Life

A Poem by IThinkSoIAm

A bunch of thoughts that came together nicely one night. Enjoy!

Confused faces
Disgraced innovators
Tearing down the same foundations that made us
Lost and alone because you embraced what enslaved us
Wondering why where we created has no place for us
Or the god we are praising has no face like us
And the government we fight for is fighting to erase us
For far too long ive been struggling to figure out
But the man that I am praising has removed all my doubt
Took away the pain with promises of struggling no more
In return for my faithfulness he will open up doors
No good could come of not serving him for he is the core
The key to understanding what ever it is we wish to explore
Beautiful brown skin yet still searching for something to adore
Some how the message missed you
When things get rough never pray for the storm to skip you
Because only after a storm will the sun be able to shine
Only after greats like Frederick Douglas could blacks have their time
Only after I learned my history could I embrace it as mine
And there is not a white man alive who could understand why we grind
Why so many color people don't go to college and are afraid to shine
And most black men make a living selling narcotics in and out of jail all the time
Baby mothers and crack head brothers is all spectators seem to find
Because ignorance is a hell of a drug turning even the wisest man blind
So do yourself a favor in the midst of abusing time
Figure out if you're living or just watching life pass you by

© 2013 IThinkSoIAm

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Skylar

I think your poem makes very little sense I think your opinion is very biased and your skin color means nothing at all and it's very obnoxious in my opinion to say that just because someone is white they are evil and want to enslave you and by the way slavery was technically abolished in 1865 and Black people sold other black people to Americans, so maybe before you write a piece of how black people have the downside of life while white people are luckier I suggest you look around and see white people are also in the Ghetto's and they are as equal as you. You do what you want with your life just sadly it seems more white people are doing something with their life in your area, Sorry to hear that.