Out of the Box/Ruminations
This poem/video originally appeared on Sumayyah Said So.
open my eyes to blue skies
beating heart
and thoughts of
revolution
burn the blood of dragons
sip a little tea that’s colored green
with lemon and ginseng
and clean my ankh ring
laughin’ and thinkin’
they know nothin’ about me
cuz my TV don’t get
channels of stupidity
cultural conditioning
ain’t softened my brain
surrounded by books
making plans
for the school after school
history lessons
Most High’s blessings
what it means to be
black and red and white blue
cover my head
wear all black too
got a cross and skull
and a choker full of studs
jilbab in the closet
a little Marley on my wall
a Bible on the table
next to my Hendrix cd
not learnin’ voodoo tarot
i think it’s learnin’ me
ain’t no box big enough
to contain all of my dreams
hold fast
to those dreams
that sprout knees and crawl
away from you
to go and
die
willful ignorance
isn’t that a sin?
or should be
i imagine
because it gets abused
knocked down
run over
tied up
hung
and set aflame
and we wonder
where
the children get it from
dancing and dodging and
ducking and weaving
bullets and loaded insults
and backhanded compliments
as if
i can not
appreciate
words fixed to a page
in my spare time
without trying
to learn a skill
or memorize commands
in a language i will never
understand
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This is awesome and I followed the video to your youtube channel. My new and best discovery for the week. I will spend some time on your youtube channel in the next couple of days. Please keep bringing us so many powerful messages in your poetry its medicine for my soul. @sumayyahsaidso
Thank you @rensoul17 . I haven't recorded anything new in years (camera and software issues) but I might record some of my more recent work soonish. <3
Hey @sumayyahsaidso, You really should update, I think right now it will pay off if we can keep all our social media platforms up and running and get as many eyes on our work as possible, especially if you may consider consolidating your poems in a book and selling them in that way.
Having social media ties, you will already have an audience and customers. And i do understand its no guarantee they will purchase but having them gives us gives us better opportunities than not having them at all.
I am editing my poems into book form at this time. You have motivated me to create a youtube account which I don't have. I am on twitter but never really understood how it is supposed to work. Maybe I will one day.
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Oh! Thank you!
Damn. You are so profoundly powerful. This is really beautiful.
"Ain't no box big enough
To contain all of my dreams."
Right. On.
Thank you.
Mind = Blown.
You are gifted. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. And thanks for reading.