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I FEEL U, STILL

 

 

I see language as my play ground

 

I use adjectives and pronouns to play around

 

I feel you still

How many ways can I say I feel you still

 

Don’t worry about that

Just so you know

 

I’m about

 

If you you ever need me it’s a shout

 

Don’t know you’re motive but there’s a motive that I can go with

 

And we should flow with

 

Don’t think think you know this but I’m exposing much more

 

Growing up where I grew up you were told you could be much more

 

But it’s just all in the training

 

In broader society

 

Etiquette and eloquence is the president

 

In order to be recieved in the most favourable manner

 

You must conform my darling

 

Fall into place

 

Speak with rigour this and speak properly

 

And learn to do so with grace

 

But what is it to ‘speak properly’

It’s all a game we play and a game you wanna win

 

And we do so by code switching

 

We all do it

 

I know when I’m at work

 

I know when I’m at home

 

I know when I’m with friends

 

I know when I’m alone

 

We’re different people to different people and that’s fine

 

We’re not gonna be the same all the time

 

But at some point I started to take pride in deception

 

And though I love language

 

I see language as my play ground

 

I use adjectives and pronouns to play around

 

I felt like I was winning the game

 

Like

 

Really winning the game

 

Don’t know if you know the rules but in order to win

 

What I had to do was shed my skin and the flesh I was born in

 

And I did so with ease and learnt to navigate spaces where people didn’t sound like me

 

Rack up points then leave

 

And I aimed to please

 

Because this is how I was taught to win

 

Shapeshifting, speak switching smile make sure your teeth glisten and please pretend to care and above all beware

 

Because their watching, and they notice

 

Don’t slip up

 

Stay focused

 

No mistake goes unnoticed even when they don’t show it

 

And they want to see you slip

 

 

But that’s a bit dramatic

 

Because in practice it’s just static

 

It’s just noise

Language is just noise and very one is talking all the time

 

Shut up!

 

Just shuttup !

 

 

Words are neutral.

 

Not words are real or fake

 

Every word is a thing that a person made

 

And the aim is to communicate

 

And I’m not just talking transferring practical  information

 

Words include framing

 

So I know although I can say ‘I understand’

 

And I’m I’m here to lend a helping hand

 

I’d rather say ‘I feel u still’  because I got you

 

 

And right now I don’t care about anyone that’s not me and not you

 

Because out of all the people in this world you’re in my top 2

 

And your not 2

 

So come thru

 

we’ll cut thru all the noise and politics

 

And  keep it simple, and just so you know

 

with me

 

Always and forever

 

you have a home

I Feel U StillKonadu Gyamfi
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