Black Poetry : The Choices We Choose

[rasheed]

Choosing?
Watch out
It can become confusing
Get you out there
In the realm of amusing
Out there
Where you are losing
The things that count
Have you abusing
Your real self
Just out there cruising
Based upon your own
Unenlightened choosing

Choices?
Folks around you
Raising their voices
With chitter and chatter
Mostly just noises
Keyed to
Mounting up their invoices
That's the whole story
They're all just ploy-ses
Created for control
Of the girl-ses and boy-ses
Who lack know how and/or control
Over their own choices

Choices we choose
They're
All over the news
The schemers
Are trying to use
Everything
In our shoes
As they advance
Agony and blues
And whether we win
Or whether we loose
Is heavily based on
The choices we choose ​

 

[queentswana]

Yes ...the choices we dare to choose can make a world of difference. We can choose ...Life or Death, right or wrong, love or hate...wow, that's deep. I like where you went with this. And thanks for sharing.
much luv at your door...queentswana

 

[$$RICH$$]

yes sir we can make the choices but are they the right one
tyte drop to the mental

 

[angelicsage]

this piece speaks such truth...
while many of us *choose* to
place blame for failure...etc...
it really goes back to our
initial choice...whether it's
taking ownership of our actions
or regulating them...it's up to us
Nice flow...Rasheed

 

[one_love]

Very good poem. I loved the rhyme, and you spoke a lot of truth about the choice we make, and the responsibility that comes with it. Very powerful poem

One_Love