Emerge

Carefully he wonders
Her fragrance abounds
Knowing her presence
Feeling her sounds
Reaching within
Emerging with passion
Gives love to his sweetness
In tenderly fashion
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

The Devil Within

It drives my thoughts
And moves my soul
Tells me things
I should not know
Takes the things
That bring me peace
Allows the beast
To be released
Alas this freedom
Living alone
Expose its face
Inner voice shown
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Misplaced Words

He stumbles as he reaches
For words to speak for him
Memory dim
Of what the past teaches
Darkly grim
Wishing to awaken
He can now rejoice
But quickly retaken
By his inner voice
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Thoughts...

To the shelters I prowl
Watching them toil
Pushing their needs
Planting their seeds
But to wonder aloud
As I set to recoil
I have to imagine
What are they thinking
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Personal Space

She was new to my world
A virtual stranger
She knew not the extent
Of her impending danger
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Lost Boy

As a wisp of warm air
He slips past the gate
His deepest secrets
Locked inside innate
To share with himself
His wondrous dreams
Where under a bridge
His life always beams
For there he will go
And bring forth his joy
The stranger is now
Long lost as a boy
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Brutal Stranger

This weapon for love
Strikes effective
Not selective
Brings her to a new
Objective
He fills her void
But travels softly
Reflective
Of past loves
In the range her
Memories once of
This brutal stranger
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Unfamiliar

In slumber it seems
I am living in dreams
The walls unfamiliar
The people obscene
But awaken to hope
Of the home that I know
A place of kindness and love
Where beauty can grow
But fate takes my arm
And pulls me to danger
The more it does harm
The more is the stranger
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

The Stranger Awaits

On the block he is marched
In the cover of night
To the holding quarters
Under the light
He feels the rage of his porters
Prepared for the fight
And the stranger who waits
To instill his fright
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Infinite Lock Down

Into the sun a man stares
Focused on the horizon
Waiting
He dreams of the places
To begin his arising
Futile chases
Cold faces
Another locked door
Freedom nevermore
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Betrayal

Carving out a path to freedom
To have it denied
Friends who seek to save me
Leave me behind
I fight to understand
Where loyalties lie
Why so many should have to die
But I see in reflections
Returning in their eyes
Sending back my pain
I am but blue rain
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Colorless

How blue is the rain I cannot see
I ask as the walls keep it from me
Colors exist on other levels
Where I am not allowed to witness
Only steel and concrete
And wooden tables
Where I am to confess
I see black and white
And continue with life
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Inherent Pain

The thunder of boots in a darkened hall
Sounds of screams through a cement wall
Thoughts of no one hearing a call
Knowing again my defenses will fall
But through this fight I have only you
In my thoughts as all I can do
To shutter the sounds of inherent pain
I close my eyes to keep myself sane
Through roaring downpours of my blue rain
Crashing the ground in my throbbing brain
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Before Assimilation

Complexities define me
For none know my next move
I need what soon I will see
Until then I leave no clue
Will she stand beside me
Or cross a busy street
Her scent evokes a wildness
For which I must compete
For will I take her briskly
Or move upon the next
Each time it becomes risky
Or now I could reject
To go upon resistance
Walk away in simulation
Let her feel safe
Before assimilation
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

We Are But One

Through the gates we are led
Our souls now dead
For here we suffer conformity
Through brutality
Injustice and destiny
With decimation
Comes Revelation
And ultimate assimilation
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Fires of the Tormented Soul

Don't look in my eyes
As I hold you still
Ignore the fires
That burn at will
Remove the gifts
You have for me
And slip the lists
You would foresee
As best you know
You've never seen
An average Joe
You've been wiped clean
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Scars of Injustice

Gently I move where I can see
A clearer view of my eternity
Windy gusts across a plain
Delicate flowers that ease my pain
Upon mountains I climb above
To shower below my intentions of love
And softly I endeavor to caress
The cheek of humanity to fully undress
A nature of life that goes within this
To smooth away deep scars of injustice
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Undone

