I Was Taught

i was taught to look both ways before crossing the street
i was taught to respect my elders
i was taught to treat everyone equally
i was taught to go to church every sunday, participate in whatever i could & enjoy it whether i liked it or not
i was taught to make good grades as well as citizenship grades in school
i was taught punctuality
i was taught to do the right thing
& as i have grown to learn about the functions of the world:
all that cramp ain't nothing but a bunch of passive-aggressive b-s that will get me nowhere!
see in life you just have to beast your way through and don't look back unless you care about who sees you
& you reap what you sew so it's best to plant seeds of success as early as you can so the reaping shall proceed without hesitation
see life is purely poetic
she is slick in nature
but practical in the ways of wisdom
this is my story
to unlearn what i have learned in order to become the woman i see myself to be
therefore Poeticca is the only thing that could describe my foundation as i prepare to capture the most longing heart of man...
(this is what i have taught myself)

-JP