Sometimes you have to stop worrying about all the things that could happen
let go be free, live your dreams and let life happen
Achieve what you have set out to be.
Continue readingThe Whole Swallow
Words
I speak breath life
expression that I find hard to deny
robust
emotions that crave attention
yet fear judgement
they want to be
heard
pay attention because meanings are buried deep within
to know them
is to know…
Words fear neglect
they just want to be
understood
make a difference
even if its the size of a mustard
seed
Oh I need you to hear me
Feel the words I speak
envelope you
develop you hold you
like a blackout blowing your back out
shadow dance
around the back shot
then back out and lash out
while I Commit verbal
mood swings
a plethora of tendencies of life
fore words fear
neglect
they just want to be understood
make a difference
even if its
the size of a mustard seed
Words
might be true, could be mean
but
oh well its just feelings of expression
visions of spoken sound fluttering
journeys serene being
Free un-adultered scenes- Dreams
landscaped filled
thoughts and images
concoct blurred lines and question marked
themes
orion⿿s sun-melted belt sitting sound in a clouded sky-line
high-rise
Words
breath taking reverent vague tongue
relives
perspectives horizons shadowed low-rise
After all its from the slanted
eye⿿s
point of view from which we speak
Respect the words of
experience
they end up meaning more than what was first
Thought.
Ever After
After the romance and sweet sounds of linguistic tongue touching and laughter stops…
whats left
the return of investments I’ve been depositing for so long have the interest of caged bird song fall upon deaf ear and blind eye
I need a withdrawal slip
Something that tells me what its all worth
for years I have fed you with bits and inches of me day by day at a time
digging deeper and deeper with nouns and verbs committing grammatical sins giving myself meaning to reason dream and write rhyme
to prove hell and mountains will move before
I’m touched
with the momentum to change minds
building up character, showing courage, dining out with commitment
to free
well versed lines
I don’t mean to be selfish but this wasn’t for you
it was for I
I needed what I wanted
out of me so that I can get the best out of you
selfish
no selfless
I contend
the worst parts of you
brought out the best parts of me
I just want to know when the rainbow disappears
and the sky cries
and plea’s begin to thunder out echoes
of worse times and dead butterflies
quaking grounds will shake
royal rumbles will break true lies
bubbling lava seeps into loose ties
will my angel with clipped wings
still be able to fly
After the romance
sweet sounds of linguistic tongue
touching and laughter stops
whats left
whether you or I
hell and mountains will move before
I’m touched
with momentum to change time
rewind minds and forget about the moment
I made a choice
to deposit
sublime injections
of kaleidoscope erections versions
of me spilled over til the day that I die
remnants of my emotions still writing
from the scripted tight rope walk
intense deep exhale
because it was I who
was chosen to keep you high
Change
With the morning dew refreshed
thinking of a life redressed
How would it be,
a field of flowers
seeds planted in ground
no showers
should we dare grow
a colorless field
filled with different archetypes
side effects in plain view
sorted climate change
distorted by way of natures abstract
how would we think of beauty
untamed
Trying
Im Trying… A tear stained heart left however broken could not match the whole sum of my soul filled full of total empty space Im trying but lost love is held captive somewhere and I’m determined to find this disgraced arithmetic that makes me up cradled between certain uncertainties countless desires, needs unmet wants never set a bastard child with feelings of neglect so I try to field the void filled with equal pieces of you act out thoughts of fantasies thats less than or equaling a sum greater than you yet I fear that its you that my dreams speak missing in action reality holding on for a sublime glimpse seeking hints or reflections of you in me I am her son shadowing undefined unidentified face nothing to do with you so I try to find me defined in my best image to erase traces of your mistakes because now I’ve grown and the need of you has been replaced with needing me I’ve explored these soup kitchens closed doors and all trying to grow trying to find my mold in this melting pot stirred with missing parts Im trying not to build myself from the remnants of what I have been through her smile his stature our views experiences I have learned to use everything I could disguising chamelionizing But right now I must dedicate this piece to the journey of finding me
Care Anymore
When did it become
hit and runs
championing trophies
divide and conquest
How did we destroy your beauty
stop enjoying the simplicities
of conversation
noticing your pet peeves
hearing that sweet symphonic
sound in your laughter
how did we start putting
sex before sex
wheres the value in investments
plundering and pillaging
adventurous lust compelling
guts for glory
where is the chase
what makes it worth while
knowing you before I know you
knowing what I like about you
before knowing how to like you for you
how can one determine worth
when countless others have tried
to show me for you
I am at a loss beginning to think that
this is how the world should
treat you
despite my values and belief in courtship
one day you will be my daughter
or he your son
and I will have to live with
the world I have helped shape
convince you
to look at me the same
as I look at you
where is forever in that
I pray that control and discipline
continue to direct me
in the way of valuing so i can be
the reason for my own not to
devalue
Where’s the Spin on That!
