Lady Liberty’s Last Lecture

I wrote this entire thing for my Facebook feed. Hence there is a lack of tangents and crudeness. It's also shorter. America! America! God mend thine every flaw Confirm thy soul in self-control Thy liberty in law! --America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates   And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc…Read more Lady Liberty’s Last Lecture

Heart and Mind

I am beautiful She is beautiful The irony then when she can't see her beauty or mine, Making my self-sight lose its shine. Masculinity: without its opposite-- perhaps compliment is more appropriate-- it ceases to be. For every man there's a woman. A woman who can't see what she means to him. Nor feel what…Read more Heart and Mind

Patience

Am I horrible For wanting no father? The one who clothes my back Who fills my belly And supports me? Nay, for God is the Provider Sustainer And Most Merciful. But what then of His Prophet? He who tells me to respect my mother three times more than her husband? He who ordains that both…Read more Patience

The Man Left at the Altar; narrative poem

The Man Left at the Altar Though heard many a time, The story’s still just as droll. This is the tale of a man, Who was cheated in his role. But first! The woman. She was as conniving as could be. So conniving indeed, She’d hang any man on a tree! Though he was not…Read more The Man Left at the Altar; narrative poem

Dual/3-in-1 Poem: Rain

Rain The humidity rises.           --the process of evaporation begins. Dark clouds form and gather.           --followed by the omen of rain: condensation. They fall, slowly at first, then fast, perfect droplets given shape by gravity.           --heavenly showers or torrential rain; precipitation's all the…Read more Dual/3-in-1 Poem: Rain