I made a great speech
but it will never reach
those I been trying to
touch once the money
and wealth is gone
you stuck with yourself
it's a struggle but
the two of you have to
get along you need
yourself to depend
on you may have
somebody to lean
on but you might not
always have a shoulder
to cry on it's a
wandering bumpy
winding road you
have to make a full
circle to get to where
you're going prepare
for the runaround
take time growing it
takes along time to
mature it don't happen
when you reach puberty
that don't mean
sexual freedom don't
be promiscuous
nonsense is contagious
it's cantankerous
on the conscious
it doesn't matter if
you believe in God
or science a tree is
a tree a bird is a bird
and it's a black rock
in the middle of it all
I'm not a critic I do
not critique I respond
to those who speak
to me it's etiquette and
part of my upbringing
it disturbs me that
night's at Freddy' call of duty fortnite
and social media
is raising my children
children it hurt my feelings
they follow NBA Young Boy
religiously and recite his
lyrics to the T "if they only
had a brain after I
single handedly cured the generational pain
the hellion's went and
started a new stain
chasing clout and fame
I have a right mind to
cut off the head of the
host and toss it in the flame but murder is not
what I wrote I'm too
removed to have a vote
I sit back I watch em
grow this culture
is out of control I still
believe it's God plan
I draw a line in the sand
stand on a box of soap
look around and clear
my thought open
a book to the speech
I wrote I'm talking
to a loaded gun "don't shoot" I'm a forthright
sensitive about what I
do don't piss me off
I might shoot you
every thing I write I
must recite even if it
ends my life no one lives forever I take nothing
for granted and never
say never I stand for
what is right death's
gone always be in the
neighborhood hanging
on the corner even
wrong is by my side
like standing on
black and white
checkered floors
did my part my part
is done handed over
the reins to daughters
and sons blowing smoke
coughing up lungs
I'm not here to save
one soul savior is
not my role I thrive
on creative energy to achieve a goal
my life's work is my flow