Black Poetry : ACCEPT ME

Lataisha Nicole

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West Palm Beach Fl, aka, the bottom
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Sickle Cell Foundation/ making the world a better
ACCEPT ME
BABY, CAN YOU ACCEPT ME… FOR ME
NOT THE ME YOU SEE, BUT THE REAL ME
THAT SOMETIMES PICKS MY NOSE AND FLICKS
THE SHE THAT WRITES POETRY ON THE TOILET AS SHE SITS
THE ONE WHO PASSES GAS AND SOMETIMES LAUGH
THE ONE WHO’S MIND IS ALWAYS MOVING TOO FAST
THE ME THAT LOVES THE WORLD IN SPITE OF HERSELF
THE ONE WHO SMOKES, IN SPITE OF HER HEALTH
THE ME THAT CAN SPEND AN ENTIRE EVENING FEEDING
THE HURTING AND HUNGRY
ONLY TO COME HOME SO FULL OF PASSION AND DESIRE
IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOMEONE TO JUST…SEX ME
LAY ME ON MY BELLY AND JUST KISS, EVERY INCH
FROM MY HEAD TO MY TOES
DRIPPING DROPS OF SWEAT ON MY BODY LIKE RAIN
AS I BEG IN ECSTASY FOR MORE
THE ME THAT NEEDS SOMEONE TO FEED MY SOUL
SOMEONE WHO SAYS “YEAH BABY YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, BUT YOUR SOUL, IS PURE GOLD.”
SOMEONE WHO FEEDS ME WITH THE WORD OF GOD
“SAYING, OPEN UP AND SWALLOW BABY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T
THEN YOU’LL STARVE,”
SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS THAT I AM A WORK IN PROGRESS
SOMEONE THAT WILL REMIND ME CONSTANTLY
THAT GOD FORGIVES AND FORGETS
ACCEPT ME
MY ALOOFNESS, THE ME THAT AGGRESSIVELY SPEAKS
“BABY YOU GOTTA PROVE THIS!”
KNOWING THAT THIS IS ME YEARNING
FOR A KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FACT THAT I’M SPEAKING TO A KING
IS A FACT
THAT I AM NOT FORGETTING
CAN YOU ACCEPT THE ME
THAT DOESN’T ALWAYS WANT TO CLEAN OR COOK
THE SOMEONE THAT NEEDS YOU TO HOLD HER DOWN
WHILE WHISPERING “BABY JUST TAKE ANOTHER LOOK?”
THE ME THAT’S SOMETIMES AFRAID OF THE DARK
THE ME THAT’S SOMETIMES UNSURE
AS TO WHERE I SHOULD START
THE ME THAT MAY LOVE YOU
MORE THAN YOU’VE ASKED
BECAUSE THOUGH LIVING IS SOMETIMES CHORE
LOVING IS NEVER A TASK
THIS IS ME
THE ME THAT CAN’T SING
BUT DOES SO AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS
WHILE YELLING FROM THE CAR WINDOW
“THIS IS MY SONG!”
ACCEPT ME, JUST LIKE THIS, JUST AS I AM
A DREAD LOCK RASTA
COVERED FROM HEAD TO TOE
WITH THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
TEMPERAMENTAL, FEISTY, FULL OF PASSION AND GRACE
TO SOME OUTLANDISH DEGREE
HALFWAY ASKING, HALFWAY TELLING
YOU NEED TO, CAN YOU
ACCEPT ME.
Lataisha Nicole
 
Yes , I can accept thee
for whom one is
from the true you
to the outter half
I can accept you
now in da future and thy past
I can accept you for da woman
you are and what's deep in ya heart
yes ! yes ! yes ! I can accept.
 

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