Heavy is the Head Space

Posted bySynnika Alek-Chizoba LoftonPosted incommunity, mailbox weekly, PoemsTags:, , , ,

8 miles down
a black road,

hoping to
smash before

the crash.
Hoping to

bubble and
ball before

the sun comes
up. Cool breeze

gives me dap.
Early morning

deer escape
into the last

exhalations
of night. No

one knows
male head-

space, like
loose gravel

and Angry
Noise. Crisp

air high steps
for a few more

hours, taking
arrogant leaps,

strides, across
quiet urban land-

scape. This
cul-de-sac

shakes bones
in the palm,

like dice. Blows
them thangs.

CLICK CLACK.
CLICK CLACK.

I beat back
demons. Restore

the mind to the
default setting.

Frontline. All
revolutions

begin this way.
Nipsey masters

sermons. I filter
misunderstood voices.

forming this route,
this highway to

liberation. They
say Heavy is the

head that wears
the crown. Hovering

at this altitude,
Hovering at this

altitude, pausing
for a moment,

understanding
the roots of this

volatile thing.
The road is long

and narrow. The
vehicle is flesh.

The gamble
is real, and

I redefine this
American thing

called happiness
with the metal

in my voice.

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Published by Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton

"Synnika Alek-Chizoba Lofton is an award winning poet, the president and CEO of Guerrilla Ignition LLC, host of a Nationally Syndicated radio show, and an educator, teaching literature at Chesapeake Bay Academy and English courses at Norfolk State University. Lofton has recorded more than one hundred and fifty CDs, albums, CD-singles, and mixtapes of poetry, including his highly praised debut, The New Breed. He is the author of twelve books and the founder of Riot Speech, a musical genre combining performance poetry with traditional musical forms, such as Rock, Jazz, and Hip Hop. His poems have been published in Experience Reality Magazine, Quay: A Journal of the Arts, UpStreet: A Literary Magazine, and, in 2014, Lofton has been featured in Blind Sided Magazine. He is a regular on Virginian television programs such as The Hampton Roads Show and Chesapeake’s Thinking Out Loud on WCTV. He teaches World Literature, British Literature, and Composition, while touring the country, performing at literary festivals, musical festivals, poetry readings, open mics, concerts, high schools, and colleges."

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