For GI
(2014)
Sometimes all I think about is yo… When anybody else could do They send texts, pictures, complim… On any given day Yet still I sit alone and wonder
I am a sister We share the same history In this together loving life’s mys… I am a daughter Difficult often challenging times
Catch me if I fall Hold me when I stand Be there when I die And we’ll walk hand in hand And if by chance your praying fail…
Boomerang fate Precipitated by the boomer’s Capitalistic hate Broken families Stolen nest eggs
Shed over a million tears for you Need something new I’m broke Grief weighs down my soul Can’t find a place with you whole
Confused and stressed Broke I rest less Exhausted like the fumes Of old world manifest Bills and pills
So afraid, I’ve never felt so low So failed, nowhere left to go I keep praying, I keep saying But nothing has changed Are we all at the bottom
Sweat trickles down my spine Panting breath, your hands in mine Straddled tight I rock the boat Waves crash in rising note Tongues collide, organs swell
Ten months ago I met the man of m… Magic I’ve dare not believed Never my story, always supporting… But in that moment, the lights cam… Man did I run fast
I want to live in a world where I… Copacetic, not a people-pleaser Witty, not a smart-ass Opinionated, not lippy Assertive, not bitchy
How dare you not stand up for me? How dare you not fight! Don’t speak... For now, you have no right.
Say, can you see A home for the brave! A land for the free No place for a grave Stars burn bright
