Why Do I Write?
By Karla Wooten-Sunday
I write for my own personal joy, edification, beauty, ecstatic pleasure, and empowerment.
Words have power — death and life is the power of the tongue, death and life is the power of the pen.
When I write my words are so alive and powerful that you can feel me breathe and taste the pleasure of the words that I write in your mind and on your tongue.
My writing is alive, it is energy, synergy, painful, and powerful.
This journal is meant to shine the light on who I am, revealing to the world this magnificent, beautiful creation that GOD breathed life into ME.
I write to tell the truth about Motherhood, Life, Victory, Healing, Emotional Pain, Bondage, and Liberty.
I write to tell the truth about what it means to be African American and living within the American Social Justice/Criminal Justice system.
I write to expose the truth about political hypocrisy, democracy, and theocracy.
I write because the power of the pen sets me free.
I write because this pen is so full of life and sometimes the truth that it reveals is deadly.
I write because this mind that GOD gave me tells me that when I write I am at liberty to express my identity and when I write with this pen, I can take you to the mountaintop, I can take you to the river, the hills, and the valley. I can walk through the plains of your consciousness and your mind and set you on fire, free, and for a brief moment I can expose you to the truth of my reality and identity and expose to you my mind.
I write to give to you a pleasure that is profound that you have never known.
I write because my mind is one of the things that I refuse to give this corrupt American Criminal Justice system — my mind is the one thing the criminal justice system will never own.
I write for those who are too afraid to rise up and express themselves.
I write because GOD gave me this creative, intelligent gift and he said, Write, Baby, the words that I tell you, with your fine, beautiful, divine, talented self.
Write the words that I give to you that he and she that read these powerful words that they may see the vision, that they may run, so they may see the vision that shines out of you illuminating the world like the sun.
GOD said, Write, Baby — use this pen that is powerful like a sword and FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT.
God said — Write, Girl, be powerful, this pen is your voice and it will change your life.
I write because I can’t help myself.
GOD told me to write, GOD told me to never surrender, to never lay down my pen, to never surrender my heart, my spirit, my soul, or my mind but to rise up and shine like the sun, to be a light.
I WRITE BECAUSE I AM THE VOICE OF THE POWERHOUSE.
I AM THE POWER BEHIND THE PEN — THERE ARE 2.3 MILLION OF US AND I WRITE FOR ME AND I WRITE FOR THEM.
I AM NOT POWERLESS — I AM POWERFUL.
I WRITE BECAUSE ONE DAY THIS POWERHOUSE WILL BE FREE AND THERE IS NO DEVIL IN HEAVEN OR HELL THAT WILL STOP ME.
WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
By Karla Wooten
My views & perspective about life shifted after I was wrongfully convicted.
It seemed like an evil dream.
But, I’ve discovered that NOTHING in Life is ever as it seems.
I could not believe that this had happened to me.
Inside my Heart, My Mind, My Spirit, My Soul,
I kept crying… while maintaining a straight face.
Did anyone EVER think to ask me was I OK?
Do you know how hard it is to keep on living and to keep trying?
When everyone around you is being deceptive, concealing evidence and lying?
I replied to an Employment Ad that said, No License required.
Be your own Boss.
Work your own hours.
I was promised 100% commission to help people finance their homes.
I was told I would NEVER walk alone. Imagine to my surprise, it was all lies.
Everyone I worked for was committing crimes.
To make matters worse.
The Government violated ALL my Federal &State Civil and Constitutional Rights.
People were threatened so they told lies in court and perjured themselves.
It was sad that I couldn’t get decent legal help.
My Attorney refused to present 60 witnesses and refused
to present 700 documents I had given to him.
He sold my life down the river so that he could get promoted;
my life was sold by one who I assumed that he was devoted
to make sure that my life and rights were protected and preserved.
My Voice was NEVER heard.
I did not get the legal help I deserved.
In America that’s how it goes for Black folks
who don’t have a lawyer to fight for their life as a WARRIOR.
