This Is Life, 2023.

 This Is Life

2023

This is the one

This is the year

In which excuses 

Fall flat along the roadside.

I'm on a path that 

Highlights all forward movements

and provides space for an occasional

inhale exhale.

Feel your feels 

And try to limit your 

spills.

My love is acoustic 

And has been 

The conductor of my life's 

Soundtrack

Since the Age of 25.

I have plans

Peaking through every window!

Plans that garner

A different type of

Perspective. 

I've always wanted to be the writer

Who

Articulated the right words

Better said than done!

Better to fight 

Than run.

But operating on the opposite side

Of The smoking Gun

Is the message I want to 

Reach my Son.

He doesn't yet

Understand

That this Country's not fully 

For him.

 

There are inbred doctrines

and laws 

That directly affect his existence.

Love is not the only

answer in such a society!

Being strategic in who your heart

Encounters 

Entertains the right

Perspective

Towards your own Peace.

Because That is the goal.

Enjoying life

And having Life

Understand the goals

You're walking towards 

Is the end-game.

All of that 

Harbouring on past

That still remains

Does nothing for your present 

Or future.  

I love my child

And this causes me to 

Suppress my wild.

But it's all for the good.

I'm grateful he wasn't raised in the Hood.