Tis the season to be on the road
Take Greyhound and watch as your holidays unfold
Create your own story that was never told
Let Greyhound show you the way
It’s the Holidays and let Greyhound be your getaway
A moment to be with family and friends
All it takes is telling Greyhound when
Let the Greyhound snow put you in the mood
Let the travel bus experience also include
A journey to relax as well as soothe
The Greyhound stretch ready to welcome you aboard
Sit back and recline
Relax and be find
Destination can be anywhere
Bus travel is none compare
Traffic you won’t have to bare
Greyhound giving thanks you chose the hound
We cover many states and you could be bound
Think Holiday bound and let Greyhound escort you all around.

Peace being in the air
A certain stillness beyond compare
Yet tranquil and serene
A life with a bleam
No beckoning call within its own gleam
Quiet being put at the top
Unheard echoes with the brakes on stop
Not needing earplugs to cut down the noises
Imagination passed through the mind
Quiet to the chore
Relaxed anxiety to explore
Silence being more than a word
It’s an outcome in the utterance of heard
The utterance in not moving the lips
The encouragement only being a tip
Silence, Silence and Silence
Quiet, Peace and letting your mind be placed in guidance.

It was February 2, 2016 being my Birthday as I turned 59 years old
But my story will open in behold
Doctors said I would only live to the age of 7
Well, what do Doctors really know?
It only goes to show
God is truly in the know
But my story doesn’t surround my past history
It surrounds Lois Copeland who died last year at 86 years old
We met at CUNY Medgar Evers College
Lois who was distinguished friend and a Mother always to me
She always took me out for my Birthday every year
It was her friendship and Personality that always helped me to preserver
Lois was always full of surprises
Even though she is deceased, there was no exception in her feast
Last year, I still felt her presence
This year, I still felt her existence
The restaurant came out with a cheesecake with one blowing candle, and the entire restaurant staff sang “Happy Birthday to me”
All I could say, “Lois, you came through again”
This is my story being the end.

The Earth is starting to change
The skies are aligning in rearrange
Heaven is carefully looking Earth down
Praises to the most highest, should be your sound
My Brothers and my Sisters, start praying whole on your knees
With the struggling times, you need to call on thee
Time is getting shorter by the hour
You need salvation in order to have power
Murders beyond one’s redemption
Evildoers thinking on exception
Understanding being one’s accord
The Covenant coming from our Lord
Hatred lives thinking they will always strive
Believe on Christ in repent and you will survive
This is not a fable of jive
It’s the truth that Jesus shall arrive
The time is now
Prayer is the key in showing you how
Tomorrow might be today
No one really knows the exact day
I have a testimony I wish to share
Death was knocking at my door at birth
Doctors stated I would be leaving this Earth
Jesus simply said that this was going to be a reverse
I am not telling you this from some verse
Prayer was the key
My continued living became everlasting
Jesus will soon return
No need to pack
It’s just a prophesized fact
In order to enter the kingdom of Heaven, you must repent
Jesus died for us so he is our savior being Heaven sent
Judgment upon the Earth
The enrichment being a new birth
The Devil wants to recruit move deceit in his army
The battle is never won
Jesus reigns supreme and no matter what, he will always be number one
My believing was continuous
My praise was for the amaze
My testimony being your tour guide in the leading the spiritual way
I am sure there are doubter’s that have words to say
But it is pray that will always stay
The Lord being a connection not needing any electronics
In fact, it’s nothing scientific
Yes my Brothers and Sisters, time is wining down and no time for looking around
The church should be your place
Having Faith is not to erase
Sin is nothing more than a waste
Seek Christ while he can be found
The Earth is slowing settling down
In a second, destruction having no sound
The Christ that is and will always be
Just wait, pray and look up, and the entire world shall see.

It was time when we lived on Pacific Street
A place in Brooklyn, New York where we had to retreat
A two family brownstone that was very hot in the summer
The nights were unbeatable where you couldn’t even slumber
Our only escape was Coney Island where one could catch a breeze
It was the whispers of air and feeling at ease
A night to feel relaxed
The thought of hot making one perplexed
The summers I will never forget
It was those nights that I regret
Even with the fans you couldn’t cool off
The hot house being no mystery of its own
It is my history and I am letting it be known.

I went to a Greyhound Dog Race
The dogs were so fast I couldn’t keep up the pace
It was Daytona Beach, Florida
A place where Greyhound Dog races are known
Those Greyhound Dogs were always ready to run
But it was in betting fun
Some one would let the mechanic Rabbit loose
Then out the starting gate the Greyhound dogs would be as quick as a flash
The precision in dash
A race around the whole track
Front and back in leading the pack
Dust flying in the sir
The clock is ticking, but always having time to spare
Suddenly the winning Greyhound Dog would be announced
People often placed bets
Sometimes the winnings assured in being set
The Greyhound Dog standing in victory
As they say, the rest is history.