Who depend on the lies that are told to them by Government Lawyers.
JENNIFER PORTER
By Karla Wooten
Jennifer Porter showed through her stare that she was heartless and did NOT care,
she ran over Black Children with her car,
her lawyer made sure that she was NOT punished
He was a Legal Rock Star.
Children were killed yet, she walked out of Court of her own Free will.
She did NOT do 1 day of Prison or Jail Time and after turning herself in
Went home that night to drink some wine.
She was a Pre-School Teacher trusted with children
yet she made Innocent children her victims.
On her sentencing day she was given House Arrest
& the Legal & Justice System failed the Test,
for 45 days she and her car were hidden, the murder weapon was missing.
Police had a partial picture after her hit and run of the car’s license plate.
The children’s mother was on TV crying for Justice, pleading Night and Day.
The children had been playing at a local park;
they held hands as they went home just before dark.
Porter hit them with her car and kept right on driving like it was a Lark.
Porter knew that what she had done was wrong
she hid her car behind her mother’s Florida dance Studio.
Porter ran over these children and kept driving that day,
police were on TV trying to review the license plate.
It’s tragic and it’s sad, No One should ever be glad, Justice was NOT served,
the victims’ family did not get the Justice that they deserved.
But, that’s how Life is in America for Black Folks
when White America is still trying to deny us the Right to Vote.
We’re NOT PROGRESSING, we are regressing.
What do you do when Justice is NOT just, when those that are supposed to protect and serve are the very ones that you can NOT Trust.
This Poem was written to ask God to Bless the dead,
to memorialize those that did NOT get the Justice that they deserved.
GOD BLESS THE DEAD
By Karla Wooten
George Floyd, Emmitt Till, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X,
I could go on for Eternity
remembering those whose lives ended in Tragedy.
Their Spirits and Voices are speaking still from the Grave;
they will be remembered forever all over the World for Eternity for being Brave.
I remember what my Grandmother once said, she used to say.
Pray for Peace, God Bless the Dead.
You may think that the dead do not speak but, their Blood speaks to God crying out
from the ground, for GOD remembers those whose lives have ended in Tragedy.
GOD sees and knows the things that we never see. God sees and know the things that we will never know, the past, the present and the future eternity.
God knows when it is our time for you and for me.
I am talking about the time for us to live and the time for us to die,
the time for us to mourn and the time for us to cry…
God keeps the record and God keeps the tally, God puts us on the mountain top
and He sees us in the Valley.
One thing that is always a solace is that God is a God of Mercy, Truth, and Justice.
No One who lives in this Universe has the right to take another person’s life
and God will punish them for their evil deeds, God counts the costs God sees our needs….
God is NOT a man and it is impossible for him to lie…
The Bible says that ALL people, dead or Alive are ALIVE to God.
We belong to God every one of us; our Life is His and not ours…
God communicates with those whose lives have been shortened
due to people who have no conscience and no mercy in their heart.
GOD BLESS THE DEAD, may seem to you to be weird, if it does,
I’m NOT writing this Poem for you, I’m writing it for them.
I’m writing this Poem for their families and for those who know
that the crime of their murders was a senseless Tragedy.
I’m writing this Poem for all the children who did not get the opportunity
to see these people personally or get to hear them speak.
I’m writing this Poem to God, who sees and who knows everything.
I’m writing this Poem for these Great People, who did not know the fullness of life,
whose lives were shortened due to another person’s vicious pride,
maliciousness and strife and desires to take away other people’s right to life.
GOD Bless the dead is for Brianna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
GOD Bless the dead is for George Floyd, Emmitt Till, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X,
I could go on for Eternity remembering those whose lives ended in Tragedy.
This Poem was written so that their Murderers know that they did NOT die in Vain,
that their lives will be remembered with victory.
We will remember them forever and their family’s pain.
We will not forget, we will say their Name…
These People and their voices will be REMEMBERED forever,
they have set Fire to the World’s Passion, their memories
and lives have been a force for change and will be forever revered and treasured.
