Silky Soul Annexed

(Instead of waiting until someone has passed, I've decided to write Odes to friends...)

The coolest fool is a cool dude
Stock-piling numbers and knocking out hearts
This man is silky soul smooth
And I've taken notes right from the start
With a cognitive flow and mid-range tempo
My mentor's gained claim to fame
Throw in a mic and a spotlight solo
Now, all the women want a chance to tame...

This cool fool...this cool dude
I've witnessed mature over the years
No longer a young brother, tactlessly rude
Rockin the city swag with a Northern beard
The definition of "cool" is "calm, composed and under control"
Ninety-six (96) percent of the time, he's that
Which leaves three (3) percent of his human soul
Not phased by the one (1) percent of hate-driven attacks
(Through poems, he's taught me that)

Keep striving to chart
And never be silent
Only a few months apart
Yet you've greatly influenced my talent.

(Thanks)

Attention (BJ's Challenge: Universe)

Liars and schemers and haters, they are
Dancing puppets and coons, and fools, they star
When will we get it together and realize what's wrong
Instead of whining, and crying, singing the same old sad song

The rumors and gossip that's spreading aren't true
Yet we eat it like grandma's hearty country beef stew.
I'm tired of deceitful and malicious attacks
Unwarranted degradation and mistreatment of (blacks)

You use us for money and personal gains
Yet the leader of this lynch mob has a ghetto black name
Don't blame anyone else because this is your fault
Miseducation, perpetuating...you have been bought

Sell out..far from it but oracle soon approaching
Take it back to the homeland, my griot's been coaching
Me on how to rise above all this animosity
And anarchy, and calamity, o, "Mercy, Mercy Me"

You've raped these people and the land of its riches
You're nothing but greedy, demonic, 6-headed (witches)
We've followed your lead and danced in your halls
Now, we're pregnant and blind listening out for your calls

At the brink of extinction, I now know who to trust
We have to stop fighting because it begins and ends with us.

Mid-Day Song Zuning

I say I want to know you better
But can I without your relationship being severed?
I can tell in your eyes when were glancing
That it's me that you want to be romancing
This temptation, too strong for me to handle
Girl, your heart is the flame and my hand, the candle
Though, I want to keep you warm throughout the night
If we act, then it would never become right
So, the next time you pass me by
Just keep walking, don't even say "Hi"
Because the passion I have for you is untamed
And if you acknowledge me, I'll be to blame.

Jon's Challenge: 1) Apathy

Slow music drum hearts
In the Ghetto's deaf body
To Inert's avail.

#69: Silk's Septolet

Released thoughts
In an open
View

Provides inhibitions
Unleashed
Unveiling things
O, so true

#68: Monorhyme's Destiny

Amazing, how we both connect
Mine eyes…thou ways…so perfect
Sometimes, I stare and just reflect
Upon times we dare not neglect
That first day thou became an aspect
In my life, I recall with respect
How thou was able to instantly direct
My attention being o, so indirect…
Thine image in my head has great affect
On the reasoning of my senses defect
O, how I love to be thine’s lone prospect
But, Alas, I’m just reduced to a dream’s abject

They're Not Cool

They don’t know
About the show

They can’t tell
Of destined Hell

They can’t hear
The woeful jeer

They can’t see
Blood and misery

They don’t care
As babies stare

They can’t feel
Things not surreal