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What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?

You must count your blessings,

Count them one by one.

Lest you be forgetting

All the good that’s been done,

It’s like a good father,

Not derelict or strange

A provider and protector

Who plays the long game.

So one is for my daughter,

The apple of my eye.

Two is for my son,

I love to see him shine.

Three is for my doodle

The cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

Four is for my profession

I actually live my dream

Five is for my tribe,

Who walk by my side.

singer

When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Little you.

Alone, family torn in two.

Wanted to be like Whitney and Janet

Wanted Daddy to marry Mariah Carey

So you could have the perfect family.

Somehow you got it and deception wrought it.

But gave two golden souls

you’ve poured your heart into

There were some beautiful years and tender

moments curated from the intentional setting

of a loving family and community

They became your utmost calling.

So now, instead of remembering

the cloudy days, you sit in gradtitude for

the warmth of the rays, they begin to pour

You know why the caged bird sings

Sweet melodies of hard fought liberation.

a thousand times yes

How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals?

No means a thousand times yes.

I’ll no longer partake in this Cold War

Division, inequity and neo imperialism.

Instead of flipping the table

I pushed my chair back.

Stood on my own two

Self determination and sovereignty.

Wiped the breadcrumbs left for me

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Took a step back and examined the scraps

Mandated reparations for my progeny

The superpowers of yesterday are derelict

Decided to walk away and towards my destiny

Built a community that has watched my seeds

Grow, thrive and flourish

My love knows no distance

And as God is my witness

Karma comes with my forgiveness.

Thing One and Thing Two

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.

chuck taylor’s

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.