They Grow JayLous of this Haitian Swagga.

My dearest Moon, why must you continue to hide In the darkness from the one who begs to be your bride, Yet when she comes to find you, concealed among brightly Shining stars that pull on her attention tightly To distract her from your beauty, you can’t but caress her Nor can you deny yourself the chance to bless her With a radiant light you know she can not resist As she reminisces on the times she swears you kissed Her precious lips before an audience of goddesses and gods Who could only fat… Continue

This little clump of red tissue with in my chest Beats and beats under hard conditions but never rests. I wonder why little heart, you keep on going despite it all All of the pain and hurt you sustain. It seems as if there is a wall That protects you. If I did not know better I would assume That you are protected in a fortified tomb Aside from the cage of bones that tried Insufficiently to shield it on every side. I wonder how it is that you continue to beat While being beaten into a fine she… Continue

ELEMENTS He is like the elements, The simple good in hectic events. The simple things in life I hold dear, What is pure and above all sincere. He is like the gentle rain seeping through my clothes, He's like the placid wind whispering as it blows. Modest as the gallantly colored skies, He's a mystery understood only by the spiritually wise. He is an element, the base of all that lives, More to me, the base of why my heart gives. He's like the warm sun rays that shine upon my body, So… Continue

Shackles. They dig into my delicate wrists Hurting more when I clench my hands into fists. I try to play with the lock, picking at it hitting it But not even a tiny mar will the metal permit. I reach out to those who walk past my cage as if I was nothing to bother hassling with Some as if I wasn’t even there, in existence Proving to me that there is a long distance Between humanity and this poor vile Wretch hiding in sorrow while The world tries to forget the incorrigible wrong Of her… Continue

LIVE POETS SOCIETY of NJ CONGRATULATIONS! It is my extreme pleasure to inform you that our judges have selected your poem as a Topical Winner in our 10th Annual National High School Poetry Contest covering the 2007/2008 school year. That’s right, your poem! The one that was recently returned to you with the address to this webpage. MORE GOOD NEWS Your poem has been chosen to appear, at no cost to you, in our upcoming topical anthology entitled "My World". "My World" wi… Continue