Times dictate reactions
I see her there
Can't help but stare
Building internal factions
Drive me to her
But she sees her focus
I move with care
And realize my motive
While she moves unaware
That I am where
My instinct has control
My actions are not my own
I struggle to care
But chill to the bone
Enter the home
Blind from the stone
Put her to rest
As only I can do best
But gaze in the mirror
And snap to my test
Envision my horror
Reached my final quest
For this I must run
Immune from the rest
Again I digress
This can't be undone
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Evolution of Freedom

Silence the only sound I hear
From beyond the razor wire
My loneliness becomes so dire
Love becomes so dear
And hidden things now near
Soon they will appear
In shadows of darkened halls
While peering through the walls
No longer will I fear
To what this has evolved
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

The Price I Must Pay

Frost upon the grass
Gazing from my hole
Seeking comfort
But knowing not my role
Of purpose or of sorts
Comes deep within my soul
Not unlike the courts
Where others come to rhyme
And life will take my time
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Intrusions

Lost in a storm of powerful words
Tossed from walls to visions
Captivated by the heards
And touched by their incisions
Behind these sounds I can endure
A lifetime of conclusion
Of this I surely can be sure
By deep and dark intrusions
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Beyond the Wall

Beyond the wall lay years of loss
Unreturnable forever
And at what steep and deadly cost
For what has been endeavored
But soon I will break down this pain
And venture back to freedom
For all of those who have been slain
For those who would believe them
A creeky gate with rusty keys
An escort to the entrance
And withered souls so worn as these
No vision of repentance
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Reflections

I see myself through shattered lenses

Shards upon my past

Sitting among lavish denziens

Hoping it won't last

Men have taken to abuse

My kind and gentle nature

I choke them but they still refuse

Poetic nomanclature

But as I struggle to escape

These chains of mans injustice

I form a state they can relate

From all of their destruction

I look within to see my soul

Reflections of my face

And sit here in my quiet hole

My sins I will erase

© LUTHER SPELLS

Forever...

Bitches fight for love
On bruthas who don't give it up
They put themself through hell
Then need help from above
But the boyz they crave are hollow
Beaten shells of selfishness
Locked in cells of misogyny
Forever they will wallow
But soon will come salvation
A bright and loving star
A man to answer all their dreams
With depths of warmth afar
Into their lives he will return
To give them pangs of pleasure
And slowly beating drums of passion
Forever they will treasure
This man will take their darkest sorrow
And turn it into beauty
Their souls from which his hand will borrow
A saga to end with fury
For his love will be encircling peace
Wrought with pain and struggle
But in the end the pain will ease
Eternal sleep to snuggle.
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

For Soon I Shall Come

My appeal is in tact
Soon will be fact
To you I will find
To return your kind
And stuff into place
My eternal disgrace
To warm your dark soul
And fill your vast hole
A warning to some
For soon I shall come
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Curvature Of The Sublime

I sit alone surrounded
By four walls grounded
My boys pounded
Alarms sounded
Soul hounded
For I imagine my escape
Steel and tape
Backroom rape
Windows agape
I slip into the night
Eluding the fight
Knowing what is right
Briskly in flight
Holding tight
I slip away
Nothing to say
I cannot stay
But society will pay
For this is the way
The plan I lay
And death to demons at the light of day
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

To Stand Trial

It went unnoticed my abilities to reason
Competency is now cause
To regress for their treason
But with retrials come victory
And valor defeat
Of misgiven convictions
And disgraceful retreat
For soon I will conquer
The justless system
And crush all of those
Who forced my conviction
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Cleansing Souls

He questions of my words of peace
How I had done my deeds
If I did clean of where I'd been
Or where I sowed my seeds
I say to them I cleared my paths
But doubt rings in their words
Of painful shadows clearly cast
Where screams are never heard.
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Furiousity

There lies within my mighty soul

A path to rich defiance

Where men who recreate my role

Yet struggle for comliance

I sit here waging battles fierce

Armed with tools of honor

My armor they shall never pierce

I lay my love upon her

With waves of curiosity

She fights to gain her freedom

But with my furiosity

I force my way between them

She lay silent gazing up

I gently close her eyes

She sleeps now in eternal love

As I'm plagued with racist lies.

