Ode to Langston Hughes

I have admired you

From afar

In the pages that you appear

I even speak about your ability

To

Suggest

I mean, like, make a strong

Statement

~

I wish I might have seen you personally

Sometime at a slam, slamming, speaking

Utilizing

An opportunity that indicates peace

~

See

I wonder why we can never get past

The reality of our humanity

Why we sometimes allow

Fear

Insecurity – yours is mine as I might know yours

But right now your strong

Words

Those are real emotions

That’s why that’s why I just have to scream …

~

Once in awhile

It becomes very clear

That our lives could be complicated

What’s more important is the simple reality

Colliding with our moment

~

I’ll take twelve minutes and save the other

three minutes for you

because that’s all you need having already been there.

Please I would love you to share words, suggestions …