Monday, December 27, 2010

A Brief Philosophy: Date Someone You Can Be Proud Of - 12/27/10

"People should strive to date people they can be proud of; someone that's EARNING YOUR support by handling their business. If both you and that person are sedulously working on great futures AND you both appreciate each other's hustles, you likely will appreciate each other as individuals. Appreciation, admiration, affection, and positive admonishment are galvanizing when combined with faith and honesty."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Falling in Love, Being Swept Off of One's Feet, and Being Carried - 12/27/10

‎"Do not be so anxious to fall in love or be swept off your feet that you miss out on someone willing to carry you in the direction of your success. To fall is to be helpless, waiting for the ground. Being swept off of your feet leaves you waiting to be caught. While it is nice to be in the air, what goes up must come down. The person that will carry you is invested bettering you, not only pleasuring you."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Unknowingly Holding Yourself Back - 12/27/10

"To say 'I don't see that happening for me' or 'I can't see/picture myself...' is to say 'I can't do it, I won't do it, and I'm incapable of letting it happen.' Our ability to do lies in our self-motivation, our faith we have in ourselves. If there is no vision of success, there will be no action taken toward it."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: How to Show A Woman You Care - 12/27/10

"The truest way to show a woman how much you care about her is to share things with her. It's one thing to share food, money, and even time, but it's another to share experiences. Watch the game with her, pray with her, even watch the eclipse with her. The greatest memories are formed when joyous times and sincere openness allow for chemistry with someone else to turn joyous into magical."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Give Love - 12/27/10

"Love is the only thing that any of us can give wholly. We cannot help everyone, serve everyone, uplift everyone, or even simply be there for everyone; it just isn't possible, and to endeavor to do so is to give more of yourself than can be replenished. However, love is the gift that keeps on giving. It permeates all barriers, and can be spread effortlessly. Most importantly, it will always find a way back to you."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Shades of Grey - 12/27/10

"And if our love was black and white, then maybe I could stay...but baby I refuse to get lost in these shades of grey...feelings are absolute, but minds change...hearts are designed to align, but times change...what was may not be, and what is may not continue...my love is forever, but there's not enough reciprocity in you...so may we part...I wish you the clearing of your inclement heart..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: I Want To Be Your Change - 12/27/10

"I would fall between the seats of your sofa just to be your change...you have expectations of men that I desire to rearrange...I've never been one to save women, but you're the one I have to rescue...I love how great you are now, but I want to help bring out the best you...love could be around the corner; don't put up another roadblock...I may be willing to pursue, but I won't keep going if the road stops..."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: When A Woman Searches For The Love She Should Already Have - 12/27/10

"The moment in which a woman begins to expect a man's love to complete her the way her own love is supposed to is the moment in which she cedes all control of her life to her heart; without accountability, she will effectively, systematically, and ironically dismantle herself while hoping to find completion. She will create a puzzle of herself; one that no man fits into, but any man can [mis/ab]use."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Am I Too Late? - 12/27/10

‎"Tell me...are you already scarred? Did you already fall too hard? Have you already been used? Do you already give your heart to someone you'll lose? I just really want to know if I'm too late, too late...I just really want to know if your pain is too great, too great...it seems like I showed up at the wrong time; instead of a dedicated customer, you prefer long lines...just know those are wrong guys..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Caught In The Moment - 12/27/10

"Where are we going? Are we caught in the moment? Is what we have for real? Or are we blinded by desire? Drawn like moths to the fire, simply motivated by what we feel? We may spend time, but it's not invested; we love to show affection but we never ingest it. It's all for show and tell, we're living the fairy tale; but now we're seeing our fairy fail and our colorful fiction turn very pale."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Keeping Up With The Joneses - 12/27/10

"Don't be so CAUGHT up in others that you don't have a GRASP on yourself. You are the captain of your own ship; should you fail to perform that duty, the tides of outside influences, the waves of insecurity, and the currents of feelings of inadequacy will all surely take you in different directions, all with one common thread: they lead you away from yourself."


-A. Lewis

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A Brief Philosophy: The Realest Lines of 2010 - 12/7/10

"A vagina is only so deep; if that's all you have to offer, the relationship will inevitably bottom out. A penis is but so long; if that's all you have to offer, the relationship will eventually reach its end. Only the triumvirate of the heart, mind, and soul can fulfill the need for depth, as they have no physical boundaries, no restrictions tied to desire; they stretch as far as love can inquire."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: The Eyes of Love - 12/7/10

"Love is not a blind eye to someone's wrongs and a lazy eye that sees only the desires placed in front of it; it is an open eye to someone's faults and a focused eye on what the future holds if improvements are made."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: To Say Never - 12/7/10

"A person can spend forever saying never, or they could make better use of their time and take chances."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Flame That Shouldn't Be - 12/7/10

"There is a fire in your eye...a palpable flame that burns right through me, searing my very being. Am I but a deer in the headlights? Destined to be hit and left? I fear that you are sincere...for I'll be the fool that trusts lust. I must remain guarded...but you seem nothing like a harlot, maybe your morals have just been discarded. Or maybe you're trying to fill the void left when your self-respect departed..."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Hatred of Self - 12/7/10

‎"To hold oneself in contempt is to sentence oneself to an incarceration of spiritual malnourishment, mental dilapidation, and physical dissatisfaction without the possibility of parole; if one is the judge, the jury, and the tried, then there will be no defense nor appeal."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: Instead of Closing Your Heart - 12/7/10

"The strength it takes to close your heart could be better used alongside the courage it takes to open it, the valor it takes to give it, the honesty it takes to pull it back, and the resilience it takes to try it again."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Freestyling to Kanye West's "Devil In a New Dress" - 12/7/10

"She had the kind of love that could stain a man, making rose-colored glasses out of his Ray-Bans...he lost the Wayfarers to make way for her; his pupils used to stray, but now they stay for her...she was a sensation, became his fixation, the apple of his eye had the taste of temptation; sin so sweet, he wanted it with no dictation...blessed with the body of a sinner, she pitched her curves like a Cy Young winner."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: Fly - 12/7/10

"Fly is not the result of wearing material things, but is the result of bearing ethereal wings."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: A Weak Mind With Strong Convictions - 12/7/10

"A weak mind with strong convictions is a most dangerous vessel, for it travels in whatever directions it may be given without knowing its genesis or its destination. A vehicle with a jammed accelerator, no steering wheel, and no brakes may cover ground, but it will never travel anywhere worthwhile; it will only run amok as much as its fuel will permit. It will either burn out or crash."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: An Unconditional Love - 12/7/10

"An unconditional love is a love that has only one condition: that the loved remains true to their heart and who they are. It's called unconditional because this condition is understood, as to be in love with someone is to accept who they've been, appreciate and understand who they are, and invest in who they'll be, all of which require being true to oneself on the foundation of honesty in the relationship."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Freestyling to J. Cole's "In The Morning" - 12/7/10

"Can I hit it in the morning? Sun rising while you're moaning. Excuse me if I'm fawning but I love the way you look when the day is dawning...drawing comparisons to dew, glistening and wet, listening and yet you're speaking volumes with that look, asking for breakfast in bed when you know I don't cook. Don't look now, but the alarm clock's droning; but instead of groaning, I'm thanking you for such a good morning."


