Dearest Love
It is not fair that
I am lost in the cruel afterglow
Of your fleeting bliss,
I shiver in emotions I can’t control
Bound by tangible memories I cannot escape,
I find myself dreaming within
A fog of immeasurable yearning,
Wanting, craving…
And needing you,
Only to awaken in the warm euphoria of your touch,
Suffering the delicious pain of your absence,
I find myself loving deeper
And missing you more
I HAD ISSUES?
It still hurts
When I look Back,
Thru the unnecessary pain
And the guidance I lacked,
The invisibility of love
The cruel and abusive acts,
Witnessing “Domestic Violence”
The punches and slaps,
The hopelessness I felt
In our dysfunctional trap,
Lost my Mama to drugs
No, I don’t mean crack,
Learned early not to dream
Because my skin was black,
In reality my skin is Brown
But it didn’t stop the systems
From holding me down,
When ever I displayed Brilliance
I always received a frown,
So I gave up and became
The inevitable class clown,
Born and raised in East Oakland
A city but called “The Town”’
For reason
I never understood fully,
At each school
I always fought the bully,
Maybe it was attitude
Perhaps it was my tone,
Or quite possibly I was rehearsing
The brutality I learned a home,
For my behavior
I had no explanations or excuses,
As I was too ashamed to talk about
The daily abuses,
Teachers always said I was smart
Good comprehension, could read and write,
Suffered repeated suspension
For getting into fights,
I started running away
I felt safer in the night,
Once I was almost
Beaten to death
Shortly thereafter
I turned to theft,
I use to get E’s
Soon all I got was F’s,
Emotionally malnourished
I still gave it my best,
As I was choked & slapped
Welts all over my flesh,
One teacher was curious
But wouldn’t hazard a guess
One asked “how come my wounds
Always seem fresh,”
But I was taught
To lie to C.P.S.,
Not adult dared
To be my savior,
Or at least make the connection
Between my scars & my behavior,
Not one family member
Came to court,
As I was described as a
Monster in the Probation Report,
They years of “Child Abuse”
Manifested into crime,
Anti-social delinquent
Was my state of mind,
Juvenile Hall to California Youth Authority
Sadly, I made it to the big time,
The judge was uninterested in why
He said I finally crossed the line,
The past abuses I suffered shattered
My dreams clouded my visions,
As a result of this corruption
I spent over 23 years in prison,
Denying my mental & emotional issues
Was a costly decision,
No one acknowledged that I
Was abused by a goblin,
But punished me
As if I was the problem,
Mental Health Issues
Make no mistake I got em’,
P.T.S.D., Depression
And Anxiety are real
My scars invisible to the naked eye
Familiar would no hand can feel,
A survivor of
A childhood which haunts me still