I & I

~by Rudi Reasons for the lack of love are floating everywhere. I’m searching for some hope, some sign that isn ’t even there. My heart is ready, wide open now, no barriers do I see Then why is no one coming in, what’s so darn wrong with me? The one I’m looking for is kind; she’s funny, smart and true, Her heart is pure, her smile is bright, her love spans through and through. Is this too much to ask, unreasonable my request? ‘Cause this I believe describes her well, the one who fits me best. She’s kinda short, well shorter than me; well, if I may be so bold Complexion dark as the most rare pearls, or fair as the marigold. Mushy? I know, well, I don’t care, it’s just the way I feel Too bad, who knows in what time or space this figment herself reveal. It’s funny how every girl I know wants a man who’s honest and kind, Yet when he happens to avail himself, in an instant, who once could see, are blind. “Where is my knight in shining armour? My prince I wait aloft.” But when he comes to res...

Original: Sonny's Lettah By: Linton Kwesi Johnson From Brixton Prison, Jebb Avenue London S.W. 2 Inglan Dear mama good day I hope that when these few lines reach you they may find you in the best of health I doun know how to tell ya dis for I did mek a solemn promise to tek care a lickle Jim an try mi bes fi look out fi him mama, I really did try mi bes but none a di less sorry fi tell ya seh, poor lickle Jim get arres it was de miggle a di rush hour hevrybody jus a hustle and a bustle to go home fi dem evenin shower mi an Jim stan up waitin pon a bus not causin no fuss when all of a sudden a police van pull up out jump tree policemen de whole a dem carryin baton dem walk straight up to me and Jim one a dem hold on to Jim seh dem tekin him in Jim tell him fi leggo a him for him nah do nutt'n and 'im nah t'ief, not even a but'n Jim start to wriggle de police start to giggle mama, mek I tell you wa dem do to Jim? mek I tell you wa dem ...