MY DAILY CONVO
why do i exist?
why am i alive?
why do we destroy ourselves
for others.
we wanna die but what
about our mothers.
RUTS and MUTS!
is what we're called,
we might as well just be
mauled!
we might not have bruises
but the mental wounds have
us on our knee
crying in pain with no one to hear.
we fight and fight
our demons inside
but they laugh they laugh at us
cause we'll always be losers
in that fight
we're restless at night,
frightful at light,
wishing that we might
be freed from life.
hypocrites lie saying
"you'll get through it"
but do they know what's in my mind?
DO THEY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WANNA DIE!
SO HOW, HOW CAN THEY LIE
to us
WHY do they lie
to us and TELL US THAT
WE ARE ALRIGHT,
WHEN WE'RE NOT!
we're not, we're not alright!
They say stop playing
VICTIM!
WELL I AM A VICTIM!
IM A VICTIM OF DEPRESSION!
IM A VICTIM OF SELFHARM!
IM A VICTIM OF THIS GENERATION!
IM A VICTIM OF ANXIETY!
IM A VICTIM OF MY HEAD!
but of course
i say all this inside
my head
quite as a whisper i nod
my head
when asked are you alright?
are any of us all right?
are we ever alright?
African Cameroon Nigerian Birth from The CREEK NATION
I am black
Yet I am one of God lambs
I am also African/CameroonNigerian
And also birth from the Creek nation
Lo, I am of blended shade
Darken medium blend
I am BLACK
Yet I am also African/CameroonNigerian
Ahh!! and also birth from the Creek nation
Yes! part Creek indian
Funny, No not really the Creek also had slaves
If we of mixed races were dogs
Would be called muts
And you know, no matter how light skinned were
Still have to sit in back of bus
All of this is in my past
Discrimination and slavery
So much part of my DNA and history
Peel my skin away I'm the same I bleed
I'm Gods child, I am a human being
African, Cameroon, Nigerian Creek
I am black
Yet I am one of God lambs
I am also African/CameroonNigerian
And also birth from the Creek nation
3/18/18
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018
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