Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Eartha Kitt: Passed






The musical stage play Timbuktu, was the first live performance I ever paid for, staring the lovely Ms. Eartha Kitt. Though we never met, she was truly and inspiration to me. She will be missed.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Question Asked: When Did You Become A Poet?

I was born a poet you see
From conception poetry flowed through me
My poetry is hereditary it passed from Momma to me
And from me to my son who speaks fluent poetry.
Poetry is our legacy
So when it comes to poetry you see,
I don’t become… I be..
I be 'Poetry'....
Copyright © 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Truth, I started writing poetry at 12,
After stumbling on several writings belonging to my mother,
As well as books of poetry by Nikki Giovanni & Ntozake Shange,
From then to now I have place ink to paper…in all its various forms.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

'Twas The Day Before Christmas ... In The News

‘Twas the day before Christmas, after raining all night
Not a snow flake anywhere, but plenty of ice;
Topping the news was economic gloom
Home prices plunging, hardship still looms,
Lay-offs expected in upper Midwest,
The effects of recession reek havoc and stress,
Unemployment at a twenty-six year high,
Octobers stock market left budgets tight,
With hopes that black Friday would make Christmas bright.
Foreclosures on the left, unemployment on the right
While families wonder
The forecast for the year ahead
Homeless shelters added extra beds
Patience’s is a virtue, but even virtue is tried.
Out on the horizon what do I see, a new administration making promises of relief.
Will help come quick enough, or will the nation continue to bleed,
Billions of dollars earmarked for relief
3 million new jobs in the proposed reprieve.
Away to the grocers for a last minute dash
Debt or credit?
No, just cash.
Retailers were hoping shoppers would splurge,
With little
to no
Christmas returns.
Then what to my wonder did my eyes see
Seniors and Disabled
picketing
Medicaid and Medicare
State budget cuts everywhere
Oh sweet souls my poems at it’s end
But with head lines tomorrow another poem begins
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.
Copyright (c) 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

At Calvary

He spoke with me
His words comforting
But him I would not see
Fear hindered me
Yet, he rescued me
At Calvary

Time before time,
I longed for him
In night dreams, I envisioned him
Mistake, Misfortune, Mere experience
I nearly lost the dream
Yet, he rescued me
At Calvary

Frozen in pass apprehensions
My heart did burn
My soul confirmed
My spirit spoke
With ears to hear
And eyes to see
He rescued me
At Calvary

Here’s the secret
To the message you read
Hallowed the ground,
Sacred the place,
The situation grave,
Life not chance, had orchestrated consequence and circumstance
Paving the way, for these two souls, to dance destinies’ dance.
Yes, he was sent to rescue me
At Calvary

Beholding his face
God I praise
Thank you for unfolding your mystery
Purpose has became clear to me
He was meant to rescue me
Out there
At Calvary




Copyright (c) 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Monday, December 15, 2008

In My Heart Is Held Your Place

Precious the moment my eyes encountered yours
No photograph nor telephone could reveal this splendor before
For you are a wonder ones heart must encounter
A wonder to be adored.
Your spirit humbles the soul it meets
Nothing prepared me for this soulful treat
Cold and drizzly that February day
Yet in my soul it was April or May
For spring had sprung in my soul that day
Engraved were the letters of your name.
Shivering and cold, my face wore a grin
Expressing the warmth coming from within
You rescued me from that burial place
In more than just one way
My heart burst open, to hope again,
Believing what I pray
Who knew a solemn man would make me feel this way
I Thank You & I Think of You each and every day.
Perhaps someday you'll know
In my heart, is held your place.
Copyright (c) 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Shy...

Friday, December 5, 2008

When I Close My Eyes

When I close my eyes ..
I imagine you and I…
Crossing paths and saying Hi…
Smiling with delight…

When I close my eyes…
I imagine you and I…
Holding hands… in the sun light
Whispering in the night…

When I close my eyes…
I imagine you and I
Building a Life
One Day at a time

When I close my eyes..
I see yours looking into mine
Smiling with delight,
Hoping this is right

When I close my eyes
It’s you I see by my side
I smile with delight
Being claimed by the light
Knowing I loved before
I closed my eyes.
Copyright (c) 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Saturday, November 22, 2008

THE KISS


No, It was not the first kiss, nor was it to be the last,
Yet it was THE KISS, that changed life’s path.
Paralyzed with awe and delight, the stars blanketed the night,
The moon gave her light.
In that moment all was right.

No, it was not the fist kiss, nor was it to be the last,
Yet it was THE KISS, that has gone unsurpassed.
How sweet was the nectar
How passionate was the press
Tongue and cheek, had new meaning
In sensations grasp.

No, it was not the first kiss,
Nor would it be the last,
Yet it was THE KISS,
For which memory would never forget.


