Great poem. Glad the poet put a thought of perspective on an unpopular untalked about viewpoint into words.
I had a conversation with a girl about a year ago and found myself saying alot of the same to her but stating I thought to a degree (and I hesitate a lot before writing the next line b/c next ppl will run with it like wildfire to blame black men) black American men were not able to be men for our women. That was not the different thought.
I took it on to say also that "as a man, I shouldn't ever let another man in any way be able to get one over on me and my family constantly if I am able to see his lies and tricks coming. As a man that's insulting to know another man has that on me and my woman and family and I slipped. " Realistically there's only one way to get respect and restore yourself after something like what's happened to us happens, but we all know we can't even type that up; so????That's one way to see, but when I thought about the way it was done it cleared up much blame, but still.....Great poem; there enough apologies to go round on both sides. The black woman has been there for the black man, maybe not with the best personality but given to what she received in return from us it's fair.
