Black Poetry : The Children Watch

Heartbeat

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Summertime rituals of death and violence
Crimson sidewalks
A mother cries
Heat and hate mixed in streets of despair
The children watch in wonder
No one cares
Night brings no relief

The inner-city calls to our young
"Come see who you will be"
Learn to run in oversized jeans
Watch your brother rule the street
Untied Air Jordans dress his feet
Children watch in the summer heat
No one cares

A ho called your sister
Her body sold
For short shorts and gold
No jump rope here
The children watch
She's fourteen years old

The eyes of children
Big, bold, and bright
They learn so fast
The meaning of life
The children watch
The stress and the strife
They understand
How well they know
The peace of winter
When crimson sidewalks
Will be covered with snow

BE
 
the shame of it is that...

we sit on the wayside, standing by, as child after child perish in their own stupidity. helpless. 'coz mommie and daddy would have our heads if we say anything to little johnnie.

i've seen the blood-letting.
not forgetting
the sorrowful cries
as mommie asks GOD
why
Why
WHY my little johnnie

SAY THE WORDS, BE.
let the river flow.
 
BE...................

I strongly work wit children daily yet my hand alone
not good enough i too have come to pass over the
lost of many sweet faces our children headed into
a self destruction........I have not de Answer yet!!

beautiful piece my brutha:confused:
 

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