Today, I thought about tomorrow Pushed yesterday away; time can’t be borrowed On to the next, while I flex my intellect The ‘friend zone’ is the endzone, still I bet Follow the yellow brick road? To where? That’s like havin’ a wave brush, wit’ no hair Two books […]
I THOUGHT ABOUT TODAY AND THE CURRENT EVENTS. HOW SITTIN’ AROUND DOIN’ NOTHIN’ AIN’T TIME WELL SPENT. BUT I’M CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT ‘CAUSE THE MOMENT IS SLOW. GOTTA’ KNOCK DOWN THE MIND BLOCK, FA’ SHO’. SO I…GRAB MY SOCKS AND SHOES, AND MY CANVAS. B.K.A. MY […]
BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT, ALL IN THE MEMO. FIVE GUYS AND SIX GIRLS PACKED IN A LIMO. KEPT WITH NO DRINKING OR SMOKING OR DRUGS. NO SEX, ONLY LAUGHING, WITH KISSES AND HUGS. FROM A BOY TO A YOUNG MAN, WANTING TO BE COOL. LIKE MANY OTHER KIDS […]
WHEN THE WOMAN GOT HOME AND SAW HER SON, SHE WAS GLAD. TOLD HIM ABOUT THE BIG SCARE SHE JUST HAD. “BOY, WHERE IN THE HELL IS YOUR SHOES AND JACKET”? A BULLY PULLED A KNIFE ON ME, SO I LET HIM HAVE IT. I DON’T LIKE TO […]
THERE COMES A TIME IN LIFE, WHEN THINGS DON’T GO OUR WAY. AND IT SEEMS NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, UNHAPPINESS WANTS TO STAY. THE CLOUDS CONCEAL THE SUN, THE RAIN FALLS FROM THE SKY. SURRONDED BY THE COLDNESS, ASKING OURSELVES WHY. JUST WHEN WE FEEL THAT HOPE […]
TAKE OFF YOUR COAT, HAVE A SEAT AND KICK BACK. CHECK OUT THE SCENE, PART ONE OF THIS ACT. IT STARTS WHERE A TEN YEAR OLD BOY FROM THE HOOD, HAD GOALS OF SUCCESS, WORKIN’ AS HARD AS HE COULD. WHILE POVERTY AND MISERY SURROUNDED HIS HOME, AND […]
How can you go forward if you’re always looking back? Too focused on the past to make it last beyond a stack. How does anyone reach a destination? Draggin’ a bag of superficialistic expectations. How would education be motivation for any growth? When jealousy and envy are the […]
One more day of life. One more opportunity to make the best of it. Time waits for no one, and tomorrow is promised to the same. So it is imperative that we take advantage of this day. The cemetery is full of those who wish for another chance […]
My name is Vernon Brown. I’m 47 years of age…have been incarcerated since January 2004. Current parole date is Nov. 2034. I’m a humble man. Not any better, nor worse, than anyone else. Just a bit different. I thank God for life, health, and maintained sanity, amongst many […]
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