These people’s voices, which their murderers tried to silence are speaking still
from beyond the silence of the grave,
they are remembered and have EMPOWERED Millions
to speak up for Truth and Justice and to have courage and be brave.
We will say their Names, we will be proud, we will be bold, brave and not ashamed,
and we will remember those who were put in early graves.
I will remember forever what my Grandmother said,
Pray for Peace and that God Bless the Dead.
Speak the Truth 2 Empower
By Karla Wooten
NOW, is the Hour to Speak Truth 2 Empower.
Recently I’ve been asked about the Present, the Future and the Past.
I’ve been asked to speak about Racial Injustice, Social Injustice, Civil Unrest,
some people say and suggest that I let sleeping dogs lie
and NOT rock the Boat to close my eyes to humanity and hope.
I will not be silent so that those who hope to change the world for the worse
will not have any person that opposes them.
I will not be silent so that those whose lives ended too soon
because they fought for causes and their lives still speak from the tomb;
Tragedy is pain and Trauma,
Life is full of endless drama, some of the memories
that I and my ancestors live with
they are an unwanted gift.
I say Speak Truth to Empower our children to live in a world that must change
that must stop fostering hate;
Speak Truth to empower before it is too late;
Don’t be a silent victim, dare to be Bold, Brave and Great;
Dare to dreamlike Martin Luther King of a world where to be FREE means to be real, a world to do more than speak, but to use the power that you have to heal;
Dare to speak the Truth and not be afraid;
don’t be a slave of the pressure that some folks try to bring to bear,
the pressure to silence you so that you will live in fear;
Speak to Truth to Empower, actively promote change expose hate its’ NOT too late;
turn the chapter, change the page, change your fate;
Speak Truth to Empower, Dare to Be Brave;
DEMOCRACY
By Karla Wooten
7/10/2023
The current Republican Party does not believe in Equality or Democracy;
The Constitution was written only for the white and the Wealthy;
The current climate in this Country is NOT Healthy;
It seems like that in every generation there is a shady character;
That is able to deceive the masses and lie and say that sunlight is tory weather;
How can we take 1stepforward and 20 steps back, through the oppression the hate,
the fate of millions is dependent on hacks;
The Constitution was NOT written for you or me Black America,
it was written for those that are white and wealthy;
When it was written African Americans were considered to be 3/5th’s human, yet wealthy white people trusted us (Black folks) to raise and nurse their children;
When the Haters, the Racists and the Bigots stand before God, I wonder what will they say?
When you’re on your death bed, that is NOT the time to pray; Oh, you can pray if you want….
But consider your evil, vicious ways because God may not be interested, when you’re dying in what you have to say
Don’t be surprised if in Hell you lift up your eyes and when you ask God, WHY?
If He says by the time that you decided to change your ways,
It was too late for you to pray.
God judges by the heart and your actions the things that you say and the things that you do,
the choices that you make and the truth and the lies that you state…
You can tell God with your mouth whatever you wish,
but He is listening to the secrets and the desires of your heat,
more than the words that come from your lips….
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MULTI-TASK
By KarlaWooten
High Stress, High Pressure Jobs they say are good for you,
If you want to receive Great Pay.
At least that’s what the “Great and Powerful” Capitalists say.
But what they don’t tell you is that Multi-Tasking can kill you
when you work 90 hours a week and when you work 14-15 hour days.
This is NOT the right way to live and enjoy Life and it definitely is NOT ОК.
If you continue to live this way, in the Grave your Head, you’ll lay.
How do you stay focused when you’re just going through the Motions?
You’ll soon lose all objectivity, you’ll lose all hope of a life and lose productivity
And forget to focus.
High Stress, High Pressure jobs they say are good for you if you want Great Pay.
At least that’s what the “Capitalists” say.
Only if you want to die early someday,
90 Hour work weeks, 14-15 hour days are NOT OK.
It’s impossible to live a Life full of joy when you operate this way.
