dedicated to the memories of a time
never to be forgotten
hopping them steps
two at a time
trippin with kurt
buying a soft pretzel with my dime
innocent thoughts
running through my pre adolescent mind
among friends in that warm cocoon
laughing with will
imitating bugs bunny cartoons
all of us living in a ghetto crucible
though not yet consumed
janice..margurite and veda
just beginning to bloom
into beautiful roses
performing stations of the cross
learning about jesus christ and moses
back in the day
when the ghetto wasnt as corrosive
as it is now
playing touch football at recess
wiping sweat from my brow
neither my partners nor myself
were holier than thou
but one bond is true
we always kept our vows
to our lady
our lady of victory
protected us from hostility
made hope our reality
when we sang with mrs larry
to be young
gifted and black
and thats a fact
the colors from mental pictures
tend to fade after a while
warm memories tend to get buried
beneath a pile
of press clippings from an adult world
gone mad
every once and a while
when its a down period im going through
i start humming our 8th grade
graduation song
do you know where you are going to
do you like the things that life
is showing you
do you know
those words ring so true
when you are grown
talking with tim and lyle
on the phone
many of us have been
around the world
and still call philly home
like prodigal sons
no matter how far we have roamed
we find comfort in familiar places
and faces
traces
of gray in our goatees
strain in our voices
from dealing with adversity
but we will always be brothers
bonded forever by memories
of our lady
our lady of victory
protected us from hostility
made hope our reality
when we sang with mrs larry
to be young
gifted and black
and thats a fact
and
thats
a fact
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