T THANKFUL

H HAPPY

A ALIVE

N NUTMEG

K KINDNESS

S SOULFUL

G ­GIVING

I INSPIRATION

V VISITING

I INSIGHT

N NOVEMBER

G GOD

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D DIRECT

A AMONG

Y YEARLY

Congressional stuck at the bend
Now when and how long will this Government shutdown end?
Eyes of America wondering when
Immigration being the top discussion
But it seems immigration has became more of a percussion
Republicans want their way
The Democrats are saying not on this day
This is where we all need to pray
Some Government services will seem to stop
Protestors in force making their voices with a mock
It will be a moment being a long wait
A mourning being a fate
The thought for Heaven’s sake
Being wise in knowing no need to apologize
But when it comes to our President it becomes a definition of realize
What was Washington, DC thinking?
No plan with a strategy
The nation is placed on still with reality
Government shutdown bound
Listen no sound
Now how long will this Government shutdown last?
There’s an uncertainty with no vote to cast
House of Representatives think on the situation fast
The nation has many questions to ask
Remember Election time when you lose your seats
The nation will remember in who bowed to defeat
A President who decided to retreat
The nation being stuck in between at beat
House of Representatives what is it you seek?
A nation suffers
Will the nation ever recover?
Capitol Hill being the bill
But the nation is wondering still
A shutdown with no movement bound.

It was a show about to begin
But the question was of when
However the theater was packed
The lights and music was well stacked
But show time had arrived
The audience was being patient and caught up in their own stride
There was a slight delay
The curtain seems to be stuck
But to the audience this sounds like bad luck
The orchestra is ready to play
But the stuck curtain is holding up the performance which is not ok
Now the audience is getting restless
There is a commotion about to be amidst
Someone in the audience made a negative shout
The show must go on and this is what I am talking about
That curtain needs to be immediately fixed
Otherwise, the audience might bring their own mix
Suddenly by surprise, the curtain was risen up
The show can now begin
It’s show time and this poem can finally conclude in being the end.

Love within me that no one seems to see
It was your beauty that was in stake
It was a Kodak moment in which I had to take
Your smile being the masterpiece
I felt at eased and what a relief
Your stance being the image
My eyes just couldn’t be taken away
I wouldn’t even let my eyes go astray
But you assured me it was ok
You had my heart being direct
Your total personality had a very affect
You had a way of taking your eyes in using them as your emotion
When we kissed, it was like a feeling of a rolling ocean
Our kiss seemed to be an internal seal
It wasn’t a dream as it felt for real
But the bottom line, it was all total appeal.

I was told that exact statement when I was growing up
When you are young, you begin to wonder about your life in where it begins and how it should end
The solution usually is the movement establishes in finding the opportunity
But sometimes it may be right in the person’s community
But to seek you must know what you are looking for
Then it becomes later in what you did find
It could very well be an educated attribute of lessons learned
But think also on what Mentors told you all along
However, this is not a subject of select
This is about making the seek and find in having an effect
Seek in knowing what you want out of life
The find being the stability in being focused and seeing the vision
So you see seek and find do work together
They connect in complimenting each other
But along with seek and find add establish
Establish in organizing the purpose with why you are seeking and what do you intend to find
So the seek and find you had been told
Your mission at this point given is to take hold
Having determination and be bold
The seek and find has discovered you
Now it’s time for you to make pace and follow through.

Temperatures that really took a dip
The weather was the tip
A day when the wind could blow someone away
Winter still
It’s certainly no frill
Snow fell the other day
Some wished it went the other way
Yet, it was on course and didn’t astray
But it came the Northeast way
However, at least it was a fast moving snowstorm that didn’t stay
The snowstorm could have been worst
I might have to recite a verse
Temperatures holding steady
But the question is, are you ready?
Just make sure you hold the shovel steady
Snow as it comes, and others states who had their share, and now it is our turn to get some.

A dialog being one of many
Perhaps uncanny if any
A story hidden well in my mind
An assortment of some kind
My words that took form
It was like waves hitting the shore during a storm
Maybe something of a norm
The lightening that flashed
The thunder roared sounding like backlash
It was no time to dash
The thought never came up about cash
The Moon was hidden among the clouds
It was what Heaven allowed
God is the superiority side
The methods all must abide
Heaven is a very secrete place
Man thinks it is somewhere in deep space
The storm has passed
The moment being the storm didn’t last
I had to write this coming out of my thaw
A memory on a journey in what I saw
My writing came down to Earth
My encouragement surrounded by a new birth
The clock stopped only for the minute
But my inspiration was a lifetime
A time when I was told to push on
It was the focus of life in where I belong
A write that doesn’t stop
But the theory keeping all at the top
The words were there all along
Destiny calls and the journey will be long.

An idea I have to make new
The inspiration being the clue
Change serves many purposes
But that is something that is obvious
What can be established can also be rearranged?
Here we are back to change
The mission of effort, desire and determination
However careful research being like education
Effort of a movement stride
Thought as an idea sought
Action with a mission needing to be established
Victory with an on track resolution
Change being the key word as a solid definitely
Observation with revision
Understanding within reason
Excel forwarding to achieve
Delete aspect of deceive
Change is what it states
Theories in how they relate
It’s simply a matter in how to participate
The bulls eye in precision aim
Think on how change will come
Think on how change will affect
Your organizational flowchart being your own elect
Change can come at a moment’s notice
Change starts with us
It becomes a must
As a true community there must be trust
We are the answer to the call
As the multitudes we stand for all.