MULTI-TASK,MULTI-TASK,MULTI-TASK, they say,
if you do this constantly in the grave your soul will soon lay.
FEENIN
By Karla Wooten
FEENIN is like a bad habit, this sex got you like an addict.
I want you to stop peeking from the bushes,
stop pulling and pushing. Stop trying to make me love you.
When all I want is friendship NOT to be with you.
We are NOT together, it’s NOT ME, and it’s definitely you.
It’s all the things that you say and that you do.
I told you that I just wanted to holler
when you were trying to impress me with your dollars.
I’ve got my own money. I’ve ALWAYS been a BOSS.
Goodbye, it’s your loss.
I know that I’m the one that you crave.
You need to STOP we will NOT be together forever
from the cradle to the GRAVE.
Stalking is NOT cool, WTF is wrong with you?
Find yourself someone else to play with,
find yourself another fool. Feenin’ is like a bad habit.
When your sex is so GOOD that it creates sex addicts.
And, it just won’t do when you’ve got yourself a fool.
Be careful what you say, be careful what you do.
Crazy is NOT sexy. Sex Addicts are NOT cool.
TATTOO-Song
By Karla Wooten
She makes me feel like singing-
from the Top of her head to the soles of her feet
all that I see is Beauty.
She said to me, I can be all you want and all that you need.
I said, Girl, you’re too young for me.
She said, Lady please, Baby give in to me.
She was a secret crush, beautiful and lush…
I couldn’t help myself she was all I wanted and no one else…
Little did I know that the crush was mutual…
the connection was deep, rich and beautiful
She makes me feel like singing..
from the top of her head to the soles of her feet,
naked or clothed all I see is Beauty.
She said, Look at me …Do you like my Tattoo?
She said…I got it for me, but Baby it’s for you.
Her Tattoo was calling me.
It was calling my Name; it said Beautifully Broken,
she was naked and not ashamed.
I longed to taste it with my tongue, that honey that fire,
I said Baby please give me some,
as I traced the words to this Beautiful Poem that on her
body was a song that Tattoo and all that was her made me hum.
We’re all Beautifully Broken,
created naked and not ashamed,
fearfully wonderful created without pain,
made to be beautiful, created whole,
restored forever when we find the other half of our soul.
She makes me feel like singing..singing…singing…singing…
BE RELENTLESS
By Karla Wooten
Run towards your destiny.
Run for the Fences. Stand your Ground.
Be Relentless. Be Consistent. Be Determined. Be Diligent.
Go for broke.
Run for the Fences.
You may have to run through the Trenches.
Overcome every Obstacle in your way.
Don’t allow anything to stop you.
Be Relentless.
Through Opposition, make your Score.
RUN, RUN, RUN through EVERY Open Door.
The World is waiting for you.
Be Determined in Everything that you do.
It’s TIME FOR YOU TO WIN.
Never forget that Time waits for No Man, No Woman, No Boy, No Girl.
Run towards your Destiny. Be Ready for the World.
It’s TIME for you to know who is &who is NOT your friend.
This is NO time for you to feel defenseless.
It’s TIME FOR YOU TO WIN!!!!
Go over, under, around every obstacle that stands in your way.
Live, Laugh, Love, Win & Pray.
Be Fierce, Be Bold, Be Beautiful, Be Brave, Be Relentless every single day.
Be Relentless, Be Determined that NOTHING will stop you in every way.
Success comes to those who are Bold and Brave enough to reach for their Dreams,
to pursue them vigorously.
Success is for those who want their Dreams more than they want their next breath.
Success comes to those who are willing to fight for it to the Death.
Play to WIN.
Be up for the Challenge.
Stand on your own two feet, find your balance…
FOCUS, FOCUS. FOCUS. eliminate all distractions.
You’ll find your Destiny & Success when you find your Passion.
Warrior
By Karla Wooten
World activist rallying redeeming
Restoring internationally our rights,
Warriors unite it’s time to fight.
