Black Poetry : I THINK...

[Lataisha Nicole]

I THINK
YEAH I’VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT
JUST WHAT WILL MY LEGACY BE
WHAT WILL CAUSE MY DEMISE
AIDS, CANCER, OR FOUND DEAD IN THE STREETS
WILL I GO PENNILESS OR WORLD RENOWN
WHAT LESSONS WOULD I HAVE TAUGHT
I GUESS EVERYTHING THAT I’VE BEEN SHOWN
AND IN THE END WILL I BE FOUND IN A STATE OF WANTING
WAITING FOR TRUE LOVE TO COME
AND IF IT COMES BEFORE I GO, WILL IT SCARE ME TO DEATH
OR WILL I PICK UP AND RUN
A SELF SABOTAGED, WRINKLES IN THE SKIN FROM LIFE BEING SO HARD
I THINK THERE MUST BE A WORLD WHERE LOVES RAPID
WHERE WAR HATE AND GENOCIDE DOESN’T WRECK HAVOC
I THINK THERE MUST BE PARENTS THAT LOVE THEIR CHILDREN SOOO MUCH
I THINK THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A TIME WHEN I WASN’T AFRAID OF TOUCH
I THINK, I THINK,I THINK TOO MUCH
BUT NOT EVEN DURING SLEEP DOES THIS MIND STOP
CONSTANTLY I’M WONDERING, HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT
I THINK ABOUT THE BILLS, BUT NOT HALF A S MUCH A S HOW I FEEL
I THINK ABOUT HOPE AND FAITH AND COURAGE
AND WONDER IF I’VE GOT ENOUGH OF EITHER
I’M AFRAID TO BE FOUND IN A POSITION WHEN IT WILL MATTER THE MOST
ONLY TO LEARN THAT I OWN NEITHER
THE RAIN FALLS AND I THINK THAT I MAY DROWN FROM MY OWN TEARS
I THINK THAT THERE MUST BE A ME INSIDE OF ME
THAT OWNS THE CAPACITY TO FORGIVE
THAT’S WORTHY OF FORGIVENESS
THAT’S ABSENT OF FEAR
I THINK THE END IS DRAWING NEAR
I’M AFRAID THAT IT WILL FIND ME HERE
LONGING, WAITING, THINKING
Lataisha Nicole

 

[$$RICH$$]

There's a path my mind journey often only to yet be answered of what thy future holds but i am thinking !

This piece touch my mental and got me thinking ......like a wake up call thankz

 

[watzinaname]

I think as long as we're not only thinking, but doing, then we'll be alright. I so do get what you're saying here poetess, I think so much sometimes it's a wonder the words don't roll out of my ears. I appreciated this well penned piece sis.

 

[queentswana]

Without the Longing, the Wanting, the Waiting ...what have we? Thinking is a very good thing to do, ...Never stop!!
great piece poet

 

[Lataisha Nicole]

Thank you Queen, Watz, and Rich,

Sometimes I feel so powerless to the situations around us. I want to take all the pains away, stop every ones hurt( including my own). I long to make some drastic moves, but in the scheme I find that I am not as powerful as I hoped I were. So sometimess I think, and other times, I pray, I think about the strength I have, and I pray for the strength I would like to have, and know one day that these thoughts and prayers will come to be revelation. I hope to be caught moving on and not thinking about my next move, when my clock strikes, DONE.

I thank you
Queen, for your passion.
Watz, for your strength
Rich, for your encouragement

Bless!