On the night
I learn about Demitri Allison I smoke and I cry
And I drink

And I try

And I talk

And I laugh

Like I ain’t me

I look in the mirror

And I look in the mirror

And I see

And I look

Again

I reflect

And I respect

This shell that leaves me without helmet

Exposed

To the elements

Prison

Statistics

Poor

Health

And I wanna go home

Let my family know I am not

A brown boy falling from

3000 miles up

So you see
there is no
place for us
We must
create it
Being born outside
of the context
It does us no good to pretend
there is some safe space
That if we protect
this body
our mind may not be
corrupted
I will not be a black stone
hard and holding all of the worlds bad energy
I am not broken
The rules are
We are

I am reaching
A point
Where it is not enough for them to lovethis body
What it can do
what it looks like when its doing it
So
Very
Over it all
A whirlwind of wanting
Floods my face
From her Atlantic eyes
Part C with sight
Rising high water blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson Sonnet
I am
Drowning
In the Sound