Black Poetry : Divided We Fall

N2urSoul

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As a "man"
he knew he didn't feel
it was right...
allowing another man/woman
to make decisions
for personal lifetime
expenditures
that cost him less than
the expense of
a hotel room, a glass of
cheap wine and its
headache from a
hangover
the day after ~

...She always
felt that he didn't
really care ...feeling
as though he took
responsibility too lightly
blowing off "care"
as the wind
brushes
perspiration away
from his brow
never did
he once volunteer ~~

'Accountabilities'
he dismissed
as they
came
2nd, or 3rd to
reality
...then she was
always left to
handle fear with care...

Until she had enough
of hounding him
for loose change
or nickels and dimes
for necessities' sake
the child they had
together needed
many things
because
children grow
and from somewhere
"money" must flow
to maintain the
upkeep on
little Jasmin
or even lil' Steve
...but as new
parents
the two could
never concede
and surrender
themselves~~
Each of them
sought after
financial
stability....

Brothas and sistas
don't let the
FAMILY COURT DIVISION
decide your history's
future...literally
child support officers
instructing young
father's on
what's "Fair"
Sustenance
granted
to one parent
pitting
the two
against one another
a court that
DIVIDES
the FAMILY

Fathers must recognize
the system
and own up to their
responsibilities
~likewise~
Mothers be patient
...until you exhaust
all possibilities...
and finally
we must all pray
that parents will
wake up and
begin to learn
that adult sex
without
condoms may
become
a child's debt
turned into
a mother and fathers
shared liability


(c) 2001 SOULOFASISTA
 

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