"Where the starzz come to shyne!"


What If?


What if Dr. King had kept his dream all to himself?

What if Malcolm X put the Koran back on the shelf?

What if Ms. Tubman's fear of getting beat was her defeat?

What if Rosa got up and gave the white man her seat?

What if Huey P. Newton joined the force and not The Panthers?

What if Marvin asked "What's Going On?" and no one cared to answer?

What if Angela Davis was quiet, timid, and shy?

What if Mohamed Ali had a slice of humble pie?

What if Jesse Jackson wasn't apart of the solution?

What if Barack Obama wasn't ahead of the revolution?

What if Tupac never spoke the realest shit he wrote?

What if we started war when they came with that boat?

What if we never left Africa still being kings and queens?

What if they never invented crack to turn our people into fiends?

What if we tuned out, logged off, and all picked up a book?

What if I never wrote this piece to make you take a second look?



To Be A Man


I wonder how it feels

to be a man

to hide my fears

to overstand

to stick out my chest

and play the part

of being a man

with so much heart

to hide my insecurities

emotions at bay

to live in obscurity

to have my way

to plant my seeds

with no obligation to stay

to fulfill my needs

without anyone's say

to have pressures as a provider

to kill all the bugs and spiders

to have full throttle control

of a woman when I'm inside her

to upkeep an image

even I don't understand

I wonder how it really feels

how it feels to be a man.


~Olivia B.~
Olivia Brown
"In between balancing a writing career, motherhood,
love, life and everything in between, I find time to write
poetry, my first love. I'm inspired by human emotions that
we all share but are so afraid to discuss and show freely."