A world having a future
Good not against foe
Everlasting having no focus on woe
A chance to truly live
Affection in appreciation where everyone gives
Emotions that won’t be screams
A life of comfort like cherries and whip cream
An easygoing life
A world where one can actually get true advice
All that would be nice
A time where there is no provoke
Taking life serious and not a mockery and a joke
There would finally be Peace On Earth
An actual new birth
I would definitely want spiritual to be present
After all, one would have to represent
A world with a new beginning
It would be inning after inning
But with a winning approach like a baseball home run
Yet living in peace feeling among
However, a tomorrow being everlasting that never gets out done.

We dated for quite a while
I knew you were a woman who was classy and had style
It was your smile and personality that captured my heart
This came as an attraction from the very start
Oh the first time we kissed
It was on the dance floor being smooth as the twist
Your figure certainly wasn’t hard to miss
Our love is like a fairytale from a book being very enchanted
Yet very romantic
I am your Prince and you are my Queen
There is nothing in between
As I bend down on one knee
My proposal to you has the oversee of thee
Your sincerity that told me I am your Man
My struggles came my way, but you stood by my side
It was total encouragement from your lips you provided
I want our lives to unite
Let our interlude explode into ignite
The joy when you said yes with your hand into marriage
Our ride being a royal carriage
I feel honored that you will be my wife
Together we inspire each other with support advice
Our wine glasses are lifted up in bliss
It will no longer be mine, but ours
Together all will see
On this day I love you more than ever
Committed we both vow and our lives together that time will allow
I am dressed for that moment
Eyes will stare
Everlasting will be the love that we will share.

A bird soaring high in the air
The skies the limit beyond compare
The earth’s landscape seen below
A brisk breeze accompanying the flow
Yonder into the horizon I fly
No other bird flying as it is just I
The natural art of flight being no question
The wide blue skies
The clouds that make us think and understanding of wise
A bird’s world beyond the globe
The wonders of behold
The world with its own view
It’s the bird that truly knew.

It was a dream I always had
Being the Star and under the spotlight
I always had the rhythm
But it was a gift being talent
I would often practice hour after hour
In between, I would often tire
Regardless of sweat and aches, I refused to expire
Every dance step had to be toned to perfection
On Broadway, it would be the dance moves in reflection
The thought of Broadway being applause from the audience
Once I felt comfortable with my dance steps
It would be time to step out and audition about
A new Broadway Musical was coming out called “DANCE HOUR”
It would be music from JAZZ to R&B DISCO
So I auditioned
When I was called, I danced to many combinations in smooth dazzling ways
Props being my own
After I finished, the Director shouted, “WELCOME TO BROADWAY”
I danced being the star performer having appreciation in my heart being gratitude
Broadway that was meant for me
My talent for all to see
The Great White Way with entertainment that is sure to stay
But it was Maurice and Gregory Hines that led my way.

At the ringing of the clock at precise midnight
Souls after souls from everywhere began to be lifted up
Flesh simply disappeared
But it was the midnight hour to preserver
There were no moans and no pain
It was only the soul that would remain
The moon was high and full
There seemed to some of pull
A new destiny being eternity
Death being the finale
The Unforsaken attempting to be together in an alley
It was quick and swift
A new Earth and emotions
Death has hit me and I am drifting to a place
My soul no man can ever replace
My life is a temporary erase
This is my day and it’s a spiritual getaway
I must move on in the call and can’t stay
Death onto me on this day, and into my own eternity where there is solvency.

Road mighty and king
It was always Greyhound doing its thing
Flashing lights and the stretched hound
Move out the way traffic and move aside, I am Greyhound
Greyhound being America’s Icon
But these days, First Group has became a con
Greyhound has a name that captures hearts being fond
What would happen if Greyhound were no longer on the road?
The sunrise and Sunset would have no behold
It would be a darken highway
No Greyhound seen on any freeway
A sad day with Greyhound losing its bark
But with no bus you will find a place to park
The Go Greyhound could become leave the driving to someone else
So avoid the bus would actually be a fuss
First Group is selling Greyhound being the Parent Throop
Silently and quietly unnoticed scoop
Employees including Drivers have made Greyhound it’s own institution
But I am not making Greyhound a conclusion
Time has a when
Thinking only in assumption of then
Now wait until
Greyhound still has travelling to fulfill
Where there is a way is followed by will
Now no one knows Greyhound’s future outcome
I am not even suggesting Dust in the wind
A Hound Dog will always have victory to the finish, and that is what makes Greyhound so distinguished
So those flashing lights and your acceleration
It’s America saluting you with all your appreciation
Continue to Go and the road is your flow
Go Greyhound and let me lead
Greyhound I want you to continue to proceed
Please don’t become a flood that receded
We need your presence and acceleration in the wind
Your blinking lights that flash every now and then
You are Greyhound because you can
This is not Greyhound’s end.

Flight 888
Get ready to soar
Reserved seating
Specialized spiritual cuisine
Buckle up
Welcome Aboard
Sponsored by the Lord
Everlasting Recline
Rejoicing on the mind
Embraced blessing
No turbulence on this flight
Assurance guaranteed
Reaching new height
No delays
Nonstop
No changer nor layover
Direct flight
No more plight
Just praise full of delight.

