Love & Acceptance

During my journey to separation love has constantly immersed in me, my decisions, my mind, and my life – in a way that has given me a new heart. Of course, when challenges happen in our relationships, it’s harder to see love in a new light. Sometimes it’s harder to see this shine because of the pain from love or lack there of.

In this journey I’ve been given so much insight about what makes love – love. What is it about love that makes us crazy – good crazy and bad crazy? But you cannot talk about love without acceptance. Acceptance is defined as approval. Loving someone and being loved is about acceptance. This acceptance is what makes love that GOOD crazy and that BAD crazy.

Now realizing this was hard for me to accept. Like many, it’s hard to accept someone doesn’t want you, or think you are not cable of doing or being something, or even accept you are greater than what the closet people to you think you are. Accepting this acceptance is hard to accept.

Our TVs are soaked in reality TV or what we can call Acceptance TV. I realized this love and acceptance while watching my favorite show Grey’s Anatomy. I don’t recall which episode but if you are a fan of the show you know their epiphanies come at the craziest times to then fix a major health issue.

Well, here is my epiphany poem on love and acceptance that will guide you to love better, starting with loving and accepting yourself. And if you feel the need – change how you love yourself in order to love something or someone else.

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[This poem is a selection from the upcoming album The Separation 1 of 2.]

Not receiving love and acceptance is the trigger that has pulled so many guns on lives that matter.

Dad’s are not taught how to be fathers by a man; so they can’t do what they don’t know.

Mom’s try to be the man – which is something their not – they get lost on how to do both.

So when they get the man they pray for…that man’s job is already filled as their dual occupation.

Role playing is necessary at times and even needed.

But play the position you tried out for.

Respectfully, start a new tradition…cause both parents MATTER.

And our children – our children are just stuck in the middle

to grow in accurately in a beefy world that cooks them…

and they don’t feel the burn.

Love and acceptance is the trigger that has pulled so many guns on lives that matter.

Communities with titles help and do the best they can

but when your principals are based off of style and not a life style

it changes like the features on a new car.

The feature that – you know – it was added last year but it’s not on this year’s model.

Yeah – don’t you hate when that happens?

And responsibility is taken by a few.

But it’s like when you were kids and somebody did something wrong

but no one wanted to take the blame for it – cause, you know –

they didn’t want to get in trouble so they blame it on someone else.

But by association you got in trouble too even if it wasn’t you.

So if you didn’t speak up you got whooped too.

Yeah being a kid was the good old days – but that was back when I was young –

I’m not a kid anymore.

Love and acceptance is the trigger that has pulled so many guns on lives that matter.

Age is just a number cause only a few are playing it right.

Instead of asking how old you are –

you know, we should ask what’s your mentality type?

You’d probably see a better visual answer with the verbal.

Lessons learned only learned if we study before the test.

True love and acceptance is the trigger.

If God spoke everything into existence

why is the renaissance of rap hated, segregated, and disrespected?

I guess cause it’s not all speaking the language of God.

But many leaders and titled persons don’t either

but we pay love and respect them all.

Man – the trigger of love and acceptance.

If I say I’m a rap God – then I’ll get more hate than needed.

But the same titled people make judgment

on the same people they’re leading.

So isn’t that just being the Father of Jesus?

Love and acceptance is the trigger…

This could ruffle a thicket of feathers – that’s a flock not together.

Through history books and hearing from older folks in my culture –

manipulation was learned early.

Watch it be done and you can do it too.

It’s like a parent manipulating their child

by “do what I say or you don’t get those nice gifts for Christmas.

Do what I say or I’m not keeping the kids you can forget it.” –

and the child is an adult.

The child is scared to give up the benefits

so they do as they say – like slavery.

It’s tough to speak up cause when you speak – existence happens.

Yeah you don’t get the perks anymore

but boundaries have to happen.

That’s how America was made -  

But manipulation stayed – and continues.

It’s the trigger of love and acceptance that’s pulled so many guns on lives that matter.

We all have bullets – but what’s your trigger??

People think the social network isn’t self network or self worth…

Monkey see Monkey do – so why when I love you I’m accused of abuse? –

Heartless Daddy – this mentality even amazes gravity. 

WHAT IS YOUR TRIGGER?

So worried about those that died – but what about those walking dead inside?

Those that hang in gangs only want one thing – love and acceptance.

I leave you with this.

The sand in the land loves the ocean.

It accepts how it comes in and governs itself accordingly –

whether high tide…low tide…or disaster.

It’s always going to be friction at some point

but the ocean has answers.

That’s what makes us love the beach as it is.

With love and acceptance - that’s how we should live.

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^MAN ELEVATED