Sep 17, 2016 | Word Among Us
tired I count the ways in which it determines my life permeates everything it’s in the air lives next door to me in stares of neighbors meets me each day in the office, its music comes out the radio drives beside me in my car, strolls along with me down...
Sep 12, 2016 | Word Among Us
The black unicorn is greedy. The black unicorn is impatient. The black unicorn was mistaken for a shadow or symbol and taken through a cold country where mist painted mockeries of my fury. It is not on her lap where the horn rests but deep in her moonpit growing. The...
Sep 10, 2016 | Word Among Us
The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful also, is the sun. Beautiful also, are the souls of my people. -Langston...
Sep 4, 2016 | Word Among Us
From the dim regions whence my father came My spirit, bandaged by the body, longs. Words felt, but never heard, my lips would frame; My soul would sing forgotten jungle songs. I would go back to darkness and to peace, But the great western world holds me in fee, And I...
Sep 2, 2016 | Word Among Us
Journey to Confession. Last year, I purchased a pair of expensive tennis shoes for my son. My son could not wait to show off his new sneakers to all of his friends. He explained his new shoes were inspired by NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)...
Aug 29, 2016 | Word Among Us
Pray time equal quiet time. Recently, I attended a National Basketball Association (NBA) game. It was my first live NBA game. I noticed that when the opposing teams were shooting free throws, the hometown fans including myself, would boo, scream, and holler at the...
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