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I thought,
As I sat in my chair
About you –

And I decided,
To gift you a letter
Making clear my wish:

You’re pretty, and it’s not just your colours
You hold grace. I’ve known women
that envied you

You do things to the sun,
His light shines in clumsy beams
When you’re around

You do things to the sky,
He stands proud and stout
After you leave

You do things to the rain,
Even the storms tread gently
In your presence

You do things, to me
Come and stay in my house –
I’ll worship you.
From "PICNICS WITH THE PAIN" - unpublished.
Lupita,
Teach me that the black girl
Is more than just, that –

More than just,
A **** provoking short-skirt
Tight-thick-thighs temptation

More than just,
A slim waist, supple flesh
And ‘shuga’

Stare into my ignorant eye,
And teach me
Lupita.
Dedicated to Lupita Ny'ongo
From PICNICS WITH THE PAIN (Unpublished) by Yours Truly
Life as we know it;
A sugar coated bus ride to hell or high heaven;
It's all galaxies and fallacies
How can it be the Milky Way
when there's no road that can take me there?
What's the difference between Night and Day      
when the only thing that shines in my skies are these nuggets of solid grief in my eyes?

My facilities do not conform to my abilities,
My reality a bare result of hateful gravities,
I yearn to fly
My mother keeps pushing the sky
Out of my reach
She wants me drowned in the ponds of silence.
Blocking my shine in the brown of her dusts,
She forces me to wallow in the muds of mediocrity;

But I am not just another particle;
The carbon of my heart tells me I am an excellent gem,
Wiz the diadem;
Born to lead a life of jewel passions and crystal lusts!

I know that speech alone is not enough – I need to dig myself from under these sands.
Society your son is a pearl,
Though you keep concealing the flame of his sparkle
Keep in mind – a day shall come; an hour shall pass
When your stony grip on the feet of his mind shall be loosened;
Trust then, that he will diamond in this rough!

WordSmith Wiz
01/08/2019
I believe in Individualism - a philosophy which centers on believing in oneself and doing what one can to bring joy and satisfaction into one's own existence. I refuse to have society place limits on how i should be, what i can do and why i should live, my ambition and purpose will not be tampered with!

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