Deeper Poems

Is it really hatred or something much deeper?

They told me I was pretty for a black girl
But if that is the case
You want me to interpret that as being special
That out of every black girl
Im the exception
To your pre conceived perception
To how you view a black woman

The only way to take it
Is as an insult
Black women are beautiful
But your attitude isn't
And when

A Deeper Reflection

I look into a mirror, 
Do I like what I see?
Staring at my conscience,
Reflecting back at me. 
Inside of this mirror, there’s always more.
So don’t just look, at what’s lying on the shore.

Rut of Perspective

Are you going to drive after this rain,
Maybe you should wait for it to dry, 
For you will only slide into the same old rut, 
Burrowing this rut deeper and deeper, 
It will guide your tread but at a cost,
The deeper you go the higher the risk,
Risk of being stuck in this rut you are

Deeper

Today you released all your heartache and pain,
I never heard you cry like today,
I couldn't stop you, I had to let you cry,
I sat in silence by your side,
What affected us from years ago,
The guilt you couldn't let go,
Maybe if I was there he wouldn't have died,
He wouldn't have committed suicide,
Played over and over for

A Deeper Rising

His purpose is deeper than what
lies at earth's core
For what it's worth the more he rises
to the surface the more
he breaks chains &
curses
He's layered like a Russian Doll
& the more they poke
the more the
illusions unravel
It's him versus a world behind 
the scenes that span
a globe full of battles
I'm seeing flames flashing in
& out back and

It turns back, the deeper you wade

They say there's more of you,
back in the day.
You're a shell of a man,
that's what they say.

Go back! Find it, find it!
Less, less, you cry.
Not sad; angry, empty.
Try again, you lie.

Yet it spreads further, 
beyond the now, the why, the how.
Never better, but sometimes worse:
what will time allow?

Do you know where to look?
As you close

Deeper waters

Nasty Me, Hypocrite

From the looks of things,
I've gazed deep into my soul,
And it only gives rise to pain.

I am the shadow that consumes your light,
A toxic lover, poisoning your sight.
My touch, a flame that burns with deceit,
Melting trust, and freezing hearts that beat.

My life paves the way for pain;
Sorrow evolves around my circle.
It nurtures and

Never delve deeper

When I look at the beautiful interaction of us two, 
looking from afar makes me laugh, 
and my eyes glassy.
Everytime I step closer, my eyes will get teary.
Somehow I smell the overpowering smell of roses, 
crossing my arms with their spikes not like before smelling nothing.
I get reminded and need to stay still.
When I get

deeper and deeper

the hypnotist begins his act
pendulum sways.
his voice is slow and melodic
“you are getting sleepy”

the next thing I know I hear
“deeper and deeper”
someone takes my hand
leads me to the stage

I am told to skip around like a chicken
and bark like a dog, which I do without thought
this delights my students
I am so suggestable,
They come every year

Look Deeper

If one wants to know
the scope of man's physical
and psychological image

(The Good The Bad)

look deeper into the pond
of surface reflection

into the very molten core
of earth existence....

Christ said it: "the Kingdom
is at hand" -- to grasp

yet far too many of us 

keep them clenched

as fists....

Deeper Than Knives

My mother’s words cut deeper than knives.
They slash me and live deep inside my skin. 
Tr’velling to my heart, they eat me alive. 
Negative remarks radiate within. 

“I could just murder you right now, you witch.”
I keep telling mys’lf I don’t believe her,
But the more she talks, the less i can r’sist. 
They mult’ply and

Dig deeper

Who in truth we are, we know not,
no wonder then, we are fear fraught,
since it's certain we will soon die,
reducing consciousness to naught.

Save in moments when love draws nigh,
we rarely reach bliss rapture's high,
drifting rudderless in the void,
nurturing thoughts that makes heart sigh.

Day and night, by dark desires toyed,
negating truths sung by Pink Floyd,
we ponder

Deeper Roots

You can burn a book
but not its truth
Flames no match
for time’s reproof

Planted deep
below the lime
Its seeds will flower
— where light to shine

(West Campus: May 6, 2024)

Deeper Walk - Mirror

"As you live deeper in the heart, the mirror gets clearer and cleaner."
                         - Rumi


As the heart opens the door through the night,
As it embraces the piercing light,
Some things begin to

A Deeper Listening

What we hear is a haunting,
of words not said,
there’s only this deep listening,
yet who or what attends?

Something mundane is said,
a sudden potency,
a brief sonic feathering
awakens inner ears.

The mention of an ordinary thing
connects us,
a span of invisible tissue,
bridges one foreign language
to another.

Tympanic bones
drum to the same beat.
contrary vibrations
dance in step.

Meanwhile the passion
keeps pouring through,
conjoined
synaptic junctions,

and our

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