01
THE EYE OF HORACE
You created this environment
of hatred and poverty
To collect souls
with your illusions of prosperity
I do not know
how long you had me hypnotized
With your enchanted glaze
of power in your eyes
Now that I have broken
your chains of monopoly
I am free from your bond
of mental slavery
Even though you’re very influential
and will always be around
With wisdom and creativity
you can never hold me down
I have transcended your delusion
of false liberty
Because your delusions
where never part of my reality
By Dante Jones
02
IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT
I wish I had gotten
the chance to know you
However, you died at a young age
like most gifted artists do
Your pen was mightier
than your sword
I know in my life
it struck me to the core
Your eyes always look as if you
had so much pain in your soul
I guess from traveling down
those lonely dreary roads
Maybe all your headaches
and suffering will come to cease
Now that the conflict
within you is at peace
Even though your life
was often filled with controversy
I hope in the next life
your soul will be set free
Because you were truly
misunderstood in this life
Maybe now they will see
you in a different light
By Dante Jones
03
FALLING
Falling in love with someone is so hard to do
Especially when you think they won’t catch you
You take a step forward while they take one step back
Is there something wrong with us, why is that
So lost at times, where is the love between us
Or is love lost the reason no one is in a rush
To tell one another how they truly feel
But when I feel your touch I know what we have is real
So why are we letting the scars of our past control us
Where our kindness was taken, along with our trust
I know I’ve given you reasons that this road won’t be easy
Yet you still find away to show me that you need me
I’ve tried and tried but I know I cannot outrun my heart
Knowing how much pain I feel when we are apart
You will always fill my heart even through times of sorrow
Because everything time I look into your eyes
all I see is a beautiful tomorrow
By Dante Jones
04
INFINITE POWER
Your darkness blanketed my mind and soul
Reducing me to ashes and nothing more
However I still imagine I’m an autumn breeze
Floating in and out of life sins with ease
As my big as butt tries to cover my shadow
Giving me less opportunities for my survival
Awaken from the power of my crown to my root
It gives me the strength to endure all truths
Besides my third eye sees what you don’t see
All the beautiful realms that indwell within me
E.S. Elliott
05
CROWN
Born with a beautiful crown on my head
It intertwines with the extensions of my braids
As it masquerades in front of my face
Covering my brow that’s hidden in its place
What do they call me, hoe, thot, Bih, even ugly
I am neither nor am I sex, love, or beauty
What I am you will never comprehend
I am earth, nurturer, mother, I am God within
E.S. Eliot