Fear
Rat tail bastard liar.
Whispering to me in my left ear
drowning out truth yelling in my right
Telling me I was only good for coming home to
at night
Tryin to make me believe I should turn the other way
every time I could see the blemishes and and the stains
In the eyes of all his friends, then his fam and soon
his frenemies
Everybody knew, only the last to know was me
and Fear, such a weak blood sucking beast
thinking to ride me was a free lunch opportunity
I'm a hustler by blood, not one to be ridden
Trying to find out where the profit is hidden
Fear such a foolish child
put you back in your place
stand down, sit a while
let grown folks do real woman business
Tackle silliness in men without visions
and
dignity
who lack true and valiant missions
Yeah, fear, such an empty shallow space
absence of
equals bold shattering faith
Rat tail bastard liar.
Whispering to me in my left ear
drowning out truth yelling in my right
Telling me I was only good for coming home to
at night
Tryin to make me believe I should turn the other way
every time I could see the blemishes and and the stains
In the eyes of all his friends, then his fam and soon
his frenemies
Everybody knew, only the last to know was me
and Fear, such a weak blood sucking beast
thinking to ride me was a free lunch opportunity
I'm a hustler by blood, not one to be ridden
Trying to find out where the profit is hidden
Fear such a foolish child
put you back in your place
stand down, sit a while
let grown folks do real woman business
Tackle silliness in men without visions
and
dignity
who lack true and valiant missions
Yeah, fear, such an empty shallow space
absence of
equals bold shattering faith
This was awesome. It was first time I read a poem and didn't have to go back 5 times to get an understanding of what the person was saying or trying to say.
ReplyDeleteThank you. #mesnappingmyfingersatopenmicnight/coolyeah
@Boo Sister Z, thank you! #mewalkingawayfromthemicsmiling
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