Close Their Eyes

Mama, some people 

look like 

they're in the best of health. 

When they start dying it takes them years and years.

  

I once knew a Japanese guy. 

He use to work with me. He told me that, in Japan, 

they don't believe that people die of old age or a natural death.

They believe that they just get tired-a- livin', Mama. 

When they start 

feeling useless, 

they just close their eyes... 

  

I think Tony was beginnin' to feel as though 

he wasn't doin' anything, Mama,

 and he was kind of closin' his eyes for a long time.

 You know, tryin' to fight that useless feelin'. 

I don't think he died all of a sudden. 

Young people don't die 

that easy, Mama.

Or Maybe

Your Life
Was Just That Crazy

&

You Was

Begging for

Death

Environments of society
Adolescence
Foresees

Black Girl Lost

Alongside a 

Manchild in the promised land

 Formidable Seeds

All mother's  - can't reach
No father  - can teach

The clutches of frienship
Among
Premature infatuation

Bereaves
In it's
Inception

The test-tube
Of
Youth

Not knowing what to question

Living Out
Manifest
Destiny

Heavenly - Misdirection
Sets Them
Free

Given Their Wings
At
Birth

Instead of flying
Got lost
Trying

 To
Stay
Afloat

Trying to fight
That useless
Feeling

The Gift
&
The Curse

Eyes
Wide
Shut

Open - Closed

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