Mr. Africa Poetry Lounge!
Lyfe
tryin to prepare myself for the best route to becoming successful
what am i?
i am a sistah
socialized to be a nurturer
down for the cause
with love in my heart
and a black revolutionary fist
maintaining naturally like assata
i am a poet
stringing words together to make new meanings
using what experience i do have
to capture the blank pages of my diary
a journalist
escaping the worlds' harshness
writing about my journeys
and those who paths i cross
a people person
open a door and see my radiant smile
beaming
just like the sun lighting the window pane
a lover
developing each day
heart, mind and soul
patient and the sincere truth
i am
who i say i am
a brothers' keeper
with struggles that date back to
the chains around my feet
in my imagination
that my ancestors lived
i am an intellectual
willing to learn
willing to compete
willing to help
but for the most part
i am a Blackist
someone who wants to help my Black people
scholarships to test the financial burden
day care centers so mamma can do a 9 to 5
contest my brothas in the prison system
slave labor
i am a revoluntionary in the making
counting my days until the next great freedom speech
counting the days until my destiny is fulfilled
as a person
as a sistah
as a poet
as a journalist
as a lover
as brother's keeper
as an intellectual
as a Blackist
as a revoluntionary
Written by Shaneka Bynum
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