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My Window

In the middle of my plain white wall
There is a plain white window
And next to my plain white window
Is where I sit in a plain white dress
On a plain white chair
And every morning the sun rises
And every evening the sun sets
I see them all from my window
They are very pretty
With many colors
And then one day
A man stops by my window
He calls to me as I sit
In my plain white dress
On my plain white chair
He calls to me to tell me of the world
That I may come and join him
But I have seen the troubles of the world
All beyond my window
And I say to him I'd rather stay
And sit here by my window
Where troubles cannot reach me
He smiles a sweet sad smile as he walks away
Though the next day he is back again
And he talks to me of grass
Of green lush grass that is soft enough to walk on barefoot
I tell him of the glass that is hidden among the blades
He just smiles a sweet sad smile as he walks away
And back again he comes
To tell me of the ocean and sandy beaches
With white sand so pure you can lay naked upon it
I shake my head and tell of the pirates
That come to kidnap young and pretty girls
He smiles his sweet sad smile as he walks away
The next day he walks softly to my window
And he tells me of a garden untouched by men
Where flowers are the size of children
And blooms reach to the heavens
He tells me of the grass that hides no glass
Of a sky that is of the brightest blue
And a stream that is so pure you can
Be unwary of drinking from it
He talks of fish and birds of indescribable beauty
All this he tells me is mine
I must only leave my window and I may see it
I shake my head sadly as I tell him
I am afraid the world holds too much danger
For even if there were such a place
What misfortunes may befall me
On my way to this so called garden
He smiles a very sad smile and as he walks away
He says that paradise belongs to those who
Take risks and battle hardships to reach it
These are the words I remember as I watch the sun set
And the next day when he comes
To my plain white window
He will see me missing in my plain white dress
On an empty plain white chair
For I have gone to walk on glass and battle pirates
On my way to paradises garden

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My Lil Man

The moon peeks thru my window
Looking to bathe me in its midnight light
We are one yet we are two
I feel you stretch inside my stretched out belly
Watch as your hand presses against your tiny home
I start to hum my mothers song and I can feel you shift
Perhaps to listen better I smile as the thought crosses my mind
You relax as I lay we lay watching the moon watch us
It used to be me against the world
Now its us against the world
But never fear
For i am near
And while im here
No harm will come to you my dear
My lil man my heart
Though you're still so small
And the world so big 
I'd face a thousand foes 
Smooth out a thousand woes 
Before letting you go.
Rocking in my rocking chair
I sit and dream of years to come
Your first christmas
First grade
Your second third and fourth girlfriends
The fifth scraped knee
Your sixth doctor visit
The seventh grade when you made the team
And the eighth when you almost quit 
Nine dozen late night conversations
And of course the 10 million kisses 
I just cant stop giving you
A lifetime of treasured memories just waiting to happen 
As I sit there rocking in my rocking chair
The moon peeking thru my window 
And your tiny movements 
As my heart beats with your heartbeat
And our hearts beat as one
My lil man

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Bed Number 36

Lying in bed number 36
I'm here cuz I shot and missed
Took a chance a risky gamble
With my safety and security
I lost and lost big
Loan sharks are after me
Can't decide if it's time to flee
Too late to start over
Too big a chip on my shoulder
Lord I was born a ramblin man
Only women ain't sposed to ramble
Now what I think as I lay in my bed
Next to women that stink of poverty
The loan sharks are after me
Time to pay up or dead I will be
So tired of runnin
Gotta keep runnin
Don't know why I'm runnin
No use really runnin
Havin lunch with the mad hatter
Only hes the loan shark
Can't remember how much I owe
He looks mad like hes ready to blow
Or maybe that's me
I'm the mad hatter
Collecting the debts
That are owed to me
Still lying in bed number 36
Was it worth the risk?
Tryin to be tough
Only made it more rough
I'm runnin runnin runnin
But I ain't goin nowhere
Stuck on an island where
Even the coconuts wont be my friend
Alice is calling, Alice, the white girl
Calls my name, always calling me to
Do the evil deeds she can't do
I'm the mad hatter and I'm mad
Mad that I'm the mad hatter
Mad that Alice keeps calling my name
So mad the loan sharks are after me
The looking glass in front of me
Always looks greener on the other side
Only now the goats have eaten all the grass
Alice wants me to come over
Lying in bed number 36
Maybe I should succumb
I feel so numb
1 step 2 steps 3 steps 4
Guess who just walked through the door?

