Black Poetry : " black on black silence "

j'hiah

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may l approach your throne, queen??
take your mental eyes through the unheard and unseen
and soar them through the finite range of magazine,
movie and media which so defies your essence??
l want to say thank you.
thank you, mother, for all the care l needed to see was prepared
for me in breakfast, lunch and dinner...
thank you, sister, for l am eyewitness to a single mom, full time student with career and still the winner
l... saw the black woman's eternity in a confined, one-room apartment
l saw her dominant beauty on the cover of Heaven
and all her pages were written on stones and soft sand...yes, pain and joy
but the world has not heeded and my people only
speak of black on black violence

may l approach your throne, king?
this time, it wont be prison stats or aids reports l bring...
read this scroll of beginnings, afterwards wear your signet ring
for l want to thank you, father, for in the home you taught me to be a man..
but out here they say you were other than..
l saw... the red in your eyes after a hard day's work
both oppression and freedom bled in your eyes as you sought to educate me..
on God, love and family
but black on black silence is bound to damage me
for they didn't speak about the knowledge you handed me but instead,
they told me l would be dead or in jail
statistically making babies or getting crazy high
in hopes that l would dis my black woman and make her cry
but l got my third degree, not from burgulary but from college
and more of the young princes lead or follow me...
but they keep bringing you this other knowledge for you to hear
and all l hear is violence
but the silence is louder
 

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