Insufficient Funds

Am I not sufficient?
               Fulfilling, Satisfying?
Am I not attractive?
              Beautiful, Pretty?
Am I not intelligent?
              Clever, Sharp?
Am I not funny?
              Comical, Hilarious?
Am I not kind?
              Thoughtful, Considerate?
Am I not humble?
              Modest, Unpretentious?

Perhaps,
              I am not any
Because you inject me with the feeling that
              I am not plenty

Artificial Bae

Unable to breath

My heart clenched in your palm

Such a beautiful hurt

In a time all wrong

 

A master of hours

I wish it were me

It is you

For whom my heart beats

 

To the rhythm of a song

All its own

With a cadence unmatched

I'm left alone

 

I have created in my mind

A man who in time

Would requite a divine love

A divine love like mine

 

That which parallels

The immensely intense

Unadulterated love

That I've felt ever since

Let's Talk About It

Let's talk about the beef

Let's talk about the streets

Let's talk about the grief

Let's talk about the bleak

 

Let's talk about all the things that these people never see

 

Let's talk about the pain

Let's talk about the strain

Let's talk about the gain

Let's talk about the strange

 

Let's talk about the things that we say we're going to change

 

Let's talk about destruction

Let's talk about corruption

Let's talk about production

Let's talk about reconstruction

 

Let's talk about all the ways that we as a people can function

 

Let's Talk About It

False Security

If I could turn back the hours

I'd turn it to three

To a place in time

When my heart was complete

My heart was full

And your love was a drag

It was some of the best dope

I had ever had

But chaos and confusion

both ensued

It soon became clear

I was being abused

As your bag lady

I had allowed it

I took you on that high

I was your pilot

While coming down

As we made our descent

It was increasingly clear

It was you I resent

So, unto you I

Bid my fairest farewell

For it was you that waged war

May you burn in hell