New Poem-I Need Good Megapixels On My Cell Phone Mom

 

I Need Good Megapixels On My Cell Phone Mom

By Chuka McCoy

Mom
I need a good cell phone
With very good megapixels
Mom asked me
Why do you feel like you need that?
It took me a minute to answer
Then I answered
The other day
People said that the video
Was too blurry
To see why
The police officers
Shot and killed a kid
Like me
I want to have good megapixels
On my phone
So they can clearly see
What really happened
If it happened to a kid
Like me
Again
My mom hugged me so hard
While I felt her tears
Drop on my head

New Poem- Stepping Away

 

Stepping Aside

By Chuka McCoy 

(This contains a non spoiler discussion of Spider-Man 2002)

Of lately

I have thought about this scene

In the movie Spider-Man (2002)

Where Peter steps aside to let

This robber run away from being caught

I initially thought, probably like others, to step aside

To let the craziness happen without being involved

While taking a breath is necessary,

I know I can't stop making a difference 

Even if it's just person at a time

But then I also saw that scene in a different way

Peter had the power to stop the criminal 

From getting away

But chose not to because how he felt 

About the pay he was suppose to get

That criminal went on to do personal damage 

To Peter's life and he regretted not stopping them 

While he had a chance

I hope that people will have the ability to be a hero 

Despite things that they did

That might cause them regret

New poem- Get Ready to Disappear

 

Get Ready to Disappear 

By Chuka McCoy 

There are people out and about 

Promoting a particular project 

That will affect life as you know it

And not in a good way

"We The People 

Up here at the top 

Sit pretty and do whatever we want 

While everyone that doesn't bend to our will

Will be gone

People that don't agree with us

Look like us

Act like us

Associate with us

And line our pockets

Will disappear 

Deportation 

Murder in an official act

Starting up the military draft

It won't matter 

If you are a citizen here or not

You are all insignificant and beneath us"

It's time to be seen and heard

It's time not be treated like worthless citizens

Or a fly at THEIR barbecue cookout

Let's show them that people

From the projects to the penthouse

Will not disappear 

And we are stronger 

Than their quest for power over all

New Poem- Be Better

Be Better

By Chuka McCoy

Woke

Adult please

Stop letting the record skip

Or even break

Repeating this word

Parrots say

"You sound old and out of touch, Dr. Evil"

Say something different

Do something different

Be better

Work together 

Instead of letting that word

Be a substitute for everything

And everyone that

You hate and fear 

New Poem- Permit Me To Say

 

Permit Me to Say

By Chuka McCoy

Hey kid

Do you want to drive?

Well, here's a car

Go out on the road and enjoy

You don't know how to drive?

We will get around that and you will learn

You don't have a permit to drive?

So what!

We need as many people out there

To drive with cars

That they don't know how to use

Or learn how to use 

Or want to use

Who cares who you might hurt

Guns,

Eh, I meant 

Cars for everyone!!

New Poem-It's Time

 

It's Time by Chuka McCoy 

It's time

To change our tune

To not go through the same song and dance

That we have been through for DECADES now

The ability to limit the amount of people that

Should NOT have guns in this country

Has been out there

But politicians that are getting their pockets stuffed

With money from gun lobbyists 

Vote time and time again

To not put those checks in place

While

YOUR loved ones

YOUR friends 

YOUR children

Getting MURDERED on a weekly basis

When it could have been prevented

And what do we get from those same politicians in each instance?

Enough of the minimum amount of empathy

To skirt past the issue

Until next week's mass shooting happens

ENOUGH

Stop the dancing

DO something to improve it

Or we need to improve on the people

In that position

Otherwise

We will need more land for graveyards

A message to my cousin (2/7/2021)

 This is the message that I wrote to my cousin, who passed away last year, before the start of the Super Bowl. 

Mario,
Here's comes the Super Bowl. I know we normally talk before kickoff. I miss you down here. You'll be happy to know the Bucs got into the big game. Hopefully, things goes well tonight. I love you. 

