Black Poetry : A DARK NIGHT 'S LESSON

Salaam1

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feel this...

BLACK NIGHT BRINGS ELECTRICAL GRAY
STORM CLOUDS
CRACKING WITH COLD RAIN INTERMITTENT FLASHES
SHOW ME
POSES OF BROKEN BRICKS TWISTED TREES
FURTIVE MOVEMENTS
IN GNARLED UNDERGROWTH
GROWING CLOSER
BREATH ON NECK
CLAW TEARS FLESH
CRASH THROUGH THE NEAREST THICKET
FLESH WOUNDS GO UN-NOTICED
EYES SQUINT AGAINST FLYING DEBRIS
ALL THIS
IN... ME.

FIRST LIGHT BRINGS BATTERED LANDSCAPE
BRONZE SUN HITS CLOSED EYELIDS
WATER DRIPS HIT WOUNDED SCALP
FROM THE LEAF OF ALOE...SOOTHING..
SHOOK AWAKE SHAKING
STUMBLE TO A HIDDEN BROOK
PARTAKE OF WHAT WAS GIVEN SO HARSHLY
DURING THE DARKESS HOUR
FRUIT FOUND ON FOREST FLOOR FLUNG FROM SKY HIGH
STILL SHY FROM NIGHTS BEATING...

...SNOWY CLOUDS DRIFT THROUGH.....AS A REMINDER.
BE GRATEFUL FOR THE LESSONS OF THIS LIFE...
WITH THE DARKNESS COMES THE LIGHT.

Grateful for Today
Salaam Shabazz
 

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