-A. Lewis

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Moment of Clarity - 11/16/10

"Moment of clarity: why must there be a difference between equality and parity? Distinguishing between the two creates such a disparity that bringing someone up to par is considered charity, yet the necessity to do so is encumbered with verity. Verily, we are all one race, one people. But scarily, we continue to focus on our idiosyncrasies, and it makes us a divided sheeple."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: My Quarters Will Be All Gone - 11/16/10

"I live with heartache on the day-to-day; love's a game, seems like it's pay-to-play. Spending quarters of my time on games that I'm losing at; I feel like I'm going for broke, I keep losing track. It's not the difficulty, it's the game itself; if you don't do everything just right, you get left. As it stands, I get it all wrong; sooner or later though, my quarters will be all gone."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: To Be in Love Is to Keep - 11/16/10

"To appreciate is to grasp, to cherish is to hold, to love is to have, to be in love is to keep. The hands of time can wrest anything from anyone; anything had can be lost without the proper grip. However, anything kept is permanent, etched in the minds, hearts, and souls of those involved."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Young Violence - 11/16/10

"Not much speaks louder than violence...young souls attempting to break their silence...they're knocking at the devil's door, continuing to greet these sins; they stopped asking for the Lord while trying to meet these ends. His way wasn't fast enough, they needed haste; they heard about sin and needed a taste. Sin is much too sweet though, and now they have cavities; young souls afflicted with voluntary depravity."


-A. Lewis

Just Some Thoughts: The Art of Conversation - 11/16/10

"The art of conversation is critical. You can find out all you need to know through asking the right questions. You don't have to interrogate someone, but you should ask them about the things that matter, like what they want to be in life and what they consider success to be. You can gauge a personality on the answers to those types of questions. Also, pay close attention to what someone wants to know about you."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Bud I Can't Nip - 11/16/10

‎"If I see you again, everything's going to change. Tried to let you go, but I still linger on your name. Your eyes, your smile, your size, your style; they strike me every time like the first. I'd put the future on hold to revisit your part of my past, though I vowed not to repeat mistakes and you're part of my last. I'm clumsy, you're a trip; I don't want to fall but you're a slip...you're the bud I just can't nip."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Since When Is Love Available for Purchase? - 11/16/10

"Since when is love available for purchase? I guess it went on sale when you forgot what your worth is. He buys you gifts and takes you out for dinner. You swear that he's a winner; remember: buying patronages made 'saints' out of sinners. Your inner peace is fading with every penetration; you're holding out for his heart, you'll never finish waiting. You sold your heart without him ever truly paying."


-A. Lewis

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A Poem: Colored Woman - 11/11/10

"What is it about Black? Like the rose that grew from the concrete, the Black woman is the rainbow that came from darkness, using harrowing tribulations as the prism through which she shined her enduring, effulgent, and enamoring light of excellent exception. Whatever she did was excluded from demotic generalizations; it was always tinged in amazing, deeply hued in raw femininity. Every facet of her being was a different color. From the scarlet passion that stained men like blood, to the fiery orange drive that was at the heart of her steam engine ambition. Good men made her as yellow as the bricked-road she believed she had to travel to find one, but she always presented herself as a golden opportunity. This woman's womb cradled civilization long before it could grow to maul her. She was once gravid with the original leaders of the world; now a whore is what they call her. She has been devalued, her sparkling silver soul now a beaten-down bronze. But she shines nevertheless. So many shades of skin...she comes in all earth tones, from a magnificent mahogany to an exquisite ecru. Her hair varies from coarse locks of ebony that represent the strong bonds of her people, to dyed, silky strands of excelled adaptation, to natural curls of inherent complexity, to afros of concerted solidarity, to close cuts of equality. Oh how she represents for her people. When her men were sold away, she turned the pale blues of depression into the royal blue of heritage through enduring. When her men were hung, she turned the sanguine reds of bloodshed into vibrant pinks of romance through carrying the flame until death. When her men were disenfranchised, she turned the grey area of women's participation into an area of great Black pride, standing side-by-side with her brothers in the fight. Even when her own brothers leave her black and blue, emotionally and physically, she turns bruises into lessons and heartbreaks into stepping stones, all while her sweet-as-sugar white smile gleams through it all. Not even the welcomed challenge of motherhood could dim her light, as her glow illuminates children, turning boys into shining examples of Black men and girls into scintillating model Black women, even if she has to do it on her own or through a time of crisis. No amount of darkness has kept her down. She has been green with envy before, but can one blame her? She's been forced to work in fields of green, forced to eat what greens she can prepare, and denied the right to be fairly employed to work for greenbacks. Now women turn shades of jade when they see the Black woman's body, a testament to her strength. Tests of time have eroded her body into a thing of sheer beauty, bending and curving in ways her will never could. For all the grace she's displayed in the face of disrespect and dehumanization, her body has become the manifestation. She IS royalty. She is a queen by default, as she was once the only woman that existed. Purple runs through her veins, mixing with the blue heritage to form an indigo mystique that shades everything about her. It is a wonder how she exists in such a way, showing her resplendent colors like a vivacious violet on a Sunday afternoon. A truly timeless art form, her colors never fade. An endless rainbow of God's divine light lies within her, and only a Black woman could wrest a spectrum of light from the dark. She is....no, YOU ARE a Colored Woman. A kaleidoscopic soul featuring visions of the cosmos, flashes of divinity, and glimmers of perfection."

Colored Woman, this one's for you.

