Reflective Tag

Sugarchocolatehoneyicetea (Excerpt from the book – “Perspectives of a Black Boy”)

There’s a magic about youA sweetness around youA beauty that you wieldA love that makes you glow Your beautiful dark faceHas not one feature misplacedYour babyish enchanting smileHas not one ray short of magic I love that I love youYour splendor of a slender bodyI love to hold youYou melt into...

Gravitas (Excerpt from the book – “Perspectives of a Black Boy”)

People wonder whyI like to feel so flyWhy so much of my pain I hideAnd act with so much pridePeople wonder whyI’m not the finest guyYet have so much confidence in my talkAnd so much style in my walkPeople wonder whyI never seem to cryWhen life is just so hardAnd my desires I never really had The...