#PointZero

What if I told you that this temple is point zero?Will you believe me when I break it down how in my mind we’re each’s own true heroes?

It’s seems so many of my people seek a life never meant for them. 

because a life well lived is a night well spent.

And that’s the funny thing about reality

The only thing that makes it real is the intentions coming out, you see

Therefore You is. Yes You is. 

Because your perception is literally the only thing you did and by now, one can only hope it’s soaking in. 

Ironically in existence we are the result of absorbed omnipotence

and half of you can’t live without permission and even then 

you gotta sip again, or dip again…shit we are supposed to die daily 

but some of yall wont die so you can live again. 

Meanwhile I’m striving to break all 7 of my seals.

 6 of my senses steer the five on both sides of the temple to lay the foundation in these 4 earthly elements to bring the great spirit upon man until the 3 wise men show me where I’m really destined. 

Blessed be and lucky me for I’m able to speak on my divine twin soul hanging out in Gemini. And please don’t misinterpret I’m not missing any vital pieces or broken I’m just seeking the moon to my sun. 

I just know the story I don’t got the answers so it’s okay in my head to talk to strangers while I’m on the run because really are they really? 

Can’t pray for heaven on earth and be expected not to walk and talk freely. The sooner you realize that the universe extend outward we can keep it trill, B. 

Side Thoughts…a freeverse from a free thinker

Faith sheds light on even the most impossible riddles of life…
Can you imagine what could happen
if you gain the advantage
from mistakes that have passed?
You’d control where you land after being tossed the dead man’s hand
dealt from the deck of cards branded with heavy clubs and broken hearts.

You’d transcend all the naysayers as your dreams become truth,
Laying to rest all the inconsistencies that prey upon your destiny
In your life you would be in charge, dominating territories previously unconquered.
You would set the cap on your possibilities and give reign to your iniquities
…as the world turns by your hand.

But on second glance, I realize you would see that as too much like right
to wage a fight against groundless stereotypes
branded on the souls of the disenfranchised
They analyze our demeanor to guillotine us from the mainstream
when we are the head of a cultural movement.
Higher than the head of the bodies
we embody the pedagogy
from which the school of hard knocks is descended

Not to mention we ace thru the course work
like we wrote the book and dictate the study guide on a daily basis
thru body language because we know actions speak louder than words.
You can show me better than you can tell me
how the family unit is ailing from swelling over
into other realms where they don’t belong.
Where love should stand alone
we’ve required that she have at least three other bad bitches on her side
at all times because you are the company you keep,
but what they don’t tell you
is that you’re judged by what you speak because, even if it barks
a duck is still a duck.

So if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck
maybe u should stop listening to how he talks and value what he says.
Even is he comes of as a complete asshole
its balanced by a heart of gilded gold…And that would never be compromised
for the so called advantage that comes with acceptance
because he knows the side effect is neglect
at the guilty hands of a judgmental people.

I believe that we are the masters of our fate,
but only when you exist from the inside out
Otherwise, without a shadow of a doubt
our lives cease to be our own
once persuaded and dictated by the will of another.
I believe we should want to go so much further.

Get Ready: A Response

Honestly I love the hypocrisy of the student body at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Recently there has been a flurry of issues picked with the Greek community for various reasons. We have been ridiculed for our allegedly irresponsible behavior and less than stellar academic performance. I find this somewhat funny, considering the fact that the people that bash the Greeks are the same ones that are willing to spend half of their night and all of their refund check to get into a Greek party. These people that criticize our academics aren’t on any Dean’s or President’s list, so where do they find room to address our performance? The situation has gone so far to even target the motives and inspirations of those of us that serve as officers on RSOs and the SGA. There are no excuses for slack in grades, however many of us have 3 to 4 times the average student’s workload, yet many of us maintain decent GPAs in comparison to the non-greek.

I waited and meditated on my decision to write this post because of the way it may be percieved by the public. After careful consideration…I DON’T CARE! As a man of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. I am descended from a long line of fearless, pioneering brothers that believe in supporting the misrepresented and disenfranchised. As a Greek it would weigh heavily on my conscience to sit back and allow my Greek brothers and sisters to be slandered by some bitter, misinformed party that would rather be concerned with our short falling, more so than their own affairs. No one is perfect and too often is the bad remembered more than the good done.
To conclude, I advise the campus to get ready…we can show you better than we can tell you about the purpose we serve on this campus, or any campus. See our philanthropy, benefit from it and enjoy it because that’s what its for. Look to our tenacity and work ethic as a template for yourselves, because we believe in living the example of model citizens. Envy our bonds and strive to seek your own, fraternally or otherwize because companionship in one’s life is a vital aspect of true humanity. Sweep in front of your own front door before you step to our humble abode. This post holds no malice, nor does it bear intentions to offend, only to respond to an unfairly biased set of critics and enlighten…one word at a time.

-MJL