There is a thing sewn into the fabric of my skin Invisible, yet strong in the face of the Impossible It’s improbable That I should exist I am supposed to be buried Deep within the loins Of a woman and a man who Never made it Ripped from their context Bought by filthy lucre Dragged […]
My sons are being hunted Look they’re on the run More than just police stops and gun shots My sons are being hunted Now they’re on the run Their lives do more than matter Their lives count One, two, three For I count them I know them each by name I have seen and heard […]
Who remembers when snow was fun? I remember the joy that falling snow once brought to me as a child growing up in Brooklyn. It was not unlike the thrill I would receive at the prospect of a day at the beach or the annual church picnic with its built-in excursion to an actual swimming pool. […]
The past is tinted in permanent color, made either majestic or terrible based on the memory Hues of yellow, pink and blue pastels sustain the memories of childhood alive and immortal in our minds’ eyes making it easy to imagine that the past is a special place in heaven, sanctioned by God to live on […]
Some Thoughts: What is it about being discouraged that stops you from even trying to do anything? —From trying to move forward. Some people seem to be driven by a challenge. They seem to foresee the incredible feeling of winning in spite of the odds, and they charge ahead without the hindering fear of […]
The following is taken from a letter that I wrote to a friend following the decision of the grand jury in Ferguson, MO. “Back here in the US, I think that we’ve woken up to the need to a Civil Rights Movement #2 (Dos.) It’s a really bad feeling in the pit of my […]
It’s happened again. It’s all too familiar and I’ve wondered whether things will ever change. Will there ever come a day within my lifetime when black people in the United States will no longer have to fear an untimely death at the hands of those who should be a source of protection? During the past […]
A short time before the present conflict between Israel and Hamas, I asked some of my Israeli friends to answer interview questions that I sent them with the aim of helping people who live outside of the conflict understand the feelings, ideas, and the reality of those living within the conflict. I sent the […]
It is two o’ clock in the morning and I have been inspired to take up my pen. During one of my late night perusals of the news before grabbing some shut eye I happened upon an article on the BBC news site by Home Editor Mark Easton titled “Advice for Foreigners on How […]
It isn’t particularly clever to surmise that after a long War on Terror and military campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan, America seems particularly “war weary.” For years many Americans have asked why their government should rush in to mitigate and engage in foreign conflicts when there are national matters to be dealt with. From […]
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