A Soundtrack for Social Justice
A tenuous verdict On April 20, 2021 twelve jurors declared Derek Chauvin Guilty on three charges – 2nd degree murder, 3rd degree murder, and manslaughter. […]
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It’s Happening Again
At first, I didn’t even recognize it because I have tried so hard to push past the pain, to revel in spring’s sunshine instead of […]
Read MoreSuicide While Black
Sound the alarm Black children are in danger. From trauma to poverty to educational inequality to racism, our children face very real threats to their […]
Read MoreHigher Love
Love – both heady and sweet, passionate and tender, heavy and carefree. Love inspires. Love accepts. It encourages. It creates a magical holding space. It desires good things – if it’s healthy love. But, toxic love harms, constrains, belittles, and wreaks havoc upon the soul. I want healthy love, a higher love; a love that endures, that earnestly seeks the best even when overwhelmed by the worst.
Read MoreBlack Boy, Black Girl – I Love You
Some may not celebrate your beauty. Some ridicule your black skin; they mock your thick coils and tendrils. Some wish to extinguish your voice. Some […]
Read MoreCrushed by the Weight of My Pain
This poem is not meant to offend nor condemn but instead to ease the torment lying on my heart and to shed light upon the […]
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