***Brand New***

Before She Goes to Sleep

It’s getting late, I’ve got to move
There’s something I have to prove
I know she’s getting ready to lay that pretty head down
But before she takes off that halo crown
She needs to hear these words
Keeping my eyes open for cops in the burbs
Get to the door and she answers
Can I help you she says sarcastically?
And I say we need to talk emotionally
Well all you need to do is listen
Look at those eyes glisten
Baby I just need to tell you this before you go to sleep
And this comes from down deep
I love you more than any thing on this earth
I finally see your true worth
You bring an addition to my life I couldn’t believe
Because my mind just couldn’t find comprehension to retrieve
So I’m here on my knees
Standing like a man with flaws who makes mistakes
Learning from those and not moving with haste
You are the sun and stars
You…
A man in a tailored suit says something I can’t hear
Look in her eyes as I see a tear
She bows her head and begins to speak
But I hear nothing as my heart gets weak
Jamie Foxx’s Overdose is my theme song of the moment
Crushing my time for atonement
I feel like I’ve had too much to drink
My eyes start to blink
Faster and faster
It’s like a scene in a movie that starts to flash
For the car I make a dash
I can’t make it out, but I hear her voice
I mumble, you’ve made your choice
I was already too late before tonight
And I couldn’t make it right

Always Smiling

The embodiment of joy she was
Slang word, she was my cuz
But more so like and aunt
Even close to god mother
She was like no other
Every time I saw her she smiled at me
She called me cutie repeatedly
Always told me she was proud
She followed me like a cloud
When I was down, I always knew she was praying
Praying for me to succeed
A kind of Angel, the best breed
She’ll always be apart of my soul
In my heart she always has a role
Days turn to months, a short time into a while
I will always remember that smile



R.I.P. Cousin Nita...

***Brand New***

Sick of Dying

I'm sick of dying
Sick of tearless crying
Every time I hear her name
I feel more pain
And I die all over again

That scent is her scent
That door way she came and went
Every time my heart is stopped
Those arteries can't be unblocked
And I die all over again

The pain of love thoughts
The agony of love lost
Every time I think, it hurts
If you've loved, you know how it works
No one after can compare
You compare even their hair
It's all out of fear
Fear that you don't know where to steer
Fear of losing another love
You know the damage it does
And you don't want to die again

Fiend

You love the fast money and girls
Dodging bullets, hey this is your world
Chasing the American Dream
Best way you can trying to get that CREAM
Because Cash Rules
And here’s your tools
Water, baking soda, pots and pans
All black gloves to cover your hands
Get respect or take it with a mean mug frown
You run this, get down or lay down
You cook up the product and feed the fiends
You take whatever they got, don’t have to be green
You love the block and the rush
No love for chicks because the block is your crush
With a gat in your hand
You feel you the man
So deep in you couldn’t leave if you wanted to
You’re so blind to what’s become of you
You rather die enormous than live dormant
But now you can’t sleep, you live in torment
Hustling so hard you haven’t heard a word
Now you’ve become addicted like fiends you serve
You hooked and won’t give up the game
You a fiend like them, now who is the lame?


From "A Walk Through My Mind"
ISBN: 978-0-615-15246-2

Right Now...

Well.. Right now, as usual, I'm writing everyday. I got soo many poems and I want to just put them out there! But I'm trying to be cool and put em out there in a timely fashion. Still got my book coming next year.. 2 books rather ;). And of course a little surprise, hopefully before this year is out.

All I do is write and I hate for poems to sit around, but I want to save most of the poems for books. So when people read, they are reading what they haven't read before. So I'm in a little bind. My book Reality Dreaming is suppose to come out next year, but I was done w/ it pretty much before the summer started. So I'll have a few books just sitting, waiting to be released lol. Guess that can't be too bad lol.

But that's pretty much where I am now. Still writing and still grinding. Keeping an eye on my partners (check my followers); making sure I'm not slipping.

Ohh, before I forget.. I'm working on an audio book type project. I'll probably combine my first two books (A Walk Through My Mind, Journey). Take my favorite/best ones from those books and put em together. Or I may do a "mixtape." Getting new material on there to get people ready for the up coming books..... Y'all stay posted!!!

Peace and Love.. Be Safe
DenPoet, MarcManArts

***Band New***

PUMPS

Long day and she’s down in the dumps
She’s looking in the closet at her favorite pumps
She’s checking out how her ankles and calves tighten up
She does twirls in the morning with the moon light shinning
The polished glow of the shoes blinding
And I’m not talking about the Reebok kind
I’m talking about the heels with lip gloss shine
They give her such confidence
Like she just embodies dominance
The heel is high but not too high
She’s just below where birds fly by
Jeans, skirt, or flower dress
Doesn’t matter if it’s Fendi or Guess
When she puts ‘em on, no contest
Legs so smooth, leading into those pumps
To get in them jeans she jumps
When she goes out all the guys sweat her style
Couple steps in those pumps and she ends the day with a smile
Those pumps are her best friend

M&M

The M&M twins of the civil rights movement
Term M&M, watch how I use it
Two different views, one common cause
One always moved forward and one knew when to pause
Both lead a nation of coloreds
Black as the night or rubber
We’re now choking on a lack of M&M
We need them
These new leaders have no nuts
Don’t take it wrong, they get knocked on they butts
I only mean they’re M&M plain
They don’t know how to break the slave type chain
We rather right each other
Than help each other and bring comfort to our mothers
These M&Ms couldn’t be packaged and sold during those times
Now these dudes is coming off assembly lines
The only progress is turning us against us
Throwing our own people under the bus
M&M put life on the line
That takes spine
They knew what could happen
Now people frail as a napkin
We losing the visions M&M set
The powers are winning this bet
Yeah you got a private jet
But are we getting to that next step?
Malcolm and Martin fought deathKeep the dream alive and show respect