Surprised situation
No warning
Darkened city
The unknown
The walking to where?
Silent
People moving cautiously
Elevators stuck everywhere
Fire Department rescue action
Wonders on everyone’s mind
No explanation
Shutdown connection
Condition
Electricity all out
Stuck on pause
No cause

My days grow short
My eyes grow weak
Been a slave most of my life
The thought of Freedom
My knowledge in wisdom
Blisters on my feet when I try the plantation retreat
Beaten and clothes always torn
Forced into intimacy woes
Working the plantation fields under the hot sun
It’s a wonder I am still living among
Lord, look down and guide me
Heaven is wise
Plantation owners don’t want me to pray
This is every day
I chant silently in praying words
My voice to you Lord needs to be heard
Praying out with a hopeful thought
How long and when will I be free?
Every day Death runs through my mind
Beat me until I no longer can be beaten
My soul will live forever
I could be buried in unknown graves
I want to see everlasting light
Being a slave seeing no more plight
Freedom Freedom Freedom for all time
Being like a Tomorrow’s sunrise
A slave no more
A New life to explore
The horizon in the distance
Closer I want
Freedom, I want to see
Given praise too Thee
Yet, I will continue to pray
One day
I shall be free

You won’t see in the night
Not center stage
Not among the Big Dipper
Just recognition
Deep down warm spirit
A star humanitarian on Earth
Reason and purpose
Goodness above the surface
Just obvious
Sometimes angry and furious
Qualities no one sees
A let down
Alive and standing
No one cares
Ugly Duckling
No want to be
Creation in taking to time to see and know
Dimmed spotlight
Darkness surrounds
No image to make out in vision
The wonder
A timed out
A star humanitarian just wants to advance
Not to entertain
Acceptance to individual hearts
No rule
Not a fool
Like having a dislike
Star in mind
Life is so unkind
Star within
Figure it out
Being created a humanitarian star within always
Approach
You decide
Humanitarian star speaks
A star is what a star will always be
Take the time to see

Know that you can
Enforce you will
Build up determination
Let Faith stride
Inspiration will provide
Let your before thinking into after results
Not an exercise
Only a realize
Destiny being the choice
Express using your voice
Don’t filter out
This is not what believing is all about
Assurance straight and narrow within
A new begin
Just let your goodness settle in
No otherwise
Just energize
Turn No into Yes I did
No forbid
Outward and onward
Mobility in responsibility
Quality in you to appreciate
No hesitate
Believing now through everlasting
Always believe to keep

Do I go left or right?
Do I just think on a plight?
It’s a wonder
Through the darkness needing understanding
Embracing the tears through fear
When Can and Maybe preserver
The mind questions
The voice wants to respond
Tomorrow’s wisdom
Assurance suddenly arises
The spotlight doesn’t show the inner soul
Alone being the only threshold
Standing as an individual Poet
Enthused in spirit
Blessed merit
Not an easy chore
Learning being me to explore
Couldn’t ignore
Being sure of myself
Not words, but confidence with every ouch of courage
Strength within making me strong
It was my armor to put on
Ordeals being reality for real
Words are what a Poet says
Words are what a Poet confides
Sentences lead the way being an escort
Never ending, but always forgiving
The words are always everlasting
Appreciative and subjective
Poet Actor
Ever After

Front and Center
2023 a year of doubt
Plenty of corruption bout
Through situations and circumstances
No way out
Protestors chanting in shouts
Unrest and no peace
No assurance in the least
Lives loss for unseen reasons
The world seemed like it was unglued
2023 felt more like a conclude
Justice with questionable values
Washington, DC Political voices stand, but who was listening?
Battles after battles, but still no cease
The Media telling nothing but daily negative
It was totally an objective.

2023 offered plenty of uncertainty
So what do you expect from 2024
No straight answer
It is a wait and see approach
I would love to see World Peace, Togetherness and Total Unity
End of Violence
Respect and eliminated hatred
Race not being a factor
A total subtractor
2024 I hope will be different from 2023
Negativity out and Prosperity in
A world of tranquil and smiles
Where overcoming struggles while
Upbeat
2024 that would be neat
We can only hope with expect
That would be a blessing having that effect
2023 we say goodbye
It wasn’t an easy try
2024, please enlighten us
Away with fuss and cuss
2024, please do your best
Accepting nothing for less
More is better
2024, we await.

Schedules Schedules Schedules
Destination upon arrival
The Hound Bus that’s been around
Anywhere bound
East to West and North to South
Journey on
The stretched Hound Bus trademark
The Hound Bus Dog is saying, “See if you can catch up with me”
Years of experience
Miles after miles
Recline and relax while
No bones about it
Through time into the present
Cities and Towns being the travel represent
It’s the Hound Bus I present
The Hound Dog with the wheels
Destiny in reality
Today’s departure
Becomes tomorrow’s arrival
Bringing families together
Travel with a new beginning
The thought of the flying G on the open road
The morning sunrise behold
Traveling the highways daily
Friend to Friend
Through the day sun
Continuation under the night moon
Sunrise to Sunset
The Hound bus that will always be
Picture windows for passengers to see
The Hound Bus always a highways friend
No pretend
Beginning to end
Always a wave
Upon final arrival, a time to shave
Endless highways
Hound Bus Wheels keep on turning
Moving on