-A. Lewis

Saturday, November 6, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Moths To the Light - 11/6/10

‎"Your mind can be bright, but ladies seem only to be attracted to what's glossed to the sight. Yet when they see your future, they start buzzing around like moths to the light. That's when you start acting averse like goths to the light, letting them know they can't be around if they move slow like sloths to the light..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Just a Few Gentlemen - 11/6/10

‎"The drinks are getting topped off, but you don't have to take your top off; sit back and relax as another top is popped off. Worries were dropped off at the door; grab a glass of pleasure, take a sip of chill. You and that baby face have serious whip appeal. We keep the lights low, and the smiles bright; all eyes on us since our style's right. Who are we? Just a few gentlemen. Intelligent, polite, inclined to win."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Strong Woman - 11/6/10

‎"Your strength is beautiful...it presents poetic pieces of productivity and paints the prettiest pictures of poise. Boys can't see the illustrations, it takes the eyes of a man who knows the finer points of appreciation. How you carry yourself is what upholds your reputation, and yours is one that constantly reaffirms its accreditation. Never fazed by what life throws, you're always ready to travel where life goes."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: What Pain Does - 11/6/10

"Pain does one of two things: it either builds immunity or breeds apprehension. Immunity can lead to apathy, while apprehension brings a very tentative strength. You want to be guarded, but you don't want to not be vulnerable; finding the middle-ground is of great difficulty. Open up to the right things. The person that makes you weak is one thing; the person that lauds and wants to bolster your strength is another."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: Pursuing the Wrong People - 11/6/10

‎"The time we lose trying to will our way into someone's heart is time that could've been gained by someone wanting their way into ours."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Offer Love - 11/6/10

"Ask not much of the world, for its remuneration varies by interpretation. Simply offer the world love, understanding, and compassion; the people that matter will reciprocate, the ambivalent will appreciate, and those that don't matter will denigrate. You'll have all you need; reciprocity and appreciation will always trump denigration."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Your Problem Is That It Feels Right - 11/6/10

"What exactly is the crime? My affection or your reception? Your election to put up walls in hope of deflection came without success; susceptible is the lonely soul whose only hold on reality is believing in the fallacy of the entire opposite sex exhibiting inadequacy. Such inaccuracy is the result of emotional sties on the eyes of mind that relies on sight. Blinded by my light, your problem is that it feels right.."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Why Hurt the One That Still Waits? - 11/6/10

‎"Are the memories sedentary? Set in the stone of being left alone to stagnate? Or do I cross your mind at times...fleeting photos of frolicking fun, fettered to fear. I could've been the Michael Phelps of your ocean-deep feelings, but you tied me to the past...dooming me to drown, enjoying me while I could last. Those weights seal fates and fill plates. Fakes rush and inflict cuts; why hurt the one that still waits?"


-A. Lewis

A Quote: Apathy - 11/6/10

‎"Where there is apathy grows darkness, for malice manifests and breeds where it can exist without notice."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: I Shouldn't Have Fallen For You - 11/6/10

"I can't sleep, thoughts of you are better than dreams. Yellow people telling me to slow down, but I'm seeing greens; rushing full-steam into whatever we have. I'm in heaven whenever we laugh; but I descend when we're apart. I thought this thing was moving; it seems it didn't start; my heart jumped to conclusions based on my mind's illusions. I shouldn't have fallen for you, but I tripped over my desire's confusion."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: How Many Have Ambition? - 11/6/10

"Most guys have swagger and all have dreams; but how many have ambition and really know what it means? A vision is the meat, but what about the greens? The dedication, sleep deprivation, and attention to the small things? It's unhealthy to shape the future without sewing the seams; to balance life and work without knowing the beams. You can't always flow with the stream; gotta swim for awhile then forge in between."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Fall Is Worse Than the Impact - 11/6/10

‎"The fall is worse than the impact...you spend so much time trying to get back. Problem is, you didn't get there alone. A loan was all you were given...throughout the lovemaking there was love-faking, so a lie you were living. All the affection was untrue, creating pain no one can undo...but no pain is worse than plunging through the sky, falling from the high; not even watching yourself die with every tear you cry."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Sandcastles - 11/6/10

"I just keep building castles as the sands of time mix with these tears of mine. Lines became so blurred that I ended up walking in obscured circles of obliviousness; what living is this? Logic gave way to impulse as your lies left my trust with a thin pulse. Hope was on a tightrope; yet the balance between naivete and optimism was skewing as you continued doing dirt. The plunge was more painful than the hurt..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Take Off Your Cool - 11/6/10

‎"Take off your cool. Put a little arch in that back and relax. The facts show that your last go at this was a bad show of kiss and tell; miss and fail would be a better name, he wouldn't have gotten far even if he had better game. Let her wane; I'm speaking of the side of you that's seeking to allow your self-sufficiency to trump your love deficiency. The mission, see, is to show you what you've been missing: me."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Wires Crossing - 11/6/10

"A man needs to be needed, a woman needs to be loved. A man's need comes from his ego, a woman's need comes from her insecurity. A needy man plays on insecurities to have his ego stroked; an insecure woman strokes egos to attain love. Men become insecure when their egos aren't fed; women become egotistical when their insecurities flare. Wires are most often crossed when desire is found where necessity was lost."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: A Woman's Submission - 11/6/10

"A woman's submission is her mind's way of accepting the man you've been, her heart's way of appreciating the man you are, and her soul's way of investing in the man you're going to be. This is why a man must dedicate innumerable amounts of time, respect, and candor to his woman; her submission is the greatest intangible he could ever earn."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: We Must Love Ourselves - 11/6/10

"What you think of yourself always shows in how you treat yourself. A negative mind pollutes the soul, which upsets the body. If you repeatedly chase those you can't have, you likely don't think you're worth any attention. If you constantly fall in/out of love, you're likely trying to find a way to love yourself through others. We must love ourselves; no one can do it for us, only the right ones will do it with us."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Gentals Are Spiritual - 11/6/10

‎"Our genitals are spiritual. It's an extension of a man and a deep part of a woman. How you treat those parts is how you treat yourself. Men, if you put it anywhere, you might: create bad situations, make rash decisions, and not have your priorities right. Ladies, if you're very 'open', you might: be easily deceived, and be self-destructive trying to find love, the love you should have for yourself. Think about it."


