War On Being A Black Boy

I told my brother i loved him today because i could

The golden sun shone brightly through the lime green leaves as if to say hello,
Birds sung their hearts out,
The wind howled viciously and leaves flew and gently touched the ground,
It was an autumn breeze.

BANG! Oops I've done it again
The bullet pierced through the skin, the coco brown smooth skin of a black boy.
Have u ever noticed how a blacl man walks, the limp in their step,
See the cool rythm that flows throught them but no see in those steps there are clues messages u need to listen to very carefully like your life depends on it,
They are trying to kill me, stop searching
There are prayers in a black man walk: don't let them cuff me,
don't let them kill me where im standing,
Tell my mother i love her.

Have you ever noticed how a black man walks,
How quickly fear surrounds the room,
How quickly women clutch their purses so tightly their fingers grow numb.
Let me be real with you