~inspired by Sade's 'Cherish The Day'~
my greatest nightmare would frighten those
who love me
because off all the
time, money & energy they
sacrificed to see me
well into adulthood
and I've never been ungrateful
even in my teens
I worked and
helped, and
kept my grades
didn't get pregnant
stayed in church
...
and I did things
the way they expected...
didn't sleep around
(too much)
didn't flunk out of
college
didn't become a
drug addict
(but I inhaled ~ often)
and I marched in
June
(and not in August)...
and I moved out
and paid my own rent
with my own money
cuz I had a job
and my own car
continued my education
bought my own clothes
flirted with the
brothaz
danced just close
enough to the fire
to feel the heat
without getting
burned...
and I believed that
if I died
"righteous" I would
go to heaven
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
my greatest nightmare would
hurt those who
brought me into this place...
in all their rearing and
instruction...
life presented me
with a truth they couldn't
begin to teach me...
~your love~
and dying "righteous"
could mean
living without you~
~my soul's greatest fear
Alyce, 2001
my greatest nightmare would frighten those
who love me
because off all the
time, money & energy they
sacrificed to see me
well into adulthood
and I've never been ungrateful
even in my teens
I worked and
helped, and
kept my grades
didn't get pregnant
stayed in church
...
and I did things
the way they expected...
didn't sleep around
(too much)
didn't flunk out of
college
didn't become a
drug addict
(but I inhaled ~ often)
and I marched in
June
(and not in August)...
and I moved out
and paid my own rent
with my own money
cuz I had a job
and my own car
continued my education
bought my own clothes
flirted with the
brothaz
danced just close
enough to the fire
to feel the heat
without getting
burned...
and I believed that
if I died
"righteous" I would
go to heaven
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
my greatest nightmare would
hurt those who
brought me into this place...
in all their rearing and
instruction...
life presented me
with a truth they couldn't
begin to teach me...
~your love~
and dying "righteous"
could mean
living without you~
~my soul's greatest fear
Alyce, 2001