| My Return
In my mind I’ve been away
From the way that I’ve seen in my direction
My chosen goals have been scrambled in space
Lost along the race as I ran hard to improve my finishing position
All the time I’ve had the best in mind as I focused my mission
But gave away my attention on hopeless causes and reachless intentions
Ready to return to my place
I forgot the reason for me to go back
So I ended up forgetting how to interact
With what made me that survivor in the traumatic
And leader in my solo pack
Now I’ve rewritten my personal pact
Using my racked up bottled battle scars
As fuel to fly me back to myself
Who I lost on my return
Jalili B. Jimiyu
Yeah it’s copyrighted 2008
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But we are young and Black, fearless and free... Every poem, every incandescent word is a personal revolution" Celeste "ayasha" Golden (my queen rest well and I'll see you when I get there.) http://awrittenlifeapoeticsoul.blogspot.com/ www.themindkitchen.com |