Catch The Spirit

[MoorBetta]

Once again...
I have been seized by the... Spirit of the Creator...
so I... seize a pen... to record these... movements in time...
before now... becomes... then...
those who dwell in the past will say...
Yo! you remember... when...
see... some may call this... a history...
yet... they're just moments... in my story...
where the Most High... revealed the... hidden mystery...
of the beginningless beginning... that began...
planting seeds of inspiration...
in the mind... of this... man...

inspired by knowledge...
spirit blesses me with awareness so... I may know it...
inspired with wisdom...
spirit blesses me with positive words and actions...
so I may... show it...
inspired with understanding...
spirit blesses me with enlightenment...
so that I may see...
we are! that... word made flesh...
so every time that... spirit seizes me...
I seize a pen... to capture thee!... with my words...
becuz... I am a servant... to the rhytmn of the Most High...
that's why... it's just a poet I be...
see... I aint faking... playing... poetic politics...
a... a... revolutionary wannabee...

I have often said this before...
but it bears repeating...
revolution... is a natural... divine movement...
not a catch phrase for... semi-satisfied niggas...
upset becuz their piece of pie is... smaller than the rest...
willing to accept the first... compromise...
that offers an opportunity to...
keep up with the joneses... while leaving the... oluseguns behind...
you fell for that... "america may have problems but...
it's still better than a lot of places shit"... like...
which part of hell... do you!... like the best?...

see... there's a foolproof... revolutionary litmus test...
would you rather die free... or live... a slave...
selling your soul for some... creature comforts...
you have become materially wealthy... but...
spiritually bankrupt... your body has become... a grave...
you talk a good game... but your... mentally and...
spiritually corrupt... lightyears... away from your true nature...
have you ever seen the... universe compromise...
seen the earth stop revolving or compromise its... revolution...
nah... becuz that would cause the absence of... sunrise...
el Hajj and Biko didn't blink... as they stared death... in the eyes...
Che Guevera... died with a... smile on his face...
stop! before you... disgrace... the true... revolutionary spirit...
you have to... digest... this poem... don't just... hear it...

revolution is not about death...
it's all about how you... live! yet... you've been swallowed whole...
a resident in the... belly of the beast... are you a... piece...
or are you... Peace!... you are being digested... your soul...
is being eaten... as you chase big bucks...
as you... nourish this... anti-body... real revolutionaries...
are causing acid... re-flux... you can't compromise revolution...
but you can... compromise... yourself... as your...
many books about revolution... collect dust on your bookshelf...
cuz the... God you trust... is a dollar bill... you only... read about...
you've never... lived revolution... free your mind! you... free your will...
allowing your... spirit to... fly free... instead...
of remaining imprisoned by your... compromising attitudes..
with this... wicked society...

listen... to the spirit of Ras Marley...
as it... speaks through me...
"emancipate yourself from mental slavery... none but ourselves can free our minds"
brothas and... sistas have... died for revolution... it's a natural law you ... can't quit...
as a poet... I'd rather write about love... I hope this is the last time...
I have to say this... shit!

copyright 2004 Olusanya Bey [Imole Jinle, unInc.]

This poem was inspired by an article I read in the newspaper stating, "Former Civil Rights Activist Retires".

[Rebel Queen]

Ohhh so deep...Im speechless.

-Empress