By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
Your type
With the dark, beautiful skin
I fall for, but always fall short
Because in my dreams you are
And not in my reality

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
Distant thoughts from distant lands
Plague my mind and invade my soul
I am awake, but it seems as if I am dreaming
Conscious thoughts constantly roam through miraculous times
Epics and novels are acted out as real life in my mind
All that I wish is that I had more time
To dream think more adventurous things
Forever
That seems to be so long
But this forever that I dream is beautiful and wondrous
Filled with lovelies and excitement
Life it seems to contrast so beautifully
Negative vs. positive
Dark vs. light
Evil vs. good
One can’t survive without the other
Life’s not balanced without the duality of the two
Dreams from forever not clearly defined
Because I live life free
Free and divine

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
As I wander through the dark
The reality I realized was very stark
Because at that moment I saw a shark
Alone in the ocean
He came to the surface to chase a lark
What a commotion

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
The absence of light, that’s what they call darkness
Am imaginary void of fledgling light, that’s what they call darkness
No such thing as the opposite of light
Not feasible in the least of ways
But they don’t understand darkness from the way I see it
See darkness is as real as you and I
Darkness is a feeling of dread and depression
A feeling of invisibility and supremacy
Those lonely times spent wondering about another
The colored skin of a proud people
The earth we toil over to produce life’s sustenance
The mood that’s set for two lovers fantasies
See darkness is seen in a different perspective to me
It takes many forms in many different ways
Darkness hides the mysteries of life
Brought forth by the light in its all revealing grace
Dark pools when I look through your eyes
Through your eyes I see the soul
A perfect balance of light and dark
Neither entity of good nor evil
What the darkness hides the light reveals
What the light can’t handle the darkness masks the reality
Darkness is inspiration for creative minds
Cause out of the darkness and to the light
My thoughts flourish
The stroke of my pen endures
A perfect balance of light and dark
My soul

By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
Narrowed visions of the limitless heights of hope
Dreams deferred not dashed or shattered like glass
Head held high to the sky
Feet always grounded never caught off guard
Hopeless
Dark clouds Dark Thoughts
Altered by substances poisoning the community
These hands Those hearts hardened by this cold existence
His hands Her thighs Their minds killing the hopes of the future
Savage
The stench of failure and poverty reeks throughout the streets
Hunger pains and dope fiends screams vibrate the streets like a sick beat
Cries of the children young and old scatter the air with grief and unbearable pain
A young man dead A young woman raped harsh realities simmer in this mixing bowl of misery
Numb
Hopes Dreams fears ignored by the outside looking in
The mind set of a hustler taught to struggle and fight the hard way
A better life shown in the gleam of a child eye
Reality worsens with the smell of death
Ghetto Dreams
By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
Anger builds
Tension rises
Emotions flare
My thoughts turn sinister and visions of evil play scenes in my mind
Everyone’s a fucking target
Everyone gets what’s coming to them
Violence overtakes my body
I become its tool of destruction
Feeding off of the energies of the weak and pitiful
Fuck them all and fuck them twice
The devil has come to roost and I’m bringing my all
I strike all that oppose me and bring ill will to all
I am the bearer of bad news
the angel of deceit
The spoiler of the good life
My goal in the world is simple
To make each and every person miserable
Make them feel horrible
Depressed
Hopeless
I will do whatever it takes at whatever the cost
Fuck the Good Samaritan
I’ll leave your ass to die
I’ll kick sand in your teeth
My boiling point has been exceeded
I enjoy your suffering
You are dirt under my feet
Something to be pitied
Blood is rushing
Hormones are jumping
Adrenaline is pumping
I want to turn your smile upside down
I want to make your day the worse ever