pursuit......

16-0 Now, the real games begin...

crashing into wednesday..... i'm alive....

01) every breath, every step, every minute, every hour..
02) being able to walk away..
03) the fun-filled 22 months we had together..
04) the love and support of you guys from the moment it occurred.... i'm sure i'm doing something right now!!!!
05) you recognizing me and stopping.... both of you.
06) all the phone calls and texts, you guys are amazing!
07) for him wanting to do harm, but restraining..
08) for this Xmas...
09) for G.O.D. and the Village.... your hands, your arms, your love...
10) for our days off together.
11) for patience learned, i am putting it all in someone else's hands.
12) G.O.D.
13) each one of you..

bonus: the love of my life, my family, and my friends...

damn you're a year older!

Happy Birthday Langston!

MY MENTORHOMEYBROTHERFATHERFRIEND....

We walk.. even when are miles apart..we walk, TOGETHER..

we love each other enough to be fighting mad and madly fighting for our friendship!

Happy Merry Hanakwanmas!

Legend
(Purple Pieces)

the greatest stories never told
are deeply buried in prose
beneath crow’s feet.
are scrawled in pidgin
riding waves of laugh lines.
are hidden, haphazardly
thrown between folds of skin.
wrinkled, tattered, torn,
pieced together,
layered thinly,
forced to stretch
beyond what can wildly be imagined.
emoting that which is
seldom shared,
hidden from self…
spoken only, to God
in the thunderous booms
between breaks
of silence and quiet.
at times,
it is synchronized to the twinkle
of gases masquerading as stars
in the light of night.
tatted vividly, tribal like,
around arms muscled
into weakness.
appearing frail,
remaining strong.
lift your head…
like you, it’s simply beautiful.
it doesn’t mean you have aged
it simply shows that you have lived..
having spent each
second to minute by hour
tumbling toward twilight,
skipping upon droplets of
multi-colored tears.
child-like, a picture book
sharing tales which have no words..
your footprints,
rain bowed characters
carrying torched songs
for others to sing
at the break of dawn.
there are ancient patios
upon sacred scrolls,
etched masterfully
in the arch of your back
with each move, bend
and curve your story unfolds…
haikus and poems
darken love and life lines
along your palms
healing others, sometimes self
leaving just enough of you behind…
for others to remember,
to reminisce…
so say stories seldom told
are the ones hidden behind
the rose tinted smile..
in smooth ridge of
lyrics lying softly upon lips
speak..
easy..
sing.
praise.

kdtaylor
section 8 coffee publications
all rights reserved

E.R.G. III (my nephew)

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY!

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH....

almost.... but grateful either way..

01) for clarity... my circle's becoming smaller, but definitely tighter.
02) a saturday night date that was hellafun.
03) plans. i'm making plans.
04) meetings that go well and in my favor.
05) you loving your job.... it makes everything so much easier...
06) me loving my job... (even if for now) it makes everything so sweeter.
07) the next 48 hours.... i love that show!
08) in two days i'll be off for over a week!
09) and you'll be home with me!!!!
10) wanting nothing and getting everything.
11) just another reason that i call you my closest friend in austin!
12) g.o.d. and the willingness to take direction.
13) YOU.(reading this!).... what would i do without you?

bonus: gerald making my t-shirt in hellatime for neo last thursday....

He's Teaching Me To Dance

January 25, 2008 ROAD TRIP!!!!!

Ladies Night Out featuring Keith Sweat - with Special Guests Bell Biv Devoe, Guy with Aaron Hall and Toni Tony Tone

nokia theater grand prairie texas

13 days before xmas.. and i thankfully fine...

01) the evil eye.... i look at it daily..
02) my new promo!!! yes, a sister's climbing that ladder, one rung at a time..
03) the youth slam, my gosh it is so frickin' rewarding.
04) the short laughing gathering with my girls... it felt sooooo damn good.
05) your graduation..
06) i hope you APPLIED FOR THAT JOB ma'am!
07) mary j's "i'm fine".. damn talk about a make you happy song!!!!
08) jill scott's tour.... and it's in February the month of our official first date!!!!
09) my sister passing her exam, she was mad scared..
10) you loving your new job
11) my friends are growing through hardship and happiness... nothing like having people on the move... remember any movement is better than stagnation.... sometimes you have to take a step back to run faster or jump higher!!!
12) like so many others i have new poems...
13) a HOME to go HOME to... it's not just a place i rest my head..... it's definitely where my heart resides...

and as always G.O.D. without it, well i don't want to think about it...

This Made My Week!!!!

Today was a GOOD day

01) the patriots won!


02) jill scott @ THE VERIZON, Houston, TEXAS, Wednesday, February 20, 2008.
The Real Thing American Tour!

grateful

i am grateful to g.o.d. for the opportunity to forgive, forget, remember, and just be. thanks to all for my renewed view and zest in life.

steeljetdolpants... that's all folks

close only counts in horseshoes. no matter what ANYONE says. i know could have, would have, should have. never allow the last minute or two of the game to determine the outcome. you play every minute of it. i mean how much conversation do we give the person who missed the Million dollar Lotto by one number? NONE! no one wants to hear it. so tomorrow or any day afterward, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT. do i want them to finish undefeated? "It'd be cool, but how 'bout, HELL NO!" not if it keeps them from winning the last one. and mathematically it's impossible, EVRYONE IS GOING TO BRING THIER A GAME. I mean they could lose to the Dolphins. so what do i say to the naysayers, and the water cooler coaches. "it was a great game. it had nothing to do with luck, but execution. coming out to do their best, against opponents who did their best. playing every minute as if it were their last. leaving nothing on the bench, but everything on the field. treating every down as an opportunity to learn. and when they came out on top.. they did so gracefully and humbly. and please stop describing it as a 'man-handling'. "

wonder

just thinking about you....