I walk the confines
Of my enclosure
Not looking – but seein’
Not listening – but hearin’
Not talking – but speakin’
To the lost souls
Of generations before me
And the generations lost with me
And to the generation who have
Come after me
And transverse the maze
Of disillusionment
Of dreams shattered
And watch – as the
Madness of hopelessness
Takes hold
Tightenin’ its grip
And squeezin’ the remainin’ life
Out of those
Who would be doctors
Who would be lawyers
Who would be scientists
Who would be teachers
Who would be community leaders
Those whom society has
Turned its back on
To die the death of dreams
Entombed in this nightmare
Of Hell’s prisons
Marked by the number of the Beast
Seemingly destined
To float forever more
In the sea
Of the world’s forgotten
Eye see
Trees that don’t lose their green
Beautiful flowers that never seem to
Flower - (Into)
Power – (Eye)
Never understood the thing
When we were catching
Beatings more powerful than bee
Stings
Lynching – y’all(!)
People’s Kill’n’
Folk
Do’n things that make runn’n around buck naked
Aspirations seem naïve
Un’clothe like Adam and
Eve - Brought the worst things
Ghost made flesh
Hurling fire looking pumpkins
At my
Kith and kin did nothing
But scream - And
Holler - And
Oh Lord Jesus – Why
God protect us – Oh me, Oh my
People never really had a chance
For
Peace left us
In
Pieces
Even when the X’s said
Know thyself
Defend every Woman
Child
Mom
Ye Be
The cream of the crop
That gets chop’d
But Black is heavy
Guess all that melanine (me’el’nine)
Makes it hard to rise to the top
Especially when
We pop-pop
The best and the brightest
Darkest to
Lightest
(You not a nigga) you B
Not this
(You not a nigga) you B
Not that
(You not a nigga) you B
Black like
the Original
Un-like
Those who invented lucky charm
Ce’real
Fo’real (tho!)
Eye see trees that don’t lose their green
Beautiful flowers that never seem to
Flower - into
Power
Instead
We tend to
Devour our own
That’s what makes this
A sadass
Poem!
Peace y’all!
When I feel
The sun on my skin
I feel
Born again
Like
Water baptism
Like
A whole new funky rhythm
Like
I send’em
Positive vibez and energy
For my people no matter what
They do to me
I hear ignorance is bliss – I don’t know
I was never stupid enough –
About it - though
I haven’t been in the sun a while
So I let the sun shine within
Then
I begin to let the light radiate
Vibrate
Until
I am the sun itself by all I
Am felt
My burn’n light push back the shadows
Even though I may cause darkness
But
That is a part of this
Legacy
U.N.I.Verse
To build this dream of…
Well I don’t
Dream
I exist therefore I am
Supreme with the knowledge
Apply the match
Construct what I must
To see a better today
Tomorrow
As the sun
(Eye never) set
His.story is
Pre-sent
Cause we
Descend into that which
Is not of us, but
As the sun
Eye never set
Determined to guide and direct
All who aspire to feel
The rays of the sun upon
Their skin
To bask in the glow
Of this radiant baptism