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.