Poetry On Odyssey: Opposites Attract
A poem I wrote recently about connection.
Opposites Attract, they say
But they only say it when love happens despite the odds
When friendship happens despite the differences
But does it account for life and death?
Does it account for the bullets that attracts
Themselves into the bodies of black men?
Does it account for the predators that are attracted to the young unsuspecting girls?
Opposites attract…
What opposites are being favored in between those two words?
Tell me a time when fire and water didn't go up in smoke
Tell me a time when oil mixed with water
I'm not saying we can't get along
I'm just saying that this phrase is wrong
Are we so predetermined
To harbor hate
That a phrase is coined at the rarity
Of human equality?
No means yes
Hate gets more attention
Love is annoying
Men are still over women
Women despise men
White means live life
Black means dead
But ya know opposites attract
I'm looking for hope in this world
And your Pinterest quote doesn't interest me