Contest preparation time
Utilizing all the weight gaining principles for size combined
The theory of Train, Train and Train
Progressing Intensity being the aim
Practice pose for pose
Commodity having a suppose
Pushing limits with the weights
Winning circle for life’s sake
Flexing muscles hard
Continue in training going that extra yard
Making sure the pump has jump
Capturing the Judge’s attention
Structure being complete in the mention
No flaws for the Judge’s too see
The muscles being everything they should be
The body oiled in perfection being just right
Making the pump feel tight
Yet lifting weights takes might
The right amount of nutrition taken in
The build up of confidence that will begin
The mission of standing side by side with other competitors
A hope in being in the winner’s circle in the Judge’s eyes
The posing presentation capturing the Judge’s and audience being a surprise
Professional Bodybuilding becoming champions meant to be
A name remembered in magazines showing accomplishments for all too see
Professional being a master having self-control
Bodybuilding is the image of behold
Professional Bodybuilding takes years to arrive
Yet it is no jive.

Fighting crime
Getting rid of the slime
Protecting the citizens of the world
Justice at every course
Yes it does take using force
Beating villains at their own game
Keeping peace in order that is the remain
Sometimes Super Heroes get in sticky situations
It’s the villains test to Super Heroes just to case condemnations
Yet Super Heroes prevail in their own recommendations
Sometimes it feels it is the end of Super Heroes
But strength of Character suddenly prevails without fail
Villains look out
Super Heroes are out to get you and they are moving about

2021 with another uncertain year
One wondered, where do we preserver?
So many things were happening during 2021
Virus Strands
It spread quickly throughout the land
Masks and Vaccine’s held true
This is something for 2022 to pursue
Racial Unrest and rage
It didn’t matter what age
Senior’s Attacked
Breaking News showed the fact
Murders and Road Kills
The reason behind with a pause still
The day the Capitol was seized and broken in
It was surrounded by an Election questioned
For the world, it became a learning lesson
Black Lives Matter
Surfacing was so much negative chatter
Soon 2021 will depart
2022 will be a fresh start
What can we expect?
The most important part would be hope
Praying for Peace
Being able to cope at least
Embrace
This is serious with no time to waste
Unity and Harmony
Positive voices like a soothing symphony
2022 having new Innovations
A world absorbed in appreciations
Supporting and participating in communities
That would be an important reality
Understanding beyond
Tomorrow’s clear skies to look upon
Living among
Life without all these guns
Fresh thoughts
Tomorrow’s dreams no longer nightmares
Wake up to wisdom
2022, I am waiting for you to arrive
The clock is ticking
Time revolves
2022 your moment
Movement will be the world’s action
Build us like a transaction
The Year 2022

Those lips on mine
I remember all so well
Yes, I got to tell
We embraced in a kiss under the Moon
The Moon seemed to smile
But it was that fascinated kiss while
Love came out through Sarah Brown’s kiss
Now that is something no one can miss
No woman I ever dated could compare in Sarah Brown’s kiss
Sarah Brown’s kisses were on impulse
Her kisses elevated my pulse
That kiss was like, “Look what you have done to me”
But Sarah Brown was a sweet thing
That kiss will always be my sling
Sarah Brown’s kiss have transported both of us to the Moon and into the Milky Way
But I am ok
Sarah Brown, your kiss will always be my relay
You heard, “The kiss to my lips”
Sarah Brown, I know it has been awhile
There was something about you because you had style
I wonder even now in where you are at
Your kiss was a devoted kiss
That is the impact your kiss had on me
Our lives seemed to have turned a different twist
Yet kiss me now into everlasting.

A Poet that was hidden away
At least that is what people say
History has that the Poet would often regularly write
But so far up to date, no one has heard or seen the Poet in sight
The Poet’s words always took away the writing fear
There was sincerity for all readers near
It seems to have become a Poet’s no preserver
Where does one look with a concern for a Poet’s whereabouts?
One could always shout
But what is the Poet was kidnapped, but then again, everyone would be talking about
It is not a missing person bout
Inspiration loss
It feels like a wavy storm being a toss
But all is not lost
We are Poets and our words can find the missing Poet
Our words echoes out
Somewhere out there the Poet wants to write being his escape
Our mission is to write being our search
How about that?
A miracle took place
The Poet has been found
In the Poet’s own words, “I was able to escape, and write the way I always have
Mission being the whole time was determination
A Poet’s wish became a conquest
Poet didn’t take anything being less
The Poet being the witness telling his own confess
Being a Poet, the Poet just knows how to pass the writing test.

The message to Louisville and the world
This is my goodbye and remember me with the boxing gloves and technique that I
Remember my mission of why I became a Boxer
Thank you Louisville citizens for your throwing of flowers and name called of Ali as my Hearst drove by
Now I don’t want you to see any tear with a cry
But think on my accomplishment being your daily living try
As my Hearse carrying my body drives by, I want you all to come together and embrace
This cannot be a separation of any race
I expect triumphant beyond defeat
Living is about having character along with endurance extending into total strength
I fought where others said I couldn’t
The boundaries insisted I shouldn’t
But I stood up with a raw of my voice
I let it be known that this was going to be my choice
My rivers are continuing to flow
I want you all to know, I truly love you so
You have been fans and friends
It was from beginning to end
My name has spread throughout the land
Yet I have achieved throughout my life
The Lord called me home, as I will have a new place where my spirit can roam
My legacy will continue to be around
So look up, and you know where I will be found
Farewell from Ali you know, and take care being my loving and inspiring flow.

