Black Poetry : journal entry #158

wildflower7

Well-Known Member
REGISTERED MEMBER
Apr 2, 2001
1,303
4
maryland
Occupation
motherhood
this morning made part of me wish that
i lived in a rural part of the south in
a big house with a big porch and one big
tree nearby
in the middle of a huge field
and when i go to the general store i'd get greeted
by the content old storekeeper that would say
"mawnin mizz collins, how's mistuh collins and the chilren?"
and i'd reply, "oh just fine. how are you mistuh jackson?"
and he'd go on about his sugar and how arthritis is creepin
up on him but he's fine this beautiful mawnin...
and i'd have my own vegetable garden, 3 chickens, and one cow
and my children would be so at ease
(and weed would be very hard to come by for my husband--
he don't need to be smokin it anyway)
and slow sunday mornings would be real slow
and we wouldn't have to rush off anywhere because
everything we needed was right there
and clear crisp sunny cold mornings would be enjoyed
sitting on the kitchen sofa cuddled under a blanket
eating hot biscuits and drinking chocolate milk...
in the south where hospitality is key and a smiling
face is never hard to come by and the soil is rich
with the knowledge that my ancestors dwelled there
working the earth...
the south that i tend to shy away from because of
it's slow pace, share-cropper mentality, and the fact that
lynchings and rash social injustice blatantly endures...
my southern home would be euphoric wherein
color and status wouldn't make a difference
we would just live and love each other...
 
I love this picture of a genteel life....

I was blessed to enjoy some of these scenes from birth to early childhood down in Birmingham, Alabama. Motherdear and Granddaddy had a great big house with a huge backyard where my cousins and I enjoyed many a carefree day. There was the general store ~ but the store keeper was Black like me. There was the school, but everybody was Black like me. I didn't know anything about the injustices toward my people ~ Mom and Dad kept me wrapped in Black Christian fellowship, living as comfortable a life as two school teachers could provide, by God's grace. It wasn't until I returned South to attend college that I saw the difference ... still wrapped in Black Christian fellowship; but so much more aware of the dividing line between the races.

Yes, the pace is slower down South (depending on where you go)...and that has both advantages and disadvantages.

Loving this piece Misses K-ness... (in a rural setting, the weed might still be plentiful...folks be into the home grown variety...lol)

feelin ya

a
 

Donate

Support destee.com, the oldest, most respectful, online black community in the world - PayPal or CashApp

Latest profile posts

HODEE wrote on Etophil's profile.
Welcome to Destee
@Etophil
Destee wrote on SleezyBigSlim's profile.
Hi @SleezyBigSlim ... Welcome Welcome Welcome ... :flowers: ... please make yourself at home ... :swings:
Back
Top