Black me up !

      

By Patrice Watley Williams, Poetic Lyricist

Patrice Watley Williams, Poetic Lyricist   2020, Came in with a crash, Daring us to breathe As we started anew, bereaved A chokehold to the throat I thought I told you to stay woke A vengeance to break And reveal what was already broke. 2020, living unsettled Deadly virus in the air Lurking, taunting us with a perplexed death stare, Go ahead, breathe if you dare. From losing lives to a deadly virus Continued examples of black lives don’t matter! Yes, they say all lives matter But understand, Black Lives Matter. Tame them, chain them or change them. Oh! this is 2020, Lie on Them, Deny Them, Jail Them, Film “Them” Choking Them! Hmmm Will it ever change? I don’t know, but keep saying their names. I was not the first to stand up But.. I.. am.. still standing.. Fighting the Good Fight, with Good Trouble, with our Beloved Brother. Thought I was up, on my way to my life’s mission 2020, smear campaigning my life’s vision. Searching for my place as I magnify my faith I.. am.. still standing.. in God’s grace. You hear defeat? No, that’s God’s voice saying, " Sister", stand on your feet. As we question Him in our current existence, Know that He keeps you standing in every existence Even in our resistance. Elevated you when no one was in your rear-view mirror, Wakanda Forever! Can I be any clearer? See, I know fear Stared it straight in the eye Turning and churning inside myself Walked and crawled, afraid but brave Weak at times but strong in faith. We are no longer walking away in the quiet silence No longer giving in to the silent cycle of loving our culture, but not our color, Exhausted from trying to make you see the beauty, The strength, the love, the genius, the melanin in me. Through my highest highs and my lowest lows I am not walking away I stand for you, I stand with you, I AM YOU… Standing together, let’s shatter this sequel Stop taking and taking, you see With our current affairs, again, we have proven to be equal. Still loving our black lives, still living our black lives Joining hands, fist to fist, united in faith. Black me up! And God will back you up! On this powerful journey To Black Lives Matter!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Racial Indifference   We see and then…we don’t We hear and then…we don’t We do and then…we don’t Our culture often has no justice When we judge one another From the beginning of time Instead of leaving this behavior behind. Going the distance Still not a world of equal justice. We inhale the same air… The same sunlight covers our bodies… And brings a different tone to our skin The same shadow hovers over us And brings back our unique color tone Yes, our cultures are different and… There are those among us who won’t acknowledge There is racial indifference among us Some of us want to love and bond equally But our society makes it difficult to do We cannot continue to pretend it’s just me and you Fighting the struggle is hard enough to do Alone. Wake up, we don’t have to. To be broken is to heal To feel your heart mending to reveal Your true heart's desire We are strangers to one another’s culture We always need more grace in our face To keep us grounded in faith. We say we love the Lord and all that he stands for But we repay him by differentiating and condemning, Not loving unconditionally. He created us all equally in the likeness of him Though we are judgmental creatures, Untouched by his sacrificing love We pray to live in the likeness of him But the opposite is what we portray. The sound of gentle rain fills our hearts Then the mystery of sudden despair People, let's open our eyes in exchange for the divine.   Poetically,   Patrice Watley Williams, Founder: wearitgirlwigs.org amazon.com/author/patricewatleywilliams Volunteer/http://www.iwillsurviveinc.org   ***to purchase my books, click any link below: http://www.amazon.com/My-Pen-Speaks-Poetic-Vibes/dp/160911325X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313849129&sr=8-1   http://www.booksamillion.com/p/My-Pen-Speaks/Patrice-Watley-Williams/9781609113254?id=5058590506127   Thank you for allowing me the freedom to be expressive as my Caterpillars blossom into Butterflies!!!