SATURDAY /HOME FROM GEORGIA

THIS WEEK..BEING I HAD REST..SOME WOULD SAY ..I HAD TO TAK A BREAK..SEEM LIKE THE WORLD WAS CAVING IN ON ME...YOU SEE..I HAD AN EXPERIENCE WHICH KEPT WHAT WAS CONFUSION ON MY PART..I HAD THREE SHOWS TO DO THIS MONTH..POETRY WAS GETTING THE BEST..NOT WORST OF ME..THE GIGS WERE COMING AT ME..MY SON HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK IN ON MY REHEARSAL...THINGS WERE GOING WRONG ..FROM MY COMPUTER GETTING A VIRUS..TO MESSING WITH MY THOUGHT PROCESS..BUT FORTUNATELY NOT FOR LONG..MY GIRLFRIEND HAD ARRIVED FROM GEORGIA...CHANGED MY WHOLE OUTLOOK..WE WENT OUT FOR SOME DRINKS..HUNGOUT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR..THEN WE CAME BAC TO MY CRIB...WHERE SHE SPENT SOME TIME WITH MY MOTHER...BROTHER..THEN WE GOT DRESSED TO PURSUE AN EVENING TO THE HARD ROCK CAFE HERE IN NEW YORK..WHERE WE STAYED ..HEARD SOME GOOD MUSIC..LEFT..GOT READY TO LEAVE FOR THE POETRY CLUB IN THE VILLAGE WHERE WE WERE GOING TO READ..WHEN I RAN INTO ANOTHER FRIEND FROM SCHOOL..SO SHE MET CONNIE..WE ALL LEFT TOGETHER, BECAUSE SHE WAS SO EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT MY POETRY..THE EVENING TURNED OUT A LITTLE SLOW...BEING IT WAS ON A THURSDAY NIGHT..THE LINEUP WAS QUITE ORIGINAL..BARBARA WAS FIT TO BE TIDE..BEING IT TOOK US ABOUT 2 HOURS BEFORE SHOWTIME..THEY ASKED IF WE WAS TOGETHER..AND I SAID ..ONLY CONNIE AND I ARE TO PERFORM..WE HAD A WONDERFUL CROWD..EVERYONE CLIK-CLAPPED..SMILED..CHEERED LOVED THE SHOW..I MET A LOT OF YOUNG LADIES AND GENTS THAT WERE MAKING US FEEL LIKE WE WERE THEIR FRIENDS FROM YEARS AGO..THAT HELPED ME FOR SURE..ALL THE ABOVE..IT WAS A LOVELY TIME IN DEED..NOW I KNEW I HAD TO GET SOME SLEEP..THINKING CONNIE WAS STAYING UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT..WHERE I GOT THE SURPRISE OF MY LIFE..SHE ASKED IF I WANTED TO GO BAC WITH HER..HER HUSBAND WAS NO LONGER WITH HER..SHE WAS CELEBRATING THEIR DIVORCE..BUT I SAID..WHAT ARE U SAYIN..SHE REPLIED..CUMON GIRL..IT'S JUST YOU AND ME AND THAT BEAUTIFUL PLACE THAT I JUST HAVE THREE MORE WEEKS TO LIVE IN..U SEE..HER HOUSE WAS TAKING AWAY..DUE TO LOSS FINANCES..SO..IT WAS BOUGHT&SOLD QUICK..SHE NEEDED THE MONEY.SO..I AGREED TO GO BACK AND STAY WITH HER A WEEK..I DIDN'T WANNA COME HOME..I HAD A BALL..MET HER RADIO DJ COUSIN ON ATLANTA'S HOTTEST HIP-HOP STATION..HE TOOK ALL OF US OUT..ATE..DRANK GOOD REMY MARTIN..HENNESY..TREATED ME LIKE A QUEEN..HOW I LOVED THIS TIME IN MY LIFE...HAPPINESS..FRIENDLY FIRE WITH NO FLAMES BURNING..JUST STRAIGHT UP..DOWN TO EARTH BLACK HOSPITALITY..WHAT I LOVED..NO PHONINESS WHAT SO EVER..HER HOUSE WAS LIKE A HAVEN AWAY FROM THE NOISE AND STRESS I WAS GOING THROUGH..BAC IN NYC..I WENT TO AN ACROBAT CLASS..HAD A FACIAL..MY TOE NAILS DONE AND A WARM SAUNA..WHERE I RELAXED..U SEE I WAS UNDER STRESS..TRYING TO BREAK THIS FEELING OF DISAPPOINTMENT..HAD TO GET MYSELF BACK TO THE WAY I KNOW SHEILA..CONNIE WAS KINDA UPSET HERSELF..WE KINDA LEANED ON ONE ANOTHER FOR SUPPORT..WE CRIED..WE TOLD ONE ANOTHER STORIES OF LOVE FAILING..HOW MUCH IT HURTS..AND WELL..THIS..I SAID..WILL BE THE LAST TIME PUTTING MYSELF LAST..WHEN ALL THE TIME..FIRST..COMES
IN FRONT OF BEING A HEART THAT CAN'T DELIVER AS..WOMAN..SO I PROCLAIMED MY SELF APPROVAL..CONNIE..HUGGED AND KISSED MY TEARS FROM MY FACE..AND WE BOTH MOVED ON
TO BIGGER THAN THEM..WENT TO THE COKA COLA PAVILLON IN ATLANTA..WHERE I BOUGHT SO MUCH HOME..I GAVE MY GRAND CHILDREN SOME T SHIRTS AND MUGS FROM ATLANTA..MY MOTHER..A CAP AND MYSELF..A T SHIRT AS WELL..ALL AND ALL..THIS WAS THE BEST TIME
I HAD IN YEARS..THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING MY LIFE..IT WAS WORTH DA WAIT..THINKING ELSEWHERE..I'M HAPPY I MADE THE RIGHT DECISION..I'M TENDER AND
THATS WHAT PEOPLESEE ABOUT ME..BUT U GOTTA BE FEELIN ME..IN ORDER TO RELATE ON
EQUAL TERMS OF FRIENDSHIP..FRONT AND CENTER..NOT IN BETWEEN WHAT CATERS 2 YOUR MANHOOD..THE DISTANCE DON'T MATTER..WHEN FRIENDS FIND U AS BLOOD RELATIONS..NOT BULLSHIT..THIS WOMAN GENEROSITY ABOVE ALL..IS MY RECOVERY..THANKS CONNIE...
GOD BLESS YOU..PEACE...CREATE