08.26.07
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Lambda Xi –Stomp Fest ‘07
Big ups to Lambda Xi because straight up, hands down, no questions to be asked we put the other team to shame. Their performance was more about proving something–the “REDz” have nothing to prove–we are undoubtedly the cream of the crop.
I’ve not done a step show, prior to this one since UC Davis Stomp fest ‘05 and that show was off the chain too–I just wish I had a copy of it. I know someone does somewhere I just wish they’d youtube it so I can see the damn thing!
Anyhow this is the first show in a long time where the entire teams is a representative of Lambda Xi in some way/shape/form. The one person who is not an initiate of Lambda Xi is the current primary advisor of the chapter and she Rep’s ENu spr. ‘95–She’s OWT! She and I along with two of my other neos are currently members of Solano Valley Alumnae–which is who made up more than half the team in ‘05 and in ‘06 when our chapter stepped (and WON) our team was combined with one of our closest chapters (OChi)…Anyhow the team for ‘07 was composed of the following
Sericea 6-1 ~ Spr. ‘02
The Tre (me) & the Four-Rock
Tacazzea 2 ~ Spr. ‘04
The Deuce
Faucaria 4 ~ Spr. ‘05
Ace & Four–Rock
Nymania 9 ~ Spr. ‘07
Ace, Seven, Eight, & Nine (Tail)
08.25.07
Intriguing Discernment
Love, the LACK of…
IT’S HARD YOU SEE
WHEN YOU DO THE THINGS
YOU DO TO ME
ALL OF THE WORRY AND
DOUBT, ALL FOR NOTHING
BUT AN INDECISIVE
GESTURE, A REMARK
THAT LETS ME KNOW
YOU’RE NOT FOR SURE
OR EVEN PURE
UNCONDITIONAL, YOU
SAY YOU LOVE ME
BUT DO YOU REALLY?
OR REALLY HAS IT BECOME
SOMETHING YOU’VE JUST
KNOWN AND LEARNED
TO DO? IT DOESN’T’ APPEASE
ME WHEN YOU WITHOLD
THE TRUTH, LIES, A NEED TO GIVE
ME EVERYTHING
YET I RECEIVE NOTHING
BUT YOUR SORRY EXCUSES
TO WHY IT CAN’T BE BETTER
OR EVEN A LITTLE MORE
A LITTLE MORE BUT
NOT FROM YOU
TAKE AND DON’T GIVE
BUT THIS TIME
IT STOPS, RIGHT
HERE WITH ME
A LOVE LOST
A LOVE FREED
A LOVE I LET
GO THAT WILL
NEVER FIND ITS
WAY BACK TO ME
THE ONE WHO
LOVES SO UNCONDITIONALY
Life, Love, Happiness
The current atmosphere
Is so unclear, fogged
With memories of
Unique and unforgettable
Happiness, terms of
Endearment, I miss you,
I really like you
That turns into I love
You, words become
Un-cherished and lost
Never said again and
Unforgotten
The scene remains unchanged
As your words stand strong
And your actions crumble
All I ever wanted was
True happiness a life
Time of love that would
Never die, but instead
I got you…you loved
You lost love, you left me for another
That claimed your love
You turned around to
Back track and I hesitantly
Accepted you back with
Open arms
But instead of
Remaining faithful
And true you once
Again turned your
Back on what was
Once again becoming
Of me and you
This time like the
Last it didn’t work
Out, your heart is
Mine and that’s
Where it will stay
I am your one
True love, even though
You’ve failed to realize
The prize I’d given
You of standing by
Your side. I’ll be
The only one to give
You the unconditional
Love you feel from
Me to you. But
Unfortunately you’re
Too blinded and
Used to playing the fool that you’re missing
Out on a precious jewel
Worldly
Tears fall as I think of why
We let so many toxins enter
Our heavenly temples
Toxins of the world that seem to bring
Us a devilish joy…but what is evil can only be good,
Or is it that what is evil is bad
You see there has been so many theories
So many making judgments of their own
That no one can clearly see all of the joys that the
Devil seems to bring you and me
But really you see that all the things you feel
As joys aren’t real…from what is evil you see
Brings nothing that is good for you or me
But the world is filled with so many pleasures
How could a pleasure be so wrong
When we tilt the bottle back
And take it to the dome?
