Star Shine

If one could peel back the stars they'd find,
that your radiant beauty was their cause to shine,
the stars themselves darkness that parallels the blind,
but can't help but reflect charm that exceeds space and time,

your sheen beyond measure,
with purity that mirrors the Divine,
like a boy catching fireflies,
I can't help but want to make you mine.

White Fire

White with a flow that can decimate black stereotypes,
I spit so much,
you're gonna need to clean up,
here's a wet wipe,
born with style,
my skins got pinstripes,
spittin' white fire,
mics glow like Christmas tree lights,
outta sight,
John Cena can't see me,
Joanna Dark needs a farsight,
you know I'm right when I say you spit trite,
but like Bob Marley said,
everything's gonna be alright.

A Lament to St. Valentine

Alas,
even in the days of winter,
birds still pair,
empty nested I sing,
a dirge to my despair,
perchance a raven will listen,
a fan of macabre fair,
I am but a crow,
with hopes of nest to share.

Check Yourself

Man, you can't even write a cogent simile,
vain, got your talents from Mephistopheles,
I'll flex this vocab like Samson mixed with Keats,
a poetic Heracles,
word scores so large it'll make you weak in the knees,
you're worried about gettin' that golden fleece full of fleas,
ignoring your duties to the Prince of Peace,
that golden piece that dangles 'round your junk,
now that's disrespect,
but what should I expect,
sometimes I don't think you've got something above the neck,
you've failed to check yourself,
and now you're wrecked,
a total mess,
but hey,
at least you look good,
and they admire the way you dress,
but sonny jim you can only impress the Divine with what's inside your chest,
are you following His will, or listening to Him less.

Cupid an Psyche

Curse my eyes,
lest I fall in love again,
one mind with Venus,
punishment is due to this unlawful sin,
beauty and poise averted eyes from a goddess,
winged judgment to give your bittersweet lips a kiss,
a task for this messenger unseen,
heaven hear my orison that it will end with me invisible Cupid,
and you Psyche my queen.

The Life of a Candle

I'll just burn for you silently,
a single candle in the wind,
longing to be joined by another,
waiting for this loneliness to end,

but as time passes,
my life grows short,
a flicker,
signalling the arrival of Charon to port,

I'll continue to reach for the heavens,
as I come closer to my grave,
drowning in my tears of wax,
remembering the warmth I once gave.

Sweat

I'm not the best,
but I'm better,
I'll wear my swag like an argyle sweater,
I'm BA,
to a tee,
brought to you by the letter D,
man John Cena can't see me,
exited the dragon,
left it to Bruce Lee,
entered the fists,
twisted the milk duds of Evil Betty,
listenin' to this bebop got me rockin' steady,
bobbin' my head got me a little dizzy gillespie,
I was born ready,
I spit that PK Fire,
got my homerun bat and teddy,
spent all day fighting evil,
don't mind me,
I'm just a little sweaty.