Where is the love in the black community? Why can't our men and women get along anymore? What's really going on with our children? Have our parenting skills fallen to an all-time low? Have black music and movies begun to corrupt our children, who think so highly of these entertainers and look up to them? And if all of these things are true, what do we do now? The book Temporarily Disconnected offers a perspective on all of these things that will no doubt spark discussion, and may change the way some of us view these often difficult to understand issues. This book will give you an idea of how one man, still caught in the emotional and physical struggles of the black community, views the relationship and parental issues that we as blacks find ourselves facing on a day-to-day basis. There's no love like black love, and yet we have become so reluctant to give it. And when we do have it, it's so hard to hold on to. Our villages are still raising our children, but our villages are so corrupt now. From the perspective of one man, Temporarily Disconnected attempts to answer an unyielding question: Where do we go from here?

A debut collection of poetry from Alex Rose that explains the different phases of loneliness. To be temporarily disconnected means to be lost, and where do lost minds go? Our minds roam and end up in the darkest corner of the brain, or try very hard to find light glowing somewhere. That light can be dreams, fairytales, memories, people. When a computer screen goes blank it can appear broken but it is only temporarily disconnected. Perhaps the motor just needed a break to escape reality and will turn on if you just try again. If you feel like you are broken these poems are here to tell you that you are not. It is okay to feel sad and it is important to know those emotions will not last forever. Temporarily Disconnected explores raw emotions of sadness, nostalgia, infatuation and hope. It encourages readers to find the strength to keep moving forward. You are not alone