Jakima Davis

Young Blood and Sly Fox

What to do if I've died?
Will I ever get to Heaven?
Lost in my book of rhymes
Lipstick on the mirror
Lost my six stringer
Trapped in Memphis

Caught in the jungle
Alternative don't listen to alternative
I have finally joined the band
Started a revolution
My summertime's dead
The joker murdered the thief

I'm the pride and joy
Young blood and sly fox
Meet the revolutionary murderer
I'm lost in the look
My soul slides away
A light in the lighthouse

 

Keep Your Head to the Sky

Spread my wings to fly
Reach for the higher place
Give up the coolness
Keep your head to the sky
Lost in the garden
Waiting for the rabbits
Cook soul food on Sundays
Losing loose change
Keep your head to the sky

The soul's on the radio
Smoked my last cigar
Sinners throwing stones at me
Somebody tell me why
Switch and flip it
Search for the wicked verse
Carried in my back pocket
Reaching for the chosen one
Spit fire like a dragon

I'm the schoolyard joker
Click in the backyard
Swimming in the lake
I want to keep it greasy
I can make it easy
Keep your head to the sky
I have that devotion
Bless the sinners and saints
Living in a world of fantasies 

 

Jakima Davis has been writing poetry since she was sixteen.  The results are four chapbooks, many underground publications, and flirting with the mainstream; she even had poems translated in German, Portuguese, and Spanish.  She's still waiting for more poems to be published.  She posting her poems on Facebook to gain a fanbase.