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Search For The Positive Black Man Black man, black man look at you now, Baseball caps cover up their weeded brow. Standing on the corner in clothes that don't fit, Destroying your people in need of a hit. Black man, black man be a father to your child, Or will he learn to disrespect others and grow up wild? Black man, black man stop using and abusing us, And black women stop accepting and forgiving their mistrust. For a positive black woman there should be, A positive man with the ability To love and respect her the way she should be, Until I find the positive black man, My search continues relentlessly. My brother, my brother, studious in school, To prove to everyone that you are no fool. My brother, dear brother, don't steal, cheat, or rob, Stand proud and walk strong on the way to your job. Love and respect your Nubian sister, Don't lie, and don't cheat, and don't try to "dis" her. For a positive woman do the best that you can, So she won't have to search, Be a positive black man.Where I Come From Born in the ghetto, not of the ghetto I stand torn between the fanstasy world I've created in my mind's eye, And the harsh reality that is my life. Mid-street I stand Watching sunset over projects, Moonrise over projects, Shots blaze from rooftops. Crack/cocaine filled pipe dreams Of get rich quick schemes. Dropping that record, number one platinum. Half a dozen babies mother's Pick up their checks With hair did up, gold, leather, Name brands on their backs? Free advertising for someone Who doesn't give a damn about you? The quote unquote Chicken Heads. Ghetto assed mentalities. And yet I fail to see How one could be Contented with that kind of lifestyle. Maybe it's just me. Maybe I just don't understand. Guess I had to be there to grasp that comprehension. I am there but not in the center. Somewhere in outer orbit, doing my own thing. Is this really where I come from? If so, why do I feel alien? This is where I come from? Can I adapt? Do I even want to? HELL NO! This is where I come from, not what I am.

Love Thy Neighbor Black, White, Male, Female Love thy neighbor. For through the differences we have on the outside, We share the same internal being. Love thy neighbor For who they are inside. Let the differences be the mortar To hold the bricks of friendship together. Life is precious in all forms, But is taken for granted by those who don't care Don't give a damn. Learn to love, learn to live, learn to look; Look past racial and sexual differences. Because when we can look past We can look closer at ourselves; See who we truly are inside. Do you like what you see? It isn't too late To love thyself, to change thyself, To love thy neighbor, Love thy neighbor.

I wear my sunglasses
Not so much to block out the sun,
But to block out cruel humanity.
I use my sunglasses as a shield--
For they protect me from the unsightly.
They make me brave enough to walk by
And ignore the world spiraling around me.
They make me strong and oblivious
To everyday life.
They shade my eyes from damaging light,
They shade my heart
From the damage created
When I see the children cry,
The man begging for money,
The woman strung out on the drug.
My sunglasses hide my face
So that I can't see or hear,
The shots ring out,
Or the police cars drive by.
Do my sunglasses cover the pain
Concealed in the depths behind them?
Can they see what I feel inside?
Will they reflect it on the world?
I bet you never knew
How complex sunglasses were,
Until you've seen them

Perfection

Through my eyes.Hard to come by, yet always desired Perfection of mind, body, and soul. The perfect male, the perfect female, The perfect lover. What determines perfection? The length of the hair? The curvature of the body? The knowledge obtained and retained from school? The salary brought home every week? Who determines what perfection is? Where is the rule written That I am not perfect because I am shorter than she? That she is not perfect because she is darker than her? That he is not perfect because he makes less money than the other? Perfection. We strive for it, we reach for it. Yet it falls just beyond our fingertips. For what one sees as perfection Another just sees. And what I see as perfection Is shadowed by crime and poverty, Racism and sexism, In an unfair and unjust society. When will we learn to stop accepting "The Norm" for being perfect, And just be happy with being who we are. It is only then that we can truly achieve Perfection.

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