Forefathers to the Fatherless

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An ode to positive and negative examples of impression in earlier years of life....

Forefathers to the Fatherless

Born into and from love I did ascend

Knowing of a physical father in young memories

Watching him self destruct before my eyes

Married to my mother but loving her plus his alcoholic sessions

For reasons unseen and haunted by reoccurring bad dreams

Or so I can only assume, my first example in training

 

A realized love that couldn’t stay as I made notes

Taking to sights and sounds for referencing……..

 

Next up was the neighborhood bully, picking on me

Talking to me demeaning and threatening of family

Afraid of the love inside letting the devil fully rise

Until forced to defend the honor of childhood infighting

Delivering a solid and chilling rage fueled bodily fusillade

Quite frighteningly I was left lonely, my first example in maintaining

 

A realized love that couldn’t stay as I made notes

Taking to sights and sounds for referencing……..

 

Then came the gangs, thugs and thieves, who nurtured me

Showing me how to drop the biggest one, from just one done

Delivering stolen goods and breaking jaws of those running scared

I watched quite amazed as knockouts, zip gun blasts and chains reign

Switchblades were for stabbing enemies and slicing handbags

Chillingly these miscreants showed me violence, my first example of

heart pertaining
 

A realized love that couldn’t stay as I made notes

Taking to sights and sounds for referencing……..

 

All the while, living in a world of deep duality

Being raised and loved consistently by a praying mother

Who imbued honesty, class, humility and manners inhome

Not teaching manhood per se, but instilling good traits for building

Gladly these characteristics revealed balance, my first examples of

refining

 

A realized love that will always stay as I made notes

Taking to sights and sounds for referencing……..

 

Along this journey, there were other forefathers of reference

Like a gay man, who taught how and when to recognize scruple-less

women

Like a dope fiend, who gave his life so I wouldn’t follow his footsteps

Like a jealous acquaintance , who pulled a gun but was too punk to

shoot

Like corporate bosses, who put business first and always extended

help to the youths

 

All of the above, help me to realize love as I continue to keep notes

Taking what I need from sights and sounds for constant referencing…..

 

ALL THE TIME MY FATHER GOD NEVER LEFT ME,

CHECKING AND GUIDING FROM HEAVEN

BUILDING MY FAITH AND LOVE FOR FELLOW JOURNEYMAN……

SEEKING TRAINING, MAINTAINING,

PERTAINING REFERENCING OF REFINING….

NO QUESTIONING LIFESTYLES

BUT LEARNING FOREVER FROM MY FOREFATHERS

PROVIDED FOR MY EDUCATION IN LOVING HUMANITY

AS GOD CONTINUES MY TEMPERANCE IN LOVE’S ABILITY IN EACH

AND EVERYONE! SO WHO TEACHES YOU? HOW DID YOU LEARN TO……LIVE,

LOVE, FORGIVE AND GIVE BACK, IF IT WASN’T FOR OUR FOREFATHERS?

 

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shakeme4life commented on Forefathers to the Fatherless

11-30-2010

your very precise in verbalizing yourself through your written poems, i'll be back to check on your next writes ...

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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