Twenty-five years later, It’s problematic to carry breast milk onto an airplane.   They’ve never caught a lactating hijacker, But neither has the Patriot Act tapped into a terror cell, State-mandated testing increased our nation’s Rhodes Scholars, Or a corporation followed a gut feeling toward human morality Over rape and pillage profits.   The Department of Homeland Security, Despite power’s ...

I have yet to understand why Blacks in this land, do not strive to leave the country that constantly rapes them of their dignity   Yet to understand where the kindness towards the others comes from; the courage to smile and just keep it moving   Yet to understand why they long to be like ...

If all kings and queensLooked down belowUpon the gathering massWhat would they see? A poor manClinging to a blanket for warmthAsking for spare changeAnything for food or water Or a girl walking down lonely streetsHoping to find a companionSomeone for the nightTo cure her broken heart Maybe a soul on his deathbedOn borrowed timeHoping for ...

Time ceases when she enters a room   Her existence is the eminence of perfection   She has a voice that quells your clamor   For she is your – Nubian Goddess   Her whisper settles your uneasiness   Her touch transports your mind   Allowing your body to transcend worlds   For she is ...

Constant readjustments to build trust of people who continue to take advantage of us   The tears of their mothers, daughters, grandmothers   can take the lives of our fathers, grandfathers, sons   No chance to defend ourselves, for savages have no say in their impeccable, uncontaminated communities   Our word against their tears, our ...

A dark that felt hollow. An emptiness so devoid, beyond the recognition of time and space. A night which does not stir, does not sleep, does not know anything of the sun. This is the Limbo before Creation. In the bowels of the deep world, a god reached into Limbo and grasped upon the designs ...

With everything going on in the world, I sit on my soft burgundy couch in a constant state of confusion. Trump is tweeting about the fake news when he should be worried about his fake tan. Now, I understand living in the Digital Age means one needs to be sure of their source of information, ...