I guess my black poems might proceed as negative
I guess my black poems might proceed as negative….
I guess my black poems might proceed as negative….
I might get laughed at…
I might get lectured…
I might get told not to write like this at all…
And What if I agree to all of these things…
I’d be able to have a voice anymore….
I won’t be able to speak up for black people…
I won’t be able to speak up for black people with disability
Who also dealt with racism….
There are clips of metaphors, stanzas that people might catch
And they don’t understand….they might ask me as a poet
About a certain verse or a part…
I will be offended if I were told not to write this, not to post
Online cos I could be negative…
Cos tellin the truth is negative…and the fact is that I don’t have
Solutions…well my solution is to do the research, learn and read
Observe, build somethin for your own people….
I would tell you how to love your blackness…
Look into the mirror and see what’s wrong
I don’t see nothin wrong with your melanin….
Love your own natural hair
Love your own nose your mouth
Learn how to respect your black self…
Love your own people….
Do anythin for your people even if you try…
And learn not to forgive white folks….
Learn that black people can’t be racist at all…
How about you torn down the system..
Don’t have the details, strategies but
You can use torch fire to burn every road, every white supremacist buildin…
Get all black people to fight back
Fight the cops
Fight the doctors
Fight the military
Who cares if you go to jail
And what about boycotts?
Don’t give capitalism money
Don’t pile their pockets up…
Don’t watch their shows
Don’t go on social media
Don’t pay taxes don’t go to work
Some of us are separated
And be on our own business….
However it’s not all black people
Have that mindset
They don’t have that concept…
We still have love for white people
And other races more than we have
For our own…it’s the truth….
I guess some people who read might
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