-A. Lewis

Monday, October 18, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Emotional Warfare, Fighting For Affection - 10/18/10

‎"We fight to love, we fight to hate; yet when the battle is done, whether it's lost or won, we never account for the scars we accumulate. Emotional warfare is the most intense of any kind; it drains any heart and troubles any mind. Finding love is difficult, keeping it can be strenuous; but when you look back, will it all seem tenuous? Pick thy bouts wisely, each takes a toll; don't end up single, battered, and old."


-A. Lewis

Just Some Thoughts - 10/18/10

Some women don't give good guys a chance because they don't want to be wrong. They would rather crusade and be as ornery as possible. Saying that there are no good men means that the women aren't at fault, that THEY don't need to change. Accountability and responsibility are defenestrated. Let's do better people...if you get it wrong, admit it, work on yourself, and look for new things. *this goes BOTH ways*


-A. Lewis

A Quote: Defining Woman - 10/18/10

‎"There are billions of women in the world. Yet for everything they have to offer, they aren't you. You're the only defining woman in my world. You've changed my entire concept of what a woman is, and your love leaves me wondering just what a woman can be. While others reach for the stars, the moon is a mere pearl on your necklace; the sun's glow is in your smile and eyes. You make every day a discovery of greatness."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Insecurity Is Quite The Deceiver - 10/18/10

‎"You feel as though your walls have your heart in security...insecurity is quite the deceiver. Conceiver of the negative when it doesn't exist, believer of the negative because you insist. The shadows of past men are now cast over and far past men, bright futures encumbered by the darkness, assumed to be heartless. The starkness of your scars is hard to bear; the softness of your heart is hard to share."


-A. Lewis

Giving Thanks - 10/18/10

"I thank God for granting me the serenity to see the beauty in simplicity, the wisdom to see purpose in tribulations, and the goodness of heart to see and bring out the best in people. I was given the tools to make a difference; to this point, I believe I have. I've given a lot of advice, and even prevented someone from committing suicide once. I'll continue to do my best, I'm glad you're all along for the ride."


-A. Lewis

A Quote: The 1000 Words of Your Picture - 10/18/10

"If a picture is worth a thousand words, then yours is a brief expository piece on the many ways that inner beauty permeates the surface, through mediums such as a graceful smile, a stylish show of class, a candid glimpse of humour, or an effulgent aura of striking qualities, all indicative of woman that lies within."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: The Dynamic of MLK vs X - 10/18/10

‎"The dynamic of MLK vs X was critical. Martin preached love, affection over ire. He wanted nonviolence to be the answer that came from the heart. Malcolm was much more militant, preaching necessity over patience. He felt that the ONLY answer was Black mobilization, be it for fair enfranchisement or pan-Africanism. They represented both sides of the spectrum, with the attainment of rights squarely in the middle."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: When The Righteous Have No Place - 10/18/10

‎"Nothing in this world is more troubling than when people are punished and or reprimanded for doing the right thing, for this can only mean that those in power have their roots in evil, that the power itself is steeped in malice, and that the power benefits the unscrupulous and enables the heinous. When the righteous have no place, the world hath no peace, and shall be encumbered with the unrest of victimization."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Racism, the Open Wound - 10/18/10

"Neither speaking nor acting on an overt and polarizing problem such as racism is much like leaving an open wound untreated; there will be some amount of natural healing through peacekeepers, appeasement, and ears turned deaf, but without the proper cleanse of denouncement of misconduct, agreements, and steps toward equality en masse, the infections of hatred, bigotry, and racial discrimination are bound to occur."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Do You Know Lust? - 10/18/10

‎"Do you know lust? The feeling of never properly dealing with needing sexual healing because of a glass ceiling imposed by your desires? The fires of passion burn brightly; and as one yearns mightily, restraint yields to satisfaction. The actions justify the traction lost in deception...slipping through lies to slip through thighs with no contraception. Discord is sewn, yet you reap an internal discord of your own."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: What Makes Me A Man - 10/18/10

"I am not a man by virility, but by responsibility. Gentility stretches farther than my penis ever could, and will generate the respect that sex never would. Good men see the strength in kindness, the power in restraint; the fortitude of ethics, and the effects of character on the pictures we paint. Peer perception means nothing next to clear reception of intents, which makes an impression that intelligence indents."


-A. Lewis

Friday, October 1, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: How It Looks From Here - 9/30/10

"Everywhere I turn, women yearn for the burn of playing with fire; when will they learn? So concerned with avoiding pain, they end up devoid of gain in a void of shame for dating more of the same. More of the rain falls; puddles of tears become lakes of fears, deepened by recollections of rejections over the years. Dejection veers down the path of pessimism, where people face trials just to miss the lessons in them."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: The Truth About Puppy Love - 9/30/10

‎"Be not a victim of attraction borne out of a desire for affection/attention; that creates 'puppy'/'blind' love, one that sees no wrong even when it's overt. Despite knowing right from wrong, that desire engenders naivete, the most unintentionally potent skewer of judgment. Nothing will be as it seems; rose-colored glasses will prevent you from seeing someone's true colors, until reality's vibrance shatters them."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: A Great Lover Is A Craftsman - 9/30/10

"Much like with constructing an edifice, when building a love, the true problem with setbacks is not the halting of progress, but the effort being put into returning to where you were before. Structural integrity can be damaged when small problems are detected; they must be rectified before progress continues. Quality requires attention to detail; a great lover is a craftsman, creating new and better ways to build."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: How The Friend Zone Feels - 9/30/10

‎"You're so afraid of falling that you look down at your feet instead of what's in front of you; when I'm no longer standing here, what are you gonna do? Need I remind you that I've been beside and behind you? I find you to be amazing and I thank you for raising my standards, but I've been here too long. You long for affection yet you're afraid to receive it; you found a good one but you're too hurt to believe it."


-A. Lewis

A Bedtime Story - 9/30/10 (originally written on 9/24/10)

There once was a lamb named Pam.
Pam loved a lamb named Sam.
They frolicked and giggled,
Eating peaches and pickles,
Until they heard a loud bam.

The sound left them scared.
Apprehension was shared.
They looked around,
Heard another sound,
Then Sam got prepared.

He was ready to fight for his lady.
The one he wanted to carry his baby.
Sam then saw a person,
His anxiety worsened,
He knew humans could be crazy.

Pam ran near the human and shouted with glee.
Sam didn't know what was going on and went to go see.
The human felled a fruit tree for its wood,
Telling Pam and Sam to eat all they could,
And that a family is what they should be.

