#krjenkins
Lend me your ears,
So you can hear,
What I am saying to you
So listen up!!!
The voices in the masses speaks
In volumes so that you may peek
At this world around you
So listen up!!!
The voices of children dying one by one
From the barrels and bullets of guns,
They fall one by one like dominoes
And you need to listen up!!!
This inspires poets like me
To write the truth you see
And bringing to attention around you
Open up your ears and listen up!!!
Lend me your ears
So you can hear
What I am saying to you
So people LISTEN UP!!!
Feb 1, 2018
Feb 1, 2018 at 12:37 AM UTC
Soothe me
Groove me
Making my nature rise
Even in four-part harmony,
As the music rocks me to sleep,
And in that time of slumber deep,
The night's wonderful sounds so,
Sweet, tasty and even bold,
With that soft music serenades me
Oh so right and so deeply.
The night music has a flair,
For just soothing you and like the Staple Singers it will "Take You There."
Soft and sweet,
Sweet and softly but deep,
You make my heart flutter so,
Because that's the way love goes,
Soothe me.
Groove me,
Make my nature rise,
Even in four-part harmony,
As the music rocks me to sleep,
And that time of slumber deep,
Rock my world with your music
Sweetly, sweetly soothe me...
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018 at 1:03 AM UTC
to Nelson Mandela
We say farewell to our beloved brother
Father Africa a loyal friend
Who taught us to get along with one another
Even until the bitter end.
he was our warrior for justice and peace
Our warrior for the betterment of mankind,
In the spirit that is good, we release,
His spirit as we come together and bind.
As the sunsets in the South African skies,
And over mountains high standing
We stand with lifted hard wave our goodbyes
To our warrior, our hero our friend.....
Dec 28, 2017
Dec 28, 2017 at 6:43 PM UTC
There's a place you pay
On these streets
And sometimes it's high
Like the cost of dope
In order to **** whatever
That not right
Whatever that's deep in you
And cleans out what
Castor Oil only does inside
The body
But baby it sho'nuff
Will that's in the mind
If the demons are there
They'll feel it too.
Welcome to Ghettoland
Where dope runs freely
But for a price you pay
And pay dearly my friend.
Ghettoland---
Where your life out there
Is win, loose or die!
Chances are
You'll either lose or die
You'll sho'nuff die!
Ghettoland---
Where the hustlers hustle
By any means
And I mean any MEANS!
This is the place where
Street people call home away
From the home they came from
And street girls slinging pootang
You know
What's between their legs
In order to between the sheet or under a house or
Some alleyway to turn a trick.
Ghettoland---
Where Baby Mama's look for their
Baby daddy in order to get that
Child support
And support that child they left.
Welcome to Ghettoland----
Where you'll see burned out buildings
Just remaining reminders of
What was then and what is
NOW!
Welcome to the "New Frontier"
Of an old idea
Welcome to Ghettoland!!!!!!!
Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017 at 1:19 AM UTC
Say it with soul
Say it loud
Then say it bold.
Don't let up
Just say it clear
Say it with soul.
Poets dream dreams
Under the summer skies
Summer sunset showing
Leaving questions why?
Then we dream in words
Because it's all we see
Say it with soul
Say it loud
Then say it bold.
Never mind who don't listens
Just speak your mind
Never mind who'll hear
This world so unkind.
Give them rhythm
Give them beat
Say it with soul
Say it loud....
Underneath the bright lit moon
And blanket of stars at night
Dream a dream with delight
Then say it with soul
Then say it loud
Dream if you can.....
Guide me to flights unknown
Then just let me dream
My face shinning as shown
I can say it with soul
Say it loud
Then dream.....
Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017 at 12:53 AM UTC
I won't stress
I won't freak out
And again being in a mess
All I can do is my very best---
Without all these feelings no doubt.
I cannot let stress
Bother me in the long run
Or burn me like the sun,
Or put me in an early grave
All I can do is my very best.
I won't let stress break me
Tear me down badly
Or make me go insane
No not on my watch
And not today.
I will survive
I will thrive
And I will make it
No matter what comes my way
And stress will not be part of my day.
