They will burn jerseys, spray a byword on your home
Throw your shoes in a bonfire, call you Benedict Arnold
Threaten your family, say you betrayed them
Don’t sweat them, it’s not your fault
Their lives are incomplete, broken, purposeless
Black people wake up and no matter what trauma we experience as a community, we have to go into work …
The eerie feeling when a police officer pulls up behind you. He was behind me for about 6 blocks. I …
I was grateful to interview the Founder and Executive Director of Grace and Grief. LaSandra Hutchinson opened up the world …
My son Where did I go wrong What song didn’t I sing of love What gift didn’t I give from the heart What birthday did I miss What event didn’t I attend
African history was not a part of my upbringing. I was about survival. No different from any other African child …
Where Brooklyn at? New York, big city of dream Came in the form of teens Like animals, they ravaged A …
Today was amazing. I had the opportunity to perform at Facebook Chicago. It was the moment of a lifetime and …
I am a message, a call, a text away! I don’t have all the answers but I do have the resources. You don’t have to live life burdened anymore.
Hi Depression, Sorry I missed your call earlier, but I am calling you now. I know it’s that time of …
I wonder if they sleep at night Jurors, who convicted the pure Little African and Latin boys Detectives who are …
I am awake, again Unable to sleep, restless No words to pray, seeking No thoughts developing, silence Fatigued with energy, …
I’m not a health nut though at age 47 I’ve worked on being and doing better. My wife ensures I …
We don’t have churches being bombed but we have white supremacist walking in and murdering black worshippers. We don’t have crosses burning on front lawns but we have white evangelicals praising a president that has lifted the ugly cinderblock of racism to Hitler-like levels.
There is no doubt that most people in the world have experienced domestic abuse. I was hit with extension cords, …
Well, folks, it’s here. After all these years I have finally completed my first Hip Hope CD. How did I …
It feels like months
Where have I traveled?
A place of mystery and uncertainty
I can’t believe I am here
In this place, at this moment
Thinking, relishing, questioning
My purpose, my call, my existence
Surrounded but alone
Clinging to hope yet untethered
Trapped in the crevices of thought
I’ve traveled here before
It’s uncomfortable, that face, the reflection
Its shadow reaching out to hug me
Whispers of I love you, you have a purpose
You exist for a reason
I don’t embrace it
I turn off the light
Tears run down the mirror
I’ve been here before, it hasn’t been days
It’s been hours
In front of an empty table
Food cold, coffee bland, water lukewarm
Depression says hello
I’m fighting against depression with lots of Joy, Love, and Prayer and of course counseling because I’m unashamed.
I am not a perfect dad. If the cameras where rolling in my house last week, even while in a …