Cocoa the Conscious | Slam Poet / Rapper
What is death but the absence of breath. The conductive force of this life...What is left? A body...a vessel, my sacred avatar. Which allowed me to engage, navigate, interface and connect through this earth realm....to feel, to play, to experience, to create, to love...and to BE.
As a human being...to be, is essential to the human experience. To be or not to be...the age old question, what happens after you be...maybe I be-come...become something else ...or someone else....
Where do I go? Well, I am part of the all (ALL). The source of Creation, so that’s where I shall return, and from there be guided to the next chapter. Death to me is a pivotal chapter of this SPIRITUAL journey of REMEMBRANCE....a state where our human symbology of words cannot fathom or articulate.
Death is a transition and transformation of the soul, a feeling tone of the primordial waters of the womb of creation, a rebirth, a return to our original essence, a return to source, a return to the web of wonder. The BEYOND. Beyond the human condition, beyond the mind’s mental capacity to define.
In death I will not cease to exist...only piece this existence together and remember.
Death is the final divine initiation of this life. We experience many of these divine initiations throughout this lifetime, these monumental moments can manifest in various different ways like near death or life threatening experiences, child birth, plant medicines, death of friends and family and many other experiences where the veil becomes thin.
These experiences move us closer to source, the creator, the divine force that animates yourself and all existence and breathes life into your being every moment.
These moments force us into the present. The moment when you realise the present is the gift, that’s why it’s called the present!
A reminder to have reverence for life as it is yet a blink in the eternal infinite cycle of time, with no end or beginning. Just chapters of the never ending story…..verses of an infinite song….the universe is a symphony…and when we are in human form we have many different organs, that make up our body…this is the creator reminding and reflecting to us, that we are the instrument. Playing notes, adding frequency tones, and unique sounds to this collective universal eternal song, that plays throughout creation. My soul is immortal and this life is one of many. Death is yet a flip of a page, from one chapter to the next.
—Cocoa the Conscious (2026)
Editor’s note: Cocoa the Conscious is a Gadigal-based poet, rapper, radio presenter, anti-racism workshop facilitator and Youth Coordinator at Addi Sounds Music Studio. Born in Australia with Ghanaian and Lebanese roots, his work draws deeply from his cultural background and lived experience. Through music and poetry, Cocoa channels creative expression to explore personal narratives, social justice, and the expansion of consciousness, with an artistic mission to inspire, empower, and provoke meaningful reflection in his audience. Instagram: @cocoatheconscious
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