From the early 1960’s I enjoyed writing, but I was always told that I couldn’t say what I wanted to say, or that I shouldn’t write about the things the way that I saw them because they may offend people. By my late teens, I was writing what I wanted regardless of what people said, but then the people were beginning to threaten my life and the life of my family, so I stopped writing and concentrated on acting. I acted in plays at school, and community theater and did extra work here and there and I would pick my venues to perform my poetry very carefully. Currently, I am too old to care about how I hold my mouth as I say, or weather I play well with others. Now I continue to write about things that happen in my life good and bad, from issues on race, health care, self-esteem and political views to making music and writing lyrics. I have also lived long enough and learned that there is a God, and that God is concerned about his creation called the Human race and our relationship with him; because it effects the way we care for his creations not only the earth, but each other. My poetry is intended to inspire, enrich, educate, entertain and help evoke opportunities and safe spaces for healing dialog to begin.