Page 16 - Nicole Ari Parker

If I had a dime for everytime I heard my
SISTA SPEAK..

The war cry of the masses On a pedestal
The female Praised for her presence on this earth
Made in God’s image She so wishes
A mother The reality of this fable
A wife Is not a Cinderella tale
A sister The shoe she left on stairs
An Auntie Has the same velocity when fired as a sawed shotgun
A niece blast
She is an equal BANG!
Her brain works the same as any man Point blank range to her head
She is the glue in any type of situation Man from her view of life
SHE Its easier to just die…DEAD!
Holding it down, the best way she know how If I had a dime for every time I heard my Brotha Speak…
Making a way out of no way Halleluiah and Amen
A magician with hardly any recognition, no Penn & Teller From birth to eighteen
BUT IF YOU On a sacred path
Give her five kids, In search of answers of what does it mean to really live?
A part- time job making minimum wage and a His past is threatening his future
sometimey mate, He was privileged,
Who BY THE WAY Born with a rusty spoon in his mouth
Claim to fame is making a high score on the kid’s video Cars, clothes, money, rats and roaches
game Five siblings plus self in one bedroom
She will return a meal Sharing one King sized mattress
Shelter Two blankets and one pillow
Be Momma to a chronologically grown individual Once you got up to go pee
And still somehow Lost your space
Make a dollar outta 15 cent Come back to
If I had a dime for every time I heard my Sista Speak… Sleep next the one that is not potty trained
Beat down for thinking, dreaming, and reading Baby Soggy Bottoms
Domestic violence at an all-time high Nicknamed stuck till he was struck down in his prime
She suffers from PTSD Aged 9
All her life she had to fight Outside playing tag
Just once she wants to relax relate release Shot by a bullet, no name attached
Dress up, Police said they were sorry,
Get her hair “did” Uncle Stepdaddy was the target
Feel pretty and appreciated I guess Soggy Bottoms prayers were answered that day
Be the envy of her few friends He got to escape the sexual abuse he prayed to end
Cuz Go home to God
She knows and feels she is the queen to her king Uncle Stepdaddy
Respected to the fullest His fate for rape

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