All heroes in the armed services
The power to protect the U.S. base
Actions to defend and not be a waste
A salute in a job well done
The battle of conflict in winning as one
Bloodshed being one’s end
Wounds after wounds in the enemy in begin
A Soldier being more than just a name
Standing at a moments notice ready to take aim
It’s conflict being the blame
The fallen soldier being chosen
A remembrance being a thought in being risen
Rifle shots in your honor
A final salute
The trumpet plays being a ballad tot
The flag of America has it hangs high
The soldier of you and no question of why
A soldier’s heart became the solder’s strategy in knowing where to start
A tombstone with all the soldier’s names
We the survivor’s are who yet remain
The spirit of the soul in not being a game
A hand salute that is raised really high
Heaven’s voice marking wisdom’s thy
One more salute in carrying out our daily life

It was merchandise that came alive
Buy me and try me being the stride
Dancing among clothes trying to persuade any shopper
The prices and sales were there own show stopper
But toys also got involved
They also danced among the kids
But some kids were scare and hid
Various toys did catch many kid’s eyes
Through the eyes of a child and the many assortments being a surprise
A jet toy airliner plane with no mention of any name, which will remain
It flew throughout the store overlooking the kids
The plane said, “Look up here and I am flying to all you buy me in preserver”
Come kid persuade Mom to buy as my batteries are already in
If you take me home, you can open the box, and your playing will begin
A Jack in the Box sprang into action
Smiles and laughter on its face being the activation
Suddenly a bubble machine advertised its slogan within the bubbles of “Buy me and become absorbed in fun”
Animation became a shoppers and kids appreciation
However this was definitely the indication
“Animate in coming alive, with the sell and adding a touch of assured in tell”.

It was a footstep being a dream
It wasn’t an imagination it seemed
Heaven is a place of totally delight
But too the most part, it is out of Earth’s sight
The Pearly Gates were decked out in gold
The Angels being like armed guards in Heaven’s behold
Yet you could hear praises and songs in the background
Yet I was still alive and not Heaven bound
Rainbows sparkled the Heavenly city
But to the Earth below living in sin and the thought was Oh what a pity
A blanket of white filled the Heavenly throne
The subject was Jesus and this I always known
It was a very relaxed atmosphere
All the earmarks of joy and praise to preserver
Yet it seemed like a dream
But Heaven is like a clear crystal stream
A rejoicing place
Heaven the city that will never ever be erased
Heaven being above all things
A reason to praise, and as servants seeing the amaze, but Jesus eyes our spirits shall be raised.

This is a story of actual truth
It happened in my 27th Year Old youth
It was September 1984 when I went to San Francisco, California on vacation for Seven Days
You might partly was when I went astray
I toured the Frisco City Downtown and out
I even went to South San Francisco
But there was an upper part of downtown that the Tour Guide emphasized to avoid
So I asked why is the area warranted in not to go up
I am the adventurer type
So I really wanted to explore
I wasn’t scare, but my decision was sure

The Tour Guide gave me instructions in how I should act and dress
So I did just that
I wore a Do rag completely around my head, Torn Clothes and a Bad Attitude
The Bad Attitude was street talk using cuss words
So I ventured up
As I was walking and continued too walk, it was apparent that people were becoming lesser and lesser
Once I arrived, in the alley was confronted with a multitude of Motorcycle Gangs
One of the Cyclist stated to me that I didn’t belong in the area
My response was, “I am in the area now”
I acted tough with my response, and ready at any given moment to rumble
I played in off
After a while, I then decided to return back to downtown
So I learned why no one wanted to go uptown of Frisco
It wasn’t an area where I would encourage anyone to go, but it was an experience of acting like a Gangbanger to feel the vibe
I definitely was taking a chance
This wasn’t a mission to advance
I just simply held my stance
But I was told I could have been killed and loss my life
However, the experience was how I rolled being my own advice being the Gangbanger ways.

Do you get discouraged when you write?
Do you feel that when you write people are being too polite?
The bottom line if you can distinguish letters and turn them into words
You are thinking with an imaginary surge
If you can write a business letter then you know how to write
If you imagination takes you to a place then you know how to excite
The statement is writing with authority and taking your thoughts with what you know
Remember you are the illustrator being the show
The inventor with a surprise mind
Use whatever creative resources that is combined
Settle for but keep thinking as you explore
Negativity is something you should ignore

Turn the knock at the door and write like never before
The refreshing breeze while standing on the shore
A writing tablet offering you expelling ideas
Destiny with a journey
Business at hand with the pen

Never say you can’t
Start with efforts in try and it will determine you can
The knock out punch with your writing starting at once
When other people try to discourage you and say you can’t write
Tell them don’t be jealous and uptight
Negative thoughts means some people aren’t bright

Follow your dreams and go with your heart
Take your hand and just write until done
Join the many Poets and Writers and be among
Write about what you know or how you feel
You control the dialog in being a big deal
Your Coach says write until when and conclude at the end
“Your Writing lives and you survived your own muse”.

