Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Silence

 

The God I serve, the blood I shed, wounded, looking intently;

to lose my spot, to pass my torch, like a sacrifice; 

to handle a problem, to become an issue, in the ghetto the way we effect game.

I heard it, it was distinctive, it triggered a feeling, made intricate by fire. 

To die loving pain, to resurrect like joys, flaming inside, the Ghost riding. 

It could have been paid off, one last move, I had a partner at God’s WORK.

It hurts to see you, knowing we lost big, we abandoned trust, how the fuck we living?

I stood on it. It was remarkable. I have that between us. 

I never understood them. It turns me. Late night becoming a myth; sipping, disappearing, so selfish, Lord, to have her, Lord, the mud bleeding it.

I used to hold ideals. I now hold jungles. So close to a damn animal. 

If I ever saw it, it was us, so close, like it never meant shit. 

We owe God, could have drowned, I’d never speak the reason—I remain silent.   

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