24 July 2015
Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017 at 12:31 AM UTC
I use to hear them say
"Letting those golden moments roll on",
But how much longer of a delay
Or should I stay strong?
Either way the clock ticks in time
And I'm counting those moments
Or those moments I left behind,
I just have to just roll on.
Could you see the winter of our lives
Drifting like so like snowflakes
And cold you see now
And could you see not sitting by but to survive
No matter what or whatever it takes
Time is measured one moment at a time.
If anyone should ask me
Where I am going and how far
Or will I set my soul free
Dec 27, 2017
Dec 27, 2017 at 12:16 AM UTC
Am I blue?
Blues in my soul
Carrying the weight of every burden
Of every man it ain't no blues.
My man ain't no good 'cause he stank blues,
My baby left me for another and broken my heart blues,
My baby left me and now she's trippin' blues,
My job is down sizing and I need another job blues.
I am so broke until I can't pay attention blues.
Bluer than blue than blue is blue.
The plain 'ole ****** me off blues!
The opening of a can of whip *** blues!
Another one of those blues!
The AH HELL NO blues!
The don't wanna hear JACK blues!
Blues Blues GO away
Come back another day!
Rain falls from above
But look I am still blue.
Am I blue?
Blues in my soul
Carrying the weight of every burden
Of every man and it ain't no good blues
No good blues at all.....
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 at 5:02 PM UTC
Enter: night
Bring on the night----
Where those dear play,
And where freaks come out anyway
Go ahead, bring on the night.
Bring on the night---
Where travel is often and much go,
Where the travelers are on the go,
So bring on the night.
Bring on the night---
The creature of the night reign,
As they come out like stars with flames,
Yes, bring on the night!
Bring on the night---
Of every drug dealer and dope head
The hookers walking like the dead
Yes, bring on the hight.
Bring on the night---
Every baby's mama hanging tough
Late night creepers who think they're rough,
Just bring on the night!
Late night watchers watching so,
Bring on the night!
Creepy crawlers crawling you know,
Bring on the night!
Day turned trippers,
Bring on the night!
Coffee drinking tippers,
Bring on the night!
That's right bring it on,
Bring on the night!
Bring it on!
Bring it on and on and on...
(C) 2002
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 at 4:45 PM UTC
Can you see me?
Skin dark,
Eyes brown,
Blood Red
Anger shown.
I am someone's
Son, nephew, grandchild
Even in a world so cruel
Where violence is everywhere.
Can you see me?
A man with a heart
Not my skin color
Or my class
But see me as a human being.
2017
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 26, 2017 at 4:45 PM UTC
Heavenly peace was upon the Earth,
Heaven shook; God's grace was put upon for Glory's worth,
Suddendly a star appeared in the mist thereof,
A Child, Savior of the World born of his love,
Trumpets blow loud to announce the arrival of the Holy King,
Angels were there to sing.
O, how wonderful the night so still,
But his love shall fulfill.
O, angels blow thy horn,
For that was the night Christ was born.
(C)1977, 2003
Dec 10, 2017
Dec 10, 2017 at 2:53 PM UTC
Big hands of this man
Who I remember as a child
Growing up in and at a time,
When real men were fathers then.
Supporting that family no matter what,
Working their fingers to the bone
Trying to provide even in tough times.
Images of that man fall short in memory
Cloudy through a time when this man
Went AWOL on his family
Leaving us, better yet leaving him behind.
The only memory of him is a letter
From a court ordered payment and
Photographs of distant memories
Foggy but yet not forgotten.
My memories were 11 1/2 years short
One year shy of beginning manhood
My changes coming naturally
With an absent man in my life physically.
I use to walk around
I used to walk around say---
"I ain't got no daddy!"
He was absent from my life
And now I'm absent from his life.
The images of him follow me
like a mirror, it's like right there
Starring back at me
Unaware that image of him
Is that very image of me
But only, only in the younger self.
Something my wise grandma told me
That stuck with me all my days,
All my years even until now
That, "no matter what, he's still your daddy."
Deep in my heart there was anger
Anger toward him for leaving me
Going AWOL on your family
At any giving moment even in my lifetime
Yet that anger was still there,
Grandma's words echoed deep inside my soul
And ringing in my ears so loud
Until I wonder if her words are true.
