The Bible - talents and sheep

There are so many talented people in our islands. We are talented with our hands, voices and overall artistic insight. Noel Lloyd was one of the creative people who was stifled. Let it had been someone from the US or UK trying to share the knowledge - we would have jumped speedily to his bidding.

So it is here in our islands - we are the sheep of a careless shepherd - yes, the one who will not go for the 15th much less the 99th. My workplace may be surrounded by sheep, goats and cows but I refuse to be a sheep. I refuse to go mindlessly for slaughter. I like April Glasgow's choice of word - evolutionary. That is truly deep.

You may look at us and try to class us as Rastas or a cult. Really though, we revolutionary and evolutionary - our common goal is to move forward with UNITY for a stronger COMMUNITY - to take care of the resources and plan for the future so our grandchildren can learn from our example. It is no longer acceptable to just drag along accepting the mistakes of the past while letting them guide our future.

Talented people - the parable in the bible about the talents I think referred to actual talents. So please do not bury your talents. Use them to go forward to help yourself and your people. Be the sheep that cries for change and makes it happen.

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POEM: Undefined Love

Undefined love

Literally, Figuratively and Physically
I stop and stare
mentally enwrapped in your presence
I don't know if you see me or sense me
but I am willing to take a chance
because even in your absence
I am still caught..
still lost...
wishing that
you are here with me
not with them
not with her
but here - with me
to laugh with me
to sing with me
with me that's the common theme
you and me
as a literal couple
as a figurative pair of love birds
as two lovers enwrapped physically in the moment of loving
serious and good loving
so let's take a chance
I'll step to you so you'll step with me
arm in arm
no metaphor to increase the score
just love in sync, intense and in step

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Hair, Fear and other things

Some people like to see differences, and others prefer uniformity. I love to see people happy within their own skin. I love being black and petite, and I love my hair in its non-chemically processed state. Surprisingly, there are still black people in the Caribbean who feel straightened hair looks bette,r and it should be the choice of black women. What say you?

I say it's hair - it's just hair! The natural look may not suit every woman, and I will not tell any sister what she should do with her mane. The key thing with hair is care and cleansing. Nobody wants to smell funky hair, so it's important to wash your hair regularly and oil it as needed. To my people with dreadlocks - "Natty Dread, Rise Again." The oppression and discrimination against persons with locks have been crossed off the books, but seems to still be etched in the brains of certain folk.

Black, white, yellow, or pink - be yourself. We do not need to conform to the ideals of the slave masters that we have to pass to make the cut. Plus I am too dark to pass and it never crossed my mind because I have too much to do. I have a family to raise, a job to do, and a community to uplift, encourage, and inspire.

I threw away the Stuck In a Rut ideal because, as a 'Real Revolutionary', I prefer to 'kill' you with kindness to steer you my way than to argue. When I say Real Revolutionary, I don't mean that I am starting a riot. I am about positive change...even if it's a subtle change - a gradual positive movement. I am not a realist - I don't know what Real People are. We are just PEOPLE - all colors, shapes, and sizes.

Stop discriminating, hating, and belly-aching for stupidness, and be a Real Revolutionary and make positive change in our community and the world.

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Poem: Hate vs Love

as the chime of a clock..goes tick and tock
so my mind chimes..with thoughts sublime
and as I rhyme in time with lines
designed to awaken your senses so you drop your defences
without flavor I ask for one favor -
that you show love not hate
for hate... needs to depreciate
for love is a valued treasure - hate only brings displeasure
love is the answer - hate is a cancer
hate is a cancer - love is the answer

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