Poems from JanuaryEmbers

I have a dream Like the one King had all those years ago When racism wrapped around black lives Like a boa constrictor  Trying to choke out...
I've only had you for one class Years ago Seems like ages And yet When I stepped out of your class You stepped into my heart More than...
I know you weren't built for me, but  Damn, Can you give me a bone? I was born with not one, not two, but three minority identifiers: Black...
Babbling brooks surround me. Cacophony smothers me In my self-induced coma.  There's no escape. I am lost in these mazes That interchange...
I stand with an ocean before me, Buzzing fish in schools while I'm lonely. Then the mirror with my eyes showing woods Filled with should've...