Black Poetry : Legacy Returns- One Year In The Life

Legacy21

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It was one year ago when I was among you
One year ago when I journied across time
To touch with kindred souls and minds
Now I return to you after days at the Wailing Wall
Sackcloth rent and ashes streaking my face
Tears dried on my cheeks
Now I return to you
A different sista
With a different perception of life
A different perception of people
Nothing is ever as it appears to be
And conscious folks do betray and lie
Peace brothers can be dogs
Peace sistas can be b*tches
Deceivers and weavers of lies
Yet and still I will love and forgive
But I shall never forget
One year in the life of conscious elevation
Love Supreme
I was in poetic/euphoric bliss
Until the sunshine burnt this black rose petals to blisters
Now I seethe on the fury I have reaped
In these days of endless weeping
Sobbing sighs
Somebody lied, lied, lied
And took all the joy away from me
Somebody could not swallow there bitterness
So I was punished far beyond any sin I committed
And I believed in these folks
Conscious folks
Beautiful Black people
Yet all turned so ugly
Tarnished with selfishness and fallacy
And this is my reality to remember
Even as I raise my head to the skies
Implore God to remove the burden from my shoulders
And let me return to the paths of righteousness
Submerge myself into divine consciousness
Forever scarred
Forever burned
Karma earned
Lesson learned
One year in the life
Filled with glorious enlightment and love
Ended in pain, betrayal, and strife
Now I return to you
With new eyes
Still Legacy but forever altered
Never to be known as I once was
Perhaps faith and love
Will restore my spirit
But until then
One year in the life
Where I drfit on the edges of existence
Learning to live again.....
 

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