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16th November 2022

If Everyone Has A Gun

If everyone has a gun
then must everyone run,
hide, shake, tremble, sweat,
sob, be sad, mad, take lives,
take away hope, futures,
dreams?

30th October 2022

Anti-Racism Work is a Full-time Job

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25th October 2022

Digging For Justice

I dug my brown hands
into the dark soil. They
seemed to disappear,
sink into the dirt.

Earth and I became one.

SoundCloud • 15th October 2022

Ridin' On The West Side

A smooth, enjoyable collaboration between Rockford, IL music producer and lyricist and MC Christopher D. Sims a.k.a. UniverSouLove that captures the flavor, the images, and the sights of their hometown, Rockford, Illinois. Meant to bump in your rides as you ride around!

9th November 2020

Considering Darius Lovehall (from Love Jones) A Role Model for Black Men

8th November 2020

A Time for Healing in the United States of America

We need the feeling
of our bones, our
numb souls, to come
back to us

so that we can create

a new forward.

Black women need
healing. White women
need healing. Gay, lesbian,
queer, and ransgender
people need healing.

18th October 2020

Vote For Change: A Poem by Christopher D. Sims

But during the protests, the marches, the many vigils
we have learned that these freedoms we have been
fighting for are only illusions...

11th September 2020

October State of Mind

We are communicating
in profound ways because
in us we can see better days,
we can see everyone getting
along, we can devise platforms
where we all belong.

7th September 2020

Rhymes Against Racism: Part II

Insignificant/
In your leadership/
You're not equipped/
Black people you
don't want to deal with/
The country needs a shift!/

7th September 2020

Rhymes Against Racism: Part 1

You should take your thoughts
and thinking and evaluate/
Let these rhymes motivate/
As a scholar of rhyme, reason/
Now is the time, the season/