The Underachievers: An Ode to Displacement

mammies...
sambos...
toms...
coons...

Nursewife to your children
Sewer of your wounds
Indentured servditude

Kings and Queens
Princes and Princesses
Bow at the feet of the helpless
Till fields for the ignorant

To gain praise
Respect
Acknowledgement

Royalty...defaced
Diminished
Defiled
Desensitized

By white-men-dressed-black-face
By 'high yellas' passing in high society
For identity lost in the shuffle
Principle lost at sea

As Kings and Queens
Princes and Princesses
Leave their dignity behind
To nurse American children
And sew American wounds

To birth mammies; sambos--
toms and coons

To trade the adornment of wealth
For the shackles of bondage and slavery
For identity lost in the shuffle

Royalty...defaced

Gluttony

I'm force-fed the notion that black is beautiful
because realistically, I eat white freely,
everyday...

Drifters

My worries form words and phrases that encapsulate a torrent of emotions
Not wanting to get swept away, I share with you...

Dead eyes greet me in return
As your ears repel my cries for help

I find this moment very disheartening
Because in ten minutes, you will inhale deeply;
Ball your fists, and scream at me...

Scream at me, all that I attempted to confide in you...reiterate my torment
As your tone accuses me of not listening

And then, walk away feeling justified in the unresolve we BOTH share,

share alone...

Driving on Dwele...

Almost killed myself,
While trying to save this thought--
That's passion.

Sincere

...to me means wrong or right,
smart or stupid, the genuine
soul would try honesty
before committing to a lie...

Psalm

I deserve love,
So I decided to quit
The panic button prayers
And delight in the wisdom
Of early morning communes
To David's tunes...