You see how could such pleasures you see
That seems to be greener and more pure
Than the whites of the rocks that seem to
Powdery cloud our judgments with thoughts
Of heavenly, yeah exactly because there’s no
Other way to describe me…heavenly joys of
A high that has to be Godly…but you see it’s all
The joys that the devil brings you and me
Why is it that blame shoots from one to the next
When all it is that we want to feel is the joys
That the devil brings so near
Oh the flesh and the taste of the touch that our
Minds and bodies lust but again you see
It’s all that we decide to let the devil insert in you
And me and then the tears again begin to fall
When we realize that pain we’ve caused
But oh the joys seem so much greater
Than any pain caused…the attitude is
We’ll get over it and be triumphant against
The human kind, but as desires remain
Strong and the cloudiness of all the lust and
Worldliness sink in we get stuck in a trap
Set by all the joys the devil brings us near
So you see you gotta be clear when accepting
That first hit of what the devil bring near
Because I assure you his actions will never
Be clear
© October 5, 2005
Devine Interventions 7:11
Musically Inclined
As I let the music run through my veins
I feel no pain
And I wonder what was being felt
When this piece of work was created
For all of those who listen
As the words come out
Where is my shadow?
What is if of me that connects me to you?
Where are you
Do you feel what I feel?
As my eyes remain closed and I feel
All the vibrations from the music through my fingers and my toes
I remain in a closed
Yet opened state of mind
Considering all the
Possibilities
That have begun to unfold for me
Whether it is me a lone
Or me with who ever you are
I see so much spiritually free
Blessed not ever cursed
Remarkably gifted by
God’s graces and remaining captive
To the unknowingness of my mind
As the words that vibrated through my ears scream at me
That they feel shadowless
I wonder if I could ever feel so not of my self
When the reality of the situation is that I may at times feel as though I am not my own
But my shadow remains and I grab hold of it and all its
Natural right and claim it! Daring it to leave me and feel free…never could I be
Shadowless, you see?
© October 5, 2005
Devine Interventions 7:11
Mental Strain
My mind attacks with every thought
Right matches left, my heart comes next two you
My left nine times from the next
I can’t help but to battle out what
Three kings left, me, zero times before
I think I’m so sure, but it’s al just words
Feelings generated by what we see
Things we desire magnified twenty-five times to come
But all my brain can think is right matches left
Shake it off
Think past it, let it sub-side, don’t remove your pride
Get it two gether, get your mind back on track
Don’t falter on things that could be,
Be sure, know what’s to come
Open the gates of communication
And remain on track together, but so far apart
My mind to hard, strained with desires matched with the unknown
So much more to learn, but as time depends
He’s slower to see the connection
My mind matches right to left!
© July 14th, 2005
Devine Interventions 7:11
Hooking up, the NOT knowing
Why when we meet a guy do we potentially think, MARRIAGE?
Why when we meet a guy do we hope and pray that he wants what WE WANT?
Why when we meet a guy do we think that he will be different from the NEXT?
Why do we live in such IMAGINARY WORLDS?
Realms, of unknown, treasures untold, that some-times NEVER UNFOLD?
Why does a phone call mean so much?
Why does him thinking enough to send an email with a simple hello, and a kind gesture, make us Getty with nothing but pleasure?
So happy thinking, ho he really likes me…
Why does a phone call mean so much more when it doesn’t occur?
How does the not knowing his thoughts, his feelings,
Whether he wants what we want, put so much doubt and fear in our minds?
The uncertainty of Why does not knowing fight so hardly against our hopes and dreams of having a man for no one else, a man that’s just for me?
Why is hooking up, ultimately the NOT KNOWING?
© July 14th, 2005
Devine Interventions 7:11
Our First Date
So many thoughts, so many joys
So many stories untold, so much destined to unfold,
What’s second nature to me, is so foreign to thee
Yet admittedly twice you have had to succeed,
My impulse is to hold hands but the body language
Does allow my advance
So I smile within and move on right behind you,
Our first experience, not quite satisfied but never the less
Excited to be sitting, side by side, excited to be sitting so near to you
As expressed with gratitude, appreciation is returned
How uncommon to me, to share such intimacy
By not being under…the sheets of this paper
Hold so little of what is felt, and
So much of what is thought
How do I give t you back what you’ve already given me
You see your friendship with me if that’s all we’re destined to be
Will still ultimately make me expressively happy
© July 14th, 2005
Devine Interventions 7:11