You can't steal my dance...

There will never be
a dance more powerful
a move more thrilling
a leap more heroic
spins more rapid
extensions more lengthy
back-bends more flexible
than the dance...that dance
that lives in your soul
that fuels your passion
and resolves your peace

by Shonnese C.L. Coleman

...in the beginning

From the Alpha to the Omega

at morning dew to midnight blue

In waters deep to skies unseen

I am one within the beginning

Forefather's energies command my soul

there is no room for fear

They take me to the land I have never walked

feed me slices of daystar I have never tasted

place me in the pocket of the moon

and cradle me 'til the morrow

I am one within the beginning

by Shonnese C.L. Coleman 

1st published in "The Stride of Our Walk...The Root of Our Stand" A Collection of Performance Poetry

The Few

You should know by now
those like we, we who believe
we who see...are the few
the far reaching...between...
loud and spacious...rooms 
we exist to assist...when you are quiet
exploring the corners of your mind
kind we are, you should know by now
those like we, we who believe
we who see...are the few
the few who will still 
kneel to take a stand

by Shonnese C. L. Coleman