Black Relationships : A Great Poem about Relationships!

I wish I WOULD have done this one, but I didn't. I found this on the Internet. Since it was marked 'Anonymous', God knows the writer's identity...and I would not think to take credit from him, but to praise him for his words of wisdom...

LADIES CHECK THIS OUT!

"IN SEARCH OF A SISTER"

We are looking for a sister. We are looking for a righteous sister. A real righteous sister. Not one of those teary-eyed girls watching General Hospital who thinks the only love worth striving for occurs at first sight and will be breathless with passion by the second commercial.

We are looking for a sister who will take time to know a man, and to understand him, and to make intelligent choices about the future they can have together. We are looking for a real righteous sister who embraces passion and wisdom.

We are looking for a righteous sister who knows how to give unconditional love-not just demand it. We are looking for a righteous sister who will communicate without screaming or accusing, who will listen without trying to think of snappy replies, and who will not perpetuate female sterotypes by using hormonal imbalances as an excuse to act ugly.

We are looking for a real righteous sister. An all-grown-up, ain't scared of committment, ain't scared of honesty, and knows it's time to save the race righteous sister. A good mother, good wife, good lover, good worker, strong supporter, intelligent, innovative righteous sister.

A righteous sister who realizes Nintendo is not a mother, BET is not a wife, and Fabio is not her husband. And accept equal responsibility for the relationship righteous sister...and ask how a brother's day was righteous sister. A generate some sympathy for a brother when he's down righteous sister...a righteous sister who knows how to tell a good joke, and how to take one.

A righteous sister who is confident enough about her looks that she doesn't have to be two hours late for every appointment because she was primping in the mirror. A righteous sister who realizes that if she's beautiful inside, tidy outside, and healthy, then $400 worth of makeup, jewels, and designer fashions are just covering up her real loveliness. A righteous sister who doesn't compare every brother she's ever met to that last immature fool on Oprah.

A righteous sister who is an example to all around her of what a black woman should be in times like these. A righteous sister whose soul is pure, mind is keen, heart is warm, and body is reserved for the one and only person she will spend her entire life with.

A righteous sister looking for a man of comparable qualities. A righteous sister who will encourage such a man's interest in her, instead of casting him aside for the nearest crotch-grabbing, illiterate convict who just happens to have a Corvette, a credit card, and a Billy Dee Williams smile.

A read a book and sing a tune righteous sister...a righteous sister who loves black men and protects black children. A righteous sister who doesn't dog her man-especially in public. A turn Melrose off, put down Denzel's latest Ebony cover, put away the shallow, sugary Harlequin romances, and let's talk instead and build some tender, realistic love that will stand the test of time righteous sister.

A tell your man-instead of just your homegirls-when you're hurting righteous sister. An "I realize you aren't a mind reader, so I'll tell you what I want" righteous sister. A sister that is open. A sister who can move toward her goals and toward her man's and toward heaven. A sister who is not intimidated or confused when a man opens a door for her, or pulls out a chair for her, or shows her old-fashioned respect.

We are looking for a righteous sister. We used to call her "a good sister." A sister who loves her people. A sister who doesn't take advantage of a gentleman by hitting or slapping him when she knows he wouldn't dream of retaliating. A sister who doesn't make wild, abusive comments when she knows how hurtful they are. A sister who knows that time and tenderness with her man are more important than the latest gossip on the phone. A sister who says: "I made him feel good. I showed him how much I love and cherish him." A sister who is caring and sweet. A sister who realizes that gentleness and femininity didn't have to die with women's liberation, no more than chivalry had to die with Sir Galahad.

A sister who says: "I made him feel so accepted and happy and free that he feel asleep in my arms and his heartbeat sounded like the ocean after a storm..." We are looking for a real good sister.

We are looking for a sister who will turn the ships around. A sister who will go into the schoolhouse, the church, the home, and the social centers, and turn the ships around. A sister who will go to the places where it is open season on our children and turn the ships around. A sister who will hear the whimper of babies born with AIDS or addicted to crack and turn the ships around. A sister who will see the people sleeping on the street and turn the ships around.

A sister who will support the marches in the street, and the protests at city hall and the school board, and who will turn the ships around. A sister who will remember how freedom feels and turn the ships around. A sister who will together with the warriors and march-if only to cheer the warriors on-down to the edge of the sea and turn the ships around...turn the ships around...turn the ships around...and this time, turn the ships around...


--Author Unknown


That's the kind of sistah I am looking for!!!


Postscript--Every Single Brother and Sister ought to read this one and reflect!

Mike Ramey:love:

Hmmmm....interesting "Want Ad" from this anonymous Brotha.

Now, I can accept some sincere "constructive criticism" and engage in some honest introspection from it.

PARTS of this "Want Ad," I can agree with and some PARTS, I can not.

I do commend this author for including the part about the "man of comparable qualities."

Now, perhaps I am out of touch or it's a "generational thing" but I find it hard to accept that there are THAT many Black women out here who fit this description......I mean, come on!.....FABIO?!...If any Black woman is that into FABIO, then "She's just not that into YOU!" :cool:

And the "hormonal imbalances" part REALLY raised an eyebrow.

Yes, I can agree that some females may use such as an "excuse;" but, again, if so, then she aint tha ONE either.

...And the ex-con with a "CREDIT CARD" made me wonder, "Where they do that at?" :cool:

Overall, I can agree with much of what this Brotha had to say.
 
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She loves her man in public and provides him with the reverence he has EARNED and lays nestled in his arms reading her Ebony WITH the Denzel cover and feels safe and secure knowing that he is Secure and God Fearing enough to know that there is nothing sexier (not even Denzel) than a PRAYING MAN!

Because if he can Love God with all his being, he understands what it takes to be equipped to see the TRUE Righteous sister.

And when that Righteous sister gets with that righteous man, the oceans will recede and roll forth in the mighty power of true love and worth, the marches and protests will be empowered by the sight of a man and woman who are bonded in truth leading the unity that was intended, and when they come forth together in such a GODLY way that their blessings, and obvious flow of love, and majesty are displayed, they will appreciate each other in such a thunderously passionate crescendo that they will say AMEN! ha!

That sister will remember, enjoy, and embrace her freedom and his too, for one without the other is void. Don't look for a sister... look INTO a sister.


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