June 2012 - Maco L. Faniel

June 28, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

Vulnerable

I want to be accepted, I would be lying if I said different.

I want to be respected for the fact that I am different.

I want you to understand that I am weird

But that my weirdness makes me unique

I want you to marvel in my uniqueness and not think of me as a freak.

I think a lot. So, unfortunately I am analyzing what you think of me.

And as much as I love myself, I still wonder what you think of me.

I am strong and I know myself.

But I still can’t stop myself from wondering what you think of me.

Probably cause I like you

Yep, that is why I care.

Cause if I did not, I would not give a shit.

So, yep that is it.

Since, I like you, I want you to like me too.

Not just the wonderfully crafted image that you see

But I want you to like me in all of my dirty.

I am not afraid to tell you and show you who I am.

But I am still a little afraid that once you know

That you won’t accept me for who I am.

Yet, I am fearless

So I offer you my truth

Hoping that you accept me

And that you have enough courage to be vulnerable too.

I call the man a lie, who does not want to be liked

But I call the man a fool who refuses to tell the truth

Cause I can’t control what you think or what you do once you know my truth

I can only tell it, and you have to decide what you will do.

And if you decide to not accept me, I am comfortable with that too.

It’s called being vulnerable and I accept the challenge.

Maco L. Faniel (June 27, 2012)

June 25, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

words speak to me and i have to repeat what they say

poetry speaks to me and compels me to write, rather its feelings of joy, pain, elation, sorrow, or fright. those words scurry through my brain begging for my attention. then i listen. I pick up my pen, and tell the stories from within. And somehow they just rhyme, and flow in perfect time. I write until everything goes silent, then I can rest, cause I have done my best, I have gotten out those words that needed to be expressed. It helped me, and I hope it helped others. Its hard being obedient to this calling. but I do it because it makes me free, and I know that my purpose it to help others be free, with all of the gifts that HE has bestowed upon me. That’s why I have this joy, at this point in my life.

June 24, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

School Daze – WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!

This did something for me when I was in elementary school. I am glad movies like this existed because it gave me visual image of something that I could be when everything around me destined me for a pedestrian and marginal existence.

June 14, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness

June 13, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

Don't Take Yourself For Granted

Don’t take
YOU for granted today. YOU are unique. YOU are gifted. YOU are powerful. YOU
are a gift from God. YOU are a gift to the world. YOU are talented. YOU are
competent. YOU are great. YOU add value.

YOU never
know who is watching YOU and who is learning from YOU. YOU never know who YOU
are blessing by YOU being YOU. YOU never know who appreciates YOUR presence.
Someone may learn

June 7, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

The Geto Boys (Ghetto Boys) – Car Freaks

This is The Geto Boys(Ghetto Boys)first single in 1987 Car Freaks members: Jukebox, Raheem The Vigilante, Sir Rap-A-Lot

June 7, 2012 · Maco L. Faniel

Real Chill (K-Rino) & Peppy J – Rockin' It

This considered one of the first rap songs out of Houston by K-Rino’s group Real Chill. “MacGregor Park” is widely considered the first, and then you have “Car Freaks” by the first iteration of the Geto Boys (then the Ghetto Boys) – Sire Juke Box (Kieth Rogers), Raheem (Oscar Ceres), and K9 or Sir Rap-A-Lot (Thelton Polk).