Man

This was a post I saw by a friend of mine. It is poignant and just all around greatness! So please read and enjoy!


There are two choices for colored men:
Go nowhere… or go far.
The choice we make comes from within:
Sad excuse… or shining star.
Instinctively though, is a desire to grow,
...a yearning to be more than less.
When effort is shown and young colored boys have grown
our uniqueness will lead us to bliss.
We walk like warriors because we’ve been fighting since birth
to prove to ourselves we have a place on this earth.
There is no choice but be strong.
God made us right, He wasn’t wrong.
We are more than the criminals marginalized on the news
and the guys in the movies who murder, rape, and abuse.
We do more than run, jump, and swing.
We care about more than bling.
Colored men have taken life by the tail and still others looked the world in the face
and said, “You will not spin around the sun again, until I have my rightful place.”
We’re not allowed to complain, so we refrain and maintain.
And when anything goes wrong, guess who also shoulders the blame?
If you could ask Barack, what would he say?
What would Malcolm say, or DuBois, or MLK?
Don’t believe the hype.
If we can build pyramids, believe we can type.
We can research, we can write, we can tweet, and we can skype.
We can operate on brains or navigate a flight.
Who delivers poetry better than UPS and FedEx?
Who can break it down to you simple, be abstract or complex?
Who can conjugate verbs, build a mansion with words,
throw a party in dat piece, and greet the haters with hors’ d’oeuvres?
Frederick Douglass said, “Without struggle there is no progress.”
We struggle 'til we're free and then with life’s best we are blessed.
There are two choices for colored men:
Go nowhere… or go far.
The choice we make comes from within:
Sad excuse… or shining star.

by Marcus L. Matthews






We're Supermen! When we wanna be...