Jan 2018
Legacy
She gave her all
Her last
When there was none left
Love was right
Lost love in a sense
Tell them she was just trying to make it
To find or not to find her way
She was insane
Not looking to blame the next for her mistakes
She knew
Wisdom sat on her shoulder like a boulder carrying it around like baggage claim
A disaster
Like the devils on Hercules her life was a string that couldn't be cut.
Never gave up
Grinding for those who looked up to her
Or down to her size
Come to realize
Motherhood knocked on her door early
Before lied down
Before she kissed her father goodnight kisses not knowing if he'd wake up again
Before the meals she prepared for her brothers
Before the nights she prayed with her mother
Before you were in your mothers womb
Jeremiah spoke "God knew me."
Tell them my legacy
I was a giant
With ways that humbled me down to 6 ft small
Shadows along the wall couldn't compete with the heart she left on the stage
Blood stained sleeves
Flowing rivers of rage
Tears no longer water
Just Hemoglobin waves
Leaving the mic checks to switch lanes
Her story tattooed her body like a open book
... more came after
Tell them
Babies don't feed themselves at first
Nor teach themselves morals
Announce aloud
Any single parent doing it by themselves needs help
Explain
There were times that we sat in the dark because mommy just didn't have it
Report we were homeless
Acknowledge the government only wanted to assist you if you weren't willing to help yourself
Tell them there where times when I leaned on my daughter. Her response was glare saying mommy "I'm just a baby"
with God we made it
Proclaim to push and push and push
Pray
Until
Something
Happens
Speak of me as a messenger for God
Every word misunderstood at the mic was exchanged for a dance step or tune
So that so misunderstood became apprehending the good
Express that i taught the young girls that their worth wasn't something to be bought
It came with a cost
To fall in love with Jesus
Because boys these days can repeatedly show you how your good enough to lie down with but not enough to wife 7Bs knowledge for life
Affirm my love hard as concrete roses
Muscle brick shoulders
Chest to the bar to bench press walls of life
I love you
Even though you stabbed me in the back
I've wondered why you haven't called me back
Futuristically I see positivity
the God i believe can do all things
413
Love left in a sense
When there was none
Her last
She gave her all
Again Tell them her legacy
How it all began
Better yet...wait.
She gave her all
Her last
When there was none left
Love was right
Lost love in a sense
Tell them she was just trying to make it
To find or not to find her way
She was insane
Not looking to blame the next for her mistakes
She knew
Wisdom sat on her shoulder like a boulder carrying it around like baggage claim
A disaster
Like the devils on Hercules her life was a string that couldn't be cut.
Never gave up
Grinding for those who looked up to her
Or down to her size
Come to realize
Motherhood knocked on her door early
Before lied down
Before she kissed her father goodnight kisses not knowing if he'd wake up again
Before the meals she prepared for her brothers
Before the nights she prayed with her mother
Before you were in your mothers womb
Jeremiah spoke "God knew me."
Tell them my legacy
I was a giant
With ways that humbled me down to 6 ft small
Shadows along the wall couldn't compete with the heart she left on the stage
Blood stained sleeves
Flowing rivers of rage
Tears no longer water
Just Hemoglobin waves
Leaving the mic checks to switch lanes
Her story tattooed her body like a open book
... more came after
Tell them
Babies don't feed themselves at first
Nor teach themselves morals
Announce aloud
Any single parent doing it by themselves needs help
Explain
There were times that we sat in the dark because mommy just didn't have it
Report we were homeless
Acknowledge the government only wanted to assist you if you weren't willing to help yourself
Tell them there where times when I leaned on my daughter. Her response was glare saying mommy "I'm just a baby"
with God we made it
Proclaim to push and push and push
Pray
Until
Something
Happens
Speak of me as a messenger for God
Every word misunderstood at the mic was exchanged for a dance step or tune
So that so misunderstood became apprehending the good
Express that i taught the young girls that their worth wasn't something to be bought
It came with a cost
To fall in love with Jesus
Because boys these days can repeatedly show you how your good enough to lie down with but not enough to wife 7Bs knowledge for life
Affirm my love hard as concrete roses
Muscle brick shoulders
Chest to the bar to bench press walls of life
I love you
Even though you stabbed me in the back
I've wondered why you haven't called me back
Futuristically I see positivity
the God i believe can do all things
413
Love left in a sense
When there was none
Her last
She gave her all
Again Tell them her legacy
How it all began
Better yet...wait.
You can tell people a lot of things but your actions will always speak louder than your words. Stop saying what you will leave behind and just show them. This poem was my story to Carvens Lissaint’s Tell Them ****.
