The last time I was here I did a poem inspired by a 5 time cancer survivor and love of my life. Shortly thereafter we challenged each other to write a piece about respect... When I came to Heroes to read my piece, it was the celebration of the life of Rage Almighty. Not only was he the person I was told to find for poetry 5 years ago in all of Dallas but ye though I walk through the shadow of the valley of procrastination I drive Uber and I found Rage and Heroes through a poet I gave a ride to UT where I also met The Geno Show, and then about six months ago I had the pleasure of picking up an Adam and taking him to Dallas Youth Poetry and that was the last time I saw Rage Almighty- the first person I ever heard say Respect The Mic. He passed away the day after I began the concept phase of this piece: #RageOn
When I was 2.
Pulled the stitches out myself.
Damn shame.
I could've been a helluva Pastor.
It's more than an open door
It's chivalry
But so much more
Shaking hands
And hat tips
It's a must for ladies
And gents
It only takes a modicum
Chemistry dictates a bond by symposium
Thoughts...feelings...words..... actions...
Our shared existence based formula held together by the simplest of atomic notions of RESPECTING another human being when you see them, hear them, or even think of them.
Respect truly does go a long way
It's pretty much like gas in your car
If you don't have at least SOME respect
You aren't going anywhere anyway.
You need to pull up to the pump of reality
Respectfully hit this Gelato 24 and pass that shit back homey
I don't NEED 100% battery
I need my phone to have to just a RESPECTFUL amount of energy to do what I need it to do
Even though I'm not a brain surgeon
This is just how I operate
If you want respect you have to pass THAT shit too....
Like being the driver, the engine, and the gas
At the same time
Like the Trinity
Forgive me
For disrespecting
Your religion
I admired his devotion to worshipping...
It's just my PCTSD
What's the C?
Well let's see
Start with a healthy disrespect
For a person's god given individuality
And end with an anorexic existence
Built upon someone else's autocratic ideology.
You gotta respect the soul...
And that's where I lose the respect of my Daddy
My Daddy released my soul
Like a fly fisherman on vacation
From any reality that stands in contrast
To whatever the Watchtower pulls out of its ass.
But I digress
Because I still respect the Fuck
Out of my growth process
What a blessed journey it is to find yourself respecting and loving yourself
No matter what happens to you
RESPECT the man inside and next to you
Because...
Keeping it real...
And I don't know about you...
All due RESPECT
But you might find a video of me eating pussy too...
