My Black Book- Vol.1

By Kheneil A. Black

A poetic journey of love loss and life lessons, wrapped neatly in a rhythm and rhyme format

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456731755

Kheneil A. Black

I was born on October 31st 1984, in a place the whole world is familiar with. Kingston, Jamaica is my birth place, I lived there for the first four years of my life, and to this day I consider it my home. I think of myself as a proud Canadian too but when Im asked, my classification is Jamaican-Canadian. My family moved to Toronto, Canada on August 1988. Since coming here Ive been thoroughly immersed into many cultures and ideals that where once alien to me. Jamaican by nature but Canadian by nurture with lessons abundant As I grew, my attitudes about love, life, and money remain incumbent The places Ive lived, be it safe or dangerous leaves nothing to be ashamed This book isnt about getting in the lime light or seeking fame If there is anything learned from this book, my outlook on life is to blame My mind races with thoughts of loved ones and naysayers all the same Because of the raw nature of my mind, these words could no longer be contained So I spill my thoughts and life lessons on these pages for your mind to retain Growing up in many places from rural landscapes to urban concrete lakes Ive seen with my own eyes, that the more you know the higher the stakes Im not seeking fame but Im not apposed to the title of a great. My life like the city is layered with different colors and tastes much like a cake If the ideals in these pages do not rise in your heart, give it time to bake. Writing is my means to an end, and life is shorter than just around the bend Treat the people around you as kind as your lovers and friends Enjoy each page of this book, so you can find the means to your end.

Book preview

The Welcome Mat

The ties that bind are the tightest kind

Family, friends, and love are all of the above

They make up my life’s organs

They keep me warm, because they are my gloves

In the middle is my spine

My heart, body and mind

Held together with inner strength

Trained by written thoughts and toned by written rhyme

This is my first stroke in other readers’ boats

Let common bonds keep my readers afloat

With my heart on my sleeves it’s my love that I tote

Many lessons learned are my sensitive nerves

Memories are my blood, my vim, vigor and verve

Sullen times of the past where served on a curve

All throughout this journey pay attention to my verbs

And if a phrase strikes deep, heed the meaning of my words

As you dive into this book

See it as your wave or your babbling brook

What ever message taken from within

Know there is no need to return what you took

Now the end of my spine has a hook

If you’re given food for thought

Just remember, I’m the cook

Table of Contents

The Welcome Mat

Chapter 1: Black Magic

Love Drops

Fake-believe

Quicker

New Me

50 Nuts

Friendly Love

Hate the Hate

We All Need Love

Why? You Now!

Long Hair, Kind Eyes

Morning Glory

My Love Can Take You Higher

Victory

Chance of Destiny

Current Life

4 Her

The Wait

Talking to Myself

Love Tree

Eating Emotions

Soul Sista

Jah Cross

Fusion

Soul Vibe

Scorpio

Pick 3

Pick 1

Pick None

Bake Mistake

The Kiss

Think Deep

The Girl #1

Mistakes

The Girl I Feel

The One

The Goal

A Day of Days

The End

Winged Heart

Love Liquidation

Sometimes You Must

Momentum Shift

Better Black

No Lie, Just true

Future in Our Hands

Chapter 2: Word Box Black

Play Rough

Dream Life

Strive Aspire

Creation of tions

Instructions

Across My Universe

Cirque de Love

Great Changing Heart

Last Night

The Mind

Change the Fool

Rhythm and Rhyme

Burned Bridges

Promises to Me

Night Walk

Love and Food

Pen to Pad

A Friend’s Life

Hope Farmers

I’m Feeling it!

My Other 3 Quarters

Who Knew

My Outsides within

KT Squeeze

You are…I am…

In Her Eyes

Feelings

(ND4L) Nuff Damage 4 Life

New Rulers

Remember the Sun

Clock Season Change

Boxing Loves

My Enemy is me

Mind Power

Resurrection

Chapter 3: The Book of Black

Patience for your Lips

Playing Grey Days

Go Train Refrain

My Beautiful puzzle

Street Lights

Less than 2 is One Love

Power & Strength

Sea of Lonely

Lovers Q&A

Have you Ever…

Shakespearian Erotica

New Prey

Love, Rain, and Pain

New Instructions

Inherent Plight

Chapter 4: Black to Basics

Unhappy Black

Heart Burn

Love Buy

Good News

My Lullaby

Lady Hope

Let’s get it in

Cruising Blues

Cool Mood

Bliss

Meditation

New Testament

The Exit

Chapter 1: Black Magic

I’m like a black hole

Ever yearning for more

Nothing is fulfilling

Not any more

But one day I felt it

And I became whole

My heart was full

My soul satisfied

It was so intense

I almost cried inside

What is it and what does it hold

My heart in its hands for it to mould

It takes my thoughts

And transmutes words to gold

Since thoughts brew

Until we return to mould

I can throw words together

Until I’m grey and old

This is the realest raw deal

These are the beginnings

Before the banana is peeled

Before the first inning

Before the pigs squeal

Before the dawn breaks

In a time before the fake was real

Before the earth quakes

Before the good and tragic

It all started here

In the book called Black Magic

Love Drops

Walking in the rain

Helps to cleanse the body the soul and the brain

Washing away the pain that drove me insane

Cleaning my heart so I’m ready to love again

To the world it’s all the same

Misery and pain with no one to blame

Destiny awaits us, but what are we to gain?

When I come across them they seem content and lame

But what’s in a name? They can call me rain

I’ll let them walk if it’s all the same

And as they whisper goodbye hurt, goodbye pain

I’ll yell out to the heavens

Screw you all I’m walking in the rain

With my heart in hand they are ready to love again.

Fake-believe

Trapped between two worlds, the real and the fake

Trying to find a place to land to make my name great

The real world is an ocean; the fake is just a lake

Where would you go to learn how to swim?

Where would you place your fate?

The fake world is easy it has comfort, it offers breaks