New poem-Angels

 

Angels

By Chuka McCoy

There are people 

That guide us through life 

These angelic souls 

Lend their voices 

To shape and mold our world 

But they are here for a short time 

The void left by their departure is big

But we must be those angels

That pick up where they left off

Their voices will be part of

What we have to say

New poem-Conversations

Conversations

By Chuka McCoy

I had a dialogue when the shooting in a Colorado movie theater happened

I expressed my feelings about it

But more and more shootings have happened since then

So, instead of showing that dialogue (which is still valid),

It’s time to have a new conversation

Which is an old conversation

On how we cannot talk and be on the same page

We need our agencies to be the same page

To communicate with each other

It’s not Game of Thrones, folks

Unite the laws to connect these agencies to block dangerous individuals

From getting their hands on guns

Deal with these weapons that are obviously intended on doing more damage

Than hunting and protecting your family

Stop making mental health the scapegoat

The horrible monster in the room

Mental health is a concern in this country

We should approach it as getting people help

Not giving people a jail sentence

We must talk to each other

Show love to one another

To avoid some of these pitfalls in our country

Not talking about it is another form of abuse

Which is exactly what politicians have been doing

Ignoring the problem

Blaming others and kicking the can down the road

You knew what was going on and chose to do nothing

While people’s love ones suffered from the aftermath

Know something

Say something

Do something

That goes for everyone, including the people that represent us

Addressing What We See and Feel

Addressing What We Can See and Feel

By Chuka McCoy

We have been thrown into chaos 

Confusion 

Division

Pitting one against the other 

On issues that we should be together 

We love our country

Our veterans

We want to have coverage for our healthcare

We also want to not be harrassed in life

Not being brutalized by crooked cops 

While we salute the good cops

That do it right

We want to gather 

In events that brings us together

Like movies 

Concerts 

And sporting events

Without being brought down

By bombs and a barrage of bullets

We can connect 

Love 

Empathize

Yet we are being divided

By an five year old child 

In the body of a seventy one year old man

That wants to be Al Capone

And cares about no one but himself

A fidget spinner 

That folds his arms and twist

Like trying to escape from a straight jacket

So he is a few steps 

Away from the button that will

Make us all expendable

We are better than that

Love, Hope and Respect

Hello everyone,

I know there has been a lot of talk dealing with division these days. Some people’s goal is to keep others in their perspective corners until the bell rings. This world isn’t a boxing ring and we do not have to fight each other. We have differences but more in common than what we realize. I want to start that dialogue to get everyone talking with each other than at each other. So, from now until the end of August, I will be offering a PDF of my latest poetry for free. The book, titled The Hero in Us All: Poems from Our Alter Egos, allows us to view what we all go through and offered an open dialogue with each other. You can download the book by going on my webpage, www.chukamccoy.com. After reading the book, feel free to bring the conversation to my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram page. Thank you very much for listening and hope to hear from you soon.

Chuka McCoy

It's about time we have this conversation.

The events that happened in Charlottesville this weekend has thrust racism and its effects on stage for everyone to see. There are many areas to address but I'm going to touch on some of them. The dialogue needs to start and should include all of us. 

1. It doesn't matter if you call yourself Alt-Right, White Nationalist, KKK or Neo Nazi, it all centers around racism and it's wrong. One race isn't better than another. There's just a diverse group of people that we live among in this world. People's hate is based on either fear of or superiority over others. When you have a heart for others, neither one of those will matter.

2. When groups come armed with torches, baseball bats and automatic weapons, THIS IS NOT A PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY! There's no way you're going to have a civil dialogue with weapons involved. So when you have that, on top of using moving vehicles to harm others, your intent is to terrorize others. Therefore, your group should be know as terrorists. There have been attacks in other parts of the world that's been labeled as terrorism that involved the same ingredients. These groups should be labeled the same thing. 

3. We, as the American people, have been played like a fiddle by the current government administration. All through 2016, the politician that was elected as President of the United States(Donald Trump) stoked our fear and pitted us against each other. He touch every soft spot subject he could point out. The focus on people's fears( of jobs not coming back, of others taking those jobs and the unknown) beat us over the head like a baseball player at batting practice. On top of that, every minority group got tagged with every fear label or insult known to man(too long of a list to go through). These racial attacks have been going on for over a year but we couldn't see it through our hurt, sadness and anger. The groups I mentioned before saw this as it happened and figured it was safe to show everyone their true colors. Donald Trump is like us so it's cool to express it openly now. David Duke, former member of the KKK, said at the rally this weekend that "we're determined to take our country back. We're going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump". Donald Trump, in his statement, refused to denounce these groups that completed these acts and is doing it in his name. He is the President of all Americans, not just some.

