I have been writing for as long as I can remember. When I was in second grade, as part of a library project, I wrote my first book How the Pig Got It’s Curly Tail. While that book never made it out of the P.S. 16 library, my hope is that this book makes it all around the world. I live by the motto “Dream BIG and if … Continue reading Official Welcome To Heartbreak Book Release
When I was 16 I lost one of the closest people in my life. At the age of 15 my cousin was murdered at point blank range when an altercation with another kid escalated out of control. Today he would have celebrated his 33rd birthday and I can’t help but wonder if his murderer, only a child at the time as well, ever thinks about the life that he took. I wonder if he is remorseful. I wonder if he ever thinks about the little girl who had to grow up without her father. I wonder if he ever asks himself “Was it really worth it?” Continue reading Remembering a Brother
I am Statue of Liberty tall and I will not bow down/ Just because you feel inadequate/ I am the Caribbean sky dressed in golden hues of ambition you wish you could lay under/ A daughter of royalty/ And so I shall act accordingly
For your rippled waves
have awakened dormant dreams
that once flowed through me
like the great Nile River.
Through parted waters
and into the desert of infancy
I found myself again.
I valued myself again.
I loved myself again. Continue reading The Waters Within
Tonight I want it to rain blades of nostalgia that pierce through my skin washing away every memory we created~ Purging my body of the toxins that remained after you infused me with your poisonous tongue, the battle scars inflicted during our version of World War II still haven’t healed… You are a nuclear power plant Landmines, Bombs, Ak-47’s Powerful and destructive I have to get … Continue reading Nostalgia
I cannot compare myself to those who came before me or to those who come after me… All I can do is leave an imprint of my presence on your subconscious so that even when you’re not thinking about me, you’re thinking about me. I am permanent marker You cannot erase me Did you think it would be that easy… to forget the map that … Continue reading Lovers Quest…
Ode to sunshine she is, at least in his eyes… She is– chest crushing heat burning through blinds and curtains still dry air that suffocates with only a smile. She is– warmth that penetrates deep within his soul’s desire. His ray of hope saturated with prayers and dreams without even trying. How could this be when she belongs to another sits in another sky in a … Continue reading Ode To Sunshine Pt. II: My Version
By Latif Chris Alexander As the sunrise, I reflect I see u again, and then I know the day will bring forth pleasures of joy. Beaming through my blinds & curtains Shining and trapped on my face but I lay still and don’t want it to escape. Hello & good morning to Sunshine She’s my sunshine a ray of hope ya portrait so hot it … Continue reading Ode to Sunshine
I’ve wanted to write about you for awhile. I’ve wanted to write about you for 2 years 2 months & 15 days to be exact. That’s how long you’ve been gone & for as long as I have been wanting to write about you I just never found the right words to put on paper that would memorialize all that you meant to me. I … Continue reading SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
Night out with the girls I just wanted to have fun Never looking for what I found But I reeled you in With my flirty talk My sexy walk yea you was kinda nice … tall, dark, handsome combined with the perfect mix of thug & intellect Just my type of guy offered me a ride home cuz I was about 5 drinks passed drunk … Continue reading Poem: Gibraltar
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