Six Sistas

It’s Posnan Poland.

Where people walk down the street 

and don’t speak 

to one another 

let alone to me.

The six sistas was there tho.

They came to scat and to scream

To sass and to sing

To sooth and sashay.

And the people heard

And the people spoke back.

Back to the one who praised another

While disregarding her own worth

Yet in her presentation

We and hopefully she 

Saw her self

And all she had to give.

Spoke back to the one 

Who took us to a place 

Where no one had been

And brought us back

To the place where we weren’t

and suddenly we were all there

And grateful for the ride.

Spoke back to the one unaware

Of how much she had

Yet gave us what she had

Not yet realizing

That it was more than enough

And that there was much much more

In her

Yet to be shared.

Back to the one who gave to us

What she just recently realized

That she had to give.

And she gave it in LOVE

In the hopes

That we would receive

And then share it with another.

The people spoke back

To the one who wanted to give

All that she had

Taking the risk of being unappreciated

While understanding that it ain’t about 

How much I have

But about how much I give

And then

She gave 

Her all.

And then they spoke back

To the one 

Who almost forgot she had it.

The one who was reminded

Where it was.

Then she went back 

And she got it.

And she gave it to the people

And to her sistas

And we were glad to see

That she had all that

And grateful that it wasn’t

All she had.

I the Brotha

Speak back to the siatas

And speak for Posnan 

And for the world.

When we say

WE Love you 

WE need you

And We want you in our lives.

Not for what you have to give

But for your Willingness to give it.

Cause in your doing what you do

We realize it can be done

What you have shown 

In your efforts to both create and to share

Is that despite 

The obstacles and barriers

That WE create 

In our own minds.

We can get through the stuff 

That ain’t really there

Except in us.

What we hear

Because of you

Is the need to go in

Assess and reflect 

On what we see inside

And then give it away

To make room for more

Than we had before.

Play on my sistas

Play On and On and On and On

Speak to us 

So that we too can speak

Not only back to you

But Forward 

To each other.

All over this world.

I’ll holla…

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