more and more i begin to realize how much support i have around me. more and more this inspires me by allowing me to be myself and grow comfortably with myself as well. one of the closets people to me gave the best advice as my branches begin to break and form new paths of extension.
*here's the e-mail below
i said;i want to find that same poet i was before when i lived my life as art and not a metaphoric competition.
she said;Yo its crazy that you're going through this thing that I think I went through when I was in college. AKA- you're wayyy ahead of your time. Which is actually perfectly on time.

What's that thing that dorie says to nemo? Just. Keep. Swimming.
You'll find your way. You're an artist, and you're going through your "process". Every step of which, is extremely important. But you can't skip any stages, cause then you wont ever truly grow.

When something feels dead to you, it's time to change it. Follow what makes you feel good, inspired, excited, happy. You could do anything you want. Maybe you need to start doing poetry while spinning fire. or maybe you've exceeded what poetry and words has to offer and next you want to dance or make music. Or maybe you just gotta do more listening than talking for a while so that when you come back to the game, you can have something truly new to offer. Poetry will always be there, but more importantly, YOU will always be a POET.
Energy and inspiration comes and goes, but always flows in different directions.... face whatever direction the wind is pushing you in!!
bet u didn't think i was gonna go in like that, did you SUCKA. Haha. I'm always here though, you know that.

Peace
i hope that this has inspired many of you as it has me <3

and they say kids dont understand. .

images from Africa

as the HIV/AIDS epidemic spreads so does the advertisements to stop the spread. o remember in the summer going to "the new museum" in Manhattan and there was a section with photographs from different places which all had a red ribbon hidden inside the images. what shocked me about the images was that they didn't shock me or want me to make a stand against the virus, it was sort of like a new found fashion statement. the below image makes me want to do something as well as shows me that others are beginning to rise up and fight.

HIV/AIDS IS SERIOUS; NOT BECAUSE THE DAMAGE IT DOES TO THOSE PERSONALLY FACING THE DISEASE AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT BECAUSE IT IS A NATIONAL STRUGGLE. WITHIN THIS HORRIFIC STRUGGLE THERE ARE THOSE THAT CONTINUE TO FIGHT;
THIS VIDEO STOOD OUT TO ME BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WEREN'T TALKING ABOUT DYING FROM HIV/AIDS, BUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. WE NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY EDUCATE OUR YOUTH HOLISTICALLY.

mos def is a prime exonerates light of energy that shows what Cornel West means whe he says "life is work of art"

this really what i call poetry; no rhyme specific flow but you can feel truth within her voice.

run and jump

PIECE FROM A WORKSHOP

she could roll blunts longer than your sarcastic punch line
the wax rolled down her candles on her bedside like swaggy stilloets after a long night out
i never seen such an energetic lost soul beam words like light into folds of notebooks
you manipulated her dreams
turned them into sewage
you curved pages at the chapel like strippers on couches
imprinted your mark on her fingertips like fingers on love handles
_my dear bible
i leave you backsides for morning brunch and fingertips for dinner