Black Love
Black Love Black Love once shackled and chained Separated, Auctioned and breeded Whipped and beat A man no more, degraded and priced Husband no more, without a wife Father no more, Sold!
Black women dehumanized Hated in the white woman’s eyes Their pure white lily flesh they ignorantly thought Were above all Until they saw the strength and beauty in the black Woman stand out tall
Their exotic features white men hungered for And some even loved An exploited delicacy Unification and endurance they carried through it all Walking, heads held high, not a stumble and never a fall
They longed for their own men love and strength Crying out to be Free, to love and seek That was then, this is now Hasn’t much changed, we’re still divided But by choice this time Black love, Do I need to show you how? How to love your man It is just an extension of your hand
Free yourself from the imprisonment Of your thoughts; for you are what you think Black love be not afraid, be not divided again You are compassionate, exhilarating, and notorious When combined
Acquire, admire, and inspire one another My beautiful black strong man, I need you My beautiful black strong woman, I need you Let this love not be persuaded, degraded, or invaded Parade for all to see the respect, beauty, strength And genuiness Black love should be proud and happy To love, to seek To be just Free
One Night Stand
One night, I allowed you to enter into my domain And till the ground, to prepare it and plant the seed You filled it with life A life I have no regrets to bringing forth And although you were chosen You were not chosen to give it water to grow You were not chosen to prune it
Someone else was chosen to give it water Water that was free of impurities Water that quench its thirst And kept it weedless And to see it sprout from the very foundation You had tilled Only this time, the ground was richer The nutrients did not lack what the seed needed But gave it everything it needed to continue to grow
Unscrambled
My head is swollen from the noise Racing thoughts Unable to think I do not understand Everything scrambled A jigsaw puzzle never solved
I carry a heart heavy with sadness Now anger It’s on empty, unable to love with patience I do not understand I filled it with love A soul lost, I feel no purpose Uncontributed of no service
Falling deeply into the pit of hell People who love me and surround me can tell They see before them what is happening They talk and give no intervention I can’t do this alone, been lonely A long time inside myself
Time moves forward, I stand still Still in pain, trapped I drowned in water but I’m still alive I do not understand The water pulling me down deeper to suffer It did not wash me clean nor did it set me free
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