Not a pull a rabbit out of the hat
Beyond the spelling word of cat
Put your hat on your head
Let it be your motivating stead
Don’t let it be defeat within a bout
Certainly think your thoughts completely out
Write on with your concept in place
**** down things on your mind so it doesn’t erase
Write clearly what you feel coming straight from the heart
No it’s not a tum’s moment
Visualize right from the start
Become your own writing mad hatter of poetry
Your thoughts having a magical twist with the inspiration coming from a hat
Your mind idea in being its own amaze at that
Then look at where your words arrived at
Destination being the arrival of the sentence, and the period making the writing complete.

I was sitting high above the world on a mountain
But in the distance below I could see a fountain
Suddenly a rush of wind started to blow
Somehow my understanding became in the know
Yet the breeze was refreshing in a captivating flow
Immediately inspiration popped in
However I wasn’t even thinking in the moment of then
But it wasn’t until that wind
I knew a vision of living had set in
Even high above, I looked below to where I lived
I had achieved, but there was still more for me to give
It was that moment that really opened my eyes
My thinking became more being wise
Understanding moved into knowledgeable
Enable was able
Wisdom in vision
Reasons having no seasons
All from one blowing wind
A breeze that says one can
It’s all up to you in the matter of when
Don’t let tomorrow go by
You only get just one try.

My utterance in wanting to speak
I had numerous questions that I was trying to seek
Yet I was told to remain silence
A volcanic eruption I felt all inside
The silence I just couldn’t abide
My integrity being my honest
No I am not trying to be modest
My understanding being more than mire words
It’s a matter of being heard
For years I was told I had no voice
But the question being, “Who made this a choice?”
Thoughts are made too be granted
Shout out with your opinion expressed
Be determined and make it clear like it’s your last breath
Lead doesn’t always mean follow
A space in the corner being your own makes you shallow
You have become a shadow of your own fate
This you can change and it is never too late
You control and can make it an anticipated date
Facts and figures that certainly should relate
Think on accomplishments of Paul Revere
Dr. Martin Luther King in where do we go from here?
The Civil Movement from mission step to the rear
President Obama in “Lets continue to preserver”
It’s a matter of your voice being solid as the Prudential Rock
It doesn’t matter if negativity mocks
Your voice shines like the New York Stock Exchange
It’s the roar of applause with thinking with a cause and the impression that remains
Act like a Senator from within and let your speaking begin.

My Grandfather’s knowledge being a preparation to achieve
Through my Grandfather’s guidance, a method in how I should proceed
It was pick a word from the dictionary, and find out’s its definition and add to vocabulary
My Grandfather taught me typing everyday for 4 hours
He wanted me to be able to type to perfection
The obvious being the indication
Inspiration coming to participate
My Grandfather wanted me to be up to date with business affairs
This was my Grandfather’s philosophy he wanted to share
He often said whatever young people are doing wrong, and I wanted you to be educated where you belong
Then it was off to College in getting Higher Education to preserver
All the above I did
I have no regret and thank myself for making the try
But my Grandfather wanted me to have more
So it was the Piano and ***** he wanted me to explore
The Career my Grandparents wanted to too strive was to be a “Court Reporter”
Well I didn’t go quite in that order
I wanted to go into a totally different field
It was to be a “Broadcast Journalist” which I felt would be ideal
However I did achieve in business detail
My Grandfather and God are who helped me preserver
My Grandfather’s motto, “You are going to remember this old man”
He is in Heaven but he was the truth in my establishment caravan.

Black History Month is where we salute our Afro-American Pioneers
Their sheer talent helps us every day to preserver
Their struggles in showing us how to overcome
They laid down the plan in how it is done
Their influence giving us endurance
Achieve knowledge in putting education first
Negativity speak out with an outburst
Presenting their pride and making it their stride
But throughout, it’s what the Lord did provide
Their eyes beyond the oceans
Their experiments being notions
A moment to reflect being their emotions
There were many great Afro-Americas
Yet hidden within the shadows, there were greats that have never been shown and known
They are your individual forefathers families who have guided you in your years, you, and only you can give them recognition known
Now my personal inspiration is my Grandfather, which I am making Full Blown
Achievement after achievement
Commitment after commitment
Determination after determination
Accomplishments in action having a focal point
Understanding with inspiring words as they spoke
Demeanor for us to preserver
Their knowledge is what they gave us in share
Our Afro-American pioneers broke race barriers
A locked door became an idea to open the door
It was a matter of understanding then explore
We became the thinker and as we grew, we became wise
It’s pure logic with not having a surprise
The sundown may have called their finale
Yet their legacy became our prospering alley
We stand with our fist up because of the dignity and pride from within
Thinking on the past from then
Yet ever achieving on can
But it’s total remembrance from when
Eye to eye, voice to voice, numerous spoken words with lots of inspiration in knowing how to be heard.

