creation is
all we have
for the development
of society
all we have left in this world
is to advance
and create

our creation
if good enough
carries our name forever
negassie is mine,
i hope it breathes my work
for generations

create a modern classic
for yourself
generational wealth
through knowledge,
power,
and success
fresh breath of life
through the passion
in your work

enact your creation
with your all
and watch it flourish
with you

- negassie

pray to God that my sins
are washed away
i don't feel okay a lot
sorrows sit at the bottom
of my stomach
well up when i touch
the sentiments of my soul
feeling whole is temporary
trying to thin up all of this
reeling

heaving cries,
my oh my
this life doesn't feel right
in my chest
i pray for easy breaths
by God's will
these hills
peaks and valleys
feel like they'll **** me

sin is customary to life
but i work towards the holy
but i don't know
why demons continue to roam me
feel like my body is sacred
terrain
they're breaking rules
through prayer daily
i ask them to refrain
i hope one day they'll see my pain
and go away

- negassie

built to be a righteous man
mother always taught me
life is about planning
and determination
searching for higher self
isn't paralleled to a search
for reverence
i'm sure of it

we can't sit and wish for the
deepest respect of others
please respect yourself
and work for yours
work for love and the
inner-development
i promise you're
reverent enough
in that alone
find home in your heart
solid sanctuary is unnecessary
if you can see the hope and joy
in your bones, flesh and soul

reverence comes from within
if you work towards that
then the outward love and loyalty
will come with time
trust yourself
and the world will trust you back
i promise

- negassie

searching for imagination
that's what it feels like
bite into that apple
it's ripe
i've been lied to
grueling through society
that hates me for my skin tone
i wanna go home
but i remember i ain't got one

life is simple for some
but what's the fun in that
always having light at your disposal
from the start to finish
never feeling like a winner must ****
you've always had enough
you've always felt "fulfilled"
by your life and the bucks
that come with it

i can't grasp that light all the time
it makes me livid
but the thought of the process
replenishes me more or less
heaving chests at the race
but it never stops
keep the thought of the end
in my mind
i'll never stop
grasping for that light

- negassie

20 cycles ago
mother took on a new journey
a black woman with two already
feet aching already
tired already
who knew that she was mighty enough
to stick through the rough path
of righteous women
very few make it through
to see their dreams come true
my momma did it
made it look cool

set your ground and
set it straight
birthed three
and they turned out to be great
forever grateful for the days
of love and soul that was instilled
inside of me
i breathe easy knowing
my teacher is well and safe
my mother is okay
but when that day so solemnly comes
where God takes you on your way
i won't want to make it past
the end of that day
i promise

- negassie

home is everywhere
with the sounds that soothe my soul
withered away by the day
regenerated by the
personally venerated pieces of art
embraced with elation
by the wisdom of masterworks

hurt by the world
and i want to run home
home is everywhere
with the sounds that soothe my soul
pieces of me whole again
by music’s loving ways
music gives me hope
and joy
in every single way

- negassie

hey grandma
i called to say thanks
thank you for my mom
the gorgeous spirit you made
i know that thanks
can't be enough for the
lineage you created
we wish that you were here
but God's work was certainly
destined, fated

i know you're with God
and you don't want me to be sad
but it's been a lot for
mom to endure all this good and bad
without the woman
she looked up to
she knows to show her kids
what you tentatively showed
you helped her grow
and i'm here, grown
to show for it

thank you for giving my mother
the guide
to thrive in this life
her motherhood is
second to none
because of a certain someone
and i can't think of another person
who did so much
for her dearest kids
and now my mother to her
next of kin
you're a winner, grandma
and i love you.

your grandson,
n.a.