Even then,
I wonder deep inside of me
But as time went onward,
My years is getting older and older
My respect for that man
Who I call daddy
Only by name he's that
But until then I respect him
My daddy who I love even now.
Big hands of this man
Who I now know
Even through years of re-knowing him
In spite of feelings past
I must look forward and celebrate
Celebrate this man who I call my daddy.
Big hands of this man
The years are showing on him now,
The hair that once was black was whitened
Of years he collected through time....
June 2004
Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 at 11:37 PM UTC
The stink of the city
And ain't it a pity?
Of the crimes that goes on there,
And how it sinks even the air
That pollutes all around me,
And can see,
The children in this life dying,
The people in their ivory towers lying,
While our people die the death that chokes them.
It's hell out there!
And no one cares,
Not even the people who are suppose to have our backs,
Is too busy stabbing it and that's a fact!
The ghetto life,
Filled with misery and strife,
In these times we live,
Something got to give.
Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 at 11:30 PM UTC
(Thoughts in Motion)
Brother
Listen to me!
There is something I must say
To clear the air of any
Uncertainty that may or may not
Come between us
But first you must listen
To what I am about to
What I must say.
I have been hurt!!!!
Not once,
Not twice,
But many times over
And over again
Over the same B.S.---
Nothing!
Nothing lost
And certainly
Nothing gain
But time is standing still,
Motionless
Like a non-moving clock of time
Where there is movement at all.
Fighting.
For what ???
Nothing
Fighting over nothing
A piece of green paper
And a little white substance
That's controlling your every moment
Night and day.
Stupid fighting over
Nothing
While wasting time over
Nothing!
While children go hungry,
While mothers lose their children,
While young black men die in the streets,
While politics are usual
You fight over
Nothing!
Nothing lost
Nothing gained.
Lost
In a world that's endless
With a beginning
And yet there is no end.
Women selling their bodies
For a green piece of paper
While men make ***** deals
While others get one meal
And no three squares a day
Struggling
Striving
Everyday
Every moment there is there is time
And where time is no more.
I got something on my mind
To say not what anyone may think
it's on my ind to say
because it was heavy on my mind.
Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 at 11:23 PM UTC
I cannot hide my true self
For my true self is who I am
For who I am is my true self.
Why must I destroy myself?
But bleach my body
Destroying my skin
Killing of my true self.
And must I please myself
Tease myself
Satisfying myself
Until it comes down to
Being myself
Not fooling myself
Me.
Myself and I
Then to think
It's better for myself
No matter what.
Cheat myself
Beat myself
Lie to myself
But not be myself
Of whom I am
And whose I am---
It's a sad case
A sad case indeed
To not work on myself
For there to betterment of myself
And not poison myself
Until I die and shrink
Shallow up
Disappear
Gone
Swell up
Bust right open
Like a raisin.
****
Pow!
Ssssssss!
But I got to be true to myself
For who I am
And all that I am going to be
And yet stay true to myself
For me and nobody
Else
Me
With beautiful self--
ME!
Myself
My true self
I love.
Oct 16, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 at 6:36 PM UTC
Drinking
Dreaming
Cursing like a sailors
Telling lies
And more lives
And more lies
Until the lies run out,
The drinks run dry
And when the drinks run dry
The people dwindle away
The tree gets empty
And then silence is heard.
No cussing
And telling lies
Talking trash
And evil kicks in
But hold on there partner!
What will this benefit them?
What lessons are being learned?
The drinking of the '40
And the gin and juice
And the prophet-lying and
Crucifying each other
Telling what 2 kiss
How 2 kiss and kiss my---
Need I say if the Good Lord comes back now?
What will you say?
"Well I was at the tree Lawd just chillin'."
And when He say He don't know you
Then What?
Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 8:25 AM UTC
(To the women who broke my heart)
You've seriously thinking suicide,
You've seriously want 2 die,
You're seriously want 2 take a life in your hands,
Spreading a 3 letter disease across the land.
You're seriously want to go to jail,
You're seriously serious about posting bail,
Come back some rainy day?
Seriously say what to me
Playing me like that
Then you're seriously mistaken and that's a fact.
Seriously wanna play with my heart
Tear it up and pull it apart?
