by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
BABY SINGS THE BLUES by Neo Blaqness I often ask myself the same about women that women ask about guys when given a chance to tell the truth from the beginning why do we choose to lie and make all kinds of excuses about not wanting to cause confusion over the feelings...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
A LAMENT OF BLAQNESS by Neo Blaqness I am saddened by my sistahs who don’t know their worth, who define themselves by how much attention they can get toward their bodies and not for being somebody as mothers of the earth. I am burdened by my bruthas who...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
DEJA WHO by Neo Blaqness Maybe in your mind it was nuthin but a thing another midnight booty call unworthy of a ring and maybe the only thing she thought was about getting high and getting off but that don’t excuse either of you for what 9 months later would...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
ICE CAPADES by Neo Blaqness I have met so few of us who know what it is to be truly loved instead of being used and tossed aside cruelly abused by a Jekyll and Hyde or an unwitting victim of someone’s bipolar side or just next up to be kissed on a never ending...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry, Society |
HER LAST BREATH (A Tribute to Maya Angelou) by Neo Blaqness At break of day a new whisper was added to the wind like so many others that tickle the follicles of our mind’s ear when we need reminding of those timeless things that should be present in our thoughts...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
U SCARED -by Neo Blaqness u scared I kno u scared cuz u ain’t neva been there u been wit lots of bruthas but they ain’t never take you there that’s why u scared I kno u scared cuz u thot ya azz was grown breakin hearts and necks but couldn’t...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
WHY? (A Chick’s Reply) by Neo Blaqness Why? Is dat wut u wanna kno? Eertime u call me now I leave ya azz on hold? U ask me why? Do u really wanna kno? Now wen u come knockin I leave u standin at dat door? U don’t kno why? Really? Betta ask dat otha ho Or...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN A HOUSE OF DIFFERENT NAMES -by Neo Blaqness I would rather lay my eyes upon you than to do so with my hands or that part of me which so erotically defines me as a man for far too fast talk turns to ass kickin or kissin odds remain fifty fifty as...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN MAN CAVE -by Neo Blaqness I would never say it to your face but there are days when I even miss the way you used to get on my nerves when I was trying to watch the game with you making the dumbest comments I ever heard doing it on purpose because...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
For the moms who play board games with their kids instead of bed games with men, the moms who try their best to turn a house into a home instead of spending hours on the phone or the internet trying to get the attention of strangers, the moms who think of their kids...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IT’S A WRAP by Neo Blaqness It isn’t quite the body you had hoped to share with somebody But back in the day when you were young and tight breakin necks makin dem negroes fight you wasn’t really thinkin about all that smokin and...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
Somewhere in life just because you stepped in between someone and their strife from then on everyone assumed you were just stronger and simply concluded they didn’t need to be any longer -Neo...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THINGS NOT SEEN -by Neo Blaqness It matters not how much we know It’s the things we do not that hurt the most make you wanna throw up your hands and just let go shake your fist at the man who said “I told you so” and say...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
BABY DADDIES -BY Neo Blaqness HIM: “What’s up lil mama. U fine as hell. U thicka den a snicka. Do fries go wit dat shake? Just sayin… dayum.” HER: “Scuse me?” HIM: “Naw baby scuse me for not bending at yo feet and kissin...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
ROAD TRIP -by Neo Blaqness HIM: “Turn right at the next road.” HER: “The map says to keep straight.” HIM: “That may be true but I know where we are, turn right.” HER: “I ain’t turning right. Why you always trying to...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN DADDY CAN YOU SEE ME by Neo Blaqness Daddy can you see me I know I’m just a girl I may not be the boy you wanted but to me you are my world even though you’ve never seen me I’m told it’s you that’s in my eyes and the silly way I laugh I wonder...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN READY EYES – by Neo Blaqness It’s just something about her eyes though I have never seen a word spoken from her lips I cannot deny the things I’ve heard Coming from her spirit the countenance that time has chiseled on her heart...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN UNWORTHY -by Neo Blaqness How do you answer a woman who feels unworthy who says “If you knew the truth about me I know you’d desert me” I raise the question because some of you one day will meet a man not trying to have his way...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THE FALLEN -by Neo Blaqness If I can’t be true to me I can’t be true to you The truth is I am just what you see but so are the things you do You say don’t judge a book by its cover but what’s a brutha sposed to think...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN UNSPOKEN – by Neo Blaqness You knew From the moment The air left your lungs Joined by the tone of Your voice box And the form of your lips That your mind was Too late To stop what your spirit Had warned you about All along Gasping As if...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN BROWN GIRL -by Neo Blaqness Brown girl Brown girl I wanted you to be my world So I worked hard I wanted to be free but instead you wanted no part of me Brown girl Brown girl why it is that back in the day bruthas like me got clowned as gay for...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN ORIGINAL BLACK GIRL -by Neo Blaqness Glistening in the midst of her chocolate silhouette is a smile that brightens the beauty of her soul a brownness that mother earth made to behold Lips that bubble at the joy of a kiss Hips that move to the...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN WHEN BROTHERS MEET ~By Neo Blaqness~ Today I met my brother, as I was walking across the street Tis true we share no mother but that’s not how it is when brothers meet In family skin is how we begin and truly recognize Be that of wealth or...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
I thought you were my friend you made me think again I wanted to believe you really cared but you didn’t have to go there I know that I was wrong I thought that I was strong enough and I know I wasn’t fair but you didn’t have to go there You...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
WIFEY TYPES by Neo Blaqness I look you you look at me we each see possibilities potential that we could be more than friends on a list through richer or poorer pronounce thee then kiss the only thing I can’t get past is seeing your heart through all that ass you...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN NOTHING by Neo Blaqness Have you ever noticed how quickly people get caught up when you have nothing to say like somehow your silence represents judgement of not only the situation but of who they are as a person all because you have chosen to...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN IMPRESSIONS by Neo Blaqness Stop. Take a moment. Look at yourself. Now let me tell you what I see. It’s not your cleavage or your puckered lips or your ass raised in the air. It’s not your tongue stuck between your fingers or your...
by Neo Blaqness | Brown Girl, Poetry |
CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN THYCKNESS by Neo Blaqness How can I put this delicately without you thinking I’m bein mean I know I said I like your thyckness but baby I’m concerned about the sickness this complacency we now have with obesity so much so we...