Copyright (C) 2008 by KRD aka SistaSistaSister

Saturday, November 15, 2008

It Just Piss Me Off!

It just piss me off,
When you gear your heart up to love and be loved,
And the one you’re trying to love,
Is merely there for the loving.
It just piss me off,
To no end,
To know I began, and ended, another year alone,
And this time,
I had access, to a whole new world of men.
It just piss me off,
To sit at home, me on one end,
He’s at home on the other,
Roaming through site after site,
Seeking a potential husband or wife,
While we are going to dinner, and
Have meetings together, yet returning home,
Both lonely and alone.
It just piss me off,
When we can laugh and share,
Knowing the compatibility is there,
Me believing, we have optimum possibility.
It just piss me off,
To think, the reason we are not together,
Is Me,
I let the cat out the bag, and let it be known,
The doctor said, I need a heart transplant.
It just piss me off.
Copyright (c) 2008 by krd aka SistaSistaSister

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Sometimes I Need______________?

Sometimes I need a loving embrace,
A strong hand, An Assertive voice and the touch of A man.

Sometimes I need the unity of family,
The inquisitive enthusiasm of a child, and the gathering of friends.

Sometimes I need an intelligent argument,
A bias decision, an ingenious ideal, and a kind word.

Sometimes I need laughter in the morning
Understanding in the afternoon, patience by evening,
and affection at night.

Sometimes I need to know, all will be alright.

Copyright (c) 2008 by krd aka SistaSistaSister

Monday, November 10, 2008

You May Find What You Seek

I can’t take credit,
For
My Eyes
My Lips
My Breast
My Belly
My Hips
My Derriere are My Thighs
Everything you see is by God’s design
Genetically engineered as he desired

So to know who I am, you must look inside
For inside is where the treasure lies
My Spirit
My Soul
My Intellect
Character and Pride
This is the figure you should measure Me by

You will find
I’m not
The Gold Digger
The Bitch
Or
The Diva
I’m just a Woman seeking her =equal=
If you need to classify
You will find Me under
Mother
Friend
Wife and Lover
Nurturer of your dreams
Acquaintance of your desires
Bearer of your love
The one with whom your heart can safely retire

Once you have admired God’s design desire
Look deeper to see
The content called Me
You may find, what you seek.
Copyright (C) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Monday, September 29, 2008

When She Woke

The sun had hit its noon day stride
Bills to be paid…
Baby changed
And still she lies
Wanting the dream to change.
A man…not men…
To call her name…rescuing her from the parade
Of passer by’ers…
On lookers
Seeking what they can find….
Free
Meetings without Conversation…
Sex without Expectation…
Relating without the Relationship
It was fun…..
Home to the family I must run
When she woke
To wipe her eyes
She felt the moisture between her thighs
The crime this time;
She thought … He cared.
But like all little boys with toys that don’t obey the rules of the game.
He didn’t leave it … As He found it… And She wares the shame
When the clinic door swang, and they called her name.
Then she woke,
Thank God it was just a dream..
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Betrayed

Lately I’ve been hateful,
Peevish in my pride
Noticeably judgmental,
Lackadaisically pursuant of my desires

Healing from the spear of a well constructed lie
Rank and rancid my enthusiasm lost its fire
Tears fill my eyes

This was my ambition
My life long desire
I shared my every dream,
You sold it to the highest buyer,
Failing to mention me.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Friday, September 26, 2008

Revolt, Revolt, Revolt!!!

Revolt, Revolt, Revolt … I scream
This thing is warring within me.
Alone forever, I thought, I wanted to be,
Tired of trying, being met with defeat.
Closed my mind, my heart, my eyes
To the possibility of any man loving me.
Then….He….

His is a psychedelic love
A kaleidoscope of fantasies
Acted out devoid of discreet are apology
His mystique tantalizes me
And when this brother speaks
The revolution starts in me.

Revolt, Revolt, Revolt… I scream
Don’t want to have these insecurities,
Of another man leaving me or me leaving he
So I disguise what I feel inside,
Not to be lifted up with hope or false pride.

Transformation has been, bitter-sweet,
A cyclone of pain and ecstasy
I tumble, crumble, crying in the sheets
No more…. No more… No more please.

His psychedelic love,
Embraced, covered, infused me
Eliminating all toxicity
Fear escaped me,
For I was imprisoned by LOVE.
Revolt, Revolt, Revolt… I no longer scream.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Waiting and Sitting

As a young girl, I come upon a poem quite accidentally titled
“All I Got To Do”

It spoke completely to my situation both then and now.
I later learned of the author, although by then I thought the title to be,
“Sit and Wait”

I created many a poems with those three words,
inspired by Nikki Giovanni.
Here’s one…



Sitting and waiting, waiting and sitting
For the sun to set and the moon to rise
For in the sun he rides my heels, and embrace my thighs
While pulling me aside to cop a fill and steal what innocence he left behind.

