At first glance
I was moved by her appearance, hoping to take a chance.
Just one chance to express my sincerest appreciation.
Complimenting her for being God's finest creation.
She moved closer to me,
Stimulating my thoughts that were once a fantasy.
I advanced overwhelmingly, leaving her unable to function.
She was seduced by my seductive introduction.
Running my fingers through her hair,
She was moved by my touch. There was no more she could bare.
Letting go and floating on the wings of love,
Her innocence portray that of a precious dove.
So sweet, charming and tender,
Her all was given to me in total surrender.
Reaching romantic intense with no point of return,
Just that precious moment was our only concern.
Our anatomies were like magnets as they yearn,
Driven by passion and intense love that burns.
- Ricardo Cole
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Pansy the rose
(A tribute in honour of my mom, Pansy Rose Carnagie, who slipped away to bloom elsewhere)
You entered as a rose in bloom
Your jovial mood pushed every gloom
Your loving ways coloured each room
You sprinkled blossoms everywhere
Pansy the rose, a name held dear.
Your laughter filled each empty heart
Your presence cheered each space you filled
You searched for beauty everywhere
Your warmth of touch could not be missed
Your clever dance steps, oh so slick!
Your sense of humour lifted me
Your taste for fine wine touched your class
Your caring ways warmed many hearts
You spread your petals everywhere
You always had a pleasant wish.
Pansy the rose, your beauty is missed.
- Colleen Thompson
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Déjà vu
I saw it all happen already
It's happening now
Your words were once sweet music,
now they are like lime juice, bitterly running through my blood.
How could you, say those harsh words?
I had the vision, but I didn't see it as a reality
You've betrayed, deceived, and let me down,
When once you were there helping me off the ground.
It's all coming back to me,
The selfish things you say, the evil things you do,
I've seen it all, I've felt it too.
You've hurt me not once but this time I've had the déjà vu
There is no more me and you
I won't be part of one of the few.
I don't want to be any part of your world
It's filled with bittersweet music that
I danced to long ago.
Now it's time to move on and let you know.
- Kerona Leslie
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My boo
Babe, this is all crazy, but my mind is always on you.
I carry you in my spirit,
My fantasies are concentrated with your presence
You make me feel complete in my inconsistent,
Unpredictable, incompetent world.
Babe, my mind is always on you.
I feel your arms around me
As we walk through nature's attractions.
You sit beside me in my moments of loneliness
And hurt
You console my broken and wounded heart
You put a smile on my face.
When friends disappear and I need them the most
You sit beside me through each minute,
Each moment of the trial.
I feel good around you;
Comfortable, beautiful, special, purposeful, IN LOVE
Babe, I bear your seed proudly
God designed you just for me!
And only He knows
How long
I have been yearning, sitting, waiting
Just to see you.
Please come to me, my love
For I have waited so long ...
For you.
- Nicole Reid
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Hopeless
Meticulously, I picture my life in retrospect.
Trying to find where I have gone wrong.
Society's stereotypical mentality
Perceives me as inadequately socialised.
I have grown to realise that for me life is a struggle.
Even when I do good,
I still find myself in trouble.
So what can I do
To keep out of harm's way?
Should I stand up and fight or run away?
I was born a warrior
So I will fight till I die.
Having the heart of a hustler,
I will get by.
Now I am behind bars with no hope for bail.
It just seems I will never get out of jail.
- Ricardo Cole
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Postcard image
I want so much to give you a postcard image of my paradise ... rolling blue-green hills, pristine white sand beaches, incomparable
reggae notes, historical sketches and sun-warmed faces; so that you will leave your cold haven
and embrace tropical glory.
But, unbidden, the guns begin to stutter with nightmarish chills,
and a blood-red, senseless history
begins to unveil itself.
- Rohan Facey
Recovering
And so, I was dealt a devastating blow
It knocked me out, for how long I don't know
And I sulked about the place, feeling so disgraced; I was so lost I couldn't be found
Until a voice cried out to me, you don't deserve this misery, let me help you with that frown.
You've got to hunger
Fight and be stronger
Journeying longer than everyone else
To rise having gone under
To always make them ponder
To all be a wonder. Conquer yourself.
Standing isn't strange to me, but my knees feel so weak
I know that joy is somewhere near here, but my vision is currently so bleak.
But while there's life I've got to have hope
I know there is much more inside me to cope.
No mountain is gonna get me down.
The only way from here is up, and I may make it
The only way from here is up, and I can make it
The only way from here is up, and I WILL make it.
The only way from here ... conquer yourself, conquer yourself!
- SDG
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I miss ...
I miss you reading me a psalm
while rocking me in your arms.
I miss the smooth sound of your voice
reminding me that every thing will be nice.
I miss the way you make me smile
and always motivate me to go the next mile.
I miss the good way people used to live
if you don't have, it was a joy to give.
I miss the days of feeling secure
now before nightfall you have to close your door.
I miss the way people used to sing
and were never afraid to praise the King.
- O'mar Loutin
Why I love you
You are the most beautiful person on earth.
You were there when I needed you,
At my worst.
Your eyes behold the wisdom of generations.
Your speech is graceful,
And filled with kindness.
I delight in the warmth of your presence.
Your large arms encompass me with
Love - what I need for my healing.
Your smile is what brightens my world.
An embrace from you calms my fears.
To hold you close pulls me back
To the strength of a lion.
I am renewed when I speak to you,
And that is why I must say.
I love you
- Nicole Reid
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Immortal hope
Battered by the winds of time
tossed and tired by waves of doubt
Drenched
Frozen
Crawling through icy, fear-filled showers.
Dead?
Not yet.
Discouraged?
Maybe.
Hopeful?
Definitely!
For hope is forever
It springs
Clean and clear
Bubbling from the endless well
which gushes constant
Deep in the bosoms
of the timeless rocks of faith.
Like the sun of our days,
It livens
It brightens
It strengthens
It invigorates.
And it never quits.
- Ditta Sylvester
Enchantment
They give the blacks drugs to sell in stacks to destroy their own race, leaving their face on the
streets, eating from dirty mugs like bugs, broke because of the coke, don't laugh, this is no joke
Blokes inhaling smoke in their lungs near the block from the cardboard box fire for the fox
News team to see but where is the black man's dream?
Sad, putting us in a bad light then their argument looks
right but who's name in the record books? Because of
our colour they set up their own rules for us to follow
Then they use us like mules, then they laugh and say we're
the fools, keeping us out of schools, uneducated
Become the readers and leaders but we are powerless, they
possess an enchantment and I don't know why.
- Damion McCatty
