Heavy On My Mind (Thoughts In Motion) Poem by Kenneth R Jenkins

Brother
Listen to me!
There is something I must say
To clear the air of any
Uncertainty that may or may not
Come between us
But first you must listen
To what I am about to
What I must say.
I have been hurt! ! ! ! !
Not once,
Not twice,
But many times over
and over again
Over the same B.S.-
Nothing!
Nothing lost
And certainly
Nothing gain
But time is standing still,
Motionless
Like a non-moving clock of time
Where there is no movement at all.
Fighting.
For what? ?
Nothing
Fighting ove nothing
A piece of green paper
And a little white substance
That's controlling your every moment
Night and day.
Stupid fighting ove
Nothing
Where something can be
Worth something!
While wasting time over
Nothing!
While chidren hungry,
While mothers lose their children,
While young blackmen die on the streets,
While politics are usual
You fight over
Nothing!
Nothing lost
Nothing gained.
Lost
In a world that'sendless
With a beginning
And yet there is no end.
Women selling their bodies
For a green piece of paper
While men make dirty deals
While others get one meal
Andno three squares a day
Strugging
Striving
Everyday
Every moment where there is time
And where times are no more.
I got something on my mind
To say not what anyone may thing
It'son my mind tosay
Because it was heavy on mind.