In time I will deliver this soul which quivers and quickens inside
In the night from him I hide
No one seems to noticed, my rump, hips and thighs
How they’ve spread round and wide
I was a 5 but, I’ll be a ten before this ends.

I take no pride in this sitting and waiting, waiting and sitting
Wishing, hoping, praying for someone to read my mind
To know of this life that grows inside,
To know this was not my decision to decide
My choice was taken with my pride
Yet no one knows
And, I want to ball up and die.

Sitting and waiting, waiting and sitting
Intended on finishing school and joining the peace corp.
To fight for education on destine shores
Now I’ve got another fight
Delivering a child in a dying world
Of preachers that lie, like pedophiles that pry
Foraging the spoils of a little girls dreams
Festering into nightmares the fear of what the future might bring.

Sitting and waiting, waiting and sitting
Wish I had a song to sing are another poem to read
Because this sitting and waiting is getting next to me.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Vagabonds and Bullies

Vagabonds and Bullies heed the call to arms,
Justice they chant while doing each other harm,
Honor among thieves and thieves stand to preach,
Pulpits and public podiums with video feeds,
All who are wise must take heed.
Vagabonds and Bullies with poetic poise,
Rob with dollar sign joy,
Leaving the nations defenseless, and blind,
They lie to the masses with snickering pride.
Paper on the presses, stories bought and sold,
Lies on the menu, scenting the noise,
Foul is the behavior behind the scenes.
Vagabonds and Bullies reaping the green,
Sowing fruitless seeds, as they lead at crippling speed.
War is the masquerade shading them as they parade,
In sheltered rooms of pending doom, every thing is fair game,
As our young bleed and die,
Fighting for what? They don’t know why.
Defenseless we all have fallen prey,
To Vagabonds, and Bullies, and their selfish ways.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Blowing My Mind!!!

Had I never met you this would never be...
Nor had you been so kind, so calm, so cool, so collected,
So sure, with the planting of your feet.
How confident you appear, with a quite, calming, peace.
Reflections of your soul revealed with every word you speak.
Me submerged in the sea of your lyrics, your words, your verse,
You, don’t even sing? Uhm?
Every line is crooning sentimentally to me,
A dream for sure, with hidden possibilities.
Nothing I expected, all that I need,
Gosh darn these emotions you evoke in me.
Me longing for your return, before you ever leave.
Had I never met you this would never be.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Loving Me, Loving You, So Much

Beholding you in my thoughts,
Waiting for the moment,
Dreams become reality
Fulfilling a need
Quenching a desire
To be....
Touched
Moved
Filled with the essence of You
and Me
as We.
Walk hand in hand, living each day to its end
With you by my side I can begin
the dream I dreamt when?
You were just, a thought, a wish, a pray,
words spoken in the air.
Breathing in
Exhaling,
And there
Where?
There!
Where you take me, every time we touch
Loving me, loving you, so much, so, so, so, so much.
Copyright (c) 2008 by (krd) SistaSistaSister

My Thought for the Day Copyright © 2010


Sometimes we stumble;
Sometimes faith is betrayed;
Sometimes the mistakes we make
are the stones it takes, to build a pathway to the person we will be. Remember we are ever becoming.
(January 08, 2010)

Wisdom is the prerequisite of perfecting love,
Truth is the prerequisite of revealed wisdom,
If there is no truth, there is no perfecting love.
Seek truth, wisdom and love will follow.
(January 10, 2010)

"When I fall, whether I be friend or foe, stretch forth, help me, dust me off, and send me on my way in love." Yes, Love... The action that surpasses all understanding... The force, that creates forgiveness, in the mist of derision. The virtue, that gives all fallen souls the ability to journey on... and to the sender (the forgiver who's been wronged) the ability to heal, and also grow on.
(January 11, 2010)

Every Today was once a Tomorrow,
Every Tomorrow will become Today…
What will you do Today, to influence your Tomorrow?
(January 18, 2010)

Turn down the thermostat! Stop expelling valuable energy! Winterize your heart! Insulate the warmth of your spirit, and conserve yourself (your being) for those who acknowledge your wroth.
(January 23, 2010)

My thought for today is a reflection of something my mother always said, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and well meaning people, who never got around to proving the thoughts of their heart". (February 6, 2010)

The grass always looks greener on the other side, but don’t climb the fence, the dog bites, the cat scratches, and the owner is a jack ass.
(February 7, 2010)

I would hate to wander through the desert of hope, hungry, only to find the fig tree barren.
(February 10, 2010)