Overall, we are better than this and have more in common with each other than not. We need to have this dialogue amongst each other in a civil way. Even if we don't agree on all things, we can have a common ground to walk on. We cannot let others push us into fear. United we stand, divided we fall. I rather stand together with one another and show the world we are better than the ones that terrorize us.

Some people have a taste for something

Some stories are so weird that you don't believe that it happened. I was a witness to one of those stories. I went to McDonald's to pick me up something to eat for my lunch break before I get to work. I'm in the lobby waiting for my order to come when I see something strange. I see a guy, at least 6'1",  hovering over the drive thru window talking to the workers inside. He wasn't in a vehicle at all, which made it pretty awkward for anyone near that window. Then, this same gentlemen with long grayed hair and paled skin, decided to bring his argument into the store. It reminded me of a scene in Do the Right Thing when there was an argument in the pizza parlor. The customer kept yelling "that ain't no pieces of chicken" and threw some of his food down on the floor in disgust. The manager, matching his tone, said that's what's on the menu. I just got my food at that time and was almost ready to go. The customer said "there's suppose to be bigger pieces of chicken here at Church's". The manager told the customer that Church's chicken is next door. Soon, it started to dawn on the customer the mistake he had made and asked for his money back. Minutes later, sheriff officers were on the scene to talk with the gentlemen about the situation. I left out of the store and saw an empty van parked towards the curb a little after drive thru line ended. I figured it must have been what the gentlemen drove to the store. Minutes later, I saw that same van leave the McDonald's parking lot and drove right into the Church's parking lot.

Our Health

I know that healthcare is an important thing for everyone out there. Literally, it is a matter of life and death. We only get one chance on this Earth with our journey and our health is key. So, politicians(I won't get into party labels) in the House Of Representatives voted and passed a new Healthcare bill yesterday that affects us all. This bill will drastically limit the coverage that we will have, slashing funds towards Medicare and Medicaid. It will also give a significantly lower amount in funds to coverages people with preexisting conditions. It gives insurance companies the ability to raise rates based on what risk pool you are in(it is not friendly at all to the poor, sick and the elderly). It also will affect the insurance that you get from your job, giving your employer the option not to cover you for healthcare. The thing about it is that the politicians that voted for this bill and didn't even read it. It was drafted up and signed in three days without a review from them(to know what is in the bill). It also was not send out for a review of what effects the bill proposed on the public. Who has ever signed something without reading it? Most of the time, if that happens, it is never a good thing. There has been countless movies and news segments showing the pitfalls of not reading a contract. This affects everyone, except for the rich and the politicians that voted for it. There's a special provision that has the people who voted for it exempt from its coverage. That is never a good sign. They are suppose to represent us and our best interest. As they laughed and smiled like they were at an office Christmas party, representing us is the last thing on their mind. Let us shine and be heard.

Perspective

Perspective

By Chuka McCoy

Hi there

It is nice to meet you

You don’t know me but I have heard a lot about you

The question I have for you is

Is it better?

Is it better for you to spend billions of dollars

On advertisements set to divide this world

This land and the people that live on it

Than to use it to better each of those things

To shine a light throughout the land

Bring peace and treat people

Like people

Well you might say

It’s not my job to do that

I understand but we all do our part

To help people in our own way

The fact is it would be cheaper for you

To increase minimum wage throughout the land

Than to bend people into your way of thinking

You will still be rich

But you would be twice as rich

And your soul will shine from it

We know that you have the basketball

But there are plenty of people on the court

Ready to play

And competition is always a good thing

So is sportsmanship   

An Open Discussion

An Open Discussion

We are people who care

Who feel and can touch others' souls

 We are love

That is a representative of God's love through us

 It reaches from our core to others

 Do not let the injustices

Stop us for connecting

 Growing with

And loving each other

 That will bring a revolutionary change

This world won't believe

From the book The Hero in Us All by Chuka McCoy, which is available on Amazon.com.