What are we fighting for? Our civil
State and federal constitutional
Rights the seas are raging, the storm
Is bright.
Equal pay and equal rights this is
A continuing fight, until we all have
Equality America will NEVER truly be free.
We fight to eliminate racism and
Discrimination every day with all our
Might in every way.
Warriors know that these movements
Need to grow until we all can say that
We’re living the American way.
America has always been a land of
Opportunity but right now we must fight
To end all the insanity that is destroying
Humanity.
Warriors it’s time now to unite to
Rally, restore and redeem our rights.
Peace
By Karla Wooten
Utopia would be the day that we
All have peace. A world where there
Is no war where children are safe
In their parent’s cars. A world in
Which mass shootings do not exist
And law enforcement doesn’t have
Crimes that they miss through error
And negligence. Peace will be a world
Where no one is dying, tears are
Wiped away and politicians stop lying.
It would be so great to walk down
The streets and not see homeless,
Hungry people every single day. Peace
Would be a world of harmony, a world
Where the economy doesn’t fluctuate or
Where people abuse their children every
Day.
The Elysian Fields would be a place
Where the grass is ever green, where we
Live in unity allowing people to choose
Their identity where all people live FREE
Praising God for sanity. God brings the
Peace, restore our souls and meet our
Needs, it’s time for us to change, it’s time
For the world to pray.
All of Creation
By Karla Wooten
All of creation is waiting for
You to decide that you will live
That you will not die
All of creation is waiting for
You to know that your
Destiny is in front of you
Let the past go
All of creation is waiting
You to change for you
To stop all your complaints
All of creation wants you
To know your future is
Bright and full
Of hope
And that it is great
All of creation is full of joy
All of creation is full of peace
All of creation is waiting for
You to shape to its needs
When I say needs I mean you
To look at your dreams
And decide that they will come
True.
T.E.A.M
By Karla Wooten
Together everyone achieves
Miracles
Together everyone accomplishes
More
The word team means so many
Things what it means the
Most is that working together you
Can do the impossible.
Impossible means I AM
Possible.
Who are you? Who is your team?
What are your hopes? What are
Your dreams?
Within you lies the secret of
Joy.
Within you is the secret of more
Challenge yourself everyday
Work hard and pray, you have what you say
Be consistent in all your ways.
Together everyone achieves
Miracles.
Together everyone accomplishes more
Your dreams are calling, run through
that door.
Celebrity
By Karla Wooten
Elegance defines you, makes you age
Less and iconic. When you have class,
It is an element of style that sets you
Apart, making you an icon, isn’t it ironic?
Icons are remembered forever, full
Of beauty a priceless treasure.
As a celebrity you decide who you
Want to be, what your brand is and
Who the public wants to see. You
Decide what makes you unique.
Once that decision is made then
You become the persona your public
Wants to be.
Are you going to be insane?
Will using that persona include using
Your brain?
Who is your identity honey? 15 minutes
Of fame passes quickly what’s your
Magic number for money?
Social media is full of fakes
When you go out in public, do you
Have what it takes? Who do you
Want to be?
The public is fickle anyone can
Be an infamous celebrity.
Sexy
By Karla Wooten
All the girls I’ve loved before is a song
Of which I want more….but sexy needs
To be defined and I have a few women
In mind. The fabulous Naomi Campbell,
Sexy but prickly like a bramble. I would
Love to have some honey, a gallon to put
On Megan Thee Stallion. She’s a gorgeous
Girl, sexy and bold, fierce the half of
Who she is has NEVER been told, let’s talk
About the beautiful J-Lo; I can’t forget
Kacey Lusgrove. These are all the girls
That I’ve loved in my dreams. Women that
Can make you scream. Their every move is
Seductive and beyond compare. Both men
And women stare. We want their magic,
We want their glow, Hell most of us want
To look like J-Lo. Crazy kills sexy
Every day of the week but, that magic
Ageless, elixir of sexy that defines
These women is something that we
All seek.
