Urban Stories & Prose

"...Keeping composure is saving face in the heat of opposition. To be the bigger man, silence your tongue, and turn around. Others may think of him as soft and weak, but he has just won the biggest battle. The angriest bull to tame is the one within..."

"The path of righteousness is always before me, and so lay the path to my destruction. Yet, it seems my feet, will, and desire always push me towards that road leading to my demise. Why is the path of destruction so appealing?..."

"Like so many people, success comes and goes. The problem is that we are too lazy to make things happen and it is destroying us both mentally and physically. If we are willing to do our best, then a lifetime of opportunities will present themselves..."

"Dating is just a short form of courting, but how well do we know our partners? Is it by name, number, or where they live, or is it by their appearances? A majority of us only look at the outer appearance, forgetting that the first appearance only lasts for so long, then the real you comes to the surface, the one that we do our best to conceal..."

"The statistics of unruly children are on the rise and no one is doing anything about it. When parents allow their children to disrespect them, it takes away from the authority of a mother or a father figure..."

"I am only human and without divine strength, I will never grow in spirit. The thing is, we are so dependent on ourselves, that the self fails us each every time..."

"You're only sorry because I figured it out..."

"I prepared myself for this day and I still wasn't ready. Although you're gone, I gotta keep steady. I still can't wrap my head around it, but for this family, I will stay mounted. ..."

"My body is poetry, just read in-between the lines, after 9 months of carrying a growing being, my body STILL shines! ..."

"The question is among us all. Is there a true definition of love? The way I see it is, me and you could have two completely different definitions of love..."

"When I thought I was down and out, I hoped for a different route. I tried to stop the satanic voices in my head, that were telling me I was better off dead..."

"What have you been doing today? So many issues to deal with on your plate, have to endure when away. He wishes to be there with you every step of the way..."

"Honey Sweet. Honey Dew. These are my words when I think of you. Captivating smile. Succulent lips. These are the things I wish to taste. Long silky hair, skin so fair. Every day and night I wish to be there. Caressing your body, nurturing your soul, you've captured my heart, a Goddess to behold..."

"I Heard It! It was a night I never expected, to be graced with a voice so angelic. The symphony of its composure, was nothing my soul was ever prepared for...."

"The vulnerability of self and being is like an open wound that's susceptible to the disease of the state of infection. The trauma of reliving the journey of life is in the reaction to that particular nature of actions leading up to that event..."

"On the constellations of our planetary journey into the intimacy and delights of the heart and soul. We travel and traverse through the insatiable black hole of desire and thirst as our bodies intertwine into the divine enlightenment of unconscious nature and flow..."

"You hold my heart in your hands; Like your favorite musical instrument. The way you play sensuous, hypnotic tunes of pure pleasure... Oh how it excites my soul to tell the world of this proclamation. Where and how should I actually begin?"

"My mind is thinking of positive things and the happiness and joy it brings. If we would think before we choose, then there would be nothing that we should lose..."

"There were conversations about respect, but how can we speak of respect when we do not know what it means? The problem is, that we have been disrespecting ourselves for so long that it has become an easy thing to do. If a man disrespects himself, then he will disrespect his family. He did not understand the significance of the word."

"The gratitude of praise is what I bring; simply clinging to the cross despising the shame. I am thankful Oh Lord for what you have done, even though the lesson I've learned is not any fun."

"Under the shade of our validity and being, we gladly lay so comfortably and relish and cherished the cool breeze that softly danced across our sweaty faces while we were together in the times of our yesterday."

"You see darling, the thing about emotional and physical abuse is that it never allows you to truly forget. It is like a sharp spur, a thorn that buries itself deep within your inner being, a virus disease that slowly eats away your self-esteem...."

"Reminiscent of a time not too long ago when I felt truly loved by someone I thought was different, whom I truly believed in my heart was special..."

"Because I don't argue with him, even though I'm so pissed, my passive indifference ignores the fact of him being a dog? He doesn't know how much fuel he is adding to the fire. Fanning the flames of his impending demise every time I see his face."

