BELIEVE

What happened to the night
When you might have believed
That painted water towers
Was an art?
Yet today as they stand
Common to us both
Have we grown away?

12/14/73
 

ANTS

We are all ants
Crawling around a bigger manifestation.
 

BLACK GIRL

Black girl just down the path
There's no hatred
Between us.
Now with a little transportation
I could be with you
Or you with me
Just a little walk.
Why is our path so long
And the time on hand
So hard to find.
Little mind games that we play
Batting those eyes at me.
Silence knows the score
But not what I feel
When I want you close by
Black on white
White to black
Can't we make the night grey?
 

12/2/73
 

CAKE

Would you come back to me
Or eat your cake as you baked it
And save the crumbs for the birds
Careful not to leave a trace behind

Would you take that 1st step back
Or brush off your white dress
with the blackbird's feathers
That sits alone, flightless plucked

It would seem not
For your use is present
And your memory past
There is no bitterness
Just non understanding
And a question "why?"
 

12/16/74
 
 

CALIFORNIA

She came to California with hope
For a change in her unchanging life
 

2/16/74