title: A work in progress (aka unfinished)
Black male masculinity
do you fear it's strength
do you hate it's display
do you see how america has treated
a black male and his masculinity
how society has said...
NO
how society has shown
that a black male's masculinity
will always be categorized
as toxic
poisonous
destructive
void of morality
or intelligence
mindless menial only good for
having sex with
can you reconcile this fact
in your mind
that the black man and his masculinity
has always been weaponized
against his humanity
unanimously
by the white male patriarchy
and the Karen matriarchy
all you son's of bitches
shut up and dribble
you super predator
you drug addict
drug dealing
breathing up the white mans air
crack fiend
pimp
gangbanging
rapist
deny your existence
hang you from a tree
and cut off your
dick so
any more like you
will instill more fear
in
the next generation
live on film
shoot you in the car
shoot you where you walk
shoot you if you run
shoot you if you stop
shoot you if you comply
shoot you if you don't
shoot you at home
shoot you at church
shoot you at work
shoot you at the store
shoot you in your back
handcuffed on the floor
what a harsh reality
black men and black boys
can be killed so casually
intentional
deliberate
news propaganda
black children don't need fathers
because they're much more resilient
that much stronger
leave your nuts at the door
show no swagger
show no anger
dare not resist
jump
duck
bounce
twist
pull up your pants
take off that do-rag
take off your hat
both hands on the wheel
both hands in the air
while you're down
on your knees
face on the ground
don't turn around
smile and ask for more
no matter what you do
there'll be no mercy
there'll be no outcry
you better not cry
it'd be better if you died
but not without permission
because if you survive the assault
whose going to listen
we venerate our grandmother's
we truly love and respect our mothers
we seen them struggle
we know their strength
we protect our sisters
we kill and die for our daughters
we elevate the divine feminine
the black family has always included the man
the black family has always included the woman
African identity
deep in our genealogy
from something so
ancient
these are not just titles
these are more than concepts
more than ideas
more than invention
more than innovation
these are cosmic principals
that cannot be written out
of the book of consciousness
cannot be done away with because of
today's sensibilities
today's sensitivities
today's politically correct
colonialism
what about our experience
we
the subject matter experts
of what it means to be
black
unapologetically black
I'am not cis gendered
because my name is my name
those are your titles
those are your concepts
and precepts
our brothers do harm each other
pressurize each other
eat each other
I've done it because
it was done to me
but when we begin to
embody and embrace
what a man means
his function
his role
we do away
with the unconscious
behaviors
we recognize the programming
we see what has been done to us
what we've done to ourselves
manufactured human beings
bred like pit bulls
treated like pack mules
and cattle
told to forget
400 years a slave
13th amendment
Marvin Gaye
said love one another
Snoop said never trust a bitch
we were just kids
not knowing it was sick
not knowing it was a trick
a divide and conquer
tactic
it was from a white girl
that I was first called a
nigger
5 or 6 years old
being told by a grown white man
not to ever speak to his daughter
even as a child
your masculine will be challenged
your skin will be damaged
your mind will be changed
your sprit will be drained
antagonize you at school
then put you on meds
lie to your parents
say its all in your head
make you feel crazy
say that you're ADD
creative
and ADHD
not fit for society
born a crime is real
when you try to tell your
family
it's hard for them to hear
hard for them to feel
hard for us to heal....
from unexpressed trauma
unanswered question
2022
prison is the colored section
wealth redistribution
survival programs
to counter act
genocide and oppression
we're not looking for power
over the body
the search is for equality
there's no more asking
there is only action
