Black Poetry : when i became a man.

j'hiah

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i recall the sunny days i had on the playground
the sand
the swings
the merry go rounds- careless.

you remember
spring and summer, slip and slide we would take a timeless glide...
fun was free as we would climb the tree, telling secrets
but it was always a snitch "oohhh i'mma telllll, mamaaaa!!"
on his way down the tree
i'm like " man don't tell, ah hah that's why you fell :tongue:

but now...

this backyard is different
this playground is different with hovering teal skies
the "dirt"
the "swings"
the "un-merry go rounds"- careless?

i think now that my mother was behind me
pushing that swing watching my joy and laughter preparing me for the thereafter blur all the while knowing i'd need a strength stronger than her to push me through these swings of life..

she knew that the sand would not be the same
and that later hassles of life would destroy my sand castles...

she knew as she spinned the merry go round
that greater forces than her would soon spin me around and around and around until
i'm dizzy
i'm sick
in her ears is a different sound of a little boy...

a little boy who has grown to understand pain is the doorway to joy.

and for joy i have to throw away all of my toys.

it is peace i seek i can't find in my boys
it is satisfaction i need that i not even the girls could fill
this "playing field" does not have those same thrills

this playground is real where men make noise between grief or relief...
it has a hill to heaven and i did not see this hill when i was seven
but she did....

but now that i am a man i wish sometimes i were that kid
careless
free
and i can see that she knew that one day i'd be climbing a different tree...
of life.


"when i was a child i spake as a child, i understood as a child, i thought as a child but when i became a man i put away childish things."- paul, 1st Cor. 13:11.

peace.
 

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