Love Poem: Black Child, Where Are You
Rochelle Jones Avatar
Written by: Rochelle Jones

Black Child, Where Are You

Where are the Black children of today?
                        being murdered and raped
                         what an awful price to pay.
                  Are you in school trying to be educated?
                        or a gang banger making other peoples
                         life complicated.
                   Do you listen to what your parents say?
                           or letting all the boys have their way.
                   Do you cooperate with the men in blue?
                             or let them make a fool out of you.
                    Do you care about the problems of today?
                              or killing your kind
                               and jacking the house with
                              the local D.J.
                Put on your thinking caps, get on the ball
                         don't let life pass you in the mall.