I'm Gon Grow Up!

the worst way to make you aware is to tell you

so i'mma be sure to show you betta than i can tell you

that i'm gon grow up



whether you like it or not

despise it or fault it

i'm gon grow up



im gon spit on yo infantile rule over me

i'm gon shit on dat kindergarten cutie u still try'n to hold on to in me

i'm gon kiss dat 11 year old choir boy version of my azz goodbye

i'm gon send dat scared middle school whizkid runn'n to hell in gasoline off-brand sneakers



cuz whether you like it or not

disgust it or deny it

i'm gon grow up



...& you thought i show'd my blackazz this past year?!

shit, you ain't seent shit yet till you see da shit i'm finna pull for shit's sake of me be'n grown!

a tattoo of Egyptian hieroglyphics or Aramaic spann'n my right arm.....be prepared to witness its permanent defiance---in the coming months

a gold grill constructed in country thug's gangsta paradise....be prepared to see my banana republic smile drown in ghetto grits

& trinkets---in the coming months

a brown of brilliance in nappy locks....be prepared to see my Black Samson's glory on my head, STILL hang'n proud & scream'n FUK DA WHITE MAN & YO OPINION!---in the coming months



cuz whether you like it or not

hate it or fear it

i'm gon grow up



maybe i should keep a journal the next two months....detailing my adventures in free fuck fest dat i do plan to conquer.....& leave it wide open on ya head while you

sleep, so you can wake up to the most sincerest of my shit in ya face: IM GON GROW UP!

            

I mean REALLY...do you expect dick dis GREAT (not good....but GREAT) & long...to stay & rest for a woman dat i ain't even search'n for rite now.

      i'ont know what it iz about being 19...but maybe i'll click my heels together on new year's eve & wish upon a shining star that you'll realize that IM GON GROW UP!

.....& be careful not to manifest your own fears....specifically of me leav'n u.....beware...cuz you just don't know dat i got da megasperm juice to do it!

maybe then.....you'll see dat i'm just as grown as can be.

       analyze your darkest fear carefully....scrutinize your reactions.......& WOW...you have just figured out dat yo name ain't written in permanent ink on my NECESSITY list....

                                                                      so follow the good book from Revelations to Genesis....& MAYBE, just MAYBE...the words WATCH & PRAY will jump out @tchu in 3-D! Watch & Pray that you'll never receive the long-end of my wrath!

No I won't physically hurt or strain you....I'll just hit da REJECT button when you call. I'll just bypass your house on the holidays....or better yet,

                          I'll just silently & painlessly

                      write you outta my life.

    If I'ont deal w/ nobody else's

                                      bullshit....what makes you think

     I'm gon make mudpies

outta your's?!

               

                      Many times...you have threatened me w/your insecure bouts of anger & thwarted what dignity I try to have w/your "Waiting to Exhale" menstrual

    tantrums!

                               But this time around.....I'm gon show you betta than I can tell you...b/c the worst way to make you aware is to tell you...MAMA...yea...MAMA...

                        I'M GON GROW UP!








Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written during the last few days of 2005. My mother had just pissed me off in the worst way and writing this poem was my only outlet. I get along with her great, but she fails to recognize that I'm grown now & continues to plague my life w/ useless bullshit I don't even accept from the general population.

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