Even though it seems I might be fading into the abyss of those who have hurt me, I am still that Queen!

Our first kiss was like floating in the air. It was like having butterflies in my stomach, like the sensation you feel when scared.

I need witnesses, in case I don't survive the night... Here is a short story most think they can predict. I thought I knew the woman I fell in love with; eventually ended up marrying, but it turned out that love is actually blind...

You turn like the tide of the ocean on this occasional night. The stranger you needed to see; a stranger black as midnight. Staring at torches in his eyes, you are transfixed ... Drawn to the flames like a helpless moth; you are caught ...

Unique, Authentic, she is indeed genuine. She is woman, she is mother, she is a Nubian Goddess, Queen of Wonder. Basket full of humor so funny, hence the reasons. He will miss her presence, miss the giggles that forms dimples when she smiles...

She enters the bathroom, locking the past behind her. Fills the bowl with the clear elixir. She undresses, throwing all worry, hurt, scars, and pain into the basket to be cleaned...

Caught her in the act; she must have been on crack. To bring in this house, a man in my bed. After all I've done for her these years. She looked me in the eyes with fright When I turned on those God darn lights...

Two seeds dropped by the wayside. Strangers on this earth found each other by patient strides. Opposite they were, both North and South, Bound together by gravity earth. A magnetic pull towards the center of love's faithful attraction. Side by side, these seedlings grew...

He told me it was only that one time. And the woman he did not love. But these memories keep haunting me. That night I caught them both. I thought we were happy then, as we danced this life away. So why did he have to interrupt my glow with his games that hurt me so?

Red and blue. I see flashing in my rear view.
What could I have done, to escape the pigment of my skin that runs
Down my arms and face like half this human race?...

Where do I begin to describe, this sea with no end? All these years, and all these tears have led to this huge sea of fears. This ocean I have cried, waxes and wanes with its moonlit tide bringing in present pain from demons of anxiety is all I gain...

I’m so enameled and smitten by your wholeness of beauty, strength and grace. I get so enlightened by your sensuous smile that can just light up any room or dim space. You emit from your presence and soul so much surety and confidence.

In your eyes, there is purity; it's innocence. Makes me feel a sense of guilt as you naked my soul. Too BOLD are your eyes; you cast them upon me. Causing my mind to want to expose out loud, in the open, exactly what I'm thinking, what I'm really trying to hide...

The vibes between you and I was truly undeniable and obvious that when you smiled at me, like a high school crush, I would get all starring eyed and blush.

This is his queue. He emerges upon you, silent and stealth like a vampire to the night. You never heard him approach. He is a breeze to your ear, he whispers, "Tonight, keep your eyes closed, relax and release all passions over to me" ...

She opened my heart of treasure, digging deeper she will find its measure. So this is what I'm trying to say: Girl, it's you I dream about, both night and day. To breathe, you are the air. If I were an eagle, without you, the wind under my wings, how could I ever soar so high? ...

When we first met we had instant chemistry but our love for one another started out slow but it picked up a full head of steam as we continue throughout time grow.

Sometimes I long to feel the sun upon my skin, but my hurt, my pain, my tears of rain keep drowning me.... I wonder, am I going insane? If only I can breach the surface above, I will become as free as a little bird that flies that longing sky in the glare of the sun...

If I could talk, then you would know; I never wanted you to leave. If I could walk, then you would know; I would have followed everywhere you go. If I could run, then you would know; after you, I would have chased; just to see your face another day...

When it came to love and its eventual positive impact on my nature and being, I was quite doubtful that it would end up having some type of meaning.

Heat. Lightening. Sweet. Poison. Mind to mind, they never got along. Communication and trust were out the window from day one. They were Mars and Venus, a contrast between the Sun and Moon. But what she did with her lips, those jaws of life between her hips.
Extraordinary! He had to admit. Hooked! The way she rode his rollercoaster.