Everybody says
you
you must be
you must be with somebody
to be somebody
and I could agree
sometimes I do agree
but then
reality
the reality of today sets in
with a heart still looking for a better purpose
for a profound direction
for a just ear to speak into
for the path that made a man into a
King…
but I cannot forget
that path
those ears
that direction
and his heart
would have been shells without another
but nowhere do I see her
nowhere
around me
here in the company of
a thousand Ayeshas
a hundred Maries
a dozen Imeldas
even a Helen or two
and not a single
not a single
not one
single
Coretta