Am I hearing all of this with my ears?
Seriously my dear?
Do me a favor if you will please
It's important this one task you see.
Don't mean any harm in anyway
But you can seriously go to HELL
And have a good day!
Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 8:18 AM UTC
God--
Give me strength when I am down,
Love where it could be found,
Peace in times of trouble days,
Compassion in everyway
No matter what I say or do,
I know you will pull me through,
Tough times in days so cold.
And God---
Let me walk upright,
Morning, noon and night,
To be the best I can,
Always.
(c) 1999, 2004 K.C.Colt
Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 8:12 AM UTC
to my wife Vanessa
I celebrate you---
For just being you and only you,
Keeping it real
As I celebrate you.
Now that you are growing older,
Wiser,
Better,
I do celebrate you.
For what you do
And who you are---
I do celebrate you.
A daughter to someone's mother,
A sister to someone's brother,
A wife to someone's husband
A lover and friend
To this point
I do celebrate you.
May 2014
Oct 15, 2017
Oct 15, 2017 at 7:15 AM UTC
(ode to night)
I look up above my head this fair evening
And saw the slender of it all,
How the night time is formed and fashioned
And with beauty of night delightful
Bring on that special kind of night.
Bring on the night!
Bring on the beauty of the night,
As the moon shines up
And stars paly up above
So, bring on the night!
Romance in the air
Bring on the night!
Lovers are in motion,
So, bring on the night!
Delight me,
Kiss me,
Thrill me,
Bring on the night!
Oct 13, 2017
Oct 13, 2017 at 1:41 AM UTC
Canvas
Paint
Words.
Canvas
Paint
More words.
Like paint
Like Picasso's Work
On canvas
Is the art work of words
Painted
By the poet's
Words.
Pretty pictures
Pretty words flowing from the vains
Like drawing blood
Withdrawing suddenly those words.
Breathing words extracting
Words
From the very soul
Words.
Pretty painted pictures
Withdrawn
Words.
April 2004
(C)2004
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 2:03 AM UTC
In loving memory of Queen Young Murray(1921-2005)
In case we didn't say it,
or express it enough to let you know,
You will be with us always,
And on our faces it does show
How we feel from heart and soul
You are the Queen of our heart.
For all you have done for us
Many thanks aren't enough to say.
For the many words expressed to us
And those funny and strange ways
But we love you for it because
You are the Queen of our Heart
Gone but not forgotten
A grandmother's love so very true.
Forever in our hearts and minds
You've been there no matter
What we've gone through.
But we love you always
Forever the Queen of our heart.
July 14, 2005
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 1:58 AM UTC
to Tice, Sherry, Pat, Simone, Marieta and Ms Queen
Girls to the end
No matter what
No matter how,
We are sisters to the very end
End of good times,
Sad times,
Mad times,
Low times,
We are sisters
Joined to the hip
Even in times of trouble
Times in need
Or just being there
We are sisters girls!
9 July 2000
Copyright (C)2000
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 1:45 AM UTC
There's a love worth waiting for,
A warm body next to me,
A love so close as close can be,
A love I surely truly, truly adore.
Those kisses so sweetly on my lips,
I still feel night after night.
The slight touch of your finger tips,
Touching me so and so right.
The way you talk to me sweetly,
Brings chills to my spine,
Knocking me baby love to my knees
Knowing that you are mine!
Sweet of sweetness I do love so
I can't wait to hold you in my arms
Just you and I letting the world know
You are my woman forever.
Forever sounds so long but I'll wait for you
And hopefully you will wait for me
Because you'll know for true
How our love will honestly be
Priceless....
Nov. '06
(C)2006
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017 at 1:36 AM UTC
If I can touch the sky,
The clouds so lovely and white
So far up and out of sight
In the blue up in the sky.
Beyond where any place to be
Or any ocean below,
Yes just under the deep blue sea
Up in the sky in the blue.
Majestic is the lovely air,
With soft white clouds lovely
In flight upward I don't care
To come down right now.
What a lovely sight to see
Upward in the blue
Flying high and free
Somewhere up there in the blue..
Jul 9, 2017
Jul 9, 2017 at 10:15 PM UTC