D.Greaves http://dgreaves.posterous.com Well Veresed. Never Rehearsed. posterous.com Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:51:00 -0800 LUNAR ORBIT (the real rap) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/lunar-orbit-the-real-rap http://dgreaves.posterous.com/lunar-orbit-the-real-rap

Hurt

I've dedicated writes 2 Black Pride, love-real and imagined, parents, brotherhood and sisterly affection. This one is special though. It's for all of y'all who hide your hurt with a smile.

 

Once upon a time

can become never upon an ever

it can't get any worse

really means it won't get better

holding on 2 what's lost

the cost

can't be contained

it's a drain

on your emotions

devotion

heart and brain

the same ole same

really means the game don't change

the past is prologue

only the present can be rearranged

by you

YES YOU

love lost is like a flu

that never leaves

every time you peep his or her picture

your chest starts 2 heave

and you grieve

even family members lost

can't really compare

because love is a gamble

and you lost the dare

but beware

of making snap decisions

a little frost in the morning

don't mean you abort the mission

 

WHEN YOU CAN'T WISH UPON A STAR

AND MISTAKES LEAVE NO ROOM

ASK YOURSELF

IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH THRUST

2 ESCAPE GRAVITATIONAL DISTRUST

AND ORBIT THE MOON

 

only you really know

 

years after years

the same tears you shed

started out making intense love

now you sleep isolated in different beds

the strange thing is it feels liberating

you'd rather be alone

with your cell phone

6G, lookin at dizzicks mastrubating

Ladies, don't you be fooled

a hurt dude flick mo bic

than a young boy just outta skool

straight hurting

squirting

in a tissue

'cuz he miss you

and other femmes games he don't wanna play

when it comes 2 love

woman or man

it's black and white no gray

so don't say

he's out there gettin his groove on

men are varied as our manhood

word is born

some of us are large

some rather small

some think they're a womans greatest gift

some ain't stiff

but NOT ONE can heal the rift

when love ain't making love

 

WHEN YOU CAN'T WISH UPON A STAR

AND MISTAKES LEAVE NO ROOM

ASK YOURSELF

IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH THRUST

2 ESCAPE GRAVITATIONAL DISTRUST

AND ORBIT THE MOON

only you really know

 

I heard so many brothas say I love her

but I don't trust her

man it's a package deal

trust

is a must

or time will reveal

cracks in the foundation

insinuations

become predictions

intimations

become accurate descriptions

ain't no prescription

4 what ails a heart

don't think full recovery can be found

in a brand new start

brotha, that little red wagon of drama

you're pulling around

talkin that blip that you're a man about town

but ain't nobody around

'cept red ants

and sycophants

and both bite

so tonight

my brother look within

only through introspection

can the bullshit games end

and life begin

 

Ladies

don't let me hear that ..ish bout being lonely but not alone

you know ain't nothin betta that a man you in love with

making you moan

see, if you convince the world

that you're not in pain

no one will be aware that lack of love

is making you insane

going the celibacy route

is mos def a choice

but it's dangerous

trust your inner voice

'cuz you'd be surprised how a bitch azz brotha

can make you moist

if you slippin

don't be trippin

know what you need

don't beg, bleed or plead

but please

realize the difference between wants and needs

love yourself

 

WHEN YOU CAN'T WISH UPON A STAR

AND MISTAKES LEAVE NO ROOM

ASK YOURSELF

IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH THRUST

2 ESCAPE GRAVITATIONAL DISTRUST

AND ORBIT THE MOON

 

only you really know

 

In summation

your presentation

should be a reflection

of your determination

be equipped 2 handle

negative situations

but

if you say that's it

I quit

you've lost

my friend

'cuz real love begins

when you learn 2 bend

ain't nobody perfect

past or present

okay, maybe one dude and he was killed

if you're a Christain you believe

4 you His blood was spilled

and 4 what?

so you could give up

on life's most precious gift

just 'cuz one fool left you beat up

backed up and left adrift

who is the captain of your damn ship

you or the one who slipped

trust, if you KNOW you're worth being loved

you will see them again

hanging with friends

speak without reservation

and in the end

they will remember

that they recieved a perfectly good gift of love

and returned it 2 sender

2 TEARS IN A BUCKET

shift your life into gear and truck it

'cuz a better day

begins when you look in the mirror

past the tears

past the years

past your fears

and see your rebirth

the return of your self-worth

trust Brotha D'ee I know

 

