"IT'S EASIER TO SCULPT FROM CLAY THAN CONVERSATIONS"
- Wayne Box Miller

THE FIRST TIME

I remember seeing you the first time but then I saw you again

You, were a ballet of thoughts dancing in my head

Your voice was an orchestra of words

speaking a symphony to my wonderment 

had me wondering what it meant

Like a song I couldn’t play

So I just stared at the cover photo

Then you smiled and the rainbow had life

brilliant by design

but I was even more impressed by your mind

Intellectual stimulation

Negative thoughts took a vacation, in that moment

Your strength is of legend

fueled by survival, constantly in revival

Look at you now

I saw you the first time but then I saw you yet again

HiDef nothing left to the imagination

To say your style found my appreciation

isn’t lost on this man

So I pressed play on thoughts

Watched with admiration while I fought

What came to the surface

If I confessed in the moment at that time

what would be the purpose 

Fast forward; road blocks and barriers of past times now gone by

They’ve now been torn down with new buildings taking my place; 

you could call them a replace

They may be looking but it’s no longer at my face

But I am still who you saw the first time and then saw again

And to know your view brought me into focus

means my picture was clear

Thank you for the whisper in my ear

Now where do we go from here?

Shhhhh don’t tell anybody

But me

©2015 Wayne Box Miller

THE YEAR OF T A D!

Make this the year you TALK and DO

Don’t just talk about working out, DO IT

Don’t just talk about opening a business DO IT

Don’t just talk about helping the less fortunate DO IT

Don’t just talk about mentoring DO IT

Don’t just talk about burying the hatchet DO IT

Don’t just talk about uplifting friends DO IT

Don’t just talk about taking a trip DO IT

Don’t just talk about buying a home DO IT

Don’t just talk about volunteering DO IT

Don’t just talk about changing your diet DO IT

Don’t just talk about earning a promotion DO IT

Don’t just talk about following Christ DO IT

Don’t just talk about stopping Black on Black Crime DO IT

Don’t just talk about working together DO IT

Don’t just talk about donating DO IT

Don’t just talk about being positive DO IT

Don’t just talk about what you’re going to do this year DO IT

Why? Because you may not get another chance…

Make this the year of T A D 

Talk and Do

And everything you talk about doing 

In 2016 I hope it comes true

If it’s positive…