.::Those Taking the Journey::.

24.1.10

Real Men Don't Cry... Or Do They?

"Emotions make good servants, but poor masters"
From an early age, young, black men are taught not to show--or to even have--emotions. They're taught that any sign of emotion is weak. Tears are weak, affection is weak, feeling pain is weak...

17.1.10

Thoughts on America & Independence (quick blog)

AmeriKKKa was built on the pain, the blood, the sweat, the tears, the anger, the rape, the exploitation, the death and the backs of the slaves.

My Thoughts: Moments & Memories

Once a moment is gone... It is but a memory... It is a moment we've captured and frozen within our minds, and we bring back to life through our imaginations... But over the course of time, it begins to slip away... Decay and lose its luster... Piece by piece... Until the memory is no longer a bright, vivid picture... Its an old, worn, faded photograph that we squint at, as the details become more and more faint... We cling to it, yet it escapes our hands like tightly clenched sand...

The Mousai/The Muses

The Muses were nine (9) in number, which is interesting because nine (9) is the number of Born. It is to bring things into existence. It is manifesting it or birthing it from the womb of the mind.

13.1.10

Je taime, Ayiti... Je pleure pour vous, Ayiti...

I love you, Haiti... You and all of my beautiful brothers and sisters... I cry for you, for the children...

12.1.10

Thoughts & Reflections: How Fragile We Are...

Our bodies... So fragile... Easily bruised, broken... From the moment we're born, we begin to die...