I Love Life & I Wanna Live

Summitted this poem to a contest & won 2nd place in an independent poet contest, so I guess it’s pretty good….

Guns, knives, 9 & 11 o’clock news

Contributing to the worlds many mayhems

 And singin the same sad blues

Of teens killin teens, and babies having babies

Leaving us askin many questions, and a lot of maybe’s

Or better yet the infamous woulda, shoulda, coulda

But one thing I can say with my head held high

Is that I would rather live…than to die

Instead of thinking positive

We think of the recession

Having people treat it as another Great Depression 

Where acting savage is the new thing, but you would’ve thought they learned their lesson

Cause all of this sure leaves the clues that end up on the 9 & 11 o’clock news

Instead of diggin an early grave

My dreams are on goin

Cause nowadays you gotta keep the creative juices flowing

And one thing I’m always knowing of…

Is the never ending love I have for life

Instead of death & disrespect I see the sun arise

Instead of hatred & gangs I see crisp blue skys

That hold all my visions, truths, never lies on me

Because God would never do that

What he does is speak to me and good advice he gives

Which let’s me kno I have a reason to live

He tells me a great future I have to uphold not fold in my back pocket

Cause if I do my wallet will always be empty

And I won’t have a penny to my last name

See this game we call life is serious and thou it may drive you delirious, you only have one life to live

No soap opera feeling but I hope this gives that inspirational healing to that person

Who was sealing their life to a matter of destruction

A life of slangin dope to get by is a contradiction, thinking it’s the best way of life is just fiction

What should always and forever be your missionIs to live life better than being jus average

Or even worst being broke & tippin your hat hopin at the end of the day that cap has enough to last you as that BMW rolls by with not so much as a hi

And leaving you askin and wondering why?!

Well that’s simply because you didn’t believe in living

And giving you all to life’s oppportunities

And forming that bond no wand needed to know you’ve succeeded

At the end of the day I have to look straight to find my way and at the end day

Never have to contemplate.

What I did, but rise & like the negro spiritual keep my eyes on the prize, hold on but never move on the wrong paths

So as I live in the longevity of my prosperity and continue to growI will never parish nor tarnish my goals

My perception on life, I feel I no longer need to give

Because I love life……and you know I wanna live! = )