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Stepping Up

Big steps.

Big shoes.

Big shoes to fill.

I slip and slide as I walk up hill.

Step in, slide out, step in again.

I rise and fall until I win.

My feet will grow with every step.

Every mistake I will intercept,

noted in a book for time to pass

so that new success will have longer last.

My time has come,

old shoes, new fit:

comfortable feel, with brand new wit.

I now shall rise above the bar

to greet the twinkle of my star,

and see the things that I shall do

to taste the journey I will pursue.

Intolerance

I am the center of all knots,
packed tightly,

to keep myself together.

I am vulnerable to the constant force applied upon my ends.

I am the liquid that exceeds the rim,

without overflowing.

Like a rubber band,

I am pulled from all sides,

stretched to my maximum capacity

only to condense again.

Eventually the knot will fall flat,

the liquid will spill,

and the rubber band will snap,

like the rage of crying skies

after the clouds have exploded.

Spiritual Disorder

I wake up each day and fail
to take in my Daily Bread.
Then, when I’m at my lowest
I gorge in Your grace.
I’m a free loader, I know.  
I’m sick, but that’s no excuse. We all are
frames of dust 

looking for the next best thing
that will keep us
from crumbling.

Hemophilia

Deep sighs pour a puddle of dissatisfaction.

Frozen-

thoughts that never move.

My cerebral cortex has made a permanent association

with you

and this shower of pain.

Silent sobs form a river free of waterfalls

(the mouth cannot be found).

My heart is leaking,

the throb of my pen consumes me.

My dripping crimson invades the ink that marks the page.

Stains-

are what you will see when you read my wounded words.

Brown letters

cracking between horizontal lines

reveal bruises from falling,

for you,

and completely missing your arms.

Sunday Sermon

I enjoy being black

because

I cannot blush

in uncomfortable situations,

like when I’m present in a pew

and the word gay

echoes

from the microphone.

It feels as if all stares

are centered

around me.

I try not to move.

Like an expression withholder,

my face becomes stone.

I clench my teeth and

Pace     each     breath

unsure

             

              of how the rest of

  the speakers words

                                             will land.