Silence is Violence by Sir-mika Sovereign

Silence is violence when lies decide,
Your denial on trial while the vile steal your child ,
greed is the need to deceive and believe.
To free the seed you conceive
let the mind be kind and your time sublime,
this time of crime takes yours and mine.
The juries worry is government fury
but soon we commune to re-tune
awakened we shake with the stakes we take
and break the fakes we forsake
This cage of rage and the slaves we save
and in peace we release the deceived

Silence is Violence by Sir-mika Sovereign

Liza Garza – My Everything – very moving

Liza Garza on HBO Def Poetry Performs “My Everything” without what has been referred to as “edits”…

My Everything
they said we’d become victim to the streets
as if the concrete could creep up and catch us
in the midst of walking lift up and grab us
cock back and blast us
backhanded slap us
and we believed em
did everything to create some sort of distance
in between em
the souls of our sneaks and the hot pavement beneath
anything just to bring us a lil closer to heaven
as if 18 inches was the next best thing to ascension
in a life full of question
with answers camouflaged in every look of lust
never knowing who to really trust
so we stay strapped and we stay trapped
cycles full of sin
they trying to sift out our backs
or compromise our integrity
and in every choice there awaits a greater casualty
black Jesus pieces and pinkie rings
over sized white tees
and r.i.p.’s
the streets is calling me
or they might as well be
I’m a single mother raising two sons
who could potentially be toting two guns
in less then five years from where i stand today
and in less then four years my delivery would change in pace
cause I’m trying to catch up with 3 years fast forward in time
when in just two they height will match mine
zoom in focus to my life right now
smack dead in the face to what i write right now
if i could only make the streets seem less sweet
if i could only place a tear at their feet for every victim at least id have the hopes to sway them
with currents that run deep enough
sweep them with stories of misplaced trust
waves of lost love
and seasons that my body wont forget
how every year in late September, October the breeze can blow and
i forced to remember when
i loved him
and i lost him
all i got to give is the sweat off my brow
is the tears when they fall
all i got to give
is my everything, knowing i still could lose my everything.
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Liza Garza on HBO Def Poetry Performs “My Everything” without what has been referred to as “edits”…

Liza Garza is a rare soul. As a poet and vocalist, she possesses the uncommon ability to keep listeners captivated while provoking social change and action in the community. Her words simultaneously whisper power and strength; peace and grace. A graduate of the University of Michigan, where she formulated her own degree in Performance Activism, Liza published her first book of poetry, You Never Knew Until I Spoke in 2005 and started 2006 with an Emmy Award nomination for a piece she wrote promoting university enrollment.

During that same year, Liza caught the attention of HBO producers and was invited to perform on ‘Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry’. Born and raised in Flint, Michigan—a city most famous for its murder rate—Liza, a single mother of two young boys, used her experiences to pen her debut album ‘BloomBeautiful’. The release, a tapestry of poems, ballads and songs reminiscent of Mexican folk tunes, is gracefully infused with the spirit of hip-hop, a culture she claims whole-heartedly. Showing no signs of surrender in an art form overrun with machismo, Liza has remained humble and resolute in using her gift to teach, learn, inspire and be inspired. It is this determining spirit that influenced Rev.

Jesse L. Jackson to invite her to perform along side Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack at the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition’s national march. When asked about what she has accomplished, Liza is genuinely puzzled. “There is so much work to be done for the people,” she replies.

“I haven’t even begun.”

Insomnia by Jennifer Hogenson

Tossing and turning
Eyes are wide and aware
The digital numbers on the clock change slowly
Each minute taking an eternity to pass
There are no dreams here
Only harsh confrontation with reality
Too tired to sleep
Too tired to dream
Enter Sandman
Not awake, not asleep, lost in the infinite middle
The zone of awareness without motivation
Thirsts remain unquenched, hungers unsated
The mind drifts leaving the body behind
These become two separate existing forces
When will sleep reunite them?
Sanity has lost definition
Another endless night is closing
Reality will soon be reinforced by consequences
Rationalization dismisses the afterthoughts they possess
And I press the snooze button

Insomnia by Jennifer Hogenson

A long life friend by Sara Tubbs

A long life friend
My love for you is filled with tenderness
Your love for me is my deepest weakness
Good day or bad our friendship is never a disappointment
Having you in my life is pure enjoyment
Twelve wonderful years and I still have a soft spot 
There is no friendship like ours I love you alot
Nothing could replace our love and devotion
With this journey of life together is filled with emotion
Your excitement has never changed every time I come through the door
You want to sleep in my bed I am sorry my friend but you sleep on the floor
True friendship like ours is truly hard to find
I knew from the start you were mild and kind
Although you can’t say a word I know I am in your heart
Over the years you have become so loving and smart
You’re a senior now soon time will come to pass
Then you can run free in a meadow of trees and grass

I Love you Scooby 

R.I.P 8/31/2012

13 years old.

by Sara Meincke Tubbs

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