Black Man

Black man
By:Candis Perdue

Sorry i dont know how it feels to be a black man
Sorry for enabling you
Held on to the notion that you were momma’s baby
Forgetting to prepare you for the world that would not coddle you but force you to grow up sooner than you’d have to
Forced and exposed you to horrid  images that I’d  once covered your eyes so that you wouldn’t have to witness

Heard you yelling i cant breathe but furthermore decided to suffocate you for my own benefits and selfish needs thus created a cycle that now the world thinks it’s ok to strangle you harder when they hear the air seeping  out of your body
or they laugh when they witness the blood spew from a carotid artery



Sorry for not teaching you a counter when you’re under attack
sorry for not preparing you to use your intellect when you fight back
Silence turns away wrath then why have their unpunished actions created habitual patterns ?
Or the fact that our unheard words feels a lot like someone putting knives in
How do you prepare something you birthed for their  burial before you get a chance to teach them their worth
Or better yet their first day in college
They find you guilty the day that  you’re born
Spending  most of their adolescence years just trying to survive
When God created them to thrive
Born just to die and living only to fight to be free
It’s a trending homicidal cycle can’t you see

Black man
They see the color of your skin before they see the blessing God decided to lend ...to this world
They don’t care what skillset you possess
They have categorized you with all the rest
They don’t know the the future of America lies in you
Sorry i didn’t read our history to you a lot sooner
Sorry i didn’t expose you to ancient Africa
Sorry i didn’t show you how to turn one little seed into a giant maple tree
That one thought in your mind could bring to fruition fortunes Un-told rendering secrets of pure gold forwarding you to only have to work for you and answer to yourself too

Sorry i didnt negate the very idea Society wrote so wrong
That told you that being black and uniquely you was wrong
That you had to succumb to the pressure of those who are afraid to embrace their heritage and self worth
Sorry I never told you that even as a male you don’t have settle , and that you can be choosy too
That the first girl that shows you attention you or shouts you out in a mention that you don’t have to give yourself freely
Should of told you that you come from royalty and you’re worth more than Gold
That the knowledge you gather is for you to hold and keep close
That every gem of intellect you obtain to bury it in your subconscious brain
The seeds that you carry can change the world 
Don’t sell yourself for cheap and give folk a blueprint of you before they reciprocate what you put out
This was only a mere glimpse of the teachings i should of used to show you what life’s all about


Black man i love you
You are strong
You are powerful
You are courageous
You are needed
You are genius
Black man I’m sorry these affirmations haven’t been embedded in you sooner
But know that the blood you have flowing through your veins will ultimately release tremendous gain
Don’t throw in the towel don’t quit i promise that this isn’t IT!!