I Recognize You Now

 

I know who you are and don’t blame you

For you walk a path in knowing not what you do.

I’ve seen you entice the greatest of women and men

They give their money, power, and life for you

And when they have forsaken others and given their all.

You leave them and stand by the door again. 

Saying everything the next wants to hear

Making them forget the stress of life as you pull them in. 

Not going to lie I met you once in my youth

And I thought that it was so real

For you truly know the desires of a man

But do not seed him for growth or give him water to heal. 

I fear for my brothers and sisters that become vulnerable to you

Will try my best to explain to them how

And just know when you come near me and what’s mine

That it will work on me no longer cause I recognize you now. 

(Inspired by Proverbs 5) 

Gotta go to work

Bless the men that struggle to hold it down

The ones who want no reward and continue to stick around.

Such a great joy,sadness,pride, and even tiredness may lurk.

When you hear a man say “ I gotta go to work”

For him it something he doesn’t want to do all the time.

But for his family he’ll never cease. 

And his women will always help too

Cause she knows he needs some release

His children respects his role

Though they wish he were home more

And even if they are far away from him

His love shows from time to reassure

When he no longer has to work

And finally allowed to lay down or sit

You’ll catch him fixing things or cutting grass

He’ll work for the heck of it. 

For until he returns to the ground as commanded. 

His ultimate strength, toil and perk

Requires no reward, apology, or change

When a man gotta go to work. 

Genesis 3:19