My Angel

Who is this beautiful Angel
That has me feeling like this
Just the thought makes me smile
Turns my day to heavenly bliss

She was sent from up above
Like a blessing hid in disguise
There's nothing I wouldn't give
To be able to stare into her eyes

My past troubles were lessons
Preparing for more than a test
The instant my heart saw her
It erased the pain from the rest

These feelings deep inside for her
Are surely real, without a doubt
The goal is to please this Angel
Give my all, day in and day out

Missed Opportunity

If a picture is worth a thousand words
Then seeing you in person was worth a million
From the moment I looked into your eyes
The chills could’ve turned me reptilian
Never before has a room gone so dark
With the spotlight pointed directly on you
I knew that the best seat in the house
Was where ever you were in clear view
Can’t remember a time, I've been so thrown
Like the mechanical bull in a bar
But truth is I didn’t gain my composure
Until I turned the keys to my car
My mind started up with the engine
Going full speed, my mouth sat in park
Had I opened it to speak earlier
Maybe you, I could’ve had till dark
So until I’m given another chance
To try and capture your heart
I will suffer with remembering
The day I couldn't get my lips to part

Convicted Innocence

I can tell by how you look at me

When I walk by you clinch up tight

And don’t let it be a group of us

And God forbid it be a dark night

Automatically I want what you have

And nothing about us seems right

But if you ever looked past my dark

You would see that I can be the light

I have dreams like Martin King Jr.

For all people regardless of color

But when I ride through your neighborhood

You’re calling for the DT Undercover

I have green money just like you

Yet you follow me around your stores

If you always think I’m about to steal

Why would I even shop there any more

 Yes I may wear a hooded shirt at times

But it’s cold and who wants to get sick

Somehow that makes me a suspect person

That turns you into the racist prick

I signed up to serve my country

Just like millions of them before me

But the second I take off my uniform

It’s a feeling of being stuck in purgatory

I always seem to perfectly fit the profile

Of the wanted man on the nightly news

It’s pretty hard to argue mistaken identity

When you always see the red & blues

I’m an educated American Black Man

Who’s worked hard for everything I got

But if it was I with a hoodie and AZ Tea

Could I have been the one who was shot?

Where I belong...You

How did I ever get here

To a point that’s so low

Wish the day would’ve never happened

When I said I had to go

Now I’m realizing I should’ve stayed

But it’s you who’s ready to move

I’ll do anything to keep you here

Because without you I will surely lose

I’ve always known you are the one for me

But not mature enough to see

That you’re everything I’ve always wanted

While pushing so I’m the best I can be

I’ll continue to try and win your heart

Because I’m just not me without you

There’s no challenge too tough for me

To be with you there’s nothing I won’t do.

First haiku

You make my heart skip
Like small kids playing hop scotch.
Can I land on u.

You make me poetic

You make me poetic.
Never before has my words been few, but realities many. Each day with you is sunshine on the inside blind to the world that is outside. Not that I'm hiding you but your love was made for me. Your smile can cause a iceberg to melt, which is why my heart is drowning in joy.
You make me poetic.
There are no empty moments where evil can fit its way in. Because this thing was ordained and there shall never be an end. So many habits have fell by the wayside, but the purity you've given me cannot be tainted by the worldly pollution that will be aimed our way.
You are my poetry.
You are the reason I smile, and can make through day after day. For when I've given my everything, you are the one to fill my heart and keep me going. There are no gifts I could buy, nor words to express how real of a love this is and how being with you is proof I've been blessed.