Refuge

Gales of turmoil churning,Drive fickle winds of chance,Bearing cruel fates upon the bow wave,Scatter cards of happenstance. A world that neither loves nor hates us,Ever presses towards it’s goal,Nature’s ceaseless rhythms pressuresOur fragile craft upon yon shoal. But ’tis a sporting game they’ve laid us,Like with predator and prey,Hidden harbors and holes to bolt toAmong […]

Deep Inside

deep inside we are aloneeven in a crowdat a party wild and loudnot only at home a part of us we can not sharea part of us we can not tearout in the openscared it`ll be broken still, we hope for unityto change the me into a weonly we can love, and we can fussgive […]

No-name Brand

Look at me with both eyesand tell me what you see. do you see me for who i am? kinky hair, thick lips.narrow hips, and a permanenttan?skinny legs, spaced teeth, anda smile so wide it seducesanyone? do you see two brilliant eyes,set as deep as the sea, overflowingwith intelligence – not to be fooledby any […]

Jamaica is Nice

Jamaica is niceJamaica is sweetI love it, because it’s uniqueAnd if I had the picturesTo show you,Some of Jamaica’s mixturesThen you would knowJamaica is niceJamaica is sweetJamaica has the REGGAE BEAT!!

The Young Girl’s Plight

The young girl walks pass the manschool books tightly held in her hand.Head down, shoulders hunchedhunger pains gnawing in her stomachfrom missing lunch. The man fell into stepslipping hand around her shoulderhand slipped down to her breastpulling her closer to stop the shudder. Please sir, stop. I am too weakto fightPlease sir, any other daybut […]

Friday Morning

A break away from partitioned paradiseon a half day tour into the hills.From an air-conditioned mini-van,reality just beyond the window seal.Signature on the traveler’s checkbuys us fifty-two minutes of island history.A complimentary cocktail upon arrival,with rum and a fruit juice mystery.Spence, the navigator, since 1968offering his boyhood culture to the open ear.Trying to help us […]