Technology has come a long way

posted 08/07/13

#157 Hanging on the Line

Technology has moved on

At an alarming rate

Things we could only dream of

Are now available on a plate

With phones that predict what you are going to say

With apps you can monitor

When last you saw your friend

Is this the begin

Or is this the end

Of the simpler life

Do we all have to get on board

Or just be left behind

With a phone

With no minutes

Just hanging on the line

Prostate Cancer within the Black Community

I believe there is a link between Prostate Cancer and the types of jobs Black men do.

I have named it a cushy number as there are so much unemployment at the moment.  Having  a job just any job is considered good fortune

posted Fb 09/107/13

#159 A Cushy Number

He is banned from the office

So he is forced to drive

Drive and drop

Drive and drop

Navigating the city roads

He is efficient and slick

Drop and drive

Drop and drive

Drop and die

They say it is a cushy number

As he sits on his tushy

Stuck in traffic

Cannot park there

Come into reception

No further please

No your place no your sation

Drop and drive

Drop and drive

Drop and die

All this sitting around

Causes problem for any man

The statistics speak for themselve

Our black men

Are risking their health

As they chase the bills

To increase their wealth

Before long a cancer is born

Before long a cancer is formed

A trip to a clinic where you wait and wait

Encounter racist and their hate

Sit and wait in line

Not sure how long it will take

Have you not got the time

Come back another time

By time you come back it is too late

We are now talking about advanced prostates

How did this happen?

Is this a plan ? there is a pattern

How are we going to populate this planet

If our men are dropping like flies

I am not making this up

This is not lies

This is the situation

Amongst our guys

Superior Hair Quality

Right now I am wearing my hair in a afro.  I love the way it looks all unruly and when I touch it , it is soft, strong and thick.  It is in a healthy condition.  I have relaxed my hair in the past, or I should I say try and kill it by drying it out and drowning it in chemicals.   Anyhow it has forgiven me and recovered.  To the next experiment. Afro hair is so versatile I am certain there is not  style out there that cant be achieved.

I have noticed when I have my hair in  an Afro the general concess is that someone wants to touch it.  Now I regard my hair as being personal and private.  The area about your head is vital when it comes to channelling positive energy.


Posted fb 10/07/13

#160 My Nappy Hair

My hair is described as nappy

This makes me happy

It is also unruly

And cannot be tamed

Like the woman within

My independent brain

My hair is superior

Which naturally means other hair is inferiria

It is versatile

It can be combed in any style

It can be slicked back

If that’s where you think it is at

My hair doesn’t lay flat

If I locks it

It will climb happily down my back

My hair is happiest in afro

That’s what is unique you know  

In the 70’s it was symbolic and right

My hair stands upright

Like it’s an antenna

Ready for a fight

Tracking for the next satellite

I remember the tears

As a child

Wanting to wear my hair wild

To avoid the comb which I would fear

Now I am in control

I comb it without tears

I recall sitting down

At my mothers feet

This time spent together

I now regard as a treat

Time spent alone;

With my mother my hair

And that wretched comb

Nelson Mandela Gravely Ill

The news of Nelson Mandela ill troubles me more that I ever expected it to do.  My father was keep on Politics, he says whether you like it or not Politics are everywhere and you encounter during your day whether you choose to take part in politics or not.  I understood despite being maybe eight.  My father would speak of Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko and so many atrocities which had occurred in this country.

My point is I have always been aware of Nelson Mandela.  I was 27 when he was finally released he had spent 27 years in prison.  For some reason it stuck in my mind.  by 27 I had my daughter and was settled into my career.

Imagine 27 years of your life being taken away.

so now that he is ill, all I keep thinking is he was robbed of 27 years of his life.

posted fb 30/06/13

#151 They Owe Him a Life

They owe him

They owe him a life

Some people never make it

Some people need to think twice

They owe him so much

Don’t let him die

As long as there is hope in sight

He stood for truth

He stood for justice

He stood against the evil system

That made his people bled

Incarcerated locked up for

Standing up for your rights

Songs were made to pursue his release

This system is wicked

He was in the belly of the beast

27 years

27 years that’s almost a whole life

For something that wasn’t  completely true

He kept dignified

He kept true

Then that fateful day

After they finally had there fun

Decided to let release him

Maybe to see where he woud run

He stayed true to his word

This country he would run

A term in Government

Was not enough to do all that had to be done

Now he is ill

All I can think

Look how they have treated

This African Son

Live on Nelson Mandela

Live out all your days

We will keep you in our hearts

Your name we will praise!

Nina Simone The High Priestess of Soul!

Nina Simone, to this day she truly fascinates me.  Every time  I stumble across  a picture or a song I haven't heard.  Her style was effortless and uniquely hers.  She didn't just sing a song she felt a song.  The Fugees once refer to her as  'Defecating  the mic' I think i know what they meant.  She just tells it like it is.

There are so many songstress going around mimicking the sound these great Singers of long ago made.  When Billy Holiday sang she sang from a point of direct experience. That's what made it so powerful.  The music they made intrudes on your daily life, grabs you by the throat and it compels you to listen.

The era they made music in the Black race was experiencing such unjust atrocities.  Everyone knew someone who had been killed just for being black.

Experiences like that change you forever , also dictates what and how you sing.

Nina Simone sang in her most pained voice as I guess she had experienced a lot of pain

So when someone comments about a posting about her album named 'The High Priestess of Soul' . They casually say I have heard her music and it is more kind of Jazz ( I think you have lost the right to comment  I think it is only right for me to say.  'How dare you?!'

posted fb 19/06/13

#139 The High Priestess of Soul

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Nina Simone

‘The High Priestess of soul’

She was so much more

She represents the struggle

Of our people at the time

Her music her voice

Commands attention

Whatever she sings

She makes it her own

I listen to her sounds

I know she was a troubled soul

She was aware of things going on

She knew the right from the wrong

She was persecuted

She was strong

Her memory lives on and on

Nina Simone

‘The High Priestess of Soul’

I really don't hate Candy Crush

I wrote this on the train, as there are even more people lost in Candy Crush world.  Every day on the train the free paper The Metro is available, if they took their noses out of their various electronic gadgets.  I know the news is depressing but this is our world.  Even if we think we  can't do anything about it. That is no reason to disengage yourself.


posted  fb 20/06/13

#141 Half The World

Half the world are playing candy crush

While half the world are getting crushed

Half the world is dying

While half the world are sleeping

Half the world are starving

While half the world are obese

Half the world are sleeping

While half the world are standing

They are shifting the balance slowly

In their own way

So the question is

What are you doing today ?

Dumping ground for unwanted children

The Situation in children care homes they are worse than we ever thought.  It's like this little children are just there to be abused.  The recent stories of girls being groomed and children being brought into Brixton Police Station as Sex slaves is shocking.  These poor children who at first were abandoned then to be subjected to this systematic abuse.

So when women become pregnant and they feel it necessary to terminate or put the un planned unwanted child in care.  Every needs to think longer and harder about that option.

posted fb 22/06/13

#142  The Forgotten one

I am the remainder of a bad relationship

I am the leftover from a broken promise

I am the forgotten one

I am the one born out of passion

I am the one to not be loved

I am the one that will be rejected

I am the one not selected

I am the one waiting

For my time to come

It wasn’t my choice

I didn’t do anything wrong

Yet I will be punished

Forever for what went wrong