Listen to my latest poems on Speak Easy Cafe

Writing Poetry is the first poem that you will hear. The second poem is called Girls and Boys. I hope you enjoy the poetry.

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REAL FOOD

I AM

I am really over being angry concerning someone else’s prerogative
I am very grateful to have learned that it is myself I must first forgive
I am leaving behind the negative space where I used to live
I am experiencing an easier time living from a place that is positive
I am whole with new pieces inside the mind that is filled with peace


I am going down life’s path skipping with a harmonic new lease
I am the one who left religion so that I could be one with God
I am choosing to believe in the eternal spirit and not the manmade façade
I am doing my best to live daily in a world filled with joy

I am living this life as spiritual being no longer as a human decoy
I am giving up all of the false ideas that became a personal struggle
I am changing the emotional DNA so with them I’ll no longer juggle
I am releasing the societal beliefs that were my painful illusion

I am breaking the chains from my soul so that I may flourish without confusion
I am creating a place that is filled with joy where no one’s complaining
I am giving away all unpleasant feelings it’s from these I’m now abstaining
I am valuing my presence in the now instead of wanting tomorrow to come in a hurry
I am adjusting my scales to increase the confidence balance and subtract from worry
I am the accessible poet sharing thoughts through my words that has become my new story
I am in non-fanatic way giving the God within all of the glory

Introduction (Video)

My very first Open Mic Night reciting the poem Introduction

Didn't fit in!

I didn’t fit in with my birth family because of where I was born

Birthed in America not by choice it wasn’t from her breast I was torn

The best I could do as a little girl to make real friends

Was lie about my identity so that I could appear normal basically pretend

Can I just be me? No you don’t fit in

How do I feel about me when for some my complexion was not light enough?

Living in different states with various families was more than a little tough

For others they exclaimed that I sounded white but color has no sound

My parents weren’t full time or in the same place for me to be around

Can’t I just be me? No you don’t fit in

Smoking cigarettes at age 5 because the grownups weren’t looking

You cannot make fun of what I don’t know when you’ve taught me nothing about cooking

 Couldn’t even match my clothes or understand the slang definition of hoes

No photos of the little me with dresses or hair filled with pretty bows

Can’t I just be me? No you don’t fit in

Making fun of my name and my height get over it you say it's just teasing

maybe if I had plastic surgery to change me they'd find me more pleasing

Today a degreed wife and mother who fits in now just wants to stand out

Please dear God with the time I have left tell me what this is all about

I Promise

Promises that I chose to keep for myself and my spouse.

Writing

Writing poetry all day doesn’t feel like work

I’m the boss of me and that’s the BEST perk

Much gets done when the body has to rest in bed

These ideas are looking for a place to be other than my head

Let’s be clear if your thoughts about what I’ve said seem hazy

With the internet, email and texting I am never lazy

My office is in my laptop so I don’t have to go far

Road rage is non- existent without rush hour in a messy car

Long breaks I don’t take to drink cups of percolating coffee

Or Christmas parties with large platters of butter flavored toffee

For the first in a long while thinking feels brand new

Becoming Untrained Debbie, now doing what I want to do.

Feeling good about myself nothing else really matters

Even the negative stuff is no longer mindless chatter

All has been erased and there exists a new life tape

Rewinding is no longer needed I’m wearing my creative cape

Happiness is to be shared and never flaunted

The inner child is yelling, this is what I’ve always WANTED!

Composing my sentences with my friends Merriam and Webster into pure bliss

Nothing on television not even a comedy could bring more joy than doing this

Real Food

Don’t presume to know what I’ll enjoy it’s definitely not soul food
Judging me by the color of my skin is so old fashioned and just plain rude
It’s no longer their meat or baby’s milk that we eat,
fruits and vegetables are supposed to be consumed raw

 Society forgets it’s not from their conclusions that we any longer draw
Dying won't be the bad part if you can live freely and be healthy
Isn't that more important than becoming only wealthy?
Personally seven years ago under advice from no physician
Because of the side effects in the hidden descriptions I quit taking all prescriptions
Will GMO’s ever come with a real label?
I’m not sure the government is telling us the truth or if they’re able
Once our edibles are heated over certain degrees most if not all vitamins are lost
At night when you’re hurting it’s your colon paying the cost
Praying or giving grace over dead foods glossed with wax even if one is a Christian
Will not tastefully resurrect it or add any more nutrition
Certified organic is a sign that today I know I can trust
Not Pepsi or coke when it can be used to clean car engines or remove rust
Desserts made from bananas with walnuts as their crust
As I’m salivating seeing the ingredients empty plates are a must

Confined to only carrots or lettuce isn't true as there are so many dishes
Searching the internet one day I once found a recipe for raw knishes
Remember that food should be our medicine not just to make us thinner
If you’re looking for support go to a meetup in your city even if you’re a beginner
Our end of days will not be spent in hospitals connected to tubes
Think about that the next time your meal comes in a package or in funny shaped cubes
PETA and Mercy for Animals are not silently giving animals their voices
In the grocery store and at the table we need to be responsible humans when making our choices

Super PACS need to treat voters with respect.

