Out to the grasses Ancestral Planes Royal resting place Free from Earth bound chains Black Americans Severed from descent Lineage and land But to what extent? Bury me at sea Breathing salt and blood With my ancestors Who refused the mud Denied by bondage My elders were slaves Left without homage To watery graves

A quiet sarcasm A numb stoicism A microaggression A self-awareness An exhaustion of a people who have survived the worst possible conditions and still continue to be a happy, forward-thinking people. Used to inject venomous self-hate Used to dehumanize the victim Used to desensitize the user to his destruction Looks…

Trying to navigate through life can sometimes feel like trying to maneuver your way through a dark forest. When you fall, your passion is what picks you up. But what drives you to keep going when your tired, frustrated, and feel like you have been going in circles for hours…