The human decided to help Pam and Sam.
He helped them birth a healthy little lamb.
As the baby would grow,
The human would show,
That animals can peacefully coexist with man.

The end.

-A. Lewis

Sunday, September 19, 2010

A Poem: UniverSOUL - 9/19/10

When I call you beautiful, it's not based on your physique; it's the mystique of what lies deep within you. The breadth of your depth is astronomical, I don't think I could find a young lady more phenomenal. Your soul scintillates like the sun, with the best of you glimmering and the trail you blaze still simmering. Much like Mercury, you're the closest to adversity yet you hold yourself together perfectly. Urgency, emergency, pain, or doubt; akin to Venus, you face many trials and are shaped throughout. If that is the home of your gender, you exhibit the absolute best of its splendor, a strong woman with a heart tender. The beauty of life on Earth lies in your eyes, with the longevity in your mind, and the replenishment between your thighs. Your special light shines naturally and can be seen by any eye, just as Mars is the easiest planet to see unaided in the night sky. Your allure is gravitational; reminiscent of Jupiter's pull, which is sensational. Occasional mishaps do nothing to stymie the shining of your smile, ever present like the rings of Saturn, serving to enhance your celestial sexiness. A woman of your caliber gives a single man hope; like Uranus, you deserve to be the first planet a man discovers with his telescope. While passion burns on the inside, you remain cool on the out, similar to Neptune. You've kept room for love, though it's something you've yet to know; showing grace when slapped in the face, some men discredit you like Pluto and you still let it go. You and your planetary traits have me planning every date with something new in mind, too inclined to simply sit and talk with you rather than go out and walk with you. Conversations are like constellations, the right words like stars lighting up the sky of my mind. Getting through your asteroid belt of walls took plenty of work, but it means the world to know what you are truly worth. Everything about you represents something different, and I discover more as we become intimate. Inclement weather couldn't stop me from stargazing upon your dreams; I love you universal woman, as sure as the sun beams.

-A. Lewis

Saturday, September 18, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: A Young Brother Is Lost - 9/18/10

‎"Another young brother is lost to the streets...his friends forced to cope, family left to weep. Deep runs the pain when youth is slain; the rain seems to stain the images that remain, leaving one wishing to create memories again. There is no preparation for such a hasty separation; one can only get by until they are hit by the reality of the situation. As sorrow remains, I pray his soul is one the Lord reclaimed."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: This Won't Seem Like Rewind - 9/18/10

"Ms. Lady, I know guys call you beautiful frequently, and the frequency with which you are exposed to moral indecency is increasing. See I could laud your attention to your looks, but I'd much rather applaud your commitment to the books, and your defenses against the crooks that try to steal a piece of your heart. Despite trust broken in lust, you leave the past behind; I won't play you; this won't seem like rewind."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: 9/11, Nine Years Later - 9/18/10

"Nine going on ninety...the mighty American spirit fell under fire on a dire day nine years ago. Such a callous malice was on display...and to the dismay of viewers skewered on raw fear, they saw sheer disregard for human life. A statement was made, and an onus was laid at the feet of Lady Liberty. But the task of taking on terror was welcomed with valor by the people who made patriotism cool. God Bless America!"


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: If You Should Wonder Why You're Stagnant - 9/18/10

"If you should ever wonder why you are stagnant at any time, make it a point to look down at your feet. Count how many times you've shot yourself in them; you can't take steps forward if your feet are incapacitated."


-A. Lewis

Friday, September 10, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: More Than Friends - 9/10/10

"We're the best of friends, familiar like next of kin...yet there's a lack of clarity in this familiarity, a disparity in the parity of our feelings. Friends love each other, but this is beyond platonic; we connect at a deep level, subatomic...chronic butterflies flutter by my intestines; it seems we're destined to be a couple. Yet we can't get past the fears of tears...we're in trouble, our love's on the bubble."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Don't Fight What You Feel - 9/10/10

‎"Fight it. I dare you. Your feelings will ensnare you while your confusion impairs you. It wears you down to fight a battle of attrition just to avoid an admission. It'll take everything in you to retain it, though there's truly no way to contain it. Tainted is the natural flow of emotions; you'll be mired in the quicksand of denial because of your notions. Don't be irascible. Not acting on chemistry is irrational."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Unconditional Love - 9/10/10

"When positives can't find exits and negatives can't find entrances...when flaws are no longer points of emphasis and a healthy future with one another is where the interest is...when two hearts open up to the possibility of emotional perdition and take devotional positions to simply love with pure intentions, an unconditional surrender has occurred; an unconditional love is spurred."


-A. Lewis

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Untitled - 9/7/10

‎"I could wrap you around my finger, but I'd rather point you in the right direction; you're the right selection, and with the right correction, you'll be as close to perfect as anyone on Earth gets. The necessary alteration comes through an altercation between my determination and your fortification; your walls must fall for me to give you my all, for you to reciprocate. Participate in watching your fear dissipate."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Let's Take It Slowly - 9/7/10

‎"Young lady, you are beautiful. Telling you that is only me being dutiful. There's no deception, your perception of my approach only endears reproach because you've dealt with men offering the least yet doing the most. They boast and speak bombast looking for a high-speed connection like Comcast, being overly expeditious to influence you to have sex against your wishes. Let's take it slowly. I want you to know me."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Trailblazing Woman - 9/7/10

"I love how you have goals in life, and how it seems like you walk on hot coals in life; you blaze a trail that amazes me well beyond anything I've ever seen. Kerosene dreams mix with fiery passion to create your bright future, scintillating with stimulating details that sequester you from other females. Intelligent, beautifully elegant with a heart the size of an elephant; your personality & class demand reverence."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Smash and Grab - 9/7/10

"You're no better than a common criminal...all you do is smash and grab, taking a woman's valuables in a sense, her trust and her innocence. In no sense of the word do you deserve respect; you elect to inject a picture into their minds that projects onto men of all kinds when all signs of affectionate progression are present. Your lessons have lessened their willingness to grow; love, they're willing less to know."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: I Respect Your Busy-ness - 9/7/10

‎"When I look into your eyes, I see the future...if I ever to fall apart, your love will be the suture; I would love to suit you, fit you perfectly. A perfect me behooves you, a happy me includes you. I won't intrude on your business like these other dudes do. Do you, and we'll be together when you can spare time; I want to see you succeed, your aspirations and I can share time. Trust, I won't encroach on their time."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Search Continues - 9/7/10

‎"Pain is temporary, but scars are forever...for better or worse the search continues. People seem to be the same...venues change, then views range, they take aim as I begin to fixate on tricks late; the deception slipped my perception. The wolf sheds sheep's clothing, and my heart keeps closing. But I work hard to keep it open, hoping for the right one to take the story of my life and write one."


