4 U Nikki Poem by Keith Ricardo Williams

After listening to nikki giovanni
i felt like a failure
hearing prison poems
captured the inside of my tormented soul
my heart became words
which write more words
to stories untold
the skin in which i live, and like
seemed to blossom like a african violet
growing to the sound of a scratched record
repeating free at last, free at last
looking at a bible
which has meant a lot

After listening to nikki giovanni
i became poetry
like a butterfly from a seed
like a river from a weed

After listening to nikki giovanni
i have love
love 4 u nikki
4 u nikki
4 u