First Day of Your Life

Today is the first day of the rest of your life

My Grandma told me that when I was about four or five

I thought Grandma was crazy because that didn’t make any sense

I didn’t have the capacity to understand what she meant

Now it’s pretty apparent; Grandma was planting a seed

Guess she knew that it would blossom; knew her words would stay with me


Life is a journey filled with happiness, joy, and pain

Life also has its seasons; sometimes it rains on beautiful days

Life is about attitude; we are who we chose to be

When you’re having a hard time or your day just isn’t going right

Look forward to tomorrow

It’s the first day of the rest of your life

My Girl Chyerri

I talked to Chyerri today but she couldn’t talk long

Said she had to go back in the house, had somebody on hold

She went back inside and picked up the phone

I’ll take an order of ribs, the ones that fall off the bone

Bring me some fried chicken, the kind that’s finger lickin’

I’ll need a side of mashed potatoes, and two apple pies

Make sure you deliver it sometime between three and five

I’m having a party and need time to set up

Oh can you also bring some crown and plastic cups?

We’re doing Washington Apples, you know the deal, and you know what’s up -

So I witness all of this…completely amazed by this clever Bitch

She says Girl you know how we do…

One day when you’re older I might let you join my crew…


…wish I could be like Chyerri...the traveling pants Shih Tzu

Difficult and Powerful

I’m learning something that’s both difficult and powerful

Learning how to live and how to let go

You see when I was 17 felt like I lost everything

My Auntie had to leave, she meant everything to me

We both knew that I would hurt

She was my favorite teacher and I was her best piece of work

Many years have gone by now

And this isn’t how she would remember me

I managed to transform myself into a completely different Banky

Well it took me a while but now I understand how it goes

I’ve managed to learn something that’s both difficult and powerful

Talked to My Dog...

So I’m talking to my dog the other day

About the ways of the world and how life is a constant change

He stands there, cocks his head to the side

Wagging his tale with that look in his eyes

If you need some advice you’ve come to the right place

He hopped up on the couch then a tear rolled down his face

He said the more things change the more they stay the same

You guys are simple creatures with complicated brains

You think too hard and worry too much

Take time out of your day to sniff a tree

...and scratch your butt

DEFINITELY

So now that I understand WHO I really am

I’ll get the door for myself, but thanks for the gesture Man

I walk what I talk and I do WHAT I feel

I am how I am. Straight up, honest, and real

I definitely know WHY but I don’t know WHEN

Definitely know WHO I am

Definitely know WHERE I’ve been

I have

So I'm thirty one now and it's crazy but I've found

Something different inside of me

I could be losing it but let me be

I've lived and I've learned

I've lost and I've loved

I've been wrong

I've been right

I've been day

I've been night

Of course...

Happy and Sad

Humble and Mad

I've been Jacked and I've been Jilled

But I've never been up this hill

I've found a different part of me

So don't judge

Just let me be.

Huff and Puff

So Fay Huffed and Puffed…tried to blow my house down
No, she didn’t succeed…but she blew the fence to the ground
She rained and she rained…but never touched my parade –
She took out one of my trees – the smallest one with the prettiest leaves
She was nice enough to keep the roots in tack…but then again… maybe Fay…didn’t have a choice on that