So Many

So Many

From a neighborhood where another world was understood

Mama kept me from the ‘hood and taught me judgment of good

But I joined with eyes open or so I thought

Looking back now I realize how fortunate

The list of deaths is long and I remember their young faces strong

I always get the urge to cry when I think of them and that they’re gone

When you’re young the future is forever and time is a song

You rule the world and see nothing wrong

Then they start to fall and still it’s like hits on a wall

I was so long in that lifestyle where justice was relative to all

Everyone is beautiful when young and morality has diversity

Time moves and you realize looking back requires perspicacity

My shattered worlds has seen I’ve no foundations to call home

Emotional ties can be lies and mistrust endures; only love can overcome

There are those who know you like no others will

Sometimes we chat and we know it’s all a secret best kept still