There are some voices unable to create sounds
Struggles with boundaries under the term bound
Lessons to be learned
Honor and dignity with an assurance of earned
Respect being in control
It’s the true personality as a whole
Yet shade colors don’t want to assort
But is the assort that wants to abort
This is not what everyone was taught
We were created to fellowship and mingle as one
It’s not own accord and being done
Noticed I said fellowship
There’s the theory being the tip
Prejudice is just a word
But have you ears become someone else’s heard
No matter what people say nor think
The whole idea of prejudice just stinks
We were put on this Earth for a reason
It’s not changeable with any season
It’s individual thinking comprising with a negative treason
Personality is simply the make-up of who the person is truly is
It’s content of character
This is what that should truly matter
Not being just a dramatic experience
It should be one being comfortable with making a difference
Imagine two shads of color being babies whom doesn’t know what racism really is
There’s the example that we all should live by
At least give a chance in effort and just try
We must know togetherness for your self
You can’t rely from someone else
Separation centered on groups
But heritage shades was established from various roots
It’s time to acquaint a different tune even if it involves a flute
We should talk and learn how to get along
The term is encouragement and enhance where we all belong
Accept for who the person is
Not your own understanding when you want to begin
Racism should not be a word of hate
But coming together in relate
Move from racism before it’s too late
Look beyond the calendar but make it a date.

It was your thought on “IF”
Your Analysis on “WHEN”
Your concentration of “CAN”
You mattered book knowledge and concepts
It’s time to think about adaptability
Let no boundaries stop you from reaching your goals
Your tomorrow arrived today
You are now a “COMMODITY”
Having many talents within beyond education
Yet we have ventured back to “CAN”
Education put the hard work and your overcame the struggles
Look at where you are you are a GRADUATE
You focused on your achievements
Yet determined to make your career vision a reality
You stepped up to the plate
What you thought was fate became your accomplishment arriving at your commencement date
You earned recognition
Life’s planning is easy to do, but total commitment in  Organization is what one must go through
Education prepared you in knowledge
Now Analysis means apply the thinking logic
Theories are far more than concepts, but are Rhetoric of divined movements forming principles
It’s every step you make, and decisions at the right time being precise
But always knowing, there will be times you may need some advice
However, you are the ACHIEVERS who sets out what they start
This approach is BRAIN SMART
So Graduates, as you step out onto the streets
You are marketable, but don’t give into defeat
Your confidence having solid ground being your own
But that is something you already have known
Let me leave you with these encouraging words, “Matter the solutions, and you will overcome the struggles”.

J JOY

E ESTABLISH

S SALVATION

U UNITY

S STRENGTH



C CHRISTIANITY

H HEAL

R REVIVE

I INSPIRE

S SAINTS

T TESTIMONIES

Bite taken out of the negative fight
Darkness into the marvelous light
Being tough was reversed in out
Replaced with everyday spiritual while moving about
Spiritual Gangs are now spiritual brothers
Inspiring words
All spiritual being heard
The motto, “Spiritual Brothers Outtake. Surround and be found. Give thanks and let praise be the sound”
Spiritual gangs with a word for you
Are you ready to pursue?
Men Of Faith
Going the length
There days were rough and tough
The spiritual brothers finally said enough
A new aim
Heaven’s target
Bulls eye on the mark
We are the Ready Set Go Gangsters
On the move with a message to prove
Goodness in heart with appreciation on high
The reason they have an eye on Thy
From beginning to end
No pretend
Spiritual Gangsters all the way
Praises up

My Grandfather used to tell me it takes all kinds to make up the world
It’s advice in putting you the reader in the know
But it’s up to me in explanation being the show
People come in all languages and color shades
It’s a creation from the beginning that Heaven made
Some people come with attitudes beyond measure
This is something that no one should have to treasure
Racism comes in multitudes
All nationalities that we should also include
My Grandfather told me how I should live to get along
Always keep my head up in knowing I do belong
There is a purpose we all were put here on this Earth
It’s called civilization without with the old and in with the new beginning a new birth
We all were put to socialize
Yet others have the need to criticize
Life is what it is
Skin color was established from the very start
My Grandfather would often tell me observe as I continue to live
I will gain even more wisdom as years forward on
It’s an every day process of teaching me how to continue to press on
My advice to all of you is two key words, “Observe and Understanding”
Examine your actual seeing
Human personality in action
Don’t be surprised in what you see and hear
Yet you continue to preserver
Common sense has taken a whole new meaning
Just let your eyes visualize, and the outcome of understanding being a compromise.

The Lord took me on a journey in my dream
I felt like it was a theater movie stream
The Lord guided me around the Heavenly gates
It looked like a very wealthy estate
I didn’t step nowhere else of Heaven because I was still in the flesh
Remember Flesh and Blood shall never enter the Kingdom of Heaven because of sin
Heaven was constructed in majesty of gold
It was the Angels showing me look and behold
Angels were singing and there was plenty of Joy
All I could say was “Oh Boy”
I later responded to the Lord with, “How soon can I leave Earth?”
The Lord’s response, “It’s not your time”
I was then transported back to Earth
I later woke up and felt a new birth
I totally rejoiced and had plenty of praise
God is awesome and Almighty of amaze
I knew Heaven couldn’t let me in
Flesh and Blood was still in sin.

