As a nation stands on the cusp awaiting change, there’s a tension in the air that can be cut with a knife… Are you really ready for the answer to the question, “What Next?” What next, America? This hysteria is overwhelming as loved ones held dear drop like flies! Too young, high-strung, pre-existing conditions […]
What Next?
Depression: Alone With Him
In the world’s madness, lies a battle within the minds of all African-Americans that no one can comprehend. How do we heal? How can we be restored? Who do we turn to when no one knows, or can even understand, how deep this hurts? There is only One I can turn to in this depression. […]
A Letter to Satan
A Letter to Satan By LaShanna R. Tripp Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. ~Isaiah 5:14 Dear Satan, My spirit mourned another death yesterday, as you dealt more blows to brown people. […]
A Protest Poem for Police Brutality
If We Must to War… *In the wake of George Floyd’s murder while in police custody on Memorial Day, May 25, 2020, I struggled to find my voice. When it finally struck, it was at 2:00 a.m. on May 28. There is no filter here. Please ingest with caution. If we must to war Rest […]