February 2012
2 posts
‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’ ~Blaise Pascal
January 2012
7 posts
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
2 posts
September 2011
2 posts
“The quiet of the evening rose,
The sun whispered brilliance under cover,
And the...”
– my tortured mind
August 2011
12 posts
4 tags
Collateral Damage
Jacket and tie turn to skirt and lie The people them beg, the people them ply But no matter what we do, we cah get thru Still she giving we damn curfew. We send out a mail, we send out a text BBM somebody shouting next But no matter whe we do, we cyah get thru Big fish sprat they still coming for you
The fish them big, the fish them small Somebody make mammy bawl Ambulance late and is past...
I want to go home
In the land of perpetual summer I have learnt to wear less of their clothes,
I squint my eyes the better to see, as the sun never sets.
In the land where winter never ends,
The coldest reigns,
I have learnt to to keep my hands tucked
Some yearn for perpetual spring,
I have seen their spring,
It’s corrupt dawn, and damned beginning.
In the land of always autumn, I rake the...
4 tags
“If I ask you to shake, will she fall?
Will her youth burn her cities
Will her...”
Shucks
I am too afraid to love you
I’m too afraid to care
I am too afraid to hold you
Too afraid to keep you here
The Blues
it plays in my ear,
it goes up and down with your voice
the tune steady
the key off
i wish it played not at all
but i am not the d.j.
this music to suffer by.
June 2011
2 posts
May 2011
6 posts
I aint Neva Scared
I was too scared to be poor
Too terrified of the struggle
So I put down the brush
And pushed the shutter click to the side
Slipped the noose on real tight
Decided not to fight with all my might
“His Re-making is upon us,
Whose image and likeness seems to be a debate,
He is...”
– my ancient mind
Call me king....
I know you name. Yeah yooou. I…KNOW…YOUR…NAME! When they was writing it I was there and I peep and I see…… ha yuh thought yuh coulda hide it forever eh. Well time come…..
Come nah man leh meh see yuh, show we who you is, who you be, who yuh going tuh be…….
Yuh fraid? Fraid What. I tell yuh ah know yuh name, like yuh wha meh call it awha, I will call it loud,……. loud, loud
But me calling it,...
April 2011
5 posts
March 2011
3 posts
“christmas trees
and santa please…
if the pine scent fills your house...”
– my rebellious mind
6 tags
Serendipity
A short one for those of us who believe in destiny and serendipity.
There is a place in Tobago, where my father, Carlton Smith is from. The place is called Smithfield. In the middle of Smithfield lies a small hill called, Mount Marie. All my life the truth was self-evident.
February 2011
4 posts
yes or no
the first mistake is telling her your name, Once she knows your name she will call you the whisper of her voice is mostly tame you see she speaks with honey and everything she says is true before you had 99 problems, now you have two
“the americans,
got me wondering
if i’m some sort of criminal
or...”
– my revolutionary mind
“A dragon is still, thus it can constantly transform itself. A tiger is busy,...”
– Ho Shang Kung
January 2011
2 posts