-A. Lewis

Sunday, August 29, 2010

A Poem: The Light - 8/29/10

Your smile, your future, your mind...the sun, the moon, the stars; everything about you illuminates my soul and my life. My strife vanishes whenever I bask in your glow. Your show of lights is not a flashing display, but rather a subtle shimmer, to many's dismay. However, I think it's perfect...it takes time and intimacy to see the intricacies, and I think it's worth it. Like a moth to a lamp, I was drawn to you so naturally. I put on no airs, I simply presented a natural me, and allowed nature to do the rest. To the best of her ability, nature gave us a platform for stability: chemistry. Like two stones struck together, your eyes and mine created sparks that would light the fires of our desires. Entire seconds of life would stand still as the lessons of life struck me like an anvil. All of the love songs began to make sense...my memory became a jukebox, and looking at you was the only time it would take cents. Your beauty's like lightning, it never strikes me the same way twice...yet every time's like the first time, it's like you were born to look nice. No amount of suns could ever brighten my universe like your entrance into my life did...I felt as though I was a man in the Allegory of the Cave, blinded by a new source of light, a new source of right that was all sorts of polite that I needed in my life, even if it took all my might. Now, my nights are filled with starry skies, as I gaze into your starry eyes apologizing for those sorry guys that told Atari lies, playing simplistic games. All I want to do is increase the already high wattage of your ambitions, your dreams. I want to cast a light on the parts of you that go unseen, the parts that guys didn't see when they did you dirty, the parts left unclean. They deserve to be noticed, so I'll keep my light focused; I mean what I say, you're too good to hocus. There's so much good in you, your soul shines like a diamond, pure, clear, and vibrant. You were a blessing from God, sent with a divine purpose: to show me a shining example of what an angel on Earth is. Worthless, you could never be, because without you my heart could never see what love truly is. Love is so amazing that it feels like a privilege, though we all have the right. You've strengthened my faith in Him; through you, I've seen the light.

-A. Lewis

* hocus - to play a trick on

A Brief Philosophy: The Power of the Tongue - 8/29/10

"The power of the tongue is dependent on the weakness of the ear, which is congruent to the vulnerability of the heart, which relies on the strength of the character, which is nothing without faith; faith in self, faith in love, faith in God."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Catalyst - 8/29/10

‎"It is one thing to speak for what you believe in...another to stand for it...and another to act on it. Those who speak only like the idea of change, and simply seek to inspire it; those who stand are comfortable with the idea of change, and seek to will it into existence; those who act have embraced the idea of change, and seek to do whatever it takes to see it come about. Neither inspiration nor will, singly nor together, can bring about change. It requires action."

-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: The First Date - 8/29/10

"Personally, I think the only thing that should be happening on the first date is getting acquainted with someone. Learning what makes them laugh, what makes them smile, where they're going, where they've been. Our genitals are spiritual...it's an extension of a man and a deep part of a woman. How you treat those parts... is how you treat yourself."


-A. Lewis

August Quotes - 8/29/10

"Do right by a man, do right by the past; do right by a woman, do right by the present; do right by a child, do right by the future."


"Any young man that has to lie to a young lady is weak. It takes no strength to bend the truth, but it takes everything you've got to uphold it. A liar is only as strong as his words."


"Seek my mind for affection; seek my heart for care; seek my soul for love."


"A good man TELLS the truth; a great man SPEAKS the truth; the best man UPHOLDS the truth; a liar is no man at all."





-A. Lewis

Saturday, August 21, 2010

A Freestyle Piece: Trust Is Like Rome - 8/21/10

"Lady...I understand that trust is like Rome; that it wasn't built in a day, but in a moment could be gone, which is why I'm building our foundation with honesty, because honestly, the key to a better us is an honest we, which begins with an honest me. There is clarity in sincerity, and if we both practice that then we've built some parity. Such architecture is a rarity, as most now build monoliths to solidarity..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Sweet Taste of Sin - 8/21/10

"I swear you're no good for me...but my desire is burning and you're like wood for me...feed this fire, bleed this fire...enjoy it while you can and leave this fire before you leave this mired in a struggle to piece together your puzzle. The reality of the situation will become a casualty of capitulation to temptation...lines will be blurred and cries will be heard as the sweet taste of sin erodes the soul within..."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: A Relationship Is An Investment - 8/21/10

"A relationship is an investment. This is why we must date/court; getting to know each other is like looking at portfolios and projections. To love is to further that investment, as you put your money(time/affection/care) in the other's account, TRUSTING that he/she won't misuse it. To be in love is to see the money flowing freely between one another, spent on enjoying the present and building a profitable future."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: The Past - 8/21/10

"The past is one of the most ameliorative concepts that we know of. It puts the actions we've already taken into focus through hindsight. It gives us blueprints of future reactions through similarities of situations. It expands incessantly, which allows for the scope of our perception on life to expand as well. Most importantly, we cannot free ourselves of its grasp until we learn from it."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Untitled - 8/21/10

"Your skin is so beautiful because it's been nourished by tears...you now have complete distrust in men, nourished by fears...years of slacking peers and nagging jeers have left you with transformative ears; hearing that changes the meaning of whatever it hears. Compliments are like complements to the notions that nice men are incontinent and romantically incompetent while verbally confident..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Brightest Thing - 8/21/10

‎"Even now, as the stars glow and the moon beams in the sky...you'll always be the brightest thing to ever catch my eye. Diamond soul, sun mind; some kind of woman you are. Not many can bear her, a true bearer of the light of God that Jesus bequeathed. Beneath it all, your heart emanates graciously as it pulsates vivaciously. Your light casts love so bright...I may never feel a love so right, I love you..no 'might.'"


