Thursday, November 9, 2017

"Elders and Widows," A Poetry Post

How you doin baby?

I'm doing well ma'am.

Are you holdin' to His hand?

Yes ma'am.

You prayin' and
Readin' that word
Day and night?

Yes ma'am.

Well you a
Widow indeed
Baby.
You just
Keep on
Keepin' on.

Yes ma'am.

You ain't got mens
In yo' house now?

NO MA'AM!

Yes baby cause
You can't be no
Widow indeed with
Mens comin'
In and
Outta yo' house.

No ma'am.

That's right.
Yo' granma
raised you
Right.

Yes she did.

Shonuff she did.
Yes Lord.
That's the
Ole time way.
That's how WE
Told folks
In the day.

Yes ma'am.

You ain't
Caught up
With no
Liquors and things
In ya
Lonesome?

NO MA'AM!

Praise God.
You know
We have to
Ask that cause
Sometimes in lonesome
Things is like that.
So you ain't
Like that?

No ma'am.

Well praise God baby.
Many of us done
Been through that
You know.
Ain't
NO PEACE
In the bottle.

Yes ma'am,
I know.

Only peace is
In GOD!

Yes ma'am! 
That is so!

Yes it is so!

Yes it is so.

So you ain't gone be
Creepin'
To them clubs and things
Like that?

No ma'am.

Praise God cause
You can't be no
Widow indeed
Out in the night air
Being wild
In the darkness.

No ma'am,
I can't be.

That's
RIGHT
Baby.
You knows it.
Praise God.

Praise God Mother.

Well...
I'll be praying
God keep His hand
On you and
Keep you stayed
In your right mind and
Whole
While you is sufferin.

Thank you ma'am.

And you just hold on now.
God is with you!

Yes ma'am I will!

You be a widow indeed
Until God call you
Something else.

Yes ma'am.

Alright then.

-T. James-Moss