A Letter to Black Men
A Letter to my Brother
So let me be honest without accusation
First and foremost telling you as a child you were my nation
There was nothing that I believed that you could not achieve
For through high school and sometimes college, you I did see
Then there was a rash of irresponsibility
Actions made without direction, thought, or planning you see
While I still loved you and thought marriage and your seed
You stopped wanting, desiring, and loving me for me
You began to chase all that you could see
Quality became irrelevant to thee
My belief and love in you, to you a fallacy
Silently I watched and waited for value in me
Spending my time developing myself you see
Faith, college, travel, and career was my focus
Never thinking to you I was never in your heart a notion
Patiently I watched as you left traces of your seed everywhere
For me, quality, it was apparent that my punishment for you to leave
As my accomplishments remained financially on track
A few achieved but most fell flat on your back
You became a wanted commodity
Requesting that every woman serve your every need while waiting in line for thee
With the request that you simply only show up
Patiently from your tricks I thought you would eventually grow up
Only to find that you never did
You forgot the seed of our ancestors dreams
Forgetting marriage and working together comes naturally
But instead you became addicted to lies and thighs
Jezebel's that you bestow gifts while they, behind polite smiles, plot your demise
You blame me for not prostituting myself
Accepting you any way to me that you want to step
Now it's my fault for not being married
Waiting for a quality man and marriage before family
Looking at your situation and presentation wearily
This is not you
Perhaps I never knew
How to remain cold
Control
Have a rotten soul
Bent on taking everything I can get from you
My desire was to grow old together and love you
Maybe you can't be a better man because you've never seen
The beauty of life with a good woman and queen
But whatever the case may be
In your state you can not be my leader and king
For this is an appointed position
Intimacy without hugging and touching publicly
This interaction I will not be in submission
This woman on which you bestow everything
Is calculating, evil, and mean
But dysfunctional seems to be your new normal
Perhaps if you never loved yourself with love you can be formal
Patiently I wait reading every book about what's wrong with me
Watching everything from Patti Stanger to Steve Ward to Steve Harvey
Anita Baker could sing no truer lines in Fairy Tales then when she said
You never came to save me, you let me stand alone
Out in the wilderness, alone in the cold
I found no magic potion, no horse with wings to fly
I found the poison apple, my destiny to die
No royal kiss could save me, no magic spell to spin
My fantasy is over, my life must now begin
No one told me my desire to be your cheerleader and believer
Would make you disregard me
No one told me not cunning your out of all your money
Would make you never do anything for me
No one told me being loyal, faithful, and true
Would make me a “boring girl" to you
No one told me showering you with hugs and kisses would appear inappropriate
Would make you run from me
No one told me being educated with my priorities in place (property over gucci shoes)
Would make you look at me strange
No one told me being considerate and kind to you would make you run
Would make you seek a ho that can easily be won
But it's all my fault
It's all my fault
Dress like a whore with no goodness, that's top notch
It's all my fault
That you won't get a degree/trade
Prophylactics seem to escape your embrace
That I don't con you with a presentation full of the false and insincere
It's all my fault
That you embarrass our ancestors struggle and disrespect their blood
Opting for cars and shoes instead of affordable property and future investments
It's all my fault
I'm not fluent in the language and behavior of fools
So when the lines are crossed; people say black women hate themselves
When the truth is there is love for self but there are few healthy kinds available like self



Nas had it right when he released Cherry Wine
Where are the men that seek their devine
A woman with evidence of a good heart
Loving their man honestly accepting his spiritual and leadership from start
Men looking for quality and not low values
Comments
No comments yet.