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Month: May 2018

How Cancer Has Validated My Life!

This validation comes via my perception! To understand life we must learn how to love life first. That’s one way to garner attention. If I read this statement years ago I would’ve never believed it true! You see, my life is no […]

The Dawn!

when dawn breaks at first light-morning dew puts up no fight-violence ends from past nights-to feel safe is one’s right-everything from God begins-the love He has for us won’t end-believe in truth we won’t descend-the cost to life we all […]

Always Thinking About Thankfulness!

I’m sitting here in one of my favorite spots, Washington Square Park.(on my fix, of course) At first I thought about not writing my blog today for I didn’t have anything to write about. Then I realized that I always have something to write […]

Dreams!

what dreams may come to by and by each night we all take leave to die to sleep and dream should not belie the sting of death you’ll take to cry we live by day at night we sigh nightmares […]

Something’s Wrong!

When it gets to the point where you have to  worry about seeing your children alive after a school day, something’s wrong! When you’re black in America and you worry about being alive after any interaction with police, something’s wrong! When a […]

Faith!

my diagnosis has everything changed-now my life must rearrange-to me it’s like i’m in my dreams-i’ve faith in God so there’s no screams-you’d think it’s hard living life this way?-to fight for life each and every day?-i fight for each […]

My Fight!

The end of June makes three years since my life changing diagnosis. I am so thankful to God for healing me. Even though I still go to treatment twice a month, I still thank Him for enabling me to be […]

How It Used To Be!

what’s wrong with the times we’re living in?-is it okay to disrespect life over and over again?-what happened to the world we grew up in-was it imagination or was it just nightmares again?-when we were young life was nothing but fun-the […]

Brothers Forever!

In the fabric of life there are certain friendships that last  forever. You know the kind I’m talking about, it’s the friend that no matter time or distance, you’ll never lose touch. Well I have two such friends, Leo and Mack. I […]

My Life!

i now live life as a reflection in the mirror-the feelings on this side do not hurt-the fact is-in this i have no choice-because-to have choice means there is a chance-a chance for me-a chance to live-a chance for… love!-be that as it may-my life […]

No Fun!

Today is the annual NYC Five Borough Bike-A-Thon. I’ve been back riding for a year now so I made up my mind to go. The last time I rode in this event was 1996 so I decided to look up […]

What Is Real?

my tenacity is voracious for a simple life since my new version excludes stress and strives for serenity i truly recognize what  life is and how to achieve balance there the majority feels more money brings happiness that’s worse than a […]

Boundless Thankfulness!

I’m sitting here in Kings Park on Jamaica Av thinking that maybe this time Spring is finally here to stay! (Still wearing long sleeves just in case) Anyway, I started to ride to Manhattan but changed my mind and decided to […]