Tag: People

• i USED to

  

  I used to infuse you into my fantasy,          A PHENOMENAL future.          One where we’d FLAUNT and FLOAT, on clouds of FINESSE,          Our heads held HIGH in six-inch HEELS and HAUTE couture,          And CONFIDENCE to make {them} quiver.          I would be QUEEN and […]

  Tongwa Aka

  November 9, 2016

  Poetry

  bitterness, fantasies, feelings, friendship, girls, Happiness, heels, Life, Love, men, People, Poetry, queens, reality, Shoes, Society, Thoughts, Truth, Women, Wordpress, Words

• Everyday People – Oct. 13th 2016

  I have met Mr. David Pasquantonio a handful of times. He always has the most charming smile that reaches his eyes. He looks no taller than 5’11 and has dusty brunette hair with gray strands that are evidence of his late 40s. Today, he walked to my concierge desk and we played a game of […]

  Tongwa Aka

  October 13, 2016

  Blog

  America, Child, family, Happiness, Inspiration, People, personality, wife

• Everyday People – August 30th 2016

  I met Robert Adams today. He’s a tall African American man with dread locks that reach the small of his back, pulled in a low ponytail. When I first walked into the historic looking high-rise building on Vermont avenue NW, Washington DC, he greeted me with charm and eloquence. He had been typing an email. […]

  Tongwa Aka

  August 30, 2016

  Blog

  Art, Beauty, Blog, Blogging, Guitar, Happiness, Life, Love, Moments, Music, People, Stories, Work, World, Writing

• I Have No Words

  

  I want to say so many things regarding black people and white police, brutality, racial profiling. July 5th; Alton Sterling is shot, in the chest, at close range, while pinned to the ground by two officers. July 6th, Philando Castile is shot, while his four-year-old daughter watches from the backseat of the car. His girlfriend […]

  Tongwa Aka

  July 7, 2016

  Poetry

  America, Blacks, Blog, death, fear, Gun Laws, Guns, Life, Love, People, Police, Race, RacialProfiling, Society, Whites, World, Writing

• We Must Fight

  I have a question…. Disclaimer: this question might be considered offensive to some folk. P.S, it is not intended to spark hate or be offensive, it is intended to spark conversation… Ok so here’s my question… If given the chance in today’s America or perhaps today’s world, for black people to enslave white people the […]

  Tongwa Aka

  July 5, 2016

  Non-Fiction

  Africa, Black, Blog, Excellence, Hate, History, Independence, JulyFourth, Love, Moments, Peace, People, Race, Scars, Society, Success, White, Wordpress, World