A CAUSE FOR ALARM
I was at peace, calmly in conversation
With the most beautiful woman for my situation
Talking of love, of life, of matters that make up
the best and the worst of who we are
Millions of miles away from any place beyond a star
Lounging in a wonderful home, sunlight on our faces
Revealing what was within
While co-admiring the smooth texture of our skin
RUDELY INTERRUPTED ONE
I’m looking over my shoulder, something is interrupted my fun
RUDELY INTERRUPTED TWO
Some-THING is calling me away, for some task to do
RUDELY INTERRUPTED THREE
Now, I want to slap what this is, that’s bothering me
RUDELY INTERRUPTED FOUR
Now, I have to get up and leave this beauty that I adore
I roll over, I open my eyes, I see the darkness of the bedroom sky,
I think of what it is, that is on the way, oh yeah…this is the beginning of my day
I pull in a long deep breath and exhale slowly, as I rub my chest
I pull in again as I did before, because deep morning breaths prepare me
before I walk through the door
My feet move from soft mattress to carpeted floor
I walk from my bedroom through the kitchen door
I see the smiling faces of my little ones that I love
and quite the alarm on the mobile phone, shrilling a tone
Their faces remind me, motivate me, awake me to things
that are deeper to see…
What is the cause for this cartoonish thing, called “getting up to go to work?”
Such an empty thing…
I deserve to…
Do what I want to
Be what I want to
Say what I want to
Go where I want to
Dress how I want to
Eat when I want to
I know, I know, the laws that govern all time…
If I want to have success for the day, I better see it in my mind
Yet, I know my efforts on my own time, will determine
the future conditions of my now time and days
I’m like Killmonger vicious and determined to change my fate
through my ways, though I wear a mask, that shows cooperation
with their ways…inside I’m a warrior plotting to be free
and allow my true expression to allow me to be me
I look forward to the peace and harmony, such a thing I will see
Putting on a front for a check ain’t cool to me
I allow my rebel side to show up a little here and there you see
But, not too much, though I want to back hand this guy who thinks he’s the boss of me
But, I’M THE BOSS and I determine my direction to be, it can’t happen soon enough
for the free I want to see..
Soon very soon, I have both feet in…
For the moment, wearing a mask of employee 23917, when I clock in
I press a middle finger for fingerprint recognition to show my true expression
then I go about my day doing mundane activities, that do not inspire me
letting my mind wander elsewhere, to activities that are really for me
The Alarm has already been set inside and soon enough, I’ll slide to the other side…
Life on MY OWN TERMS, what other way is there to be
Oh, yeah I could keep acting like everything is cool, wearing hard sole shoes, smiling and dancing to somebodies off beat tune, nah I like my plan for escape, my suede shell toe Adidas…feel better for my case…
THAT’S CAUSE FOR ALARM
Jassiri Nassor “A Cause for Alarm” Copyright © 2018 by Jassiri Nassor/THOUGHT ELAVATION OLA LLC/ THE SPIRITUAL SATIRE
