This poem was given at Soul Speak and Eat on March 25, 2022
This life is about lessons and blessings…so…why am I stressing?
They say…Art imitates life…but what is life other than art. What imitation? There is no imitation, but there might be limitations, libations, and litigation
According to DTE, CONCAST,CONSUMERS ENERGY, THE MORTGAGE and many other corporate money thuggin’ vampires…taking into consideration…my emotions…empty pockets…and this thing we call time that we set the tone of our days by…this is the real thing.
I mean…I gotta work a real job…so I can get real money… so I can pay real bills…and maybe…just maybe… I might have time for a walk on the sidewalk…or to enjoy that taste of a cheeseburger…that from what they say in time can eventually kill me.
But we allow this…
Now…the purpose of this isn’t to be negative…because I am quite sure that many…if not most of us…are POSITIVE that these things appear to be true.
But here is what I came up here to do… I am asking you to just consider the words that I am saying…without the pressure of commitment.
Many of us have a hard time committing. Committing to a dream…a job…a spouse…parenthood…ourselves…and many other things. So, I wouldn’t dare ask you to commit to the following thing.
But check it…
When I get done thinking about life’s transgressions…indiscretions… and even indigestion…in summation life’s unpleasantries and difficulties.
Pawning over things I came to do and experience to mold me…
And I stop beating myself up…but forgive myself for… getting it wrong, playing along,or even wearing that thong…for that dude I had no business being with.
I sit back…take a breath…and giggle…
I realize that life doesn’t imitate art but it is art.
‘Cause…art is beautiful…and when I look around all I see is beauty. There is beauty in the sky…
Beauty in the trees…
Beauty in the land…
And let’s not forget the beauty in the sea…
Beauty in the mind…
Beauty in the wine…
There is beauty right here in this room…right here with you and me.
So life is art…and it’s creation.
Think about the last time you created something…wasn’t it beautiful to you? Weren’t you proud? Wasn’t that moment prolific.
Well guess what? I am God’s creation…of whom he smiles upon…and is proud of…and of whom he feels is prolific.. and deems worthy…and that goes for you too!
But know this…despite the depression, digression, oppression, regression, obsessions, and objections.
There is love…life…wonder…mystery…joy…drama…animals…land…air…food…vacations…friendship…sisterhood….brotherhood….community…growth….creation…music…art…and much abundance of positivity….
Not none of that shit just rhymed but…to sum it up…those are the pleasantries, benefits, and enjoyment of life.
if that is what we choose to focus on.
SO…I leave you with this. Life is beautiful. Life is art and I am glad to be here. I choose to love life because I choose to focus on its divinity… because…. My lessons turned into blessings. As I learned…I earned knowledge, self respect, compassion, love, and so much more that I am here to share with you today and moving forward.
So. YES!!! I Love Me, I love you, and I love life.