Super PACS spent millions which could have been used to offset our deficit in my opinion. Meet your constituents door to door answering questions showing people the real side of their platform. Reducing our spending is the constant topic of discussion but we see the 300 million used by Rove which is seen as an ultimately a failure. Money needs to be used wisely not spent wildly to influence the people through repetitious inane ads because when we're saturated with the constant ads saying the same thing we feel like you're trying to program us for your bottom line and not our best interest. I join this live segment by phone to give my opinion about Super PACS.

Introduction

I’m so new to writing poetry; this one I am reciting doesn’t even have a name So if there are any critics in the audience, please try to be tame I thought I’d tell you a little bit about myself But that was a bad idea, so I put it back on the shelf Veterans Day is when I was born but I can’t tell you my age,

 Just so nervous to be here in front of you, even without a stage Really I AM doing this just to break my own ice Going slowly, because I’m following someone else’s advice After the accident people said I was too young to be filled with so much rage That’s because living in this wheelchair is much like being in a cage Everywhere I go people stare at me like I’m in that glass box that covers the Pope You’ve heard about stem-cells right? And I’ve seen so many doctors, but still where’s the real hope? For a moment I changed my focus and I decided to go back to college I thought maybe the answer lies somewhere in all of that vast knowledge Academically I was more than a little rusty and I needed to hire a tutor We met on campus, in the lab because back then, at home well I didn’t own a computer He used to tell me in our many conversations, that life doesn’t get better because you complain Wait you’re walking on two legs; to myself I thought, you can never begin to understand my pain Years later I defeated the odds and I gave birth to a healthy baby With a new family, my many negative beliefs, began to turn into maybe Friend, confidante and spouse, we’ve been to each other for twenty years Together we’ve overcome so many of society’s fears In my journey, today I realize, even with many names and just as many different paths, that there really is a power that is higher All that any of us can really do is live our lives to the best of our ability because you never know who you might inspire

So Glad the 2012 Election is Over

In the wake of this election many things transpired: Republicans lost hundreds of millions of dollars, marriage equality passed in several states and marijuana was legalized in 2 states. Even though in my on-air interview I didn't have a lot to say, reason being it felt a lot like it was "Bash Republican Day" and I guess I wasn't fully on board with that concept. So I will voice my opinion here in my own blog where I'm not censored or questioned. Republicans can recover from this blunder much like any other party or any human beings can recover from their mistakes. Having said that, I am not a registered Republican, but neither am I a Democrat. I will tell you why; in 1976 I was living with the Young family in Tennessee, since they're both diseased I will mention their names: Millie and Emmett Young. At 10 I asked Mrs. Young how do you know if you're Democrat or Republican, her reply was, "Are you black?" As odd as this may sound I had never given any thought to this question before, and while she explained to me in detail why I was black she gave no explanation as to the differences as to the Democratic party and the Republican party, just that based on the color of my skin I was Democrat. From that point on in my life I was turned off to the whole political game, because of this ignorant response that I received at such a young age. I respect my elders and would never speak ill of the deceased, the Young family wasn't very knowledgeable or had decided that I didn't deserve and intelligent answer. In the 80's I voted while I was living in Virginia, but since 1991 I hadn't voted for religious reasons and I picked a most precarious time to return to the voting arena. I'm neither pro or anti Obama, however there were many inconsistencies in the things he said in this election as opposed to his stance in the 2008 election. Romney on the other hand made mistakes and didn't have answers to every question, but I have to say barring the social issues I felt more comfortable with the things I heard him saying. Ultimately, my all-time favorite candidate that I would love to see in the White House is RON PAUL! He ran a debt free campaign, he has said the same things consistently since 1976 about the government and having a flat tax. He's both a Congressman and a physician, healthy and articulate even with the southern accent. Should he decide not to run in 2016 because he his getting up in age I will have look into the Libertarian party, because Governor Gary Johnson I discovered after the fact said very similar things to Ron Paul.

Halloween on November 4th

As we passed out candy to the few random trick-or-treaters yesterday, Sunday, which was November 4th instead of the normal date of October 31st, I feel saddened by the community in California that is trying to take away the rights of human beings who made a mistake. You do not have to agree with me, however I feel that people on a registered sex offender list have already lost so many human privileges that denying them the right to pass out candy, which also affects their children or spouses, is just over-kill.