poets corner 14 ( relapses or corpses)

[BHLAKHROZE]

Audre Lorde
A Litany for Survival

For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the pa**ing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children’s mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours

For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother’s milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.

And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love with vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid.

So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive.

[VirginPussy]

i don't like it in this corner its crammed...i hate small spaces because they remind me of where i'm going.

to someone who promised me his fathers cattle, from holding hands to fights on long street.  to our self acclaimed King, who later showed us he deserved the throne.

yes you my friend, a King without a crown that roamed amongst us...i miss you already...

R.I.P King Daniel

[RearrangedReality]

i don't like it in this corner its crammed...i hate small spaces because they remind me of where i'm going.

to someone who promised me his fathers cattle, from holding hands to fights on long street.  to our self acclaimed King, who later showed us he deserved the throne.

yes you my friend, a King without a crown that roamed amongst us...i miss you already...

R.I.P King Daniel

ey what you talking about now?

[the panic!]

i don't like it in this corner its crammed...i hate small spaces because they remind me of where i'm going.

to someone who promised me his fathers cattle, from holding hands to fights on long street.  to our self acclaimed King, who later showed us he deserved the throne.

yes you my friend, a King without a crown that roamed amongst us...i miss you already...

R.I.P King Daniel

damn, i just got his album on my iPod two days ago. he once sold me a bankie and a drawing in a dizzy night in obs. dude was wild.

what happened?

R.I.P King

[VirginPussy]

yes RR that my friend, that of which you see...it happened izolo.

[RearrangedReality]

What happened? VP?

Last saw him saturday in Obz, he was happier than a motherf***er. always happy for some reason. he was even singing "wave your flag".