Gonna Edit My Smile Back

Lines from edited and unedited poetry...it's my poetry, I'll do what I like

Silence,
is rarely golden for
any artist--
especially one, infatuated, elated, & motivated
by word play, tones &
Newton.
For every action...
Would love to give you
2 bits of poetry,
for
2 bits of can--
be convoluted in can't so much
you'd be giving me
one helluva hand...
I've been celebrated & cherished;
corrupted, co-opted, & hated
But when I look in the mirror
I can still see greatness...
We work,
like ants marching
from recently used picnic grounds,
with gathered particles of nutrients
nestled on our backs...
Renew the belief
& grab the pad &
pen--We
never left, just sat back
in shadows.
Now's the time
to be--
Rewritten.
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When those final winds

come whipping down, you thought you had it

whipped

But that cream came rising to the top

toppling your dreams...

And life changed

as the country changed

and the ship that

seemed to Hope,

couldn’t float, and like waves

we took to the street—...

Refreshing

would not adequately describe

the feeling

if a conversation ensued about:

being rooted, or

belief, or extension of belief

or, or life’s journey, or progressive thought &

perceptions, or commitment...

For we are

the people,

& poets, protestors,

& victims of 

storms,

amassed by 

factors, the federal gov'ment

ignores.

Poetry. Yep, Just Poetry

Untitled (10/12/18)

Ask me if I care today

But only

if you’re seeking honesty;

For I can & will be blunt

like a downtown Denver dispensary

w/adversarial undertones

tied to sharp knives

just to dig under your skin.

Today ain’t the day for

sun-rays & laid back,

“nothing bothers me today”

response to the masses…

Today asses is grasses

& giggling psychotics can

get on their knees &.....

Because
Some days we want to quit, & say
fuck it, I give in.
But the little pieces of our soul
which was broken in bad situations says:
No.

fuck That.

We are here to play on!
So we say
play on,
to overplayed miserable marriages,
& do it for the sake of
forsaken children.
We say play, on
to power plays played by
erratic employment bosses
in un-winnable situations of
under-value & faux appreciation.
Play on lil playa,

see, we play for keeps,

so you can keep

lazy, foul,

excuse riddled reasons for

failure in your mother’s pocket-book.

Because it is not our job to

work harder for your success

than you will.

There are days,

when we wake and are like

fuck this, fuck that;

and other days

just before we slumber and we’re like

to hell with that; tomorrow will be here

with new sun rises,

new rotations.

But it is us, who will be

stagnant, or

falter.

It is us who will taste sweet flavors,

or savor the bitterness

of defeat.

So today I rock me,

uncaring with contorted face from

insufferable flavors, knucked deep

on my tongue.

Accepting my despair, but not

moving in, not getting

comfortable, not unpacking and

living there.  Just

having a small cup of coffee,

rising up from the hole

I created…

then moving on

Untitled (Completed sometime this month)

4:30, eyelids getting heavy

like they are

enormous boulders on eyelashes

Energy crashing; need

caffeine pick-up like

pick-up line partyers

use when nose candy

goes scarce.

But this ain’t about those stairs;

we get high in different ways.

Blaze up that app

& place peepers on

numbers representing

phat bank accounts.

We work twice

for the amount.

Don’t need no accolades

just make sure that

full amount hits direct deposit

on pay-days &,

that way, we won’t

have no problems.

Why I Am With The Movement #ThinkBIGSundayWithMarsha

A few years back, I was at work (on Twitter) and it happened to be Sunday.  I came across a hashtag that was blowin' up my timeline.  It was #ThinkBIGSundayWithMarsha I was immediately intrigued, because so many people were hashtagging and posting.  So I started to check out the post, and to my surprise, they were all these super positive, uplifting quotes--and I LOVE quotes!

Since my curiosity was peaked, I wanted to know who Marsha was, and if I wanted to be a part of this "movement".  So I decided to follow her and check her tweets out, peep her website, and all that.  Come to find out, she's a entrepreneur, author, and brand influencer (and she was a
black lady with a English accent--nice!)  

I was sold. Tweeting out positive messages on life, leadership, being an entrepreneur; these were all things I could relate to.  At the time I was a supervisor at an all girls youth treatment facility--and positivity was at a premium.  After doing research on the hashtag, the one rule was that you could not tweet about yourself or you business etc.  It was just positivity for the sake of positivity and upliftment.  So I got on the bandwagon and started tweeting out positive quotes.

The result was AMAZING.  Not only was I getting retweets and all that, I was getting followers, and started engaging with them. However, I think the best thing about it was that I started feeling good on Sundays, and that energy reverberated to my staff, and Sundays got better. 

So I stay pushin' positive messages out there to folks.  I am an entrepreneur, a author, a leader, and tweeting out #ThinkBIGSundayWithMarsha reminds me of that, and the responsibility that comes with it.  So on Sunday tweet, get involved with the movement.  And if you get chance before that, give a shout out to @marshawright and give thanks to a lady who is doin BIG thangs to make us better.    

Thanks Marsha!