SUNDAY in a SPACESHIP - A Valentine's Day Wish

photo by carlton mackey

Hoping the STARS
Bring her the MOON
and if this SUNday
didn't come soon
i'd have to leave EARTH
at high noon
in a spaceship.
-carlton mackey

[for today Sunday/February 14, 2010 - Valentine's Day]

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these moments are not happenstance

photo by julia trotti

I found this wonderful blog today. I went to leave a comment and this is what came out:

these moments are not happenstance
but if by chance
they happen
you should grab them
at first glance
and...
hold on to them forever.
-carlton mackey

Please visit this blog - I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU

What is a Day Without Hoping?

break through from
thoughts broken
muted words now spoken
living dreams
are now open
what is a day
without hoping.
-carlton mackey

*i wrote this about 5 minutes ago as a comment on a blog i just read where the blogger said he had writers block. I thought I'd share it here.


photo by carlton mackey

(see more at hopeculturelove.blogspot.com)

Red Light...Babylon

today when i was stuck
at a red light
i began to contemplate
the plight
of my people
because as i peeped through
my window
i saw a woman
with a stroller
who couldn't have been
much older
than @ 34
and as she walked
in the rain
my mind
couldn't refrain
from thinking about
where we came
from
-the land of the drum
the so-called chosen ones
now living in Babylon
at least that's what
Rastafarians would say
...a Jewish appropriation
that may be appropriate
for today
though certainly not limited
to African Americans
in any way
...at least in my opinion.
this may be Babylon
but we've all been
"chosen" for deliverance.
so deliver us ALL
from evil hands
so we can move from Babylon
into the promised land.
-carlton mackey

if i knew then...

if i knew then
what i know now
i'd know then
that somehow
my now
would be
much more
for me
than i
could see
or know.
-carlton mackey

finding enlightenment

finding enlightenment is like lighting
a match in the dark
you start with a spark
which soon bursts
into a radiating flame
and illuminates the plane
until nothing remains
of the former darkness
...but almost as quickly
as it started
their ways are parted
and darkness
returns
and the fire that burned
so brightly
retreats as if frightened
by its sudden release
of energy
and within me
is left
a shortness of breath
and the hope
that soon
another match will illume
and leave behind
the fresh fumes
of its lingering smoke
-carlton mackey

FEB 15th

i'm thinking of thanking you
but things got in the way
i thought about the proper platitude
but i have no idea what to say
so i'll just make do to remember
all of our good times
and if memory serves me correctly
you used to be a friend of mine
so here's to the good time
i think i thougt we had
but if not then nevermind.
...maybe it was all in my head.
-carlton mackey