Ready For Battle

                        by Alieux Casey-George

u

occur but once

and having occurred

fall into dust

and occur not again

we

exist in soul

but speak only

of time and space

and the words fly off

to nowhere

look

at us now

the clock races on

time prepares itself for battle

pages turn

heads are bowed.

Watch Sonia's Lips move

Day ONE: 10/1/00

enters Sonia,

shutting the door behind her.

She removes her full red lips

To tell me in confidence:

“I’m so glad they finally hired a

brutha here! You the only nigga that’s been in this building besides the UPS guy!

We gotta have each other’s back.

 If there is anything that you need,

nigga,

please don’t hesitate to let a sista know!”

then she quickly leaves my office

after putting her lips back

where they  remained

from my first day

through to my last;

attached

to

every

white

male

ass

in

the

company.

--alexgeorge

I will remember

When things get better, 

when my money gets right

 &

 I can exhale again, 

I will remember those who cared enough

 2 

check in on me

 when I felt like

 I 

couldn’t 

afford

 2 breathe--

alieuxcgeorge

On love being a verb

--ok, 
but- they know you went through a rough time...
               have they checked in on you at least once to ask how you're doing?

Otherwise, 

#youalreadyknow

                                         (I have to call or text first. Otherwise I will never hear from them. EVER)



In philosophy, an action is that which is done by an agent. In common speech, the term is often used interchangeably with the term "behaviour". However, in the philosophy of action, behavioural sciences, and the social sciences, a distinction is made: behavior is automatic and reflexive activity, while action is an intentional, purposive, conscious and subjectively meaningful activity[citation needed]. Thus, things like running or throwing a ball is an instance of action; it involves intention, a goal, and a bodily movement guided by the agent. On the other hand, catching a cold is not considered an action because it is something which happens to a person, not something done by one.

Control

God, take control of my steering wheel;

I’ll get out the driver’s seat.

I haven’t been driving well on my own;

Going up and down the wrong street.

And though I have a road map,

I still can’t find my way.

God, take control of my steering wheel,

I surrender to you today.

--God, Take Control of my Steering Wheel,  from the poetry collection Soultight,   

         Alieux Casey-George

Dayum

Cccan you hhhear mmme?

Can u hear me

Cccommunnicate in evvvery way pppossssible

Via phonetextemail and phonetextemail and phonetextemail and phone

Text

Email wwwearrrring mmmy heart ooon mm ssleeve

Can you ssssee me waiving mmmmy hands?

I’m looking for you

I’ve called you.

I’ve texted you.

I’ve written you.

Love,

Wwhere the hhell are you?

Damnit

Substitute for gods, Part 1

You aint no

god!

So stop acting like you’re the  judge the jury and everything in between.

You’re on the outside trying to look in to things that are none of your damn business  because you feel you need to know everything about everybody and anything you don't know  you make up  and get worked up  about it and you get pissed off for nothing?
 

God doesn't need your assistance.

You can’t cherry pick things in the bible you've misinterpreted to be a sin while committing all the others that are clear sins

and then you get mad when people point the sins out to you while you scream to them about their "sins"? 

You can’t die on the inside and scream because you  think everyone else is dying.

Judge your self

And do better for you.

why do you think you have no friends?

Spend time digging the trash out the closet that you have locked away from everyone while you insist on getting  the keys to everyone else’s closets.for exposure.

get the fuck outta here with that hypocritical bullshit.

You aint a god.

the streets  (the churches) are watching you,
and there's a consensus: 

You're a liar with an undiagnozed  neurotic psychotic bipolar disorder.

everyone has walked away from you.

get some help.

You aint a god.