Who are your favorite people to be around?
My babies been with me since I was 23. It’s hard to image not having them around. When they are gone, there is a bittersweet feeling of ease and longing. There hasn’t been a a day or hour that I have not thought of them. Mind running, eyes scanning and ears listening to hopes and dreams. And also they are funny, intelligent, entertaining, authentic and fearless people. I love them a lot.
Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.
Baby girl,
On every coast I’ve been,
Chuck’s been right there.
Reminds me of old cheap Charlie,
My mother used to call him,
When she’d save a buck or two
While crushing me deeper into
The pit this world has me in
But I’m still digging
Through the trenches and timberlands
Thoughts swimming through my mind
take air over Jordan and fly
to the land of palm trees and wide skies,
Rather hear the buzz of the back of a trunk.
Than trudge through snow in my Chucks.
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
Today I decided to release you from my narrative
Chose to write a new one, expose true character
Today I decided to take care of me first
Tired of getting it up out the mud
Decided to accept what I deserve.
The best.
Nothing less.
Than I give my child.
Had to get a pen and pad to calculate
The cost of guiding my children down the path
Of scholar athlete and college graduate.
People say the degree is useless
But for us it’s the ticket to the door
And the end of the line of more acceptable candidates.
Education, community and creativity.
We have to be all three to succeed
God bless the child who does all three well,
At least eight generations removed from slavery
Seventh generation college graduate
Sixth generation intellectual
Fifth generation creative
Fourth generation revolutionary
Third generation doctorate degree holder
Second generation legacy
First generation trust fund baby
On your shoulders I’ve climbed from seven to three
In my fourth centennial imagine what else I could achieve?
I’ve worn my pain like armor, Now there is no need. Especially when I see that my anxiety is a Burden. I’ve expressed myself authentically While …
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