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Should The Sky Begin To Fall - 8/21/10

"Should the sky begin to fall...should the continents be attacked by the oceans, the ground opened and I'm left hoping and praying while laying near lifelessly...for the life of me, I'll do one thing above all else. Even if it all melts from sight as the pall of death sets upon me and my pulse runs wanly; I'll have your heart in my grasp, hands clasped. I'll fulfill my promise that nothing can take our love from us."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Death of the Player - 8/21/10

"I'm sending you a bouquet of white lilies...they're all that remains of the part of me that used to play games and slay dames. The day came where I had my reckoning, with love beckoning while I was so insidious that it made me oblivious to being a hideous fool. Hidden in you was a killer, love. As my immaturity died, my eyes opened wide. I began to rearrange...had a funeral for that side of me, a positive change. "


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Four Seasons of Seeing You - 8/21/10

"When I see you, my emotions range...it's like the seasons change. Your gentle eyes soothe the skies of my mind, creating spring showers that spring flowers of adoration. No matter the duration, your smile incites the incineration of my troubles, beaming like the summer sun. Natural and mesmerizing, your beauty is akin to the leaves in autumn. Like winter's snow, the cool of your presence chills my essence, calming."


-A. Lewis

Saturday, August 14, 2010

A Brief Philosophy: Talent - 8/14/10

‎"The thing about talent...it doesn't just course through your veins...it rushes feverishly throughout your soul, searching in earnest for a way out, some type of creative outlet...and when it cannot find one, it just fidgets, creating feelings of restlessness, angst, and other troubling afflictions. Festering talent creates a severe imbalance between the physical and spiritual planes…your ability to create begins to far exceed your creative actions; the result is an adverse change in the mental plane, which will naturally wrack itself to correct the issue. Those in the throes of said wracking have been known to be driven mad by it."

-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Limbo - 8/14/10

‎"You said you cared but the love we shared was ensnared in sexual relations, only intimate on occasions...despite deep feelings, I left you, which left me reeling. Those feelings have dissipated and I've found someone...yet as anticipated, here you are. The moon to my emotions, rising my oceans to ruin chances of finding what romance is. I try to move forward, you pull me back...feelin' like Limbo is where I'm at..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: You Ran Your Dream Away - 8/14/10

"You take my sincerity for an act. You take my honesty for a lie. You take my kind words for chicanery. You take my openness for deception. You take my concern for some convoluted form of egoism. Things were once done behind your back. Upon turning around, they were done in your face. Now you look at everything differently. Before I fulfill your nightmares, I'll leave. Just know you ran your dream away."


-A. Lewis

Monday, August 9, 2010

A Brief Philosophy: Car Care - 8/9/10

"Many men aren't helping to maintain what attracted them to young ladies...that's like finding a car you LOVE, but not keeping it up. You can't get mad when those rims don't shine or the engine doesn't run well; all you did was ride and showboat. Care must be taken, attention be given, effort be put in, and love be shown. Otherwise, you'll just keep running down cars until your credit's too shot to even get one."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: The Gritty Truth - 8/9/10

"You don't know what beautiful is...but you want to find out, so you flaunt your chest and stick your behind out. Behind doubts are fears that you're visually inadequate, which makes your trust inaccurate and your defenses slack a bit as you strive to be immaculate, loving compliments and driven by the aggregate. But you had to quit...in exchange for delaying your tears and allaying your fears, each guy had to hit."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: College - 8/9/10

‎"In the pursuit of knowledge, he went to college; but when he got there, he found much more. Guys would touch more, girls didn't ask 'what for.' Guys were proud to be players and girls had game that they ran smoother than Gale Sayers, bearing down to get the d*ck and their but kissed. Home was secure and grounded; college left him unsure yet unbounded, looking to be inured with the truth, no matter how it sounded."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philosophy: Malnourished Young Ladies - 8/9/10

"The soul, like the mind and body, requires alimentary intake. Many young ladies these days have malnourished souls; they need love, yet instead they look for affection and pleasure. Like a person who eats nothing but sweets, their souls become insatiable and ill, afflicted with ire, sadness, loneliness, and the like, all while craving more of the same; the pleasure of sin becomes their only reprieve from the pain."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Loop A Fiasco - 8/9/10

"You always choose men that follow where the a*s go...you dig for gold, searching for a cash flow...you give them whatever they ask fo', but do they pay you back? No. You must daydream in the sunshine about the 'real' being a superstar that stays tilted, because when it comes to men, you just always seem to loop a fiasco, consuming food and liquor chasing the cool, feeling worthless like a firefly that lacks glow."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Lack of Faith - 8/9/10

‎"I apologize if I'm being diagnostic but your lack of faith has me thinking you're agnostic...it's not all your fault you lost it, but you tossed it to guys who'd tell lies to cross it while looking for that pink faucet. Those plumbers were ignorant and belligerent like Wario; yet instead of looking for a Princess like Mario, they were breaking bricks and chasing mushrooms."


-A. Lewis

Sunday, August 8, 2010

A Poem: The Nice Guy - 8/8/10

"I'm so honest that you think I'm lying...but I can respect that. You have trust issues because you've had your trust misused and now that your trust is bruised you refuse to reuse it, fearing another will abuse it. Don't confuse it, I do plan to use it, but only as a bridge between hearts and I promise to cruise it, not moving too fast since you consider the future a new past. You passed up many good men to date the decent ones, who turned out to be better than the recent ones. Your dating history is like a litany of mystery leading to pain and misery, wondering who they were mentally always eventually became the problem centrally because no matter how much you all got to know each other physically, they were strangers essentially. Before focusing on being into me, I simply want you to be a friend to me; then you'll see what a friend should be, and maybe what love could begin to be. I'm a firm believer in 'friends first,' without it, relationships just seem to end worse. Bend first, break second, scar third. But there's no emotional cocoa butter, and you can't be tougher, that just makes people rougher. You should just be a lover and use understanding as a buffer to smother any malice, be it apparent or undercover. Understand that a man without civic responsibility is a viable liability when it comes to dependability as he'll think his ego comes first, fundamentally. Understand that a man without moral fiber is an undermanned fighter in the war of the righteous, which makes him susceptible to testing the flexible properties of the truth, bending it to his will, altering it for a thrill, adjusting it to accommodate a frill. Keep in mind and bear in heart that a man's motives are like coals to locomotives, while intentions are just engineers; trust engineers barriers but dark motives are like harriers dropping bombs of lies so that safeguards meet their demise. You've been a victim, but you're no longer with them. Their desperation for sexual elation may have left your heart in a state of desolation, but your determination for the termination and extermination of any scars undergoing fermentation has planted seeds of change and brought about their germination. From the ashes of emotional clashes, a rose grows. Other buds are sprouting as happiness is mounting and attention is rerouting from the past to the future. Time was the disinfectant, acceptance the scab, self-forgiveness the suture. Pain and blame were synonymous...with them gone your joy is anonymous. No one thing brings it about, it's one thing you can't do without. You've come such a long way. Progress is a process; it's about moving forward and accepting no less. Now that you're in a new place, how about a new face? I'm only the nice guy, the 'we just had a conversation that will change your life' guy."