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I Am the Stone Flower

I am the rock that he doesn't have to be
I am the stone flower so he can be the wind
My tears will flow so he can blow
I know him I know his pain
His pain becomes my own
No excuse others say but, I say
I am the rock that he doesn't have to be
You see me with my trendy shades on my way to work
With the black eye and you think you can see the whole story
But all you see is the black eye and the fist behind it
You dont know that when I get mad I push the needed buttons
To get the wanted reaction
You dont know that I found a voilent man that embodies my father
Because that is what I crave
We fight hard but we love harder
Can you see the pain behind his eyes as well
As he fights himself to not fight me
That day you saw me sitting in my blood soaked tee
That's the day I picked a fight with him
You say real men dont hit women no matter what
But I say sometimes, I need to be hit, I want to be hit
I stay out of fear
But it is the fear that I am lost without him
We've become such a part of eachother
Both raised in abusive homes
Its become the norm for us
I am not a victim
I am a stone flower, a rock as you say
We keep eachother sane
In our own symbiotic relationship
I am his sanity, his hold on reality
And I take the bruises and the pain
Willingly, because he is my heart
We know eachother, understand eachother,
So you see, you dont know the him that I know
And you will never know the me that he knows
I put up with him
Because
He puts up with me
I am not the victim
I am the rock that he doesnt have to be
I am the stone flower so he can be the wind
My tears will flow so he can blow
This is what I know

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If Only

M.I.A but I'm here
Chained to the ghetto 
You'll never find me 
Cuz we all look the same 
Identified by the numbers on our EBT cards
We belong to the state packed away by section 8
Tell me what is our fate?
Rich girls with painted faces from the other side of town
You only come around once in a blue to tell us, what it is, that we could do 
If only, we weren't ignorant 
If only, we weren't gangbangers 
And hustlers, 
Child thieves 
And people molesters,
If only our mothers, never cried cuz our babies had to die
If only our fathers, weren't so young made to be men before the age of ten
If only our sisters and our brothers hadn't been sold to demons in the night
Given up without the chance to fight 
Man, if only you could see, open your eyes, and see 
See the guns we carry not for our fighting but for our defense 
See the drugs we sell not for our fun but for our lives
See the women we love not for our pleasure but for our sanity
But you cannot see for you are blinded by the ego you possess
Rich girls who have never known what it means to suffer 
Coming around once in a blue to tell us, what it is, that we could do
Just because Daddy made sure you bought the best and mommy took care of all the rest 
Come around again rich girl and let me show you what it is that I could do 
If only, if only, man if only.

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Cleansing

3 am and there you are waiting for me
As always so strong and sure
I love you for that
Skin so pale glistening in the moonlight
You never judge me, you've always loved me
The mask I wear in front of others is not needed when I face you
It tumbles to the floor followed by my clothing
I sigh as I walk over
Its time to turn you on
I use that circular motion you like so much
That warm slick wetness between my fingers
Has me smiling contentedly
The steam in the room is rising
I step inside and allow the water gently cascading
All around me to wash away
The tears, the dirt, and the stress of daily living
I let the peace of the darkness and your calm stillness flow through me
When I'm here, inside of you, is when I can be me
Theres nobody to please but me
No facade of happiness to cling to
Here, is where I feel my sadness, my anger, and my grief
Hidden far away from eyes that might judge and condemn
Or worse yet eyes that would look upon me with pity
Pity that would cast my achievments under a shadow
And encase my soul in the well-meaning intentions of others
Lavender soap washes away the hardness clinging to my body
Turn off the water as I'm left standing in steam
Air dry to keep the peace going
I love you deeply as any lover
My shower

