Black Poetry : A poem from a niece to an Uncle:

[OmoObatala]

We played together while I was young
I didn’t know who you were but I had some idea cause
My mother trusted you.


I remember you picked me up by my ears,
Five years old and only five pounds that’s how it seemed
(I think you stretched my brain to think)

I have faint memories of you cause you
Choose a quick fix over a permanent
Fixture called your niece
I’ve always loved you cause I knew you loved me

But why did you choose drugs over
My sweet innocent hugs you chose
Crack houses instead and dope dealers
Instead of long walks and quiet reading sessions

I‘ve been angry for year’s cause I
Couldn’t understand why the screams
Came in the middle of the night
Between you and my mother and the pain
I saw in your mother my grandmother,
OUR family’s tree roots, the pain she shed
Like leaves fallen off our REDWOOD,
Were the lies worth it, is the result worth it

I can’t ask you to reverse your way all I can say is
Fallen on humble ground
Pray for forgiveness
Repent in your concrete jungle
Stop swinging from lie to lie
And do it in the light

You have always had my love
Cause I love you
You have always had my heart
Cause I have a soul
You have always been here in my words
Cause I can and I will always love you.

Exodus Williams
July 9th 2002

 

[Twofish]

Exodus - I too have a favorite uncle who turned his life over to drugs - and it hurts me everyday although I love him just the same, and have hope that maybe someday he'll change

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2fish