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i wonder if jordan ever came out with a pair of kicks call stupidity

would people be that foolish to buy? with the mentalities nowadays

i'm sure they will...why? there too caught up in fashion rather than knowing its substance

at what extreme will people stand on line for sneakers

rather than stand on line for an opportunity for a job that will help pay your bills and put food on the table for your kids

if you think that highly of your child

i find it ironic how we keep buying jordans, but don't have money for a metrocard to get home

we struggle as it is, but we must know how to get through rough times during midst of crisis

that may cause people to panic

if jordan accomplish one goal

he makes peers believe that his kicks can make people fly

but i question why

this generation repeats the same ongoing cycle of failures

and believe there will be a different result

but then again, we co-sign by buying the same shoes, same model

expecting praise and faith

makes me wonder if stupidity influence people to kill one another

over a pair of shoes that have no value other than the price of those shoes itself

which has lead to humiliation and ostracizing i truly wonder

if anyone were to say this is how stupidity defines us

by validating ourselves all based on what's on our feet

in fitting rather than standing out

which makes me think that you have yet to discover you

and yet i question people's mindset when they continue to buy stupidity

me wondering and questioning about this generation

has transform to concerns in how far they would go just for attention

an acknowledgement and even affection

they are quick to jump from one trend to another

and not investing on how to originate one's own style

afraid of rejection

rather than acceptance 

which has lead to false representation on freedom of expression

it's important that i need to tell them

that if you walk five blocks in the wrong direction

it makes no different on what's on your feet

whether they're jordans or even lebrons

if you're no interested in digesting the truth

i can care less about your beats

if your words doesn't articulate your train of thought

i don't want to see your facebook messages

because your desperate to take a seat

with the elites

that will lead to anguish and defeat

so please explain this to me

if this is what makes you complete

why you have this obsession in needing to compete

and you honestly believe that fitting in with a crowd makes you stand out

its standing out from the crowd that catches eyes like a woman who sees an attractive man

none of the words i convey is no blame to jordan himself

all he does is promote his products

the only recognition in this society is the prison war we live in

when i speak to this era of generation, all i do is warn them and be aware of all aurroundings

all society wants to do is specialize and desensitize sentimental feelings

that endorses malicious acts with no remorse

a society that perceives me as the enemy, but i'm innocent

assumes that i'm a nemesis

and the only reason is they choose people like chief keif, bobby smurdah, and alex rodriguez

as a representative to people of color

we continue to weep what society sow

because no matter how many shoes jordans are sold

i'm not concern about your soul

materialistic items does not keep you whole

i speak to this generation

of all the girls who chant all the single ladies

only understand the language of fiance

because they are obsess in being like beyonce

and yet blame amy winehouse's distorted marriage to a degenerate

in expecting miraculous changes

failures to change someone that doesn't want to be change

what do you think the song rehab came from

you make all the excuses for him

pants continue to sag like the level of his intelligence, and integrity

fooling people with a blind eye

ignorantly, foolishly, hopelessly, blindly

where he continues to beat you like a pinata

recklessly, blatantly, disrespectfully, hatefully

how far would you go for recognition, aknowledgement, and even affection

i also speak to this generation 

of all the boys who believe

that masculinity means to blatanly and disrespectfully suppress

the shivery, sensitivity, sympathy, and dignity

while efficiently, explicitly, and unequivocally promote violence

visually, vividly, graphically, and viciously

negativity that erodes hostility and deliquency

in hiding the true feelings 

of acceptibility, sustainibility, and virgility

it's frightening in what this generation do for attention, acknowledgment

and even affection

if we don't save this generation

then they'll be lost souls that will falls in irresponsible hands

that will lead them to either a hospital, jail, pregnant, or dead before their time

 

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SoulfulJay84

Well written , true facts stated

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natalierodriguez

So true!!! Stated that powerfully... I do like your poems they are inspiring, I'm still kind of new to this poetry site, but i'm uploading more :)

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thank you for reading my poem

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natalierodriguez

Robert,

they will continue to inspire and touch lives be sure of it. Anyone can relate. I try to go back to the ones I've commented lol it doesn't show up in news feeds. but it's touching me :-)

you have great talent. Use it to impact and guide people towards God and a way out for a better life

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natalie,

as a poet, i'm mvp-most valuable poet

that's my goal is to inspire and touch lives

thank you for the luv and support-it has humble me

we all deserve to live better lives, it's what you do everyday to get through

 

have you written poems recently?

lets collaborate on writing poems together

i read a couple and i must say it's very emotionally driven

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