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Forces of Hatred

Racist endeavors to keep me down
Got no purpose; got no ground
Words of hate
Still emmanate
Fill the air with rage
Defy me to regenerate
I cannot turn the page
Clearly seen within their words
Agendas filled with hatred
Flying free among the birds
Stoned to the ground deflated
Devils seek to kill my soul
Rip it from my being
Among the things that they have stole
Of what I am not seeing
But I digress these racist pigs
Shall not demote my choices
I counter their most evil tricks
And shall defeat their forces
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Ghosts of Defiance

A passing wind untangles me
And roots to higher grounds
Of taking into custody
And slipping out of bounds
I fight the tyranny of youth
And struggle to outgrow it
I witness the barrage of truth
And forcefully bestow it
But deep within my soul of souls
I dig for self reliance
And journey down into a hole
To slay ghosts of defiance
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Oppressive Fluid

It has been called a substance

Exhibit twenty nine

To scientifically report

The fluids would be mine

But what of science and the law

Be fully circumspect

I looked and knew of what I saw

A loss of all respect

Convictions of a racist band

Of devils in disguise

I offer each my willing hand

And look them in their eyes

For one fine day I will arrive

To greet these evil men

Who endeavor to deprive

Beg mercy will they then

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Seek Freedom

It is but a fleeting thought

To take for granted such nature

Of freedom and liberty to go

Upon our way for life

Without benefit of empathy

To take from others unaware

To witness their despair

Evidence take away freedom

A single strand of hair

Years will pass with thoughts of when

He could have left behind

This incarceration within a pen

His freedom he could find

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Working Man

I struggle to create
But others do to take
My fashion is copied by group elite
And racist cover copies
Alas my ideas worth to many
But to me they offer none
For taking what was been done by me
Shall see you to your end
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

They Know Not

The pain and suffering we must endure

Their hatred of us for it

They know not of our tireless struggle

And step upon us anyway

For they have not been to where we go

Or seen the agony in our eyes

They see beyond our twisted fears

But neglect our fleeting cries

Our blood means nothing to their lives

They sentence us to years

My pain oozes from my pores

And sweat devours my tears

My freedom is of no consequence

I melt away from years

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Trash Day

It's trash day in the neighborhood

Me and Lemuel take our walk

He points to where he laid her down

And bit her clean pink gut

I lift the cover heavily

We toss the bags inside

We envy for her lifelessness

Beyond the walls she rides

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Rain

The saddness of a rainy day

I plead for where I go

I summon for a passing ride

They see invisible

To them I do implore my rage

Splashed and weary wet

Lean into her now broken vent

She moves aside with ease

I hold her tight against her door

She begs me Mister Please

Lights flash behind us now

She loses time from me

We open up the speeding door

She quickly disappears

Her tumbled mass a speed bump now

And I lose ten more years

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Longing For Her

Longing for the love that sends me here

Longing for her touch and an ice cold beer

Longing for the grill and her chicken fired

Longing to be free from this hell mired

Longing for the love I inject upon her

Longing to devour as I lay beyond her

Longing to be free and send her away

Longing for another satisfying day

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Beat Down

A missent glare
Beaten down
Cameras watch
Domed mirrored stare
Bloodied strikes
Payment pending
Mens heads pool
Crushed and bending
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Of Shadows Cast

When we are coming up
And serve the rules of men
Before us
We develop our own
Place our trusts
Bury the tools
We share and hone
Go forth and find
Our Mother's kind
At mailroom lines
And troubled times
For those behind
That venture trying
Befall the same
Their fathers trials
We come to pass
Of police blasts
Didn't do nothing
But shadows cast
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Swift Racist Justice

