Echoes of Lost Generations - 05/01/2010

Today is the first day of May
My youngest son turned 5 Yesterday
I’ve been kind of depressed all month
Work is hard these days
I feel like I’m not the man I used to be
All because of income
Crazy how salary seems to define who we are
Could not even buy my son a birthday gift
And my wife asks me why am I depressed
Worked through his 2pm party on Friday
Trying to secure enough funds to pay bills for the month of May
I hate that society is set up to appear that salary defines us
I refuse to bend
I’m studying those that have fought traditional systems
Watching Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback
One of the first African American movies produced
With no backing from Hollywood
So many people blazed trails
So many have fought battles and lost wars
So many have sacrificed their souls
Just so that we have a road map to winning
We define our own success
And success should not have a dollar amount wrapped around it
It should simply have a switch that states
Happy or Unhappy
And so I refuse to quit trying
I refuse to allow the actions of others
To determine my fate.
I feel reborn
Like it is time for a new start
I’m surrounded by problems and heartache
Engrossed in job loss and discontinued unemployment
Its 12:33am and almost tomorrow
I’ve been working since Friday
And still have so much to do.
I’m fighting disappointment right now
Disappointed that I can not be everything to everybody
I can not be in more than one place at one time
Yet others continue to pull me in seperate directions….
My eyes are closing and I’m fading in and out…
I’m signing out, Good Night


Mario D’Andre Robinson
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