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To B

Look child I'm done, this is enough 
Why are you still interested in what I am doing 
I'm flattered by your concern but I'm sorry 
We are not friends, nor are you worth enough to be considered an enemy 
Go away live your life stop bothering me 
There is no war here, no fight to be won 
I am a Goddess, a Woman, wholly me 
Still you play at your childish games 
As if the police would ever believe your lies 
The truth prevailed with only a nights disruption 
Cut your losses and move on like a good little grown-up 
Your insecurities have brought you down and held you back 
No way shall I allow you to strip my spirit with your ugly words 
You sit in your house behind the closed doors of your mind 
And claim my soul is ugly, while it is you and your kind that 
Judge and condemn in an attempt to oppress those whom 
Oppose your way of thinking and the cruelness of your souls 
I do not fear you. You are a child throwing nothing more than a temper tantrum 
" Mommy mommy pay attention to me, I am angry" 
Your pathetic life has pigeon-holed your womans soul and all you have left is 
Anger, so your contempt for me is understandable. I am free 
Unbound by the chains of dispair and fear 
I cannot say I feel sorry for you, You do not deserve my pity 
I have moved on from you without a moments hesitation 
The black hole of your soul shall not consume me 
I wish I could say I miss being your friend 
But I can't. Truth is, it was all too easy to say goodbye to 
Your crude humor, your promiscuity and the ever-present 
Knife ready to stab the backs of those you "love" 
You were right about one thing I will never be you 
I will never shun those who care or turn my back on those in need 
Nor will my soul ever be as black as yours 
Still it is my sincere hope that you can save yourself 
From the hells you have created 
Grow up little girl stop your foolishness 
Do not reply, no one wants to hear the ramblings of 
A barely literate girl in a womans body attempting 
To condemn the soul of a Goddess. You will only succeed 
In making yourself look weaker and if possible even more stuck-up 
Stick to what you're good at like consuming the love around you and turning it to hate.

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Victim

I've been a victim
A victim of my own
Self doubt
Self pity
And self loathing
I've let chaos pick me up
And up and down
Around and around
Faster than a merry go round
Like the thoughts in my head swirling around
I think I may just drown
The ghost of a smile? Or just another frown?
God I cant take the sound!
The sound of the silence
Pressing in on me
Every breath a labored struggle
For sanity to stop being insanity
For my unreal reality to some how not be my reality
Swimming in an ocean of tissues
They say I have issues
My friends all think I've cracked
My brain is wracked
With thoughts and desires
You with me and me with you
Now just me myself and I
As we become I and I
The road to Zion stays clear
Jah has met me upon the path
His eyes a bloody wrath
No time to fear
Dirty lips with dirty words
I am my own messiah
I must die for my own mind and sins
"Save us" I hear the sovereign plea
Of all my dreams
Burdened down 
By bitterness and terror
"Save you?" What need have I of dreams?
Clothed in rags and fleas
Depart from me or die with me!
Dreams I cannot eat
And I've no effort left to save you
If I cannot even save me
Listening to the drip drip drip
Of another bloody attempt
Pain searing in my veins
As I knew and
Dreamless I wept
Until at last I slept
With no more fear of waking up

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Broken

Here I stand 
In the midst of a room splattered with blood,
My blood.
Like a child on punishment you've left me alone.
I love you,
Those are the words you spoke as you turned to leave.
Love?
Your love for me is tainted by my blood.
I must clean,
Remove all evidence that this has happened.
Things will change,
I allow myself the delusion cuz reality hurts too much.
So many tears,
Mixing with bleach and blood.
Broken bones,
Don't hurt as much as my broken heart.
So abandoned,
By the strength of will it takes to stand as a woman.
I am no woman,
Today I am just broken, shattered by your fist.

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One Winter's Night

Its late
Storm's still raging outside
30 inches of snow they say
But we don't care
Standing looking out the window
You come and wrap your arms about my waist
Lean your chin upon my shoulder
And gaze out side with me
I smile at our reflection
Just me and you
In the hushed silence of our living room
You light the fire
I pour the wine
Red tonight
A nice Chardonnay
The little ones all tucked away
Mmmmm the smell of apples and cinnamon
As I walk back to the kitchen
That huge apple pie we made is finally done cookin
Another glass of wine, I pour
Finally able to stretch out with you
On the big bear rug in the middle of our floor
My head on your chest
And your arm around me
The fire crackling merrily
And all the world is hushed
The night is full of promise
Cuz we know its ours
Your heart is mine
And mine is yours
I lift my head to steal a kiss
"Thief," you whisper, "you shall pay for this."
In your big bear grip you've captured me
And attacked my senses with a million sweet kisses
Laughing and giggling incoherently
You inflict your punishment relentlessly
Till at last you've reduced me to gasping shudders
Your eyes sparkle as you get up
Champion they seem to say
And I agree clearly this battle was not won by me
"Pie?" you ask
"Mmmmmmm I’d love some,"
"Ice creams on the counter." I reply
And as we sit indulging in the indulgent taste of homemade apple pie
I look at you and I think, this is it this is all I’ve ever wanted
well..... maybe battle # 2 *wink*