The Working Poet

These past 12 months hurt the worst.

I have never felt so disoriented, lonely, and reversed


I have thought about you too much, too often, and more and more as each day passed.

Trying to fill up days with the memory of your radiance but the nights end with my contrast


I closed my eyes just to see you with me

But when I opened them I missed you instantly


I knew that no matter how long it took or what I had to do

I would strip my body of every jewel, every cloth, every scar and tattoo


There is no place I would rather be but in your soft kiss

Nowhere to go, nothing to do but be here with you like this


I tell you every year when you come back to me how much you mean

But you know by now your role as my King, and I as your Queen


I can’t wait for all your hope, excitement & pure love

It’s everything I’ve desired and needed so much more of


I’m ready for you, my September to wrap me in all your beautiful glory

Ready to write it all down, add chapters to our love story


& I’ve accepted the fact that we don’t have much time together darlin

All the more reason to lavish in the month of joy you bring.


So happy to see you again my love!! 😘


G

BYE 2016!!!!
It’s taken a minute for me to digest … I heard the news on Christmas Day as did all of you & I cried but I still didn’t believe it & then I saw the tributes & pictures & lyrics & memories which warmed my core! George & Wham! were the...

BYE 2016!!!!

It’s taken a minute for me to digest … I heard the news on Christmas Day as did all of you & I cried but I still didn’t believe it & then I saw the tributes & pictures & lyrics & memories which warmed my core! George & Wham! were the soundtrack of my childhood & his passing has left a crack in my soul!
❤️RIP George❤️

As always, I took some time to reflect on the past year … there were horrible horrible acts of violence, brutality & injustices that occurred, there were so many greats that left us too young & so many childhood memories brought to the surface, there were personal heartaches & tragedies that broke my heart & although I’m a very positive person … this year hurt bad!!

It’s hard to not be able to do anything when you see someone in pain, it’s hard to tell the truth & even harder to be able to truly hear the truth, it’s hard to love with all your heart but get nothing in return!! Life is hard & we know this but to take it all in & still come out the other end with only a few scratches, let’s me know that there’s hope & that is what we hold on to.

Still so thankful; BS & Cntrl still rockin withcha, the Mount, Sauga Kardashian sistas = fam, Omar, Hylton lyfe, Jrs & Srs, Loose Ends, Rome the Halls, Tea Stew, the haaves & have nots. All in all, it was sunny & the raes wouldn’t stop tryin to come thru!

2017, I’m moving a little slower & I have little to give except my wasted heart but don’t count me out just yet!!

My dear friends & family if you do one thing in 2017 … make sure those you love know how much you love them!!

Happy New Year to you & yours!

Much love,
G

Leaving.

andrewclifton:

if people are asking to be gone from your life, let them all the way go

My soul has been searching every month … a little seasoned & slightly silver on the sides but here you are with sunshine, moonlight & good times to welcome me! In your embrace is where I’ve wanted to be all year & it’s worth it to feel you once again. My heart sure remembers these sounds … warm & soft in our beginnings; the 2nd … falling lustfully hard somewhere in the middle; the 14th-16th … & at our end; 28th-30th it’s full blown & the cravings are insatiable.

I refuse to think too far ahead because 30 or a million days in your arms is never too much. So I will linger in your presence … enjoying the sensation of your heated touch & the whisper of your breath on my neck. I give into your every whim because our time is too short to live with ‘what ifs.’

You have my heart to call home, if only for these moments.

Overjoyed to have you once again … my first love … my September!

xo
G

Dear Black Men,

I want to write to you & tell you today of all days how much I love & appreciate you. I want you to know that you are my strength, you are my hope & my faith! You are the shoulder I lean on & the pedestal that lifts me up. You are my protector with your braun & my counsellor with your brain. You are my calm in a sea of chaos & my wild flower in a garden of roses.

You are not what they portray you to be … in my eyes you are peace, kindness, brilliance & beauty. No one can make you less then because you’ve always been more than enough!!

I pray that one day the world treasures you as I do! They see the radiance in your twilight. They see the characteristics of a strong black man as positives in their world of negatives! They see that you take care of those you love, & seek out opportunities to make their lives better by any means necessary! They see you as gifts as he meant you to be!

You black men, are my everything!!

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Blackout 6/6/16

Last week Sunday at the PoetryJazzCafe in Kensington Market! A great night of intense words, enlightening messages & pure talent!!

Last week Sunday at the PoetryJazzCafe in Kensington Market! A great night of intense words, enlightening messages & pure talent!!

Why does it always hurt so bad September??

Every year our time nears to a close I get a lump in my throat & I don’t want to believe that it’s happening!! I’ve never been good at goodbyes but I know I have 30 days of beautiful memories that you’ve given me; new beginnings, yellow cars, patio people, celebrations of soul, brown sugar nights, birthdays & anniversaries, central ways, love … no … lust & other drugs ….

& all of it will stay in my heart until your joyful return but I can’t help it,
I don’t want you to leave. You bring me just what I need when I need it & I’m so blessed & thankful that each year you come to me .. I’m still here … waiting … with open arms.

I’m already missing you babe!! Until we meet again my heart will yearn in anticipation of your arrival to my soul. xo

Yours always,
G

September,

We have a secret … you & I … kept between cupped hands & long gazes. I wait for you more often then not to make that first move. I know you will cause you want me as much as I want you. Every year we play this game knowing that at the end of it all … you’ll have to leave me again.

You are the laughter filled nights of the end of Summer & the warmth of the burnished golds of Fall. Murmurs in my head & a skip in my heart are normal every time I hear your name. I can’t wait to have you in my arms again if only for a little while … to breathe you in & know that we will always dance together.

Come love … let’s play again.

xo
G

Still time & only cause it’s March 6th, 2015! #Blackout