When conjoined
...the sun and sky becomes
More defined
...as the "One"

And as the "One"
...they become
Icarus re-formed, shaped and reborn
...molded by the sun

The sun
...Helios' turmeric colored eye
Sits alight and high
...in Uranus' jealous sky

Denied

You bathed, in delusion
Relied

I braised, in illusion

...don't wander

...don't wander 'round in here

...heed the warning, and

...don't wander 'round in here

Yet and still

You are the air

I taste

And breathe

...don't wonder

...and don't wander 'round in here

...don't wonder, heed the warning

...and don't wander 'round in here

Bet or bill

I am the price

You hate to pay

And so, you seethe 

...don't wander

...don't wander 'round in here

...heed the warning, and

...don't wander 'round in here

First came the German Shepherd dogs

Next came the water hose

Bodies lynched, then set ablaze 

Flesh singed, then meshed with clothes

Innocent black lives lost, on a blood stained Poplar tree 

Even now, I hear the Slave Overseer's words 

Echo inside me - echoing epigenetically

"****** run, ****** die, ****** free"

I am he whose antecedents

Suffered and survived the Middle Passage's arduous trip

I am the progeny who sprang forth from their chained ***** 

As human chattel, my antecedents suffered the sting of the whip

Their humanity, dignity and pride

Was debased and denied

Deracinated, their bodies were beaten black and blue

But it was the bruises inside, they tried, but could not hide 

Innocent black lives lost, victims of the lynching rope

Even now, I hear the Slave Overseer's words

Echo inside me - echoing epigenetically 

"****** run, ****** die, ****** hope"

I say again, I am he whose antecedents 

Suffered and survived the Middle Passage's arduous trip 

I am the progeny who sprang forth from their shackled *****

As human chattel, my antecedents suffered the cabotage of a slave ship

In 1964, they were granted civil rights, but denied civility

A denial rooted in the flowering bloom of racial hate 

And the verdant lushness of white supremacy's wicked fertility

So many innocent black lives lost 

Because of "Negative Eugenic's" lies and untruths

Even now, I hear the Slave Overseer's words

Echo inside me - echoing epigenetically

"****** run, ****** die, ****** choose"

When the poet writes
His wrists, he cuts
Then, he bleeds
Into your cup
So you can
....drink

He then, mixes in
Echoic phonesthemic
Units of language
Which ultimately proves
That the poet's blood
...is made of ink

I am like
A coarse
Turmeric-hued sun
...in June

You are like
A delicate
Chiffon-hued
...October moon

The moment in the morning

When our eyes first meet

Is the moment when

...my day begins

There's something amazing about 

The way your eyes glow

That makes that moment for me

...the sexiest "Hello"

Time
Seems...to
Just, fly by
And, get away from me
But, it can't be
That way
With you and
...me

You
Seem...to
Possess, feelings
The same, feelings
Put them right here
Put them all inside
Put them right here inside
...me