Involuntary Homicide
Involuntary homicide
I volunteer to wipe the tears from my mother’s eyes
truth is
punish me for my mother’s lies
bathe me with my brother’s tears
protect me from my father’s lies
tried not to make the mistakes they made before me
but the decision i made was a mistake
because that’s all i had laid before me
they taught me freedom was up a Black girl’s dress
to hear yourself think was between a Black woman’s breast
not telling us that life comes from a Black women’s sex
little ghetto kids being raised off that Black woman’s sweat
we getting closer
hear that black chopper ring
take a sip of revenge
as Assata Shakur sings
self-hatred is a sickness and
miseducation cannot fix this
involuntary homicide
I volunteer to wipe the tears from my mother’s eyes
truth is
punish for my mother’s lies.
Prince Carrington
August 31, 2014
FCI Cumberland, MD