What is adequate for one can be inadequate for another, time reveals what is. (February 17, 2010)

We are all more than we believe, if we merely believe.
(February 26, 2010)

To be unpredictable, for some is a challenge of intellect.
To be conventional, for some is deifying creativity.
To be absolutely unique, is a freedom we all seek, at various levels. (February 27, 2010)

We view photo's, we read blogs and status', we agree or disagree, we like or dislike, we study, examine and respond, based on our perceptions of what we believe is communicated and revealed, What you see is not always what you get.
There are times we should use our prudent minds, to take another look, there could be more than what meets the eye.
(March 7, 2010)

Things don't always End Well,
Yet its well they ended.
(March 17, 2010)

Women, we are always told, we talk to much, so men created Facebook, Texting & Twitter, to teach us to be direct and to the point. Please say it in 140 - 420 characters or less…
(March 18, 2010)

S H I N E !!! Even in your darkness shine.
Those who need your light will see it. S H I N E!!!
(March 20, 2010)

Selfishness will tax any relationship, and chronic selflessness taxes the individual.
(March 27, 2010)

Many of us read to locate, take note of, or memorize, that which has been taught unto us. Some of us study to gather information of that which is written, and has been taught unto us, with no intention of questioning its validity.
Others of us locate, take note of, memorize, gather information and are able to rightly divide the written and spoken word, which has been taught unto us, and there confirming or denying its validity. Wisdom is seeking beyond what is taught or understood, to affirm truth.
(March 29, 2010)

We are taught in childhood, not to question, our parents, our elders, and those deemed to have religious authority over us... We are not to lean to our own understandings, and if we find ourselves of another opinion, we are told it is the devil. Therefore withstanding our failure, our unwillingness, our fear to question, that which is questionable, we adhere to a belief passed down but never scrutinize by those we looked to for guidance. We pledge servitude to a belief we ourselves struggle to comprehend, and in so doing, we vaguely acknowledge the God-ness, the creative force within ourselves… (Greater is he that is within U than he that is in the world. (The world meaning, outside of U.)
(March 30, 2010)

Misery loves company, and hurt people hurt people. If folks fail to take the time needed to heal, they will always repeat the cycle of pain. I have found love means different things to different folks, so we must find our definition of love, and apply it as we await the arrival of that mate, whom shares the same definition of love as ourselves.
“Can two walk together, except they agree" Amos 3:3
(March 31, 2010)

Normal isn't fun....
Sanity has no adventure... and when U go crazy,
there are no valid excuses... I'm staying crazy...
(April 24, 2010)

Not every Hello is permanent,
and not every Goodbye forever...
time is the common denominator.
(April 29, 2010)

Allergies are like sucker punches,
there aren't any warnings,
and you're never prepared....
(May 3, 2010)

There must be balance… as you will learn;
your success is no more superior than your greatest failure.
(May 4, 2010)

Reggie Arnold THOUGHT: you have to love some people from a lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng distance. Help yourself before you extend too far, there may not be enough rope left..
(May 8, 2010)

God always places the answer within us...
We must be still enough to hear, and wise enough to listen....
(May 18, 2010)

soap & water don't make U clean..
it just makes U washed...
so watch U'r deeds...
(May 27, 2010)

Love at first, second or third sight is possible.
For U determine the love u will give...
U determine the barriers or limitations U will set.
We don't love because we think others will love us,
We love because we so desire to do so,
Despite whether we are loved in return.
Love at first sight simply means I choose to love this person despite their willingness or lack thereof to love me back...
I will love without seeking a return...
I Love u because I can.
(June 28, 2010)

All Life's lessons can't be learned in a day,
so slow down and pace yourself,
it's not that kind of race. ~Sista
(July 27, 2010)

It would seems at some point we should graduate
from believing to knowing...
Are U ready for your cap and gown?
(July 27, 2010)

Wine is a necessity... for relaxing conversation... :)
(July 29, 2010)

One should not work to maintain faith,
If you’re working, you are working in fear,
For faith and knowing, just is.
Copyright © Kim Daniel
(July 30, 2010)

If you’re giving to get,
You’re not giving, you’re lending.
(August 10, 2010)

Baby stepping to my forward motion....
Hope the train don't leave the station fo' I get there...
(August 18, 2010)

One of the most amazing encounters is watching my thoughts manifest before my eyes...
I am grateful
(September 3, 2010)

Rummaging through the closets of my memory, I found U.
Just like old times, we laughed and smile, and joke for awhile, then the phone rang, and guest what, it was U... (September 29, 2010)

Wisdom can sometimes look crazy, and looks can sometimes be deceiving. (October 22, 2010)
resolve to LOVE Unconditionally

Living In A Stream Of Possibilities