Ahhhhh, the end of another year.....

The residue of another year--come and gone--exists as the dust at the bottom of life's hourglass, whilst, the infant cries of the new year ring out into the wintry air......

I give much thanks to the Almighty for bringing me through another year with ALL my brain cells intact. Not one of the tiny atoms inside my brain ruptured....sending me on a flight to pillage, maim, or destroy...And for that...I'm grateful........

And what about you, Holmes?......

Did you make it through all right, or did you fall by the wayside?.....Did you raise hell--or your own consciousness?.....Did you build a bridge to the future--or another ghetto?....Tell me...

Look, Holmes, I know that this world can be a stale, and bitter, place for blak folk--but what did you do to brighten your little corner of the sphere?....

You see, Holmes, it's like this...REALITY is nothing more that your perception of that which is obvious to your inner self.....If all you see is the negative, then, that's where you shall reside...

It's all in your mind, Holmes, it--really and truly--is....You dig me, Holmes?.....

Now, we've reached the start of another year and what did you do to accelerator codify your existence on this planet, last year?.... Did you spend the abundance of the year blaming the system and others for your demise? Or did you work it all out yourself?...

Did you feed the hungry?.....Did you raise the dead?...Did you clothe the naked?....Did you offer a brother or sister a cup of water to still their thirst?...

WHAT did you do, Holmes? Did you do anything positive last year, or did you act like a spoiled brat who did nothing but whine and moan the whole time through?...Just sucking up the year with no thought of self-improvement or personal evolvement....

You see, Holmes, the world don't owe you nothing....but you owe it to yourself, and the ones whom love you, to get off your 'rusty-dusty' and TRY to succeed in this world.....

Gulping down 40's on a street corner--like some over-grown baby with a bottle---ain't gon' do it , Holmes.....

Sneaking out at night to dark alleys to sale your body for crack---that ain't it.....

Jumping out from the shadows to rob and menace brothers and sisters---naw.....

Going, back and forth, to jail like it's some summer retreat---no way....

Did you act like some brain-dead zombie on a march down into the lower depths of Tartarus?.....Or did you seek to bring people together--like your own family?

Did you lift someone up with a bowed down head--or did you kick them in the teeth where it really hurts?.....

All the negative things that hold your mind down....you have power over, Holmes...You just need to seek higher learning and the spiritual knowledge that will guide you around the pot holes that seek to derail your life--that's all...

Become one with the CREATOR and He'll bless you, Holmes, I can witness to that....

But--no matter what--I have faith in you, Holmes...I truly believe that with the right instruction, and purging of your soul from the negative things that have been transposed upon it....that you will come through like the champ you are, Holmes.....

But are you listening, Holmes?.........

Holmes,....................

Holmes,.............

HOLMES!!!!

Last revised: 02.18.2004