the matter of black lives

We breathe heavy,
Asthmatics gasping thin air.
Drape, tired mourning clothes, over whipped shoulders,
Weighed down by the ever
increasing weight
Of your
Fear,
Privilege,
Greed,
Morality,
Ego,
Imagined superiority,
Blue on Black wall of silence…
How great is thou
Murderous intent,
to undo
the God you forced on us?
To control,
Corrupt,
Make complict our demise-
while,
We walk in our ragged,
Soleless shoes,
Polished to a high shine
In reflection,
For embracing non-violence
In the light of your fight
Rubbing blistered toes
-Exposed
On the sidewalk of your false foundations,
Embibing in your rank stories
Of our crimes,
Nature,
Bloodlines,
very Being.
Just the justification
For devils to act.
You should talk…
Like everything,
You do it better…
Lie.
Are born to it…
Malign.
Take to hate like
A duck to dark water.

~D.E ’20

Jewel

Seeing you
For the first time
Unfiltered,
Unaltered,
Raw,
Unaware of your power
To inspire
Love,
that moves mountains,
Change,
that alters the course
of rivers, deeply scored into rigid earth,
Reignite a
heart,
Staggered by daggers
and swords
To beat a new message forth…
Seeing you for the first time
Is a moment of recognition,
The fervant phasing thru body of
Lifetimes
Into a solitary infusion point of
Rebirth
I have loved you before,
Now,
Forever.
Without a word spoken…
I am seeing the necessity of
This calamitous condition of unearthing
Self worth,
Raising eyes,
And expectation
That I might gaze beyond
The minute world,
Look up
And discover you
My universe…

~D.E.

Sunday Love Notes…

So, it’s the Memorial Day weekend and while I am taking some time out, I want to also take a moment to THANK our active duty, former military service members, and the families of our fallen heroes. It takes tremendous strength and courage to do what you are called to do, in general-not everyone does or can heed the call. But, to take up the challenge of military service carries some other level willingness toward sacrifice-that makes you special. So, I for one, appreciate you!! Thank you, for your courage and your service!

That said, as I was prepping this post and thinking I would just go with the standard poem, I literally came across a song that seemed particularly apropos…take it as it resonates.

Me, I’m just validating the love is real…

Music link after the poem (do check out the lyrics on this one)…

LEAPING for Love

Being
Thisclosetoyou
Is
Standing
On the edge
Of the world
Before God
created round,
Surrounded on one side
by all that is earthly, miraculous,
New
And Yes,
God, Yes!
Beautiful…

To my left,
I might step
Into
Firmament,
Weight-less-ness,
Lost gravity
in
Empty space.
Would this place take my
breath away, too?
as I drift
In starlight
and deafening silence?

The unknown makes me afraid.
-Newborn
I am unfamiliar with
Life
Or
Death

Yet…

as this morning
-Breaks
I am light on all sides
Free to possibility…

Feet in place,
Eyes closed
I wait-
just on the edge-
Ready for the new wind
To lead me…

~D.E.

Emeli Sandé-Extraordinary People *copyright* (YouTube)