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When I
Think About the Women in My Life
By Marvin
X (El Muhajir)
When
I think about the women in my life
I
can say that there have been no women in my life
They
have all been angels who blessed me with love
Flowing
from the rivers of life freely
There
is no measure to their love there is no equal
I
cannot compare one love to another
How
can one compare the angelic
This
angel did that or that angel did this
I
won’t compare
Look
at the mothers of my children
Look
at the gifts they gave me
So
precious and sweet I would never compare
I
will only say thank you mothers for the fruit of your womb
I
have seen the fruit of your womb flower and be great in the land
And
I am humbled
And
to the other angels who shared so many years
My
revolutionary sisters who battled with me and gave me guidance
When
I was in the dark
Who
talked of building cities while I wrote poems
I
extend my love to you my eternal love for your vision and dreams
That
even I couldn’t see
You
were the nationalist I was the poet so you showed me the way
And
I followed kicking and screaming
To
the sex workers who showed me love in the night
I
salute you because you told me I was too rough to be a pimp
I
could never be a pimp you said I was simply too rough
Learn
to be more gentle you said
And
I tried and thank you for serving me in the night
For
Patricia for my sons
For
Nisa for my daughter
For
Hasana for Amira and Nefertiti
I
salute you forever and ever
For
Marsha who suffered with me on crack and died before I recovered
I
know you see me now in Cherokee where you said I needed to
be
In
a place proper for a classic black man artist
I
love you Marsha and think of you always knowing there is only
one place
An
angel can dwell but in heaven
No
sweeter angel ever came on God’s earth
No
one more beautiful with brown eyes and unconditional love
A
Berkeley Girl
Smart
and hot as fire and willing to give beyond all
For
Pamela in the Valley
Who
like Khadijah financed my come up
Who
worries more than I want to know
Relax
my sister
There
are very few things in life of importance
Rumi
told you it don’t matter
If
you come to the garden
If
you don’t come to the garden
It
don’t matter
For
God is
God
is all and all is God
Nothing
else matters.
You
came to me and never left me as I came to you
Your
fears are not my fears so I won’t go there with you
There
is no fear in love there is only love in love
If
there is something else in love it is not love but fear
And
I do not go into the room where fear lives
If
you come from the room of fear you will find love everlasting
Come
from fear and see the sun of love
What
you love belongs to you and you alone
No
one can take love from you what God has granted
Hurriyah
is my warrior woman from my youth
Who
shared my revolutionary days my dreams my fears
A
million years cannot tare me from your love
You
can be with a million men but I am still yours
That’s
how love is somebody better get a healing
Up
in here.
And
Celeste
Yes,
another angel from Berkeley
Watch
out for those Berkeley girls
Hot
and smart like no other
So
now you know me
Better
act like you know me
Cause
this is it girlfriend
I’m
willing if you willing
If
you willing to come to garden
I’m
willing but it don’t matter
If
you ain’t willing to come to the garden
I’m
willing
But
it don’t matter.
Let
the people say Ache. Amen. As-Salaam-Alaikum.
8-5-05 /
posted 6 August 2005 |
