“CHERISHED!” Almighty GOD thankfully my CREATOR by me you are Cherished! My grandfather Honorable J. P. Rhines my father Jacinto Senior gratefully you are the ones who prepared me faithfully mother Julia you are the one who nourished me and my destiny in my memory you are Cherished! Mamagena you are the one who appreciated me and you are Cherished! Black children White children Latino children Indian children Asian children you are Cherished! Alexis my Mushmate you are the one who befriended and defended me you are the one to cooperate in no rush and you are Cherished! Jacinta my daughter even though you have shunned me you are Cherished! Ikeco my daughter even though you too run from me you are Cherished! Kenneth my son even though you just came back to see my Black upliftment aim you are Cherished! John my brother even though you avoid me you are Cherished! Jesse my brother even though you know not how to relate to me with your Yale University PHD you are Cherished! Oh Jerome my brother even though you and your family know not how to honor me you are Cherished! Jamilla my sister Julian my brother Phillip my brother you are Cherished! Carollyn my sister even though you dishonor our mother you are Cherished! Oh Julie my sister even though you do not know it you are Cherished! Marsha my sister your son John who is my nephew highly cherishes and respects my elder wisdom you and he by me are Cherished! Ooh Jennifer my youngest sister you are the only one who took care of our mother and especially by me you are Cherished! Cherished is this beautiful bountiful so invincible powerful wonderful principle! Cherished is the thing I bring to you to sing and swing!
Cherished is the king of love concepts to the depths of immortality rhythmically to be  Cherished is the victory bell to well ring! Bart Williams even though you abandon me you are Cherished within my mind I find you with this list of Black esquires Cherished in my soul you are Cherished in my ancient patient scroll to unroll! To be Cherished in my heart! To be Cherished within my art! And if our gift is to do more than our part we have Cherished every at risk to early death child Cherished every parental smile Cherished
every mile we run Cherished every style to have fun Cherished every negative trial for
every positive has by Jazz begun you are being Cherished all the while seeing children
being deliciously nutritiously nourished to beguile health as true wealth being Cherished
loving and connecting respecting self everyone is being Cherished within the Sun being humanly sensitive Cherished to forgive is how I dealt Cherished to live happy is how I really truly felt! Cross Culturally Ron Tutor Max Darnell David Fisher Jonathan Kaye

Steve Smith Fran Inman, Ed Roski Jr David Pitts Howard Marks Mark Cohen Joseph you are Cherished and no loss being Cherished right now right here being Cherished no fear being Cherished oh my dear being Cherished is our result! Larry Washington oh even though you are caught up is what they have done so corrupt you and they are Cherished!
Preston Epps you and Gordon Mike Taylor surviving elders who see me cherishing thee! And to remember Almighty GOD told me to hold my temper now, someway, some how, even apologize to a hater, uplifts the memory of my beloved mother! Even an enemy is Cherished! And before any more by gun by knife perished! Every life is “CHERISHED!”
By A Heart Soul Art Love Mind of naturalsoulfood.org  Jacinto Rhines, Jr. © 8.11.2007