I Know Why The Caged Bird Tweets…an introduction

The irony of my character is the fact that I have always described myself as a nonconventional superhero. With the companionship of #TheMonroes I have surpassed the limits set for a Louisiana 20-something, a minority in nearly every applicable sense …We have hoisted ourselves up by our self confirmation and aspirations to exist with the manner of someone  greater than what society has deemed appropriate for me to be. In so many ways we more than push the envelope. We ride it like a mechanical bull with gorilla glue on its saddle. The reflections of the lessons I learn and confirm daily are gifts I have been blessed with and have intentions of sharing with anyone wise enough to embrace them. These lessons are universal in theme and are to which I owe the validity of my own sanity.

I am first generation American with origins in the dead center of Mexico, through my father’s family. My mother’s family has mysterious origins that are scattered throughout the South. With the help of census data and social security indexes, I have traced my roots back to the pioneers of generations: Free colored veterans of the American Civil War and a Mysterious woman with no last name and several alleged birthplaces. I am a modern day comic book character and in recent years I have embraced the random encounters of my life as such and appreciate them for the vibrancy they allow me to exude in ways, many people say, only I can. The human mind is a superpower in itself. It has the ability, in the proper hands, to shape the world in which it exists. Some call it crazy, but I call it survival. It is in the mind where creativity begins. Development of oneself is based on the enforcement of the mind’s power over its environment. From my head came the ability that manifested a college degree, a planted foot in the performing arts as a respected interpreter of the craft, and to some social extent being the designated ‘guy to hate.’

In my brief years on this earth I have lived just the same as I love; fast and hard. In this state of mind I am racking up experiences many never live loud enough to see. I have been positioned to be the wise man within my family and the mascot of playful controversy within my social circles. While traveling the winding trail that lead me to my niche I have seen the tips of the mountain of success and tasted the stale waters of defeat that lie at its feet….I know why the caged bird tweets.