done.

1. do not try to control them, no one can.
2. do not take over his or her responsibilities.
3. refuse to be a victim.
4. refuse to be an "enabler".
5. think more about yourself.
6. do not protect them from the consequences of his or her addiction; pain is the biggest gift.

ThatGreenGuy.

ThatGreenGuy.

His favorite
color is green.
By night he is a guard
at the Botanical Garden
and by day he shops at the Dollar Tree;
He recycles everything; it’s safe to say
that he knows what it means to save green
(his favorite color). He’s never traveled overseas,
but he likes to buy the Exotic Island Girl calendars
not for the girls but for the beaches and palm leaves, that are green
(still his favorite color). Every morning before he goes to sleep,
he walks up to the calendar, grabs a green sharpie
and places the tip in the top left corner of the date,
carefully marking an x in the spot
so that he’ll never forget
to treasure the day.
Holy Guacamole.

-R.Gibson

WALK ON BY

Diana Krall's beautiful cover of Dionne Warwick's song "Walk on By" (1964). Props to Burt Bacharach for writing lyrics SO heartfelt.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sxK8ghb9PU

But I cannot forget to mention the track that led me to all of this: the heavily hip-hop sampled version by Issac Hayes! The instrumental is sickkk!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tqAbrZeX0

Mos Def - Umi Says

"I ain't no perfect man. I'm trynna do the best that I can with what it is I have."



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsihHoyqwWY

Corinne Bailey Rae - Closer

aaarggggh so I have accepted the fact that I will NOT be able to see my love Corinne Bailey Rae perform at Kanawha Plaza in August... BUT it is only to compete with my team Slam Nahuatl at the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul. SO here is the video for "Closer" (my favorite off of her newest album The Sea). The video definitely compliments the 70s-disco-love-funk vibe of the song. See for yourself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ-IegCdFnI

*Her songs Are You Here, Love's On Its Way, & Diving For Hearts are equally beautiful; the lyrics are elegant and profound. Pure poetry. Go buy the album and enlighten yourself, fool!

"I Need You"

A piece from the silver sketchbook

I have enjoyed filling up this summer!

"I Need You"

marker x pen

-robalu

"Medium: Oils"

"Medium: Oils"

It’s raining! It’s pouring!

Evacuate your homes!

Hurricane BP is a-coming!

Wh-where are the college students?

Oh No! College kids don’t watch the news;

they are adults but still children at heart!

My God, look at them in the park:

splashing in puddles barefoot,

catching raindrops with their tongues!

The air reeks of Mother Nature’s blood. 

The winds whip up a slick sea spray,

 the sky takes a sip, then a gulp;

levees in the clouds crack, their bellies burst open.

Oil spills down the students throats— 

the petrol poisons their purified souls.

An old man in his car saw it; 

said the children were vomiting rainbows.

It’s raining! It’s pouring!

My inner child curls up

in the comfort of my ribs,

shaking my heart like a rattle.

-Robert Gibson Jr.