By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
What am I but a man?
Not trusted
Unloved
Forever lonely
The faults of my fellow man haunting my mind state
Ruining my chance to enjoy all of life’s fulfillments
The sad story continues to be woven in the tapestry of our existence
Not the man that does you wrong
I’m the one who revitalizes your soul
Not the fellow who hides behind many mask
But whose true face shines through to your heart
My heart is heavy
Bearing the burden of others faults
Instead of just my own
Sifting through the rhetoric trying to find the golden stone of truth
But it’s not found by me
I am the different brotha
Sought for counsel
But not for love
The friend
Not the lover
The scrub gets the beauty of her
I must rebuild her from the broken pieces
Lord how I long to be an exclusive type of love
Free of the shifty nature of fallen love
Totally committed
Never drifting away
The strong bonds of man and woman is what I seek
But instead I travel the lonely road
My salvation put on hold
I have to say i know this man. The man that comes after a broken heart. Trying to prove his honesty thought he has never lied. He takes the blows he does not deserve because he loves her. Nobody understands why he stays, not even himself.
That poem comes form a real place and I’ll apologize to all the good men that have been called dogs and liars. Nobodies perfect including in relationships, but two wrongs don’t make a right it just makes a lot of hurts.
This is my first time actually reading comments from your poem and I would have to agree fully with LL&l. There are so many good men out there, but they are hard to find because they are off trying to handle business and mend broken hearts. True happiness with a companion is hard to find, but if you trust and believe that there is someone out there that is meant for you; I’m sure you will find her. Don’t give up on love, for God is love! Take care my friend!
I know a person just like this. Except this person is a woman not a man. I know what it feels like to have your heart broken more then once. Always feeling like you are alone in a big world just trying to find your place. I really like your poem. Please check my site out sometime.
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hi, i love your poems, but i was wondering if you would let me put some onto myspace? what do you think of that? please let me know ok?i would also like to know if i could use some pics too, there so beautiful, like the broken heart one with the poem, i really really like that one.do you usually let people copy your poems and pics? if not, thats no problem, i will understand ok? if you let me use them, what do i do? do i put your name on them? thank you
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