Jassy Melson
09-02-2013, 04:34 PM
I know that my world
has crumbled around me.
All the armies have been defeated,
all hope has been crushed.
My way of life is coming to an end
and a new world is beginning.
But I also know there is no way
that I can fit in to this new world
of commerce and free blacks.
So I walk slowly up the graceful staircase
to the second floor of my mansion
with the Greek columns in front,
and I look at some pictures
and read some letters that were written
by one of my beaus years ago.
I sigh, but I realize
there is no turning back,
my world is ended--
so I take the case
from the closet and open it
and pull out the pistol
and point it at the fair curls
on my head.
It's better this way.
has crumbled around me.
All the armies have been defeated,
all hope has been crushed.
My way of life is coming to an end
and a new world is beginning.
But I also know there is no way
that I can fit in to this new world
of commerce and free blacks.
So I walk slowly up the graceful staircase
to the second floor of my mansion
with the Greek columns in front,
and I look at some pictures
and read some letters that were written
by one of my beaus years ago.
I sigh, but I realize
there is no turning back,
my world is ended--
so I take the case
from the closet and open it
and pull out the pistol
and point it at the fair curls
on my head.
It's better this way.