RACIST

Am I racist....
Am I against my own kind
when in my own mind I'm one of their color
How can I call you my sista's and brutha's
when we don't share the same father or mother

Am I racist.....
if I feel some kind of way
when our race have days
they display
ignorance
Ebonics
and down right stupidity
Lost villages turning into community
but we don't have community
cause black people have no unity

Am I racist....
when I judge with no jury
that every black man is guilty
or every black woman with children
lives in poverty
children with no fathers
and woman with multiple baby fathers
living in projects
and the government projects
is keeping you below system
education of lower higher learning
but you street wise lacking school wisdom
Now we prove the change
where blacks stands today
but we still live how we walk in name
Nigorance

Am I racist....
if I look around like I'm white
when something derogatory happens
if the N word pops off
when a little girl say the B word six times
out her mouth
the very moment where think every black person talking
sounds like a mad person talking loud

Am I racist....
if my preference
is sit by races of our opposites
because I feel like my race just don't know
how to act
or maybe because I think I'm much more lighter than that
and my presentation is much more better than that
that I came from low income society
but I raise my mind to be higher than cracks.....
in the streets

Am I racist.....
if when I get mad
I call them "ya'll people"
or "them n****s
saying its your fault for you actions
it's your fault how you living
So I was born in southeast
Naylor Rd was where I was claiming
moved on up like the Jefferson's
got my education beyond higher learning son
Didn't go back
but I remember where I am from
I'm not calling you dumb
we just tend to do dumb things
rather than move out low cost of living
you rather stay
while flashing high costly things

Am I racist.....
to hide behind my German name
talk above standard for acceptance
chanting the history of grandmas yard
work harder at advancing way past progression
never going back
even if the country is facing recession
stay within my catholic community
cause baptist is over paying for blessings
You are strongly accused of choosing RATCHENESS over
RIGHTEOUSNESS...
this is what you call spirituality

Am I racist......
No!!!
but I believe "WE" can change and grow
"WE" are free by body
but "OUR" minds have a long way to go
"We shall over come"
but "WE" can't free ourselves from the past
singing "Free at last"
how are we going to be free of the past,
if we struggling with English and Math
how can we GPS our destination
when we are traveling a narrow path
How can "YOU" look at me after this poem
when "YOU" call each other hurtful names of the past
and "YOU" laugh,
saying that's the code of the streets
so the question is.....
back to the title of this poetry

Am I really racist?
Maybe you should look at the view
I see you.......But I'm not racist......
Just black man that is prejudice 
of the lively hood and future of our people


L.Goetzendanner

IT'S YOUR MIND

I have an appetite for lust
in other words, "I'm in lust with you"
but who wouldn't
physique well in place
purity of youth in face
I'll be the coyote,
if you're my Road Runner for the chase
but there is something standing in the way
of my lustful visions
her first line of defense, "INTELLIGENCE"
by past her mind,
your one step closer to her heart
soon, her body will be sacrificial
See lusting got me on the creeps
but her spoken words defends
with a sign saying, "Play for keeps"
So I hang up me playing in these streets
cause that entree is an "all you can eat"
satisfying my hunger more than a side piece
That stance, legs in form, can I make a wish
bones get thrown, see the mind
is a better gift
just keep talking
I'll keep stalking
and I will learn and find
that rewards are not in pleasure
but treasure is of a beautiful mind........

I LOVE LIPS

Big lips
small lips
fat lips
thin lips
chocolate lips
vanilla lips
smiling lips
attitude lips
tight lips
wet lips
and loose lips
I JUST LOVE LIPS
kissing lips
pouting lips
puckering lips
wide lips
mad lips
happy lips
griting lips
smirk lips
upper lips
downer lips
with lips touching lips
I JUST LOVE LIPS
smacking lips
whistle lips
bright lips
lip glossed lips
weed lips
on girl lips
girls on a girl lips
exposed lips
inclosed lips
open lips
closed lips
clamping lips
draggin lips
vibrating lips
and absorbing lips
but no chap lips
I LOVE LIPS.......to be continue

IN A RELATIONSHIP

I finally change my relationship status
I'm no longer filing single
claiming happily dedicated, so publically 
my love is now IPO
See,
I've been keeping her a secret so long
that,
when it dawn to me,
that I was doing our love wrong
Mr fix shyt had to to fix this
before the flame on our torch was gone
I mean, the special commitment between she and I
was fading like shirts in tie dies 
the birth of our life was going to die
and though we promised to be together
even in the after life
we had to make it there
by keeping our love alive 
while mortally and spiritually staying alive
and no lie...
I can't let nothing bad happen to us
cause I'll be getting mad.....about
fucking up the good I had.....and
the love that made me man.....makes
destiny as my blue print plans.....this
created by Gods hands
Don't want to be saying all these sorries
with unwarranted apologies
like, "My bad"
while watching my secret in single status leaving
So I decided to announce this secret love
by singling out my vacancy with an neon sign saying
"OCCUPANCY"....filled
well 3 minutes into my new status
I got more likes than Tom
received more pm's in my inbox
With messages saying, "Who's the lucky one"
Then came the pics of my wedding hand
having a wedding band
with her name inscribed on my gun metal
curiosities, became nosy folk playing investigators
rumors started about who and what
from my instigators
and my twitter and instagramers
were tweaking my tweets
to find a insta pic of my insta-chic
but patience folks
my candy love was going up Now and Later 
the morning my status went up

