Books by Thomas Long

Reflections of My Soul  /  Papa Don't Preach / A Thug's Life  / Cash Rules / Around the Way Girls

DVD:  4 Life ( a film based on the novel A Thug's Life)

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Black Woman

                         By Thomas Long

A lovely vision you are

curves flow as smooth as the Nile

The only woman I could see 

ever raising my child

Your nature is divine

God's blessed gift

So many brothers run away

because you're so hard to deal with

Abused and scarred

yet your beauty shines through

I yearn for the day

that you learn the essence of you

Patience and perseverance

for time heals all wounds

You're a reflection of your man

like the sun shines its light unto the moon

Eternally bonded

that's what we are forever

Forsaking what has been done

it's time for us to be together

But I need your heart to be pure

washed of all sins of the past

It's time to flip the script

and build a love that will last

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