Sexy is who we want to be.
Fate
By Karla Wooten
I know you think you hate me But
I know you really love me, the pain
Was so great it almost turned love to
Hate.
Baby this love is fate. I’m on my
Knees, I can’t walk away. Please
Forgive me, your face is all I see, please
Stay. This love is fate.
I will be all you need, your love
Lives in my hopes and in my dreams.
What you want is all in me. Baby I can’t
Walk away. Please stay. This love is fate.
This love is fate. For me, for you it’s NOT
Too late. Your heart holds my soul. I
Will never let you go. There’s nothing
On this earth like you, let me love
You like you deserve. You are worth
The world to me, everything I want &
Need. Baby I’m on my knees. This love
is fate it’s you and me; for eternity.
Racist
By Karl Wooten
I’ve tried to have patience, it’s sad
People really do have 2 faces. I was
So shocked to find out that my
Baby is a racist. How did this
Happen? How could it be? I didn’t
Know it when he was talking to
Me. Other girls would tell me that
He was so rude, such an asshole, a
Liar and crude. He never showed
Me that side of himself. I thought
That they were talking about some
One else. When I would say Baby why
Do they say you are rude? He
Would say Have I ever been rude to
You? I would have to say NO, because
Around me he was always professional.
I was 100% on his team, he was
Funny, a little sarcastic, not super
Handsome but so damn sexy.
So imagine my shock and my surprise
To finally realize, that my fantasy
Has 2 faces who he shows himself
And seems to be but actually I found
Out that he’s a racist, and some one else.
The Lyricist of Poetry
By Karla Wooten
Poetry is like a Soul deep. Beautiful. Wet. Juicy. Luscious Kiss. Poetry is like Nirvana that you drink with your mind, illustrious,
Intellectually flavor filled Bliss;
Poetry is the language of the Lyricist, NOT necessarily one who is
Trying to be mysterious.
The Poet is one, who seeks to illuminate your mind, empowering your thoughts, as you gravitate to new plains in the Elysian Fields,
Poetry involves your Spirit, Mind, Heart, Soul & your will; Poetry allows you to examine life as it unfolds; Poetry challenges
you to Think, to Be Great To Be Brave; To Be Beautiful: To Be
Bold.
Poetry teaches one how to age gracefully gaining wisdom, knowledge & understanding,
Poetry has many a different face, it is demanding………
Poetry is Life. Love. Laughter. Joy. Hope. Faith & Grace;
Poetry grows in the Mind, in which it is nourished and planted, Poetry sows fruit meant to be intellectually eaten and not taken
for granted.
Poetry is the Language of the Lyricist speaking to those, whose Spirits. Souls. Hearts. Ears & Mind are open to hear and receive it.
Be Amazing
By Karla Wooten
Baby, let me give you some advice; don’t be lazy.
Be Awesome, Be The Fire ………
Be Outstanding. Be Excellent, Be Great.
Be Amazing…
It’s something you should strive to do, improve every day, live your truth.
Keep your head up; you can have it your way. Be excellent….
Be Awesome Baby, every single Day.
When you think about your life, live in peace, and be FREE from strife.
Don’t let toxic people poison you….poison is like being cut with a knife.
You should know that Love, Laughter, Joy & Hope will illuminate you
And make you glow.
Love, Laughter, Joy & Hope will illuminate you and help you flow….
See every adversary as an opportunity that helps you grow…
Live a life of victory & don’t live a life of defeat.
Live a life that inspires, that is empowering for all to see.
When you practice excellence every day, it will make you strong,
beautiful, powerful, great and brave, it will cause you to be awesome and
Amazing baby in every way.
An Amazing life when it is experienced is sweet; it is one that will inspire &
bring joy to everyone you meet.
What you put out in the world will come back to you. Live a life that is FREE from regret, not looking in the mirror at your rearview.
Practice being Awesome & Amazing every day.
Live a magnificent life, Trust God, Laugh, Live, Love and Pray.
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