You Vs. Communications Professionals, how are you different?
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From birth it is said that we begin learning. Adjusting to the environment is no easy task, and developing all our senses prove to be key, enabling one to actually begin this process. Learning… how to walk, talk, think, adjust, and see, could easily be related to the ways that we communicate. These are just a few of the baby steps taken in bridging the gap, becoming a blossoming intellectual. As we continue to grow we are shaping our character, building a base foundation of who we are, will we ever be able to say we are complete? I think not. As the world turns and we evaluate our experiences it seems we routinely play catch-up to our constant changing values, placing accountability upon what we expect from ourselves, these very complex expectations change depending on what is experienced or witnessed in our day to day lives. I would like to claim that these set of experiences is no different from communications professionals. The skill do not lye in the way that we handle situations, but in the way we choose to break down issues and problems to come up with a plan, alleviating the bothersome worries that plague a group of people. Yet the main question is what do mass communicators and public relations (PR) professionals do that is so different from what people do everyday.
When you look into your mirror in the morning getting ready to take on the world, you are not only looking at yourself. You are looking at a vision, you may not realize it at the time but you are looking at something bigger than yourself. You notice the blemishes, the zit that wont go away, how white the teeth are, or not, you determine if your hair is acceptable, (not even to your standards) you are looking at the image you portray, and there is something that we all try to say with this appearance. The answer, we hope to know before we leave is, were we successful.
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Image is key, the professional knows this, you know this, so the work is started before you even know what your doing. The difference between this first aspect and a normal individual is that while you are focusing on yourself, the professional is focused on the entities image, the relationships that it has with its publics and its employee’s. The professional takes everything that you did to correct your image and applies it to an organization. As we all know depending on what we are breaking into, this is not always an easy task and definitely not as easy as waking up in the morning and getting yourself ready. So one constantly asks themselves during the day, throughout the day, was this successful. This questions is asked so many times that at some point one will garner a play book of skills that can be toyed with in certain situations.
In order for all this to be possible an individual uses various forms of communication. When you go for that job interview you dress to impress for the job your applying for, this is a form of communication. When you think that special someone can be standing right next to you, you attempt to communicate and gage your way to see if theres interest, this is another form of communicating.
The professional much like yourself has to find a way to break into this communication. How you communicate reenforces your image. This can be very tricky at times. The image is not to get that special someone, or to even impress for that matter. Its to attract an individual or individuals to take an active part in receiving your message. You need a message that will deliver your viewpoint, and you have to deliver it in a way that people can understand and accept hopefully arriving to the same conclusion.
When you were just a little tyke you mocked a mirror image of your parents to learn how to speak, how to think, you understood what you didn’t like and vowed to be different and you made your own adaptations to what you thought was correct.
Managing yourself is no different from creating a brand, all one has to do is look in the mirror. Its no different from expressing who you are, or what you may think is a good thing to get into. Managing yourself is simply the way of the communications specialist doing their best to enforce the very same ideals of a company. While some may not all agree with the image taken forth by some of the companies, they make mistakes just like humans do. In this aspect I find that there is no difference between the way a communications professional works, much different from how we portray ourselves.
No matter what we get ourselves into when we arrive at that fork in the road we do our best to make sure that we stay in the game or get out when possible. And to be honest I don’t see any type of spin in that.
Soar
Take me to a place
filled full of fantasy, dreams
exonerated ecstasy.
create magnetic sparks filtered excite
beneath skin driving heart beats
inspired movements loudly calling out
climactic chivalry
lasting morning
noon
and night
give me something to eat
something to feel while feeding
watch life digest
brains expand
blossoming like flowers
with the sun’s dew dilingence
imparting light
give me a world unimaginable
so I can take it
and imagine new levels
setting my sights and creating it all over again
YOU
You Take me away with words the whole song and dance of our expressions Do they not permeate mind blossoming emotions that cause some type of action stance reaction definitive In imaginations permanent rainbow arc You Take me away with sounds as I read aloud and dream of dreams taking me on adventures exploring my past lives conjuring epic reels of fresh life details answers and movement having a voice to give a voice the lovely power of sound thought You take me away with seeds planted belief in variations of possibility give me the torch to succeed in my craft as I painlessly pour my passion on a pen or a pad maybe a mac So that I can be apart of your journey and create a version of higher inspired filled images that only you can help develop Until then You, keep taking me away with…. countless others paving the way sharing and uniting missions to write and recreate
LEFLORE INC. 