Cotton Complextion Blackberry Soul: A Poetic Collection of Jaded Confessions
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Gina Ann Larfe Pruett
I WRITE TO HEAL MYSELF, I WRITE TO SAVE MYSELF, I WRITE TO PROTECT MYSELF. I WRITE BECAUSE LIFE WAS WRONG. SO I WRITE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WAS A VICTIM IN MY MOMS WOMB. NEVER DID I STAND A CHANCE TO HAVE A NORMAL CHILDHOOD SO I WRITE. I WRITE ABOUT THE PAIN LIFE HAS FROSTED MY CAKE WITH. I WRITE ABOUT THE HANDS HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT TO HIMSELF. I WRITE TO CHASE THE DEVIL AWAY. I WRITE BECAUSE MY VOICE WENT UNHEARD. I WRITE TO SAVE THE NEXT VICTIM IN THEIR MOTHERS WOMB. BORN AUGUST 18, 1969, TO A TEENAGE MOM, AN A MISSIN DAD, RAISED BY MY GRANDMA, TOUCHED BY MY GRANDPA, OH HOW I WRITE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE SURVIVED MANY OF LIFES LESSONS, NEVER WILL I FORGET THEM. IT IS MY DUTY AS AN INCEST VICTIM TO REACH OUT TO OTHA INCEST VICTIMS, IT IS ALSO MY DUTY AS A CHILD OF THE HIGHER POWER TO HEAL THE LITTLE VOICES THAT GO UNHEARD. THERE FOR I AM A WRITER
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Cotton Complextion Blackberry Soul - Gina Ann Larfe Pruett
© 2012 Gina Ann Larfe Pruett. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
Published by AuthorHouse 12/5/2012
ISBN: 978-1-4772-5760-9 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-4772-5761-6 (e)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914391
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Contents
EPISODE 1 DEAR MOMMA
DEAR MOMMA 1
DEAR MOMMA 2
DEAR MOMMA 3
DEAR MOMMA #4
EPISODE 2 WHITE HISTORY
COTTON COMPLEXTION BLACKBERRY SOUL
MY CHILDS FACE
BLACK WOMAN
KINGS AN QUEENS OF AFRICA
MY SISTA MY SISTA
SEGREGATION
WHAT AM I
EPISODE 3 THAT’S DEEP
PICKIN OUT COLDCUTS & CASKETS
CONFUSED
DICK RAPE
BAD, BAD GIRL
DA TRUTH
LITTLE WHITE GIRL
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
HOW DEEP IS YO LOVE
FLO-RECTIONS
SOUL FOOD
FREE
SOUL FO SALE
WRITER’S BLOCK
POEM
CERTAIN DAYS
EPISODE 4 BECAUSE I LOVE HIM
SIGNIFICANT OTHA
TEARS
I WISH YOU WOULD
GOOD MORNIN HEARTACHE
HOE
BECAUSE I LOVE HIM
MY MAN
BETTA THANGS TA DO
RUNAWAY
THEY GLASS
MADE
3 SUM
THAT FUCKIN SONG
RISE ABOVE
HE LOVES ME NOT
I WANNA WRITE A LOVE POEM
MISSIN YOU
SHAKE YO LOVE
4 LETTER WORDS
IF I WROTE YOU A LETTER
YOU ARE DEAD
TOTALED
I THANKCHA
HATE
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO TRACY CREWS
TRACY YOU ARE MY
INSPIRATION
POET
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
FRIEND
FAMILY
YOU ARE MY SISTA MY SISTA
TRACY THANK YOU FOR
ATLANTA
PHILLY
NEW YORK
MIAMI
L.A.
NEO SOUL
AND BELIEVING IN ME
INTRO
OFTEN IM REMINDED OF HOW STRONG I CAN BE.
OFTEN IM REMINDED I HAVE SURVIVED,
YET THE CHILD IN ME STILL CRIES OUT FOR HELP.
YES, STILL TODAY I AM AFRAID,
AT TIMES ALONE, AND I DO HAVE MANY REGRETS.
BUT NEVER HAVE I GIVEN UP ON LIFE, LOVE, OR ME.
I WRITE WITH NO LIMITS TO THE TRUTH,
MY TRUTH. I TELL IT LIKE IT IS.
THERE’S NO SUGA COATIN MY WORDS.
FOR LIFE WASN’T SUGA COATED FOR ME.
NO, I DIDN’T LIVE THAT NORMAL LIFE,
THOUGH AT TIMES, I DREAMED I WOULD.
ONLY TO BE HONEST I LEARNED MORE ABOUT LIFE
THAN ANY NORMAL PERSON COULD EVER IMAGINE,
AND THAT GAVE ME THE TOOLS TO SURVIVE.
THE GREATEST GIFT I COULD EVER GIVE IS MY TRUTH,
TRUTH ABOUT LIFE, LOVE,
AND EVERYTHANG SUGA COATED.
THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF MY SOUL
I HAVE WITNESSED TRUTH.
LOOKIN BACK
MISSPELLED WORDS
A POEM STRAIGHT FROM A CHILDS HEART
A POEM THAT CRIES OUT FOR LOVE –
THAT CRIES OUT FOR HELP
IF ONLY READ BETWEEN THE LINES