Of courts and judges I summon a plea

Why the system has focused on me

For I have done what any man would have done

And forced by my race to go on the run

Witnesses and rats an unlikely foe

And justice for blacks unbearably slow

But my brothers in arms have shown me the way

And for ratting me out they shall all rue the day

Alphonso Dzee have reckoned their stature

When I am released they shall witness the rapture

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Parole Mentor

He gives me knowledge for when I get out

But tells me to chill as he shows me his doubt

For his time is mine as we live out our lives

With positive hopes as the end soon arrives

Before a board of racists we face

Twenty five to life our unfortunate dates

But alas years go by in increasing haste

And our time we make up for what we would waste

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Terminal Brothers

I met brother Lemme when I first arrived

He spoke of the years he's had to survive

The injustice of evidence thrown in his face

Humiliating searches in the darkest of space

But under his wing and guidance from age

We share together our focus of rage

Where we are taken from our prime of life

And forced to endure this oppressive strife

For it was not our own that got us in here

But rather an unfounded racist fear

That our lives are worth less for the color of skin

Of which defines the trouble we in

Thin evidence of hate we see in the court

Our unfair detainment they never report

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Breakfast In Bed

For I am here and cannot depart

My morning is spent; my meal where I start

Through the slot on a sectioned steel platter

The cart in the foyer a noisy loud clatter

Bacon and eggs religious disgrace

Is all I can get from this miserable place

But I save the meat and devour the eggs

And use the bacon on my enemy dregs

For we lack any weapons against all our foe

But unlikely treasure like this can put on a show

For lunch I am led to my own cavity

And throw my bacon with depravity

For inmates get pork while others get feces

Officers of law the unlucky species

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Lemuel

We are but children when we arrive
See each other through babies eyes
Under a wing we need our shelter
He tried to feel, he finally felt her
For years he made his way alone
Took her for his very own
She loved him dearly but was taboo
For her to do what she would do
He helped her see her inner sanctum
When he was done she truly thanked him
But Lemuel knew what he must muster
Fold her up into the dumpster
Biting fear injustice lingers
For Lemuel it will ring years
©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Law Librarian

She thinks she stands above me there

Her pen lodged firmly in her hair

With stern reproach she holds me back

Unaware she changes track

And releases me unto the books

Of legal knowledge with glaring looks

She points her finger to beware

Not knowing I'm about to share

The warmth and tenderness that she lacks

In subtle backroom fierce attacks

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Prison Halls

Though I sit incarcerated I am free

From the perils of life that have entangled me

Apart from the evils in which I was caught

Above all the wrong this existence hath wrought

But still encircled by the hatred of many

I fight to the death the injustice they send me

For devils prevail within thick cement walls

To batter against me in dimly lit halls

I fall to the feet of no man of this prison

But rage at the penalties of which I am given

And if a day comes when I am then challenged

A fate shall befall him a brutal last balance

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Racial Invisibility

It's tough for a brother to get some love

From a system of people not sent from above

Electronic passage awaits eons of time

For some racist collective to release my rhyme

I sit in a rage of violent contention

Develop myself a new means of invention

To combat injustice and blind deliverance

Like a child left alone in obstructed envisions

But return me my faith in a flawed awkward system

Belief to my sense that my work will be with them

And send me on high to drop upon masses

Of levels of love across multitude classes

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Joy Ride

I seek to drive away my pain

To step off the curb into the lane

Pull the car and ask to use

Without leaving any clues

They fight to stay but I am stronger

We quickly make them breathe no longer

I cruise to freedom I see the light

And drive on deep into the night

The man is unaware to see

His witnesses lie next to me

Into the town emerging from the fog

I'm free at last another cog

In a wheel of doubt and unjust pursuit

And taking an unlikely route

Where nobody can see what I have done

With vengence a mask and a gun

They will seek when I retreat

As I disappear out to the street

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS

Incarcerary Warmth

We lock in tight and see each other

He is new; he is my brother

His graceful stroll along the tiles

The man walks him the first long mile

He is greeted with charm; greeted with cheers

Greeted by many beyond his years

I know right off he will be mine

In times as this we are inclined

We toss aside stigmatic fear

A black man knows what he must endear

To make the step for worthy lust

And survive a world racially unjust

To the yard we go to make our measure

Discovering our implied shared treasure

Lights out now we make advances

With the Man awake we take our chances

Of agonony screams our first encounter

I dream of her and how I'd pound her

We roll away; we've made our connect

For each time more lest they detect

The rigors of love in concrete cells

Such is the pain of Luther Spells

©2009 LUTHER SPELLS