Club Love

I’m not here to drink

So don’t think

You can pick up my tab

Just so I can follow you home

Know that

Just like I didn’t come here

To meet you

To greet you

Or become your little plaything

Your sex toy

Get back boy

Cuz the only thing getting played is the music

The record scratches

As my hips turn

Real girls get on the floor

Watch and learn

Just me and the music

I don’t need to clap back

Singing along to the music

Cuz I got it like that

I know the DJ

Might be in his clique

Now I am wondering

Will my blue dress fit

I might wear it

But I’m nothing like a devil

Just give me the snare, the high hat

Lyrics, base & treble

Let it cover my heart beat

Too sweet

This club love

Spring

I am blossoming

Spring has sprung within me

One –third of April is gone

And these 10 days have smelled sweet

Even when April showers have darkened and rattled

The promise of chirping birds and caressing breezes awaits

I clean in homage of this wondrous season

Casting away old things to let things grow anew

I meet and greet every day with a smile

And most days the sunshine smiles back

The days where gray clouds and humidity stand guard

I breathe deep

Inhale the wet promise of flowers and trees

The verdant shining of Mother Nature’s emeralds

After a hard long Chicago winter

Spring is here

Inside and out.

Feelin Myself (4/9)

I'm ridin round & I get it

I'm ridin round & I get it

I'm ridin round & I get it
It's mine, they sent it

It's mine, they sent it

It's mine, they sent it

This my remix & I ain't 2 Chainz
I'm not no lazy broad
I get up & do thangs
Move maine
Get out the way
Handling my bidness
No time to waste 
No need to buy my drink
Yeah I got it
Cuz you really want something else 
And I'm not it
I'm a woman about mines
Never been a jump off
Always got some nice flats
Cuz I stay taking pumps off
Don't need no high heels 
Already stand at 5'9"
My checks never be short
I stay doing overtime
I stay doing homework 
All about the next level 
When it comes to music 
I love the bass & the treble 
Don't forget about the high hat & the snare
When I party both my hands are in the air

I don’t wanna hear about nothing else

Cuz in this moment I’m feelin myself

Cuz in this moment I’m feelin myself

Feelin myself

Fee-feelin myself

I'm ridin round & I get it

I'm ridin round & I get it

I'm ridin round & I get it
It's mine, they sent it

It's mine, they sent it

It's mine, they sent it

No (Social) Life

Blind ambition

I don’t see obstacles

Staying up to 2 am for a paper is fine

Still rising in time

For work at 10 am

I can say that I gave my all

You don’t have to call

And ask about my life

Or my lack thereof

Living only for tomorrow

Is for those who can only afford

To see beyond the end of their nose

I have been blessed and privileged

To be of old money

To have a future to invest in

Testing, testing… 1,2,3.

Can y’all hear me

Clear me

Of the debt

Of your stereotypical womanly expectations

I don’t need to be dating at a certain age

I’m quite fine turning the page

At the guestbook

Of someone else’s wedding reception

Since I have plenty of fine dresses to wear

In order to be the best we

I gotta be the best me

Sorry, Auntie

I have to run and do homework

Nice talking to you

Man of My Thoughts

I could easily write about you

For hours on end

Your great qualities

That I am certain of

Your calmness

Your intelligence

Your passion

Your compassion

Your ambition

Your heart

Your love

I could easily write about you

For hours on end

But will I ever know

The experience of meeting you

Knowing you

Loving you?

I am skeptical

Because Cupid

Has yet to write you in my calendar

So focused on assignments, commutes,

Travel times and classes

Paychecks and school debts

But I know better than to say never

God has proven me wrong several times

So I as think about your jokes

Your seriousness with a mischievous streak

Just your way

I cherish these thoughts

Until I meet you first

Tired (4/6)

Too hard

I tried to

Reconcile

Everything,

Doomed to a long episode of exhaustion and regret.

Easter (4/5)

I have to rise up

Like He did

But I keep getting pulled down

Pride

Pettiness

Anger

Condescension

Are pretty heavy anchors

But I gotta do better

Please Lord, help me get it together.