by the end of a 8 hour work day
timelines blowing up
Inquiring minds started showing up
by then
her name, pic and our love was going up
that this pen dot com player, writer of words,
and poems in porm
was hanging his sinful ink spills up
and as the tension went up
like the Dow Jones
my friends list dropped to a low
being a single pen of interests
was losing interest
and the interested wasn't interested no more
and that's cool
I was loving the magic of love unfolding 
me and she, 
sharing love through selfies
Hashtag #ACRUAMOMENTS
This she, I'm holding
I didn't wanted to be the "PEN IS" big to close doors
secrecy was going to be the death of me
blinding me of a love I see
death to love sounds I heard through def beats
and my heart beats are dope beats like Dre beats
so when I'm in love
its live in HD, coming at me in 3D
so I know my love is in sight and sound
surround sounding me
meaning
You'll never see me being a broken record
our love never skips a beat
So who dat you ask,
who's got me crazy in love
and making a relationship 
my celebrated status
Well that easy
you seen her all the time with me
heard me speak of her endlessly
you still don't get the Why, what and who she
She's the love of my life
You know her
her name is POETRY
and we're finally a love status
no single out love in secrecy
WE didn't relationship poetry
poetry relationship WE

~TNW

GRADUATION DAY

Look at you,
Yes, we see you
Yes, we hear you
Walking all grown
Appearance so beautiful
A collegiate individual
No  more child's play
Today is your day
Commencement to Presentation
Knowledge
Confidence
With plenty of education
This walk advancing a boy to a man
A woman, promoted from a girl
Enrollment until graduation day
It's time to meet the real world
Common sense brings you fashion sense
with maturity come intelligence
Look at you
back straight, head high
We, admiring you, as you walk by
In route to all doors of opportunities
Now you're an adult
Taking on, your own responsibilities
Becoming the generation "NEW"
to pick up, where we left off
This world's for you
More like it's inherited to you
Like it was for we
So walk that walk money
talk that talk honey
Be free, live free, love free
But the world ain't no silver spoon
So life will be a struggle
Meaning, it won't be that easy
It's a new life waiting for you
It's time for graduate to see their career place
no longer will you be a student of education
You're a professional on this runway
We see, confidence in your walk
We hear, maturity in your talk
transforming from clothes that sag
to a professional with swag
Singing to your parents "WOW!!"
"I'm a big kid now"
It's graduation day for you
Professional walker in a professional space
To create your new life, on the new worlds stage for you
The next new chapter, the starting of a new page for you
A diploma passed to you like a torch
A relay towards a finish line of life
Young world.....it's time for you to move forth
Reason.....
You are 5...steps
til you get your degree
4 steps
4 steps to your goal
and 3 wishes
from being on top of the world
on GRADUATION DAY........~TNW

WHAT WILL YOU DO

What happens
when your favorite pen....dies of dehydration-
due to neglect and lack of love
What if it slowly died from ink UN-used
You know 
When modern technology caused you
to go paperless
When baring arms
was writes going penless
And those used-less pens
side eye-ing you in falling black tears
when the computer is the choice a writer usage
Now picture this
blue and blacks are holding silent elections
looking for a skill craft men
who won't pass up the aisle
where pens come in multiple selections
Papers and journals are joining the rally
fear of their own extinctions
buried in penmentaries
the home they will call Death Valley
So what happens
when your electronics goes down
Voice recorders aren't around
and you need to pen something down?
and Through it all
that pen your forcefully retired
will still be your corner
papers will lay flat, white, with collegiate lines
with red lines serving as the borders
Hands will become sweaty
possibly shake with grasp
unused muscle grips may cramp
scribing will look like heart monitors
while papers will pile up like trash
So what will you do
if the pen that got you started
do what you did to it
and later gives up de-penning ink for you
for writeless and voiceless spits........~TNW

INVITATION

I invite you to this platform
See, my stage is your stage
You don't have to be afraid
but if you are it's okay
You are a hidden star
To stand before a crowded room
strangers and friends looking at you
this is the height of nervousness by far
but tonight is your light to shine
to become your bucket list star
to share your thoughts and dreams
as we make your dreams part of  WordzSpeaks team
This stage is made about who you are
Don't worry about the poet that went before you
or the one coming after you
just come up here, 
do what you gotta do
read your poem,
in your voice
in other words, just be you
See, I'm telling you the truth
And Yes, I'm talking to you
the silent poet
the smiling listener
the shaking knee wanting to come to the  mic
the beaded forehead from venues with bright lights
Don't make this the "Maybe the next time"
I'll sign the list
Don't make this the "I shoulda, coulda, woulda"
moment for you to spit
As my boy E-Baby says, "GET YO ASS UP"
see you need to spit your shit
Be brave,
put your name on the list
See in this venue
We need to hear your mind vent
Fuck a therapist,
let us stop, stop
look, look
then listen
Demand us with your delivery
Command us with your poetry
Pen us in swords of words 
makes us have your full attention
this what we do
as poets we do this with full intentions
See what you be spittin
could be the words possibly hitting
close to home
or heal open wounds
mending ones heart
for the dark clouds that bloom
So, give us your writes
share with us your mind
there is no next time
tonight is your night
You can shine
You will shine
fear is all in your mind
Bring us sight through your vision
help us hear your words 
and take us out the blind
So when I call your name
don't run for cover
puff up your chest
approach with nervousness
and leave the stage as your best
know, "You're the New Poet" by request
that we discovered and uncovered
There is no time to run with treason
this is your reason, 
to hear hands clapping & your name called
So you can be "THAT POET" for this season 
Just stand up with pride in your eyes
and if you like
we will stand by your side and hold the mic
while you workout the whispers
until you're shouting out your lines
open mics, cameras, then action 
This is your INVITATION for you to shine



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