The Log

The Log

Brothas
come to me
I trying to save you 
all in despair
 no hope in sight
you will not be spared.
the evil man do
catch up to you
now is hellfire brimstones!
But rest easy
I am here,
though great your mistakes
do not despair
I will preach
to give you a new day.

So he preached
he did beseech
each man to repent
at length.
But as he walked
one could not help
but see
The Brotha Man
was hinder that day
by the log in his eyes
but he could not see.

Jonah Foolery

Jonah Foolery

Imagine yuh give a man a job
set him up nice
and 
him run
far way
get trap 
inna whale fi days
then yuh save
send him on him way
to do the job
then him complain
when it work
and the people
change them way.
God good bad
because 
nuff a we 
would still a cane
Jonah in the whale.

John Crow Batty Sorrows

John Crow Batty Sorrows

You see me JB
don't test me...
I am your authority.
I rule
you are my mule...
I am the authority.
you better not answer
back,
stay silent
I will cut you to size.
You think you're bad
you are not my god
today you will learn
or burn!
the wife gone
mad
children gone
bad
but I ain't mad
I glad
Now....
I am the authority.

**Disclaimer: This poem is not autobiographical!

East Indian Delight!

East Indian Delight!

I am King!
Or Queen...
On this island
I'm a big thing.
I sit 
on top 
my throne
can never be taken.
brilliantly blinding
blazing in orange-yellow glows
I eclipse them all.
East to the West
I am the best
I captivate your tastebuds
sugary lava
I will erupt
delightfully,
explosively...
pleasures untold,
hypnotising  -
I do not boast - 
only truth I speak.
Once you taste me
you will be weak
in your knees!


Julie Mango

Julie Mango

You have to wait
until I give you a taste
of my sweet secrets.
One then another
then you will see
there is more to me
than just this tree.
My nectar will delight.

I am lush
a hypnotic sight!
Coveted 
for my fiery ball - 
and deadly.
Take one bite
you won't be sorry.
Come closer
take a look
smell,
come closer
you will be hooked!