2023
Baby , Please forgive me
For my clumsiness  
   For the overflowed
      Cup of heart
          For the fresh
             picked flowers
                With all the thorne
                  still attached
For the never ending
     Love letters ,
          For the breakfast
             In bed,
The foot massage
  To get your morning started.
                    Baby,  Please forgive me
           For the overwhelming,
             Phone messages to just
                Say I love you.
please forgive me
   For all the
      selfless things I do
         the sleepless nights
              Because I cannot rid
                    Not even for a brief
                            The good thoughts of you
                         Please forgive me
                     For my clumsiness
                 Because baby ,
It’s not that I’m a clumsy man
         It’s Just that I’ve never
     Been in love before

And
I’m in love with you
235 · Nov 2023
Here We Go Again
Edmund black Nov 2023
Listen to this message
With an open mind
Because I never preach
Nor do I ever been a politician

Listen to this message
With an open mind
If your eyes are covered
Ever so gently
With the lace of deception

If we forget history
Avoid it
If we fail to teach it
Refuse to learn from it
Our present is doomed
If we misconstrue history
Our future is ruined

Wrong is wrong
The truth does not change
And a friend who will not
show you your own sicknesses,
When you’re being duped
Is your enemy.
235 · Oct 2021
It’s True
Edmund black Oct 2021
Day
After
Day
I fall hard for You
Without
Ever had
To bear witnessed
To
Any
Black and blue.
Loving you is easy
Because
You love me the truest
235 · Sep 2018
My Problem With Love (10W)
Edmund black Sep 2018
My problem
With love
I hate that
Mosquitos
love me
Seriously lol ...
232 · Apr 2022
Let’s be frank
Edmund black Apr 2022
To be able
To dream my words
And write my dreams
To paint a beautiful sky
And drink the warmth of the sun
While I dream of love
It’s by far,
The Greatest feeling under the sunset
229 · Jan 2021
Sometimes
Edmund black Jan 2021
Sometimes,

What we know
May not be so.

What we want
May not be good for us.

What happens
May not be what we expected

We may believe
Our blessings are being blocked

When really the block
Could be the blessing

We’re seeking

We must learn
To bend like the trees.
229 · Jul 2023
Good For Nothing
Edmund black Jul 2023
This thing called life
what a crazy b*
it takes things
so dear
to your heart
it gives things
so dear
to your heart
it then grows
so f
*

unpredictably
right on front
of your eyes
and suddenly
without reasons
you will outgrow
all the b* s*
you thought
you loved
and you’ll fall hard
like hail in heaven
with the heart you thought
wasn’t made for you and
clearly you didn’t care to have
Your good for nothing, suddenly ..Me
228 · Feb 2023
Madness
Edmund black Feb 2023
I come from pure love
And when my time is up
I want to leave in sweet love
It’s not my place to judge
those mired in difficult seasons
It should be my goal
to judge only my own heart
Is it compassionate enough?
Is it tender toward others?
Is it free of the coldness
This world tries to inject in me
Dignity, love and a hand up
Are the best things I can offer those
who have suffered set backs.
Because I am pure, sweet
Enduring Love,
spreading you light
With a little bit of madness
228 · Nov 2021
Baby
Edmund black Nov 2021
I’m blind and nerdy
But I can be your paradise
If given a chance.
225 · Nov 2021
Love burns
Edmund black Nov 2021
Truth Is


🔥
l
    o
v
     e
  B
       u
r
    n
s


If      Your

Soul doesn’t melt
When    her    lips
Embracing your lips

M    y     d    e    a    r
You’re            lusting

Y     o     u’   r   e
  N  o   t   i   n
  L   o  v   e
The closest to hell ,
believe it or not is
LOVE
The difference
Between the two
Love
Is a different type of heat that burns so **** good.
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