Metamorphosis
Jasmine J Walker
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Metamorphosis Metamorphosis Metamorphosis If someone were to pause the hands of time To travel back through a few memories of mine To a place where my adolescent self-thrived To ask me two grueling questions How would you change the world And what would this new world look like I believe my response would have gone something like this How magnificent it would be if durags, oversized t-shirt Flip phones, tricked out hoopties with the spinning rims Gold and platinum grills could always exist If Sarah's straight fine hair Keshia's coarse curly afro Or Maria's long wavy hair could all be deemed beautiful If only brothers in suits with bow ties toting newspapers and bean pies Would still hold me in high esteem even though I choose to follow the white man's religion It would be so sweet if street kings who sell rocks and queens of seduction who promote violence on the block Could be replaced by kings of intellect and queens of wisdom Who would be paradigms their communities How amazing it would be if someone like me could dream to be The President of the United States and it actually happen Young boys and girls would come to understand the true nature of love If they were no longer molested and neglected By the ones who were supposed to protect them How marvelous it would be if everyone could experience A supernatural or somewhat magical kind of love Like Beauty and the Beast Martin and Gina And of course Beyoncé and Jay-Z But since God gives no man the power to turn or pause the hands of time I would like to pose those two questions to my present day self How would you change the world And what would this new world look like Ultimately the world would be a better place If only justice and peace could actually coexist What a difference we would see if the world cared More about black lives than black culture If only men who participated in the conception Of a child knew how important their influence really is Maybe that would motivate them to help boys grow into men If only women knew that their children are precious Gifts from God and not lottery tickets If only those who proclaim to have a relationship With God actually walked and talked With him more than they speak about him If only my brothers and sisters would fight to live To see another day because the powers that be You know the global elite, believe that we've become The bastard that the morning after pill neglected to kill So to them our survival means nothing If only people knew the difference between who They are and what they do What an amazing place the world would be if Ignorance could no longer fuel hate If only women wouldn't have to go under the knife To have a body that the world deems beautiful If only people knew their worth If only there was enough money to pay all of these bills If only getting an education became more popular If only he saw the power behind my eyes before He noticed the thickness of my thighs If only no one could no longer lie If only people prayed more Believed more Loved more Then this would be a very different world Then the one that we see
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