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Walk with Me

By Unique

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Copyright © 2010 Unique
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ISBN: 978-1-4490-9346-4

Contents

Dedication......................................vThank you.......................................viiA Brief Introduction ...........................3Who I Am .......................................4Expect the Unexpected ..........................5My inspiration .................................7My Children ....................................8Cruisin'........................................9Happy Mother's Day .............................10Dear Mommy:.....................................11Mommy ..........................................12Searching ......................................13I Need .........................................14Beyond .........................................15Being Eraced ...................................17Prisoner of War ................................19Happiness ......................................20Forbidden Fruits................................21Charmed ........................................22Paradise .......................................23Regaining Focus ................................24So Deep ........................................26Him ............................................27Think about it .................................29Swirling .......................................30Solo ...........................................31Get Over It?....................................32Keeping On .....................................34Tender Kisses ..................................35Love ...........................................36When Will It Stop...............................41Alone ..........................................43Reflection/noitcelfeR...........................44Suddenly Single Mother .........................45A work in progress .............................46Fading .........................................48The Day After ..................................49Sometimes ......................................50Seperation Anxiety .............................51Reality ........................................52Dejavue???......................................53Clueless .......................................54Flooded ........................................55Don't want .....................................56Tell Me I'm Dreaming............................58Times Lost .....................................59Footsteps ......................................60Why?............................................61Skeletons ......................................62So Gone ........................................63Promise ........................................67Hopeful ........................................68Thank You ......................................69I ..............................................71Dreamer ........................................72Perfect Season .................................73A New Day.......................................76One Wish........................................78Issuez .........................................80Are you ........................................82Chocolate Dreams ...............................84It's Time.......................................85Humbled.........................................86Nature .........................................88

Chapter One

Take A Walk With Me ... ~I left the door open, pull up a chair ... let's get better acquainted~ A Brief Introduction ... Identify me as a "Word Tailor" One who pieces together remnants of fragments That don't usually belong ... Using my tongue as the thread that sews these pieces together Through the needle from which my words flow ... Who I Am ... What I be? I be ... big, brown, beautiful with locs of blonde I be ... daughter, mother, sister, friend, confidante, and lover It be ... a beautiful reflection in the mirror that I see Now though this may not be your impression I'm speaking on what's reflecting back at me ... I be ... one who endures this struggle called life I be ... absorbing the vibe from the intensity of the poetic love that surrounds me I be ... expressing myself through the words that I speak ... Refuse to succumb to be futile and weak For I be.. one who exudes a strength not to be contained or dictated by any who feel they reign supreme over me ... Willing to go above and beyond just to get my point across Strong- willed, determined, loving, giving, nurturing, forthright, intelligent, not to be mistaken for anything less ... I be ... one who stands alone ... I be both mommy and daddy And wear both labels gladly For I be all that I am ... That which makes me ... me Expect the Unexpected ... Expect me to surrender not No matter how intense your attack Expect me to come blow for blow if there's a wall pressed up against my back Cause we've traveled a road too long and hard And we as a people have come too damn far For you or anyone like you to think you can easily take my dignity away See I possess brains as well as brawn So in an attempt to wage war with me Realize I come fully armed Packing the strength from my ancestors of long ago And brazen with experience of this present day world See you might wrongfully mistake my kindness for weakness Now when I come at you I come with a book under my arm, a pen in my hand and you don't know what in my purse All I know is in the midst of your long-winded, narrow-minded, politically incorrect views you failed to think first So while you blasted out you came this close to getting blasted on As I calmly advise you to quit before you get too far gone ... Now I was always taught to fight back and it's just not in my character to tolerate too much So expect me to show my true colors once you give my buttons that final push And expect me to disregard any detours along that road of giving you what you've been asking for Because you gave me the okay to commence to ass-kicking once you came through those double doors See you expected me to behave as a docile female You expected me to take your shit and not raise hell You expected so much less from me than that which I was willing to give Because you expected me not to use the intelligence that I was blessed with So as you nurse your wounds Expect no remorse from me just like that which my people have never seen As we've always been expected to grin and bear it But we continue to chant and cheer while you expect us to have broken spirits See perseverance flows deep down through to my ancestry So I feel you should expect the unexpected ... when you expect to get the better of me ...

My inspiration ... What greater love can a mother have for her child And who is the judge of such To see a smile on their face at the end of the day or simply long for their touch ... To work and slave as you mold and raise One can only pray the product turns out right But the one who's paved the uncharted way is the one to whom every day I pray ... For I know I'm not receiving more than I can bear So why does sometimes it seem like there's too much weight there My heart hangs heavy with love and sorrow At times not knowing how I'll make it through the morrow Without causing the ones I...