Jamaica Alston Poems

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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