Jamaica Alston

Happy Birthday Mom
Its been 36 years already
Man, your getting old.
Old is good don't worry
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My heart I gave to you
like a mother gives birth
to her new born child.

I placed it in your care
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Stretching wide
with open arms

embracing the evil
and innocent
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This poem has been written
many time before
A poem of how great a woman really is.
How strong she is to take the world
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I have tasted
the heat of
asphalt and the rubber
of the Track.
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Close your eyes
inhale-exhale
imagine the world without you.
Stop!
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The anticipation of calling or texting you.
It hurts so bad
Why couldn't things be any easier
Or am I just making things
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To what do i owe this visit
A friend named Alone
I tend to call him Blackness
I call him that because
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I cry because I'm frustrated
And I cry because no one understands
I cry because I'm oppressed
And I cry because I'm tired
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I'm tired of being pushed around
Tired of being frustrated
So tired of being nice
And tired of being confused
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Expectations there are so many
Bars raised, but only the liked survive
Imitation, plastic figurines
Tongues that slither like serpents
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As Life pitches,
The bat of Opportunity swings.
Obstacles catches it in center field.
As Goals & Accomplishments
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To each is his own;
The wonders of life.
Hades has spoken and it has only just began.
What God!
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It's funny how things work out.
I wondered if there was really
someone out there for me.
Broken and shattered,
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Come see what I have
clutched in the palm of my hands
cutting through the flesh
imprinting the skin
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