{"product_id":"black-cocaine-and-colorless-butterflies-navah-the-buddaphliii-9781734610659","title":"Black Cocaine and Colorless Butterflies: Poetry is the gatekeeper for our souls.","description":"I would like to acknowledge those who inspired me to pick up a pen and create sound, a voice. Prince Rogers Nelson, who truly needs no introduction, was a genius in the eyes of millions. Consider \"Purple Rain,\" what an abstract concept of reality. Let's just look at the title of the band, \"The Revolution\", What a powerful message. -I wanted to be just like him. Prince's \"Controversy\" album cover had the name Joni Mitchell on it. In the late 80's, we did not have Google. I had to know who she was. No one close to me knew. After a few years went by, I came to know she was a white singer, songwriter, and AMAZING. I went and bought all the albums I could find. My favorite album of hers is called \"Court in Sparks'. She taught me I didn't have to be a painter to color the world, I could color with my words, vibrant hues, wild, and free. I've always been otherworldly, a bit of a transcendentalist, even as a child. The other children would make fun of me and most of them would call me a witch. Now that I'm all grown up, I see they were right. I am truly magical, especially with a pen in my hand. Poetry is the process of transformation for the one writing it. As I write, I encourage myself to look at everything in life as a constant change. I've enjoyed the ride on my own brain waves that inspire thought provoking concepts as I fall freely into the universe of imagination. After twenty years as a writer, I finally feel my time and effort is going to pay off. I am stepping out, taking a leap of faith in the title \"Black Cocaine and Colorless Butterflies\". Please understand, I am not promoting the use of cocaine. I am speaking figuratively about the black struggle I witnessed growing up in a poor, black, crack-cocaine drug infested community. Cocaine did not originate where I lived. The people outside of my community had to bring it there. We all have our demons and our struggles individually and collectively. The community needed a major transformation. I wanted to be a part of the transformation. I needed to see the drugs removed once and for all. I longed for the community to shed the weight of the black struggles and generational curses that plagued us. I was ready for us to morph into the butterflies we were meant to be as a collective, void of color. Poetry is my offering; it is my contribution to society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Navah The Buddaphliii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734610654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734610659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Navah the Buddaphliii\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"Navah The Buddaphliii","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994708148479,"sku":"9781734610659","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87c7dc11-390a-498c-a314-03f3c1660685.jpg?v=1683331725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-cocaine-and-colorless-butterflies-navah-the-buddaphliii-9781734610659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}