The Greater Good

This is just me realizing how close I am everyday to being another face on the news. The walk is still the same.

Today is so amazing,

the seasons are changing,

so I transform, too.

My piece of Pisces is shark;

but I don't feed off of the blood money,

and that's what sets me apart.

In fact, along the way I've

dealt with murders of crows, and

flocks of pigeons, trying to scavenge my soul

as I stood in position.

However, there's no way the get me now!

I'm a big boy,

so I won't be throwing in the towel.

I will ascend from the foul.

It's for the greater good.

 

And if you were me, you'd be good...

hellacious happenings yoke up youngin's

and harass our hoods;

but I must stay grounded.

Those haters didn't even know they compromised their disguise

with the way that they sounded.

Flapping their gums, full of Bubble-Yum,

but they ain't about it.

They asked me about my life,

so I penned prolific prose,

as to leave no doubt about it.

And with that said,

I stay grounded.  I have to...

it's for the greater good.

 

This day is amazing!

Chasing dreams could get tiring for some;

but I haven't slept in a month.

My memory is in overload,

and the more I input, the more I have to dump.

I stopped slapping cats way back and promised

that I wouldn't attack chumps.

Then again, if I did it like they do

I be deemed a punk, too.

And I've been known I'm tough.

So, instead I stay grounded

as I show of my wingspan and continue to

push stuff back.

I have to....

it's for the greater good.

Author's Note

This is a 'hybrid' piece. I flip back and forth between being the subject, the narrator, and both. This started as a writing exercise that I do with new writing books.

Reviews

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

Great!! I tend to do the hybrid piece in some of my poems, without knowing it. Its fun to switch view points. Great piece,

My piece of Pisces is shark;

but I don't feed off of the blood money,

and that's what sets me apart.

I really like that part. cause you are Pisces? I Jayz says that in his song, "glides through my veins like a pisces" or something like that. That's very sharp, saying I am not just a fish, I am a damn shark!! but i don't feed off of what some of those others hustlers do, and put them in jail, I am different, I swim my own pool!!!

good job.

[Kat Williams]

I read this like 4 times...kept coming back to these lines

Chasing dreams could get tiring for some;

but I haven't slept in a month.


Resonanted for some odd reason...made a sista wonder..should she sleep, as to dream or is dreaming for fools. NW..

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This is a wonderful piece of writing. I admire your style. I spotted one tiny typo so here it is...
"Theres no way the get me now"..."the" should be "they or they'll"...I really think this is a masterful poem full of passion and truth with a lot of soul searching. Brilliant actually. Peace and love.

[J. Hampton]

Rise....and Fly ...GRIOT
This is ....it peOples....a new fav

you....dedicating yourself to seek only altitude
and knowing how close we come everyday ....everyday
tHis is deep for me...
I for one have lived low-down and I get high on God jsut knowing ehat free-air space feels like
its a powerful piece ...full of all the literary dandies
metaphor illiteration
dialog

and you ....remind me of me...
a chameleon ...not afraid to change style...in a NY minute.

Luv this Booookie ...you rocked the daring thing

Blessssssssssssssssssss

[BuStY B***H]

i love how u repeated "for the greater good".....

it keep the piece goin....made me want to read me to see wut u would compare to it....for it to be.

i luv how it changes i wish my writing wuz good like this mine r jus little stupid peoms...but this is writing!

Keep it up

-BuStY B***H

[Shadow]

I noticed the change in the verses there and I thought I was reading it wrong for a second then I read your notes and Suddenly I understood.

Aside from a few typos here and there I'd say you've done again sir
Keep it up cause the words you write truly are for the greater good