Dear Alessia 081621

The world is fallenBut we are notWe are rising yet againA constant rising A deep breath inThe will to seek your wordsAnd follow them into new worldsBuilding themselvesA different kind of heavenBishop BaronSaid the dark night of the soulWas there to illuminate the heavensHe said you are put through challenges Where your structures deflate and […]

Dear Alessia 080921

This begins your second week of lifeHere on the earthly plane I had a dream you were a teen And an outspoken warrior for freedomAlready making an impact Waking up this morning with you crying for milkYour mama adjusting and changing you For the third timeIt’s six AmYou alright I ask her?Yeah she says immediately […]

Dear Alessia 080821

Today is SundayAnd you’ve made it through your first week A week agoYour mama was edging towards the end of seventy hours of laborAnd I was soon to be catching your head Popping into water With bloodAnd possibilities filling up the tubFor us this seemed naturalDoing it together Just me and her Guided by our […]

Dear Alessia 080721

Choo Choo CharlieAnd raggedy Andy Travelled through timeThrough strange vortexes to meet us at the apocalypse Choo Choo CharlieWas my first dollSomehow it survived On a shelf in Akron OhioAll these yearsAll these stationsThe trainYou could here from the bedroom where I grew upThe whistle blowing a poem into motionA dream of AmericaBack then the […]

Dear Alessia 080621

You met my folks yesterdayThey drove from OhioAll the way to BrooklynMy sister lives down the street and they stay with her and her beautiful family We fell out years agoBut I’m hoping your arrival Goes a long way in bringing us all back togetherA little love seed You are shaking in the morning Arms […]

Dear Alessia 080521

How to be brave?Know that this too shall passAnd know that life is like a play Whereby the scenes change And characters oscillateEven if the same ones remainTheir standing Position And importance will rotateDon’t be afraid to be a villainDon’t be afraid to be hated This life is full of timesWhen the unpopular thing to […]

Dear Alessia 080421

Today was the third morning waking up with you. Your mama asked me Is this the third dayOr the fourth?I had to pull out my phone and look at the date time is an illusion all the time But especially this time I said to your mamaI feel so complete Waking up next to visions […]

Dear Alessia 080221

Would you believe it?None of those other days were your birthday at all You were born today! August 2nd 2021. 70 hours of laborThe process of your arrival so intense It was beyond what we bargained for But life tends to be that way Watching and helping your mama go through the processOf bringing you […]

Dear Alessia 073121

Turns out this is your birthday Or it had better be1030 am and the sun is beautiful outside Brooklyn New YorkThe year of our lord 2021 Praise JesusVan Morrison singing through the iPad on the glass counter “These dreams of you”It’s off moon danceYour mamaBouncing on a big blue birthing ballWearing my maroon robeOn a […]

Dear Alessia 073021

The enemy can be compelling Intimidating and persuasive But don’t believe the hypeDon’t be intimidated by the threat of a snake bite. Or anyone who blows a horn of hatredAcross the landscape of your creative visionsConsider instead what type of person Would do thatWhat would bring a person to outwardly focus Obsessively on an object […]