delayed devotion

the not so quiet footsteps of the past
try to drown out my ever so hopeful voice
yet and still
im taking in all of your delayed devotion
like some elixir of the gods
promising to cure all that ails me

i continue to ask myself
what was the worst part of my disease?
pretending
like you didn't leave me for dead
or pretending
like i didn't let you

as i overestimate my ability to forget
your own redemption
may very well be delayed
as i remain frayed
at the ends
BUT STILL INTACT
and devoted
to the possibilities


-asabi

Brain Fog

will post soon.

Racist Product Endorsements

Chick1 [10:38 P.M.]: hey, sidenote:

Chick1 [10:38 P.M.]: don't you have thin, white-girl lips
Chick1 [10:38 P.M.]: ?
CHICK2 [10:39 P.M.]: who me????
Chick1 [10:39 P.M.]: lol
Chick1 [10:39 P.M.]: yes, sort of
CHICK2 [10:39 P.M.]: ive been told that..yes
CHICK2 [10:39 P.M.]: lol
Chick1 [10:39 P.M.]: today when i went to sephora, they told me i qualified for my free gift b/c i had spent 100 bucks
Chick1 [10:39 P.M.]: and one of my free gifts was some damn Lip Plumper
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: and i was like "what the hell am i gonna do with this"
CHICK2 [10:40 P.M.]: rofl!!
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: so the girl was like, just use it as a lip gloss
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: now isn't that racist?
CHICK2 [10:40 P.M.]: basically
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: so, i was gonna find a white girl on the metro with no lips and hand it to her
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: but i'll just give it to you...my black friend with white features
Chick1 [10:40 P.M.]: lol
CHICK2 [10:41 P.M.]: yes..i will gladly plump my lips up..
CHICK2 [10:42 P.M.]: although fekade says i have the best lips for any race
Chick1 [10:43 P.M.]: really...well, that's cuz he's african
CHICK2 [10:43 P.M.]: but i have never gotten over my great grandfather giving me the name "perch mouth" like the fish??!?? he always called me that when i was little..i dont even think he knew my name
CHICK2 [10:43 P.M.]: and all africans have big lips?? You're the damn racist!!

BTW it works. My lips have never been bigger...muahz!

Barack loves Da' Kids!!

And they love him too!!!

3 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days ago

after all this time

your eyes

still carry

the weight

of the world

after all this time

our graying hair

is no longer

so premature

unlike

that hallway embrace

after all this time

i guess

i just wasn’t ready to face

the inevitable onslaught

of memories

creeping up

to haunt

the both of us

after all this time

I still feel so porous

-asabi

Happy Blogaversary to me!!!

Well... well... well... who would have thought I still would be doing this after my first post a year ago?

Not me!! But here I am 107 posts later. And while I can be pretty lazy with the timing of my entries and I probably won’t win any literary awards, I do think blogging has challenged me to be more introspective and has given me the creative outlet I so desperately needed.

More so than anything I am grateful for the chance to be a part of my community of talented blogger friends (Ginger, Lex, Jay, Nichole, Kenn and Rashad) who have made this site a much cheaper form of therapy. You “get” me and thank you for that. So for you and the other 3 people that read this nonsense do me a favor and let me know what some of your favorite posts were this year.

And please continue to comment. This is after all a purely ego driven endeavor so I need to know you are out there. And that you like me….you really really like me.

Namaste.

Question of the week weak

How long can you sit on the fence before your ass starts to hurt??

Frivolous Saturday Fun

Here are my new "virtual alter-egos" from Face Your Manga.

The site has lots of different combinations for hair, face features and clothes. I was able to get pretty close to my look even down to the "beauty mark" on my cheek. I think I would look kinda hot in a alternative cartoon universe. What do you think? Be sure to send me yours.

pequeño bebé del feliz cumpleaños!!

Happy Birthday to you Amon! Wow 25 already?? Seems like yesterday you were sucking your thumb and kicking unsuspecting bystanders in the shin.

And while you may be 7000 miles away from us now please know that you are never far from our hearts. A bridge over trouble waters for you we will be..today and always.

Let's hope the Taliban gives you a break today. xoxox

Gone to the great casting call in the sky

WTF??!!?? Was there a shortage of available talent in heaven or something? My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the families of Bernie Mac and Issac Hayes. Both were great talents in their own right.

How sad and ironic is it that they were in the process of filming a movie together with Samuel Jackson.
Let's hope we don't lose him too. :(