-A. Lewis

Thursday, August 5, 2010

A Brief Philosophy: The True Problem With Technology - 8/5/10

"The true problem with technology is that we too often lose sight of what's helping us, what's supplanting us, and what's simply pandering to our desire to see progress. With the lines blurred, we continue to encroach on our natural abilities by focusing on our ability to function with ease, through technology. Our paradigms are being shifted in an unforeseen direction."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Behind the Scenes of Taking A Chance - 8/5/10

‎"A wound taken in honesty is healed through courage. As I smile on the surface, a tempest of nerves churns, doing me a great disservice. This work is nerve-wracking, building the confidence I'm lacking to speak an inquiry worth asking. Done basking in the moment, my words become weapons, potent. Will they knock down walls, creating an avenue for having you? Or will your fears of tears make them cut me like shears..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Why I'm Celibate - 8/5/10

‎"Matters of the heart are delicate. That's why I'm celibate; there's a learning curve to love and I'm trying to stay ahead of it. Love takes balance, so why risk upsetting it when we can commit to a rhetoric of betterment until we feel like we can love to no detriment. Sex twines souls and weaves connections of depth; If neither mind is right then perceptions are left to be lost in the translation of interpretation."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Step Your Worth Up - 8/5/10

‎"I'm a young man different from any you've ever known...to get me, you're going to have to reveal things you've never shown. But since you rarely leave much to the imagination, and are accustomed to unjust adulation, I'll leave you alone, unless you reach the graduation of maturation. Oversaturation should be a crime...you showed it all for dollars, trying to be a dime, which isn't worth much...step your worth up."


-A. Lewis

Monday, August 2, 2010

A Poem: Realize Yourself, Young Lady - 8/2/10

I am well aware that you would sell a share of your soul just to feel whole, but the hole can't be filled with frills and thrills; copious coitus can't ever conquer what that void is. You back a 'love' of wealth, but it stems from a lack of love for self. Your heart is screaming out and the only one who can hear her is in the mirror. Give yourself compliments to complement what an accomplishment it is to be a young woman of astonishment. Your intelligence relegates your beauty to irrelevance, while your eloquence demands reverence. Elegance is an exuded trait, which expunged excess like jealousy, envy, and included hate. You're great...and like a horizontal figure eight, what you offer is infinite but you're risking it by keeping locked away as you block the way to your soul. Your sole purpose should be to shine your light, not to shine your might at your essence, showing that you can resist love's blessings. It's extraneous and heinous the way you pain us. Us meaning the good guys who get overlooked because of the good lies that overtook your insecurities. In securing these beliefs of mine, I find that my heart and mind are now intertwined through my soul with the whole of myself as the knot. I just want to see you with the same peace of mind. I'll even give you a piece of mine if you'll give me a piece of time to show you the peace of time with a peaceful mind like mine. In time you'll find that a guy like me is the reason and the rhyme...because for no rhyme or reason, you'll one day understand that the treason committed against your feelings was meant to start a journey that would impart the wisdom needed for you to open your heart. I just hope that I'm well aware of when you don't desire to sell a share of your soul to feel whole because the hole is filled with a holy feel that comes from a love of self and the Man Above; I'd love to be blessed with a woman that knows she holds the key to her best.

-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Stay Strong - 8/2/10

"For every time I thought I was right, but got it wrong...I gotta stay strong. For every time it was too late or it took too long...I gotta stay strong. Love is much better than these cheap imitations...and I'll never again settle for mere iterations...all of these scars are paving the way...pointing to where I'll find love one day...but until then, I'll love myself; I won't fret being alone...I gotta stay strong..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Renaissance Woman - 8/2/10

"Yes the girl's fancy but she isn't conceited...she lets me pull her chair out so she can be seated...she accentuates her body without showing skin...her body is bangin but her best assets lie within...all you see is her smile, but there's more behind it...how she has a view on every subject and can define it...as well-rounded as they come, she's a renaissance woman...able to give compliments as they keep comin'..."


-A. Lewis

A Message from God (this came to me after praying on July 28th) - 8/2/10

And the Lord said unto me: "You are cut from a very different cloth. Many will love you for your comfort and feel, but many more will misunderstand your texture. Do not tailor yourself to those who cannot appreciate your hem, for you are woven in my image; that is enough for those that matter. To find your mate, you must search and match by threadcount."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: My Angle On Rap - 8/2/10

‎"I don't have much to talk about...I didn't grow up broke...my dad never left...nor was my mother strung out on coke...I had a family, got much of what I wanted...there's a cloud 9, but I didn't grow up on it...while I never struggled for necessities, I struggled internally incessantly...the parasites of doubt infested me, I couldn't invest in me...but all you saw were clothes...even all of the "hi's" were lows..."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: Scarred Woman (just experimenting with wordplay) - 8/2/10

"I can see the scars on your heart...scars are the start of anguish as you languish the demons you can't vanquish...the only way to heal is to deal with how you feel...while you seal the pain away, you reel the same in...like sharks to blood these boys are quick to turn dirt to mud, doing wrong and washing their hands with tears...you must resolve to dissolve the revolving self-love issues keeping you from evolving."


-A. Lewis

A Freestyle Piece: There Once Was A Boy - 8/2/10

‎"There once was a boy who went on an odyssey to become a commodity...he had no pride, which was no oddity...he used girls like elevators, each one meant to make him feel greater...there was one that stuck by him, but she ended up stuck by him as other girls would 'hi, fellate, and bye' him...but that's why he kept her around, guaranteed attention when girls weren't abound...his immaturity would taint purity..."


-A. Lewis

A Brief Philsophy: Muddy Women - 8/2/10

"Don't do dirt and then wash your hands in a young lady's tears. Leaving her muddy will only make the next guy's job extremely arduous. Instead of building trust, he'll be stuck trying to clean her off...and whether she's disgusted by it (scorned) or stained by it (sad), she won't be the same. The only true wash is moving forward...and many men after you will be used to do so."


-A. Lewis