The Good Foot

[homeyjay]

she comes to me and asks
can she go outside and play
i immediately reflect on current events
kid gets shot while going for snacks
kid gets shot for protecting a bicycle
mother shot on halloween while w/kids
wanting to protect her from so much
like her first fight or teasing at school
her first experience of being called ni99er
realizing that skin color makes a difference
her asking me again zones me back in
i smile and say yes but be careful
she ask why in her cute little way
i say because there is so much bad out
she again asks why and i say beacuse
because too many of the wrong people
have money and too few of the right have not
so they try and take what they can get
they used violence,deceit and guns and stuff
what stuff she asks? stuff like drugs and
selling themselves even their souls at times
oh she says and starts heading for the door
i stand watch wanting to keep her inside
to protect her from so much but i can't
her first boyfriend her first bad date
first kiss peer pressure tough decisions
watching through the door wonderinng bout life
looking out for evil case i have to put foot to azz

[arkaneinc]

I love this one man. It's real talk. I got two daughters and it's hard **** man just knowing what's out there in the world. Kids are innocent and do not understand the dangers in everyday life. But like the poem describes do you lock them in the house to protect them from the outside world and isolate them or do you let life run it's course and just try as hard as you can to protect them.

It's hard man but I love how you paint the picture that so many of us face on a day to day basis.

[homeyjay]

I love this one man. It's real talk. I got two daughters and it's hard **** man just knowing what's out there in the world. Kids are innocent and do not understand the dangers in everyday life. But like the poem describes do you lock them in the house to protect them from the outside world and isolate them or do you let life run it's course and just try as hard as you can to protect them.

It's hard man but I love how you paint the picture that so many of us face on a day to day basis.

Thanks again for feelin' this one, all I can say is "damned if we do and damned if we don't".

[sexydeltagirl]

Aww, this is so sweet - but like you mentioned in the piece people are crazy the world itself is crazy and it's gonna take a lot of long conversations and restrictions on certain things to keep our kids from getting sucked into the madness. I want to be a mother, really I do but everytime I turn on the news I think to myself it's already hard out here for just me how can I help another one find its way.

Keep being that buffer my dear!

[homeyjay]

Aww, this is so sweet - but like you mentioned in the piece people are crazy the world itself is crazy and it's gonna take a lot of long conversations and restrictions on certain things to keep our kids from getting sucked into the madness. I want to be a mother, really I do but everytime I turn on the news I think to myself it's already hard out here for just me how can I help another one find its way.
Keep being that buffer my dear!

Hey, there's not doubt in my mind that you would make a wonderful mother SexxyDee. Seems to me that you already have the blue print mapped out. Trust me, after nuturing your little one you'll find that it is more than worth it. peace, hj

[dormircommeunsonneur]

Felt like I was reading one of countless conversations I've had with my father, but much longer since he's a police officer though. And now I'll share what he thought went strait out the other ear with mine.

[homeyjay]

Felt like I was reading one of countless conversations I've had with my father, but much longer since he's a police officer though. And now I'll share what he thought went strait out the other ear with mine.
Hey "father knows best" at least sometimes.

[Irish-dipstick]

Yeah respect man...letting your daughter go from under the wing must be hard...crazy respect you a father looking out man....

i never knew you was and i can only take from the poem that its a father daughter thing

gooden :yes:

:smoker:

[homeyjay]

Yeah respect man...letting your daughter go from under the wing must be hard...crazy respect you a father looking out man....
i never knew you was and i can only take from the poem that its a father daughter thing
gooden :yes:
:smoker:
AYO Izzle 2 da Dizzle, what's happening my brother from another Mother.
Long time no read, Thanks 4 da peep yo,hey it ain't easy being greasy, and I know it's also true it ain't easy being you. Though we be from different lands with different hours we be on the same stand and to quote P.E. "fight da power" we are brothers of the struggle who won't let go so let 'em know. Lookin' for a drop from ya' remember it's always better to be rusty than musty peace. Don't drop for the hands drop 'cause ya can... hj

[skatethewall]

she comes to me and asks
can she go outside and play
i immediately reflect on current events
kid gets shot while going for snacks
kid gets shot for protecting a bicycle
mother shot on halloween while w/kids
wanting to protect her from so much
like her first fight or teasing at school
her first experience of being called ni99er
realizing that skin color makes a difference
her asking me again zones me back in
i smile and say yes but be careful
she ask why in her cute little way
i say because there is so much bad out
she again asks why and i say beacuse
because too many of the wrong people
have money and too few of the right have not
so they try and take what they can get
they used violence,deceit and guns and stuff
what stuff she asks? stuff like drugs and
selling themselves even their souls at times
oh she says and starts heading for the door
i stand watch wanting to keep her inside
to protect her from so much but i can't
her first boyfriend her first bad date
first kiss peer pressure tough decisions
watching through the door wonderinng bout life
looking out for evil case i have to put foot to azz
HJ this brought tears to my eyes. At the end of the day that's what makes a poem great to me: if it touches my heart.
I like the conversational style set inside a true rythym and flow...
and I love this:
selling themselves even their souls at times
Skater

[slave2aplaya]

Love this... I always feel your storytelling style

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