breathe.

i am somebody

i am a song to be sung

i am a voice to be heard

i am, above all else, a spirit bird

i am a riveting story to tell

i am a bestseller waiting to be written

i am a lesson learnt the hard way

i am like a sister to Fay

i am the first grand daughter to Iris

i am a part of his wonderful conception

i am learning, growing, spiritually metamorphosing

i am the sun rising in the morning

i am the sound a baby's first cry
i am in the nervous anticipation of a father
i am in a mother's breast oozing with the food of life
i am a peace meeting in a land of strife

i am Afro-Caribbean
i am in the memory of a people who fought for freedom!
i am in the blood sweet and tears of fighting ministry
i am born out of a rich ancestry

i am soft lips waiting to be kissed

i am warm arms to enfold you

i am the present, the future, the past tense

i am the rain, the wind, i am the elements

i am somebody

i am a sweet song to be sung

i am a voice to be heard

i am, in essence, a spirit bird.

Jan (waiting)

can't you see
she's just a woman
a woman that wants you
wants to be near you
to seduce you
hear you see you smell you
be there where ever you are

can't you see
she's only human
she's a woman
a woman that needs you
feeds you bleeds you
sacrifices for you
lays her life on the line for you
just wants to love you....unconditionally
can't you see?



for Jan.

music.

music is
my soul singing
like bells ringing on a Sunday morning
after a good sermon.

uhmmmmm
like a lovers hand down my back
down to my love....sack
music is like a heart attack
cardiac arrest music makes
a home to the restless.

a wide blue ocean to a deep sea diver
music is the tongue and i'm the saliva
like a conductor to a mass choir
music is Handel's messiah, hallelujah!
can strike you like lightning and thunder
music can make you run a high fever
ye....that good.

music is
the song and i am the words
music sends chills through this lyrical song bird.

music in
rhythm, poetry and dance
music is like an Oscar worthy performance.

music can
send you totally outta control
music in the sound of my ancestors being sold
greater than any story or fable ever told
times richer than any African gold
i thought ah told.....ya!

music is silent
music is loud
music is vain
music is proud
music is modest
music is honest
music can bring back to life the Nefertiti goddess.

musics makes
no excuses for music is individual
emotional, physical, mental and spiritual
mind boggling, earth shattering, asymmetrical
music is like a new born miracle.

music in
acid jazz at a cafe on Broadway
spoken word nights on Astor Place
music while i gently sip my mocha latte
whether in a crowd or during a soliloquy
music in the veins coursing my ebony.

music is
skin deep
injects itself into your core
music is Bob Marley to Norah Jones
like that brass ensemble from Chicago.

music
adds sensuality to your character
music in a daughter's devotion to a mother
wider, deeper, bluer than the ocean's waters
music is in the heart of her laughter.

chance encounters

heart stopped!

as she laced a track that sounded so familiar
thoughts racing through my head
pinch me, i must be sleeping
yea, i must be dreaming
'she didn't just say what i think she said?'

it was only a matter of time before our worlds collided.

like i was in the twilight zone
thinking 'is she kidding?'
should i feel....complimented?
oh right, i just got punk'd punch drunk black eye
shaken to my core, moved by a tremor of words.

looking for her at half-time
to find hmmmm......'peace of mind?'
as i'd heard something that sounded like mine, something familiar
naw, couldn't be, she has her own rhymes
her own style and i'm sure they could stretch for 'miles'

still
didn't see her
but if i did i would've said

"hey that first piece you did was wicked!".

whisper words

whisper words
gently....softly.....in my ear
like "you are my air"
my reason to breathe
i can't conceive a life without you.

whisper words
to me when i'm sleeping
when i'm dreaming talk to me
kidnap my subconscious
and run crazy with it.

whisper words
take me on a spiritual high
coin me wings so i can fly off your love
let it be blessed with words of honesty
commitment, respect, humility
words of intimacy.

whisper words
leave me not wanting
let your words taunt me
shadow me haunt me
make me ever reminded of those whispered words.

whisper words to me
let me cast doubts away
no fears or cares carefree
shining brightly
filled completely over-flowing
with a sugar-coated vocabulary.

whisper words my dear
whisper words
whisper before it's too late
speak softly to me before i walk away
give me a reason to stay and listen to those words.