"JAZZMINE"

I do not know her name, but i am her willing prisoner/

held captive by her arresting beauty, a hostage to her aura/

she is Father Time and Mother Earth's most treasured daughter/

even the Sun envies her radiance--her bright, incandescent smile/

dreadlocked goddess, sultry songstress, i like your style/

you are unaware of my existence, our children are yet to be conceived/

i am the king to your majesty, the savior you covet in song/

i will be your validation, the one to right all their wrongs/

how could something so tender know so much pain?/

fools they were to abuse you, have those dogs any shame?/

I am moved by your strength, the humility and wisdom in your voice/

8 piece band, at least a dozen lifetimes in your words/

a blushing rose from concrete, out of despair hope emerged/

dim-lit stage, mature minds mingle, sophistication fills the room/

a capella melodies, polite applause, the climax of the night's tunes/

she disappears like sound, flees from my eager sight/

i approach the stage, heart pounding, could this be the end?/

i find her scarf on the floor, a sign of fate?--till we meet again...

REPENT, I SAY!!

Heed the cries of those you diligently swore to serve/

the voices of righteous indignation, a revolution is on the verge/

simmering beneath the surface of innocent blood and resources depleted/

is a collective boiling temper, fierce in intensity, about to reach its zenith/

ready to spill over and burn the greedy palms that stole from Mama/

a heat so unforgiving, you would rather swim in a pool of lava/

Mr.War Criminal, Lady Justice wants to court you/

the arc of the moral universe dwarfs you, we don't support you...

REPENT, I SAY!!

What would our gallant and brilliant forebears say today?/

an increasing vacuum in leadership, is this void here to stay?/

massive brain drain, who will rebuild the kingdom that once was?/

this is what happens when the love of power overcomes the power of love/

broken moral compass, lost in the wilderness of poverty and revenge/

demagoguery and tribal wars, people killing their best friends/

who fanned these flames of hatred?, who will account for the losses?/

enjoy your blood-stained money, but do you know what the cost is??...

REPENT, I SAY!!

REPENT.

NOW.