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Dance with Me
No matter the tune
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I want to dance with you.
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Cause I’ve grooved alone,
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and I just wind up at h
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Jan 14, 2021
Bloodlines
Ties that bind are not easily broken.
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What did you inherit in your bloodline?
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For the fruit is a
1m
May 23, 2020
Corona Virus Haikus
The streets are bare as
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the cherry blossoms still bloom.
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Life will carry on.
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A walk in the woo
1m
Mar 26, 2020
(Un)Chained
Chains of my own design
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kept me from the divine.
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Two good legs I was given
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with wings to touch
2m
Dec 21, 2019
Juneteenth
They ask, why care so much?
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Simple, my ancestors blood and bones
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are the foundation of this nati
3m
Jun 19, 2019
Home
I am not Wakandian.
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I wish I could look at a map and say
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there that’s where my people came from.
2m
Feb 28, 2018
2/21/18 haiku
I have run through snow
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and heat before the cherry
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blossoms have fallen
1m
Feb 21, 2018
Blood Saint
I am more than I seem,
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for I’m Blood bought redeemed.
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Gave it all to gain
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now serving the one
2m
Feb 14, 2018
Black Enough
In my youth I said I was more than black.
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That my melanin was skin deep,
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just a glance doesn’t r
2m
Feb 7, 2018
A Son of Shadows
I’m neither light nor darkness,
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just the shade that allows people
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to enjoy a sunny day.
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I have
1m
Dec 31, 2017
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