Lazarus
My psyche |
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Is a dark |
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Like Sybil |
And hallow |
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Guided Aeneas |
Realm |
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This darken part |
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Of my mind |
An enormous |
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Black giant |
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She stills |
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Speaks to me |
It’s the part |
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Through dreams |
Of my mind |
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And unexplained |
That I know |
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Unconscious behaviors |
The least |
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About |
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She says |
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Walk with me |
But try |
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On the path of |
My best |
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Darkness and fear |
To hide |
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of oneself |
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Like Lazarus |
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There are |
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To psych |
Many |
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Myself |
Secret |
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Places |
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To come |
And nooks |
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Out |
Surreal |
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Experiential |
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Moments |
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Unidentified |
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Demons |
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Devils |
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Symbols |
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And myths |
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That in |
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The day light |
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I try to |
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Ignore |
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As I do |
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My best |
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To suppress |
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The existence |
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Of My Self |
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First Lady Black American Style
| She is | She is | |
| Black and | Reserved and | |
| Beautiful | Demur | |
| She is hip | She prefers | |
| To what’s | To spend her | |
| In style | Time alone | |
| And has | When she is | |
| A style | In pain | |
| Of her own | Because she has | |
| The power to | ||
| She is | Heal herself | |
| Breadwinner and | ||
| Head of | She is Michelle Obama | |
| Household | Dorothy | |
| Hazel | ||
| She raises | Betty | |
| Her children and | Saniyyah | |
| Her husband | ||
| If she chooses | She charts her | |
| To have one | Own course | |
| And writes her | ||
| She is out | Own chart | |
| Spoken | ||
| Out in front | Like many heroic | |
| Black women | ||
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| In the middle | She stands on | |
| Of every situation | ||
| That matters to her | ||
| She is strong and | ||
| Powerful | She sets her aim | |
| She carries | ||
| The burden of | From the poor house | |
| The world | To the White House | |
| Within her legs | ||
| And birth | ||
| To maturity | ||
| Boy-man from | ||
| Her belly |