and Remain...

i love u
those are three words
and there's only
...two of us…
a while ago i made a promise
that through actions AND words
umma be
…true to us…
making sure that each day
seems just a bit more
…new to us…
and even when problems arise
that seem just a bit more
…new to us…
help me to step out of myself
and remain
…true to us…
on times when i run from ur love
hear my spirit saying 'let her'
and there's only one let...ter
with out the U in us
my queen
i need YOU for us
let me be the S in Us
behind you
cuz in what u give
yes, your love
i'll be studious
receiving each lesson
as my blessing
-GJ
7/29/09

natural disaster

natural disaster

we partied
she flirted
i spoke
we chatted
we left
we kissed
we sucked
she was
like tsunami

.

.

.
we smiled
we parted
she called
we both checked
she was..
.
.
.

we worried
we went
she cried

spirits erupted
we hugged
i deleted
she scarred
i ignored
.
.
.
moved on

Heaven's High

Ever see a woman with SUCH a pretty smile????

i did... and I wrote about coming back to the world as her smile...

if to life...
i could ever swing back
to life...
i would forever bring back
the glow...
the wow
oh .. to hold
that smile
the warm i get
the calm I let
fly
in exchange for heaven's high
dreaming nigh
of what could success be
if she...
would continue to bless me..
.
.
as her smile

with the LINES

I... am terrible with the lines
So when she asked me for mine
I didn’t know what to say
Nor how to construct the words
To make things OK
Real talk, I probably made them worse
And the love bird in my heart
Made not a squeak nor a chirp
She didn’t smile
Just stared a while
It seemed like she was waiting
For confirmation
That OUR love was circular
Meaning that which she was giving
Was exactly what she was receiving
So…She just stood there
In full stare
Hoping and believing
And I couldn’t think
Standing mute
No limbs… just a blink
And my eyes must not have been working
Sure, they saw her hurting
But couldn’t make her for certain
That I wasn’t a jerk and
That I wasn’t just some cold blooded creature
She took a deep breath and said…
Ok, then…See ya
Realizing there was no more
She turned to the door
Swallowed real hard
And squeezed one last tear on the floor

Am I getting OLD?

Sup folks...

Why I try to holla at this shorty the other day and she tell me that she's 17... I'm like DANG!!

Well, you look 30, you young bama!!! Either you had a ROUGH LIFE ... or I been out the game a lil bit. And NO you can't borrow my solja boy CD...

Its funny but .. really, why our young folks look so old these days?

And I’m not just talking about the physical growth and maturity… From many that I’ve seen, it looks like they are living rough lives. Like you can see it in their eyes and their facial expressions.

Are the teenage years nowadays that rough on our young folks?

What can we do to help?
Or.. is it just me?

some ONE

some ONE

i don't know

why

i do thangs

like saggin my pants

hard to walk and all

gotta reach so far down

to get money from pockets

nor why

leave da round sticker

on baseball caps

like tis new

but tis really aint

i follow many

in hopes of being

some-ONE

U Right Dad

i should have had a dad... :-(

cuz if so…

we'd be talking about women sometimes
and he'd say something like
"Son, betta leave dem jokers alone, dey trouble'
he’d laugh and explain
I'd bounce my head
while smacking my teeth
grit, and then say
"yeah u right dad"
then i'd pick up the remote control
being a better man
and we'd both watch the game