Black Poetry : TurtleDoved

YeshuJah

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Mar 21, 2001
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Florida
If I had a house on a hill,
a couple-a lakes in the valley
and an endless array of bills
would it matter?
Don't know.
Seems like the Israelis & Palestinains
would still be fighting,
races still be race hating,
politicians still race baiting
and every man,woman & child still
faced with the question of why we all
still dying.
Would it make a difference?
Jesus said don't worry about tomorrow,
but is seems like tommorow is always
weighing ni**ers down-
First it was emancipation,
then integration,
now it's the daily ********
of failed assimilation.
Some days I feel as if I don't wannna
work no mo'
I feel as if I'm being robbed
of time between the rising
and setting of the sun for sure.
but time for what?
I realize that in this circle
within a circle off in the middle
of seemingly nowhere my place is miniscule,
compounded by ignorance and its present rule
in whose shadow a wise man is still a fool,
and a man rich in possesions is but possesion's tool-
this **** ain't cool.
Really-
the only thing I ought to be concerned
about is how to love every being I encounter,
but I'm constantly dogged by thoughts of
which one uh these ni**rs is gonna
beat me with that same number.
Judas certailny took it to Jesus
and even he on the cross wondered.
I still ponder-
If I say the devil is to blame
yet accept that I gots decisions I ought
to have made then who's playing
whose game?
The word says I gotta be born again,
but my current experiences in life
got me wondering why I should believe
in life again-
maybe its the hope factor,
or the dope factor,
or the fact that I ain't factored in
the fact that the comforter is come.
But if some are made vessels of honor
and some vessels unto dishonor
which path should I take
while I navigate life's daily blunders?
I asked myself these things
while sitting in a house upon a hill
I never set foot in & looking into a valley
of lakes I may never swim in.
Selah.
 
Question everything and learn something! Question nothing and learn nothing!

You inner turmoil illustrated in this poem , is so relatable.
And very debateable.
But, if we question nothing, we learn nothing.
And while questioning everything as mere mortals, we know we cannot know everything, question,question,question!!!!!!!!!
For that is to know that there are answers.
"There are no stupid questions!"
Except the ones that go unasked!
BLESSINGS ON YA HOUSE!
 
ETERNAL, WE AGREE!

This is a dialogue that I truly love , being a journalist
and coming from an academic background, I love the fact
that as writer's and poets we get to pose the questions
that many people shy away from. And you are so correct
in this "Piece/Peace" there were no Stupid questions the
scribe is very thorough in his flow and it gives rise to
more dialogue which can only lead to solutions!
I love it when y'all feed my mind and my soul
BLESSINGS ON YA HOUSE!
 

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