If Loving You Is Wrong, Why Does It Feel So Right! Poem by Adrienne Clark Strachn

Welcome,
finally, a good man has come into my world
Been waiting for you all my life
someone just like you,
well sorta of like you,
didn't plan on him looking like you,
but, when I didn't have no one
it really didn't matter.
i really didn't think about it much
no reason to, i had no one at that time,
All the people would say, she needs to get out more
How such a pretty girl, don't have no one
why no one wants her
sometimes they'd whisper too, she too stuck up,
need to wear nicer clothes
fix her hair better,
but when i met you,
they still complained
if loving you is wrong,
why did it feel so good?
why was something so wrong,
so right?

Tried to stay in church
heard whispers like,
she too religious
she need to be out there in the world
can't meet no one staying in the church all day
little did they know!
when i worked all the time
i heard, she got all that money
to spend all by herself, she need a man,
but when i met you,
heard whispers
cause if loving you is so wrong
then why does it feel so right?

Found me someone
no one would understand
never thought about the repercussions of
going to the other side
but it just felt so right
i didn't think about it
found me someone
who stimulated me
intellectually, asked me for nothing
didn't care about who i was,
if i was light or dark,
or how i talked, or walked
had i gone to college,
who my family was,
if loving you is so wrong, then
Why does it feel so right!

Tried to honor my parents,
ancestors,
tried to think about his parents
would they accept
love me,
would your friends accept me,
what about our kids,
would we raise them black or white.
or would i gain acceptance
in the white race,

Well, i really don't care
i'm tired of what everyone thinks
no more of what society thinks,
i only care about what we think
How you care about me
if loving you is so wrong,
then why on earth does it feel so right!