Respect

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

I bit my tongue in half

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...