How And When? Poem by Sophonie Asia Joseph

How and when

How do you keep the love alive
When all you wanna do is crawl up and die
How can you make it last
When he's always done so fast
How can you change “I love you”
And somehow make it more true
How do you say “No”
When he's all that you know
How can you care
When his loving is unfair
How can you sleep
When he's not in the sheets
How can you cry
If you don't really know why
How does he still cheat
If you bring him your heat
How can he look
If your an open book
How does your skin turn a different shade
When all the bruises fade
How can you sit in church
If your body still hurt
How do you lack
if your breaking your back
Making his home happy
To even calling him pappy
How can he hit
And you just sit and sit
How much more can you take
When waters have drawn up from Okeechobee lake
They call him pastor
and you say
yes'a master

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**Asia Jay**