I guess you are confused
I will try to make it plan and simple and not a bomb that needs to be defused
Days move accelerating fast
In fact one day of the week that doesn’t really last
You have constantly said, “I will do tomorrow”
Yet the day before was yesterday and you didn’t realize of a task you should have done
However, your tomorrow came and went which might be another put off
Yesterday was the day that you should have the chore of completion
Again, yesterday was and tomorrow being a gone of came and went
Heaven was on target in being sent
Tomorrow came so fast, and you totally overlooked yesterday
Don’t think on it now, but yesterday was your day
Tomorrow is a day to catch up with what accomplished
Yesterday was the establishment
Tomorrow has come being a commitment but with an opportunity
Presume but wasn’t a possibility
It became a reality
Time restraints
Have you set your tomorrow from yesterday?
What will you accomplish and establish?
But don’t let tomorrow’s mission become an undone yesterday task
Days and many tomorrow’s move in the quickness
What is your agenda?
Yesterday is here and tomorrow is upon.

A little boy who was sassy a lot and got whipped in the right spot
His **** would actually turn blue
An on going force that would often pursue
Little boy blue wouldn’t be able to sit for days
But it was his attitude because he had to change his ways
Little boy blue’s face would also be sad because he would sometimes be mad
Then there were other times when he would be glad
It was the whippings he would get
Perhaps at times taking a bet
Little boy blue’s father had a very heavy hand
His father was the best Lumberjack known throughout the land
So little boy blue got the right name
It was his temperament being the blame.

Granddad I know you are deceased
But I have some remembrance that needs to be released
I know you are looking down on me from Heaven
I still remember your words even at seven
You had encouraged me from the time of my birth
You taught me new skills for what they would be worth
All this you did before you left this earth
You made me practice typing for 4 hours a day
Then you told me up the ladder this way
It was those inspiring words you used to say
In some way, my day would always be ok
I also remember you stating, “Chose a word from the dictionary and incorporate in my vocabulary”
You wanted be to an intellectual solidarity
Your inspiration was for me to achieve
Higher education you wanted me to receive
Your words to try
Start thinking from I
Your vision of me as a commodity
Involvement in business with society
Your persuasion for me to explore
This was in case if I wasn’t sure
I continue to remember you always in the now
It was your teachings in showing me how
You are looking down on me and feeling proud
Time has a base that is simply allowed
Granddad your wisdom being next to none
But you will always be my number one.

Step aboard Mate’s
Don’t worry you are on schedule and not late
This will be a day to we all can appreciate
Our adventure begins at the Ship Passenger Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey
We will be touring aboard, “THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN ANTHEM OF THE SEAS”
Oh, since we are on deck, can you just feel that refreshing breeze
Our day starts the minute we tour aboard
A blessing with an accord
Now this a cruise passenger ship, and we should not be bored
It’s a day on the ship in still water
Then lunch included aboard, and touring more all in that order
A day of nothing but fun fun fun
A full day of a tour group among
But wait, we are not done
I just asked the Captain to call for a tugboat
No SOS
But I do have a confess
Since I am on a Passenger Cruise Ship, I want to go to Bermuda
However, I know I didn’t pack a suitcase
I am on a cruise ship and why should I waste
I would buy clothes on the ship
Well until then
One day I will really travel on a passenger cruise ship
My encouragement was my tip
So long for now
A dream come true one day with a Wow.

The skyline seems to dance
The music puts tourist in a trance
New York City offers surprises in being a chance
It’s always a moment to reflect
Entertainment having excitement being an elect
A subway ride for only two stops
Admiring the Empire state Building with its magnificent top
There is plenty of music in the air
New York City being unique like no other city compare
A dance your way in
But plenty of adventure until the very end
New York City being a city that lights up
A never sleep city that would overflow anyone’s cup
Remember I said New York City like no other
You can’t compare New York City with another
Native knowing the in’s and out’s
New York City has its own story and tourist all over the world will be talking about
Get your comfortable shoes on
Wake up from your yond
The sun has risen and a new day to look upon
New York City welcomes with open arms
But don’t be alarmed
The Statue of Liberty stands tall
New York City awaits being the call.

I don’t know how much time I have to live
This will be my last inspiration in give
I have achieved Poetry and my heart being admiration in glad
It all dates back when I was a lad
I am assured
It is all related to the Lord
My Poetry will carry pm even after I am gone
In the distance, I visualize dew in the yard
It will be the inspiration for all to look upon
Total captivation spirit
Motivation coming from Heaven’s merit
Poetry was my lessons learned and experiences gained
My Poetry was my inner soul
A tomorrow being my every day
Having a mind focused and not astray
A Poet’s writing being done
It was the moments watching the rising sun
I am thankful I was alive to write
My writing will now come from above
It will be my memory to think of
My writing soul has gone up
But the encouragement is never get fed up
My tomorrow has arrived for me
My time that will be spent with thee
However, stay inspired being the key.

It was a day in the morning dew
My thoughts formulating in becoming a slew
A heart felt embrace
Enjoying life and not letting it be a waste
The sunrise in starting a new day
So many words in what to say
Giving thanks comes to mine in every way
The words full of inspiration
But the enthusiasm eyeing contemplation
Why do I fear my thought?
Perhaps some organizational filing in my mine being sort
I believe in my chosen words
It’s all about being heard
A Poet knows all the details
The motto being, “What works and what fails”
You now know a poet’s trail and how they prevail
Am embrace of combined ideas
The heart in knowing how to preserver.