I attract peace and abundance
while repelling
dysfunction and vitriol
I heed the call
to be still
to heal
so that the broken parts
can be congealed –
I yield
rejecting the urge to bend
opting to stand tall
against that colluding
to drown
our worth.
A myriad of lessons
made clear
to me by way
of the utility
of humility
those uncomfortable truths
of being broken
and remade in
hope.
As I don’t have time
to choke
or collaborate
with dopes
who ostracize
wisdom
with pejoratives
like woke
not as young
as I used to
be
gray in beard
rasp in voice
bones that pop..
but
divorced from
the hoarness of defeat
I repeat
These knees
don’t bend to no
man, understand?
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