poetry session - 11/26

next lifetime



Next lifetime
Already speaks
Its existence within you
Through the connections,
Lessons and healing you’ve done
To fortify your being...
Next lifetime shows you
That no longer will you
Have to endure the pain from the past;
No longer will you have to
Carry your ancestors suffering on your back
And pretend to mask it
While living in a world that tries to
Erase it, outcast it...
You carry their hope and
Healing in your bones
Embrace it; grasp it
Feel their freedom in your soul
Let it fuel you, broadcast it
Their Spirit and movements have outlasted
Time and space to forecast
The season of new days...
I pray
You hear them say that
Your love and joy is never
In anyone else’s power
To grant it...
I pray
You continue to move in advancement
Free from trauma and attachment...
Where “BE-ing”... truly is present
And surviving was only a fragment
Of this inception...
I pray
You realize your power
In this lifetime
And recognize
You carry the keys of change
And ways of being
Next lifetime...


-j.jimenez

poetry session - 11/16

a single voice


A single voice
May seem crazy, strange
And out of place, at first...
But if you’re patient and wait long enough...
And carry a thunderous conviction
In your bones... Trust...
That one voice... turns into a chorus...
That bravely disperses fear and goes headfirst into the current
Seeking recognition and justice...
Eventually strengthening
And finding momentum and stride
In the collective rising of
The melanin’d cries that take knees for a movement...
All that’s needed is one mic
One beat. One stage and
Someone brave enough
To raise it...


-j.jimenez

poetry session - 11/15

no more hate


Amidst the chaos and the noise
The silenced and the voiceless
The marginalized and their protests
The violence and the breathless...
The gentrified and the displaced
The battered and disgraced
The victims of the depraved
The wounded and erased...
Stay centered...
Displace the hate
Move with love and
Spirit in your space...
Remain in strength and abundance
Courage and endurance
Grace and assurance
Humility and resilience
Seek healing and reprieve
Joy and release
An end to your grief
And an openness to receive
The lessons and gifts
To ascend from this inception
Rise above to heal
In love and reflection
Steady your focus
No more hate is the motivation
Put aside fear, and taste the sensation
Of sweet freedom on the horizon


-j.jimenez