Poetry: The “Plight” Of A Black Man
Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by Broadband in Education, Poetry
The Innocence bestowed in a newborn is overshadowed by the guilty pleads of it’s emerging haters,
The child of colour is ironically simplified as a figure of darkness by a few the day it is born,
Not their fault, they are catapaulted into a world where obstacles are made harder because of the colour of their skin,
The joy and equality evident in the primary and junior years become secondary in secondary…school that is
For the elements of teenagehood and education become intertwined in a sea of choices,
Academics become only a fragment of education as the observations of the “streets” become the major learning experience,
Libraries deemed kryptonite to his kind on the news, so which path should he choose?
Influenced by vision he is at a stage where peer pressure is the percentage winner
Will he aspire for a salary figure that has five 0’s or will he turn to a war battling daily with five-0?
Doesn’t matter what trail he goes, he’ll find it hard to gain support from his own,
For the screwfaces await him, no subject reason, just the narrow-mind of the human being.
Unfortunately for him he will always be judged, from the hoodies to the suit, haters cant get enough
It seems like danger follows wherever he goes, the devil tryna take what’s rightfully the lord’s child,
Parties barely safe, for the pops aren’t from a bottle of champagne, no my friend that isn’t red wine….
Nevertheless his instincts and beliefs manufacture his journey in life,
Good friends and abiding family the driving force behind his forward movement
The Plight of the Black Man is blatantly evident, The Success of a Black Man is what’s relevant
very very deep, the word play on this is exquisite. God Bless x