WHEN YOU CAN'T WISH UPON A STAR

AND MISTAKES LEAVE NO ROOM

ASK YOURSELF

IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH THRUST

2 ESCAPE GRAVITATIONAL DISTRUST

AND ORBIT THE MOON

 

only you really know

I have confidence in you

the question is....do you believe in you

 

peace and blessings

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Fri, 04 Feb 2011 05:39:00 -0800 A FADE INTO OBLIVION http://dgreaves.posterous.com/a-fade-into-oblivion http://dgreaves.posterous.com/a-fade-into-oblivion

Fade

I sit today warmed by the memory 

of your smile

and in remorse remembering my 

voluntary exile from your love sweet

my mother had never heard her son 

truly recite

doesnt know the depths of pain 

I enter 2 write

the migraines

the shame

the blame

the stain 

upon my soul i feebly attempt

2 explain

in verse

the curse

and audible curses aimed at the spirits

many know dgreaves the poet

if only through the snippets of my soul

I expose

yet no one truly knows

the man

born and shaped by volcanic sand

ready 2 erupt after years of being dormant

and so

I walked away from you in the infancy 

of a promising future

2 protect you from my past

under such duress

we couldnt hope 2 last

or prosper

and the oscar 

goes 2

me

the dee 

I could not 4 the sake of you

allow you 2 see

many

wonder 

few know

tone knew

was his self inflicted demise

due  2 

my refusal of friendship

in his most troubled hour

I dont know

yet my stomach is sour

when i recall the chronology of events

ive spent 

so much time within myself

I see the world through

a myopic vision

I love and yet refuse love

I give and am loathe 2 receive

I take nothing and 

out of life and love

expect nothing

and yet 

curiously 

I feel free

free of imagined reality

free of the worlds testimony

free of dreams that curse me 

with hope and promise

my mother weeps 4 me she says

blames herself i know 4 what

I have come 2 beI

I tell her no

the very second i decided 2 be a man

my destiny 

or lack thereof  was in my hands

this is my plan

as I fade into oblivion

the son of volcanic sand

my ears have been much 2 accute

2 reverberations of implied threats

so I

in my fury 

make them real

I need 2 feel

my blood boil

and erupt through the corpustles

in my troubled head

saturating the soil

my soul brother asked 

why do i write so prolific

so darn much

he said it is as if i am running out of time

nah brah

time is up

has been 33 years

since i first learned that tears

falling from a man

born of volcanic sand

is not release

but feeds the beast 

of my burden

for certain

the quill has been both blessing and curse

4 every verse 

is a snapshot i submit

4 public 

perception

why is the question

my life has never been mine

until now

a baby of barbados

a child of dysfunction

a teen

in the mean 

streets

an adult eloquent 

yet incomplete

and now

a revolutionary in voluntary exile

from love

from feeling

from emotion

from devotion

from life

as michael jackson once sang

like a comet 

blazing cross the evening sky

gone 2 soon

but i am still alive

or am I

another question 2 ponder

as i fade into oblivion

comfrotable  am I

that finally

the choice was mine

and mine alone

 

lyrics  to gone too soon

by michael jackson

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Sat, 29 Jan 2011 06:18:00 -0800 SOUL AFFIRMATION (4 MY DAUGHTER) http://dgreaves.posterous.com/soul-affirmation-4-my-daughter http://dgreaves.posterous.com/soul-affirmation-4-my-daughter

Father

People will always say

what you can and cannot achieve

but only you

can find the reasons 2 believe

no man alive can accurately say

whether Jesus Christ died

young or gray

4 in the end 

we must trust in the faith 

of our 

soul affirmations

 

baby girl

the only entity not prejudice

in this world is the dawning sun

upon the racist and the righteous

it shines on everyone

illuminating the blessed cross

or the barrell of a gun

 

as I write these words

I pause frequently when 

they begin 2 cry

if loving you is not a blessing

your daddy is prepared 2 die

4 you are the truth

in my 

soul affirmations

 

remember the false rumors

as the tide ebbed and swayed

the day 

your mother and I broke away

the whispers of how your life 

would never be the same

what they didnt know

is your mother and I were 

blessed from the start

and though we had 2 part

you remained our 

heart

and 

soul affirmation

 

I know

life is not always as it seems

but our earthly existence began

when the creator had a dream

and even he was forced 2 rest 

on the seventh day

come what may

always know the road 2 achievement

is often paved with discontent

find a special place in your heart 

2 repent

trust your daddy 

you will be sent confirmation

of your 

soul affirmations

 

if I

die

upon this very day

these words I pen will last forevermore

you 

I truly adore

so always be proud 

of your legacy

4 together your mother and I

shaped who you are

but you control whom you will be

you represent the sweetest fruit 

from the tree

of african  american 

carribean royalty

and 4 this wretched life

and yes

eternity

you have always been

and shall forever be

my 

soul affirmation

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