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Here is this month's entry:

Why Am I Afraid

Why am I afraid?

I am afraid because of children running the streets

Sometimes because they have no food to eat

Or because of the company they keep

I am afraid that my male race may become extinct

If I chose to bore a child

There would be no him so we couldn't procreate

I am tired of my struggle and those struggling like me

Although our struggles may be different

They hurt just like me

They cry sometimes or all the time just to make ends meet

I am afraid for my daughter and my unborn that I have named

Yet the unborn won't be born because of the lack of men

Who choose to choose men and date women just the same

So I fear the dryness of my eggs that may never hatch again

Afraid for my daughter in whom she calls a friend

A friend that may set her up to fail and fall flat on her face instead of her feet

Regardless of what I instill and give as inspirations

Instead of her being a leader she may decide to follow the leader

Afraid of the death counts that continue to rise after the "Hurricane of Katrina"

The death count that continue to rise in neighboring streets

Death counts of babies and children who end their life

If not on their own then due to the hands of those that don't cherish the innocence of their little lives

I am afraid for women who looked up to their men to now be face down in the dirt

Once afraid to leave their family because of the hurt they received is what they conceived

Women who because of tradition fall into a cycle of what they grew to know as true

If a man or another didn’t curse, beat, or threaten you then you aren't loved boo

I could go on about my fears and talk more after my tears

I could speak on the government that claims they don't have enough money to build schools, donate computers to schools, give teachers the pay raises they deserve after teaching our seeds in school, or hell just give Jack and Jill their own school book

Although they make it affordable to send a monkey into outer space!

I could talk about my fear where my daughter may meet the man she thinks of as her dream man

Then her dream quickly fades and become a reality since the man of her dreams was not her prince

Why am I afraid?

It's simple, because in all of what this world provides

Is sometimes a reason for one to hide

Or a reason that most people never find

The gold at the end of the RAINBOW!

An Original by author, T. D. Silas 8/30/2006

T.D. Silas, author & self publisher

"Broken Miracles: Poems About Love, Life, and Loss"