#GloPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo Day 28 ................................... dreams deferred, another raisin in the Sun

dreams deferred, another raisin in the Sun

beneatha don't you mess around here any more 
the cake had laces 
and the poem these paces 
where we wear wares, 
where aware of wear, 
we wear a ware 
worn by ancestors, 
aware each of us have 
a smile, turned towards morning 

we danced as if we knew no language 
charmed into another goodbye, an ease of delivery 
as if meant to always be as close to parting as one 
could be 
when at home 
never being 

beneath us was 
worry, and how 
it wore us too 
thin as one ply 
alone in the loo 
worry worry 
don't keep it 
inside you 

the checks never came quick enough 
nor lasted as long we needed 
we would sit out when cool enough 
in the shade, around tables 
we'd play cards 
and the remember when game 
trying to figure out 
when we didn't dress the world 
as we wanted to see it 
as opposed to how it really is 

mama said never mind the guff 
it was like dust 
everywhere the dancing 
and singing wasn't 
she would say 
quiet, wise 
take a chance 
love hurts worse 
when you don't try 
unlike passersby 
not paying any mind 
love until it hurts 
and you want to die 
this gives life 
more than reason 
why we strive
to thrive 
elegantly 
sugared wise 
another raisin 
in the sun 
another dandelion 
in concrete 


EJR ©