CHRIST, rhymes, & Life

I wanted to hate you at first To see you fail and you did But it didn't feel right. As a ten-year-old boy I fell in love with basketball and you were already at the top We watched you night in and night out Your performances were magical, masterful and your greatness demanded my attention. I saw your passion Your dedication Your obsession Your will and drive Your killer instinct Your dominance. Clock winding down No question. Never backed down Never fazed The ultimate competitor Unstoppable. You were arrogant like no other But man, you backed it up 81 points All-Star MVP Gold medals Championships The fist The jersey pull The chest pound The screams The finger The plane The jaw The stare Are you not entertained? You gave the game everything You gave LA everything You gave the Lakers everything You gave us everything You allowed me to witness greatness I do not know basketball without you And it just won't be right when you'r...

Imma be honest, I'm not really a love poet* I can't tell you how many times I've tried To write a love poem and failed But I can tell you this Love is complicated I guess that's what makes it so hard.. Maybe I can write about The woman I dream of spending my life with How I've been waiting for her for 23 years The way morning waits for the sun Hoping that one day I will find a woman Who reflects God more clearly than Stevie Wonder sees music Or I can write about Tori Kelly Or that girl I had a crush on For at least 4 years But for some reason Courage decided to take a very long vacation Or I can write about How I'm afraid of commitment The same way I'm afraid of heights I know being there won't hurt me But the thought of falling Paralyzes me from making any type of decision Embracing it is the last thing on my mind Or I can write about How my eyes have seen things My heart is too ashamed to admit False perversions of lov...

For a while now, my constant prayer has been, "Maranatha." Lord, come. Often times, this world and this life is overwhelming for me. I am confused. I don't have answers. I don't know what to do. In our world filled with brokenness, my only choice has been to look to the Redeemer who is sovereign, clinging to His promises, waiting for everything to be made right when Christ returns.  The injustice that persists in this world has left me with a burden that I just can't shake. Racism, police brutality, human trafficking, wealth inequality, sexism, the list just goes on and on. While I feel like these things have been normalized and often overlooked in our society, for me the past 17 months has been filled with an increasing awareness of these realities and it is tough to handle. Grief and anger have been emotions that I've become uncomfortably familiar with. I've spent many nights defeated, knowing I can't do anything to fix it. And it is sobering know...