I Got Lost On My Way To Being Found
Girl! Guess what happened to me today?
I walked and walked.
I started to hear strange voices
I walked to the Southeast corner
Blessings
Poetrylad1
I got lost on my way to being found.
I was headed in the right direction,
but somehow I made a left when
I should have kept going straight.
I sat down for a while just to look around,
hoping to see some familiar ground.
I got up and started to walk again
hoping that I would eventually find my way.
Before I knew it y'all
I had walked a thousand and two more days.
I became confused then angry
not knowing how to make it right.
I started thinking, confused as I was,
should I just lie down and tremble
or stand and prepare to fight?
calling out to me from I knew not where.
Then fear and hopelessness started dancing
on the ends of my kinky and twisted hair.
I saw faces of positive beings
waving for me to retreat.
Than there appeared those other faces
with welcoming greetings filled with lies and deceit.
I thought about my ancestors
who stayed strong even on their weakest days.
I thought about the shame they would feel
if I didn't bend my knees and pray.
I remembered what they had taught me
and knew it would now serve me well.
So I closed my eyes, raised my head
and told the devil to go to hell.
and things became so clear.
I wasn't as lost as I thought
I was and felt my journey near.
When I finally reached the path of newness
I realized that I had arrived.
I was no longer lost
within myself but found and more alive.
