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Blax Hx 2023: In the Name

There is power in your name. Study its history, its origin. Love on it. Write it down, ball up the paper, see how it unfolds. No matter how many hard or soft covers beckon its beginning and end; no matter how many faces they give it, there it is. Etched inside. Parting red seas. AContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: In the Name”

Blax Hx 2023: Prince of ☮️

And we must learn to release the grip around our enemy’s necks. Free our hands for something…more. Forgive our dreams for being nightmares (at times). Give a fist bump to the things you once thought were ruining your life. Ride in cars with tax collectors, realtors, and practitioners. Ask the great Prince of Peace toContinue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Prince of ☮️”

Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL

Careful with your voice. It carries a vibration. Different than sketching words onto lined canvases.When you speak it is a forced-feeding of sorts. It is your self outside of itself. Walking beside another. Braiding her hair. Shaving his beard. Coming closer and closer to orifices that don’t belong to the original speaker. Being chewed, swallowed.Continue reading “Blax Hx 2023: Care FULL”

Blax Hx 2023: Broken Cages

Once we realize how imprisoned we are…. Only then can we appreciate broken cages Can we admit to the ache in our wings Can we recognize the great importance of a call(in’), its song, and its flight