My JACKTOWN                

I have loved you

Yes, I have strayed

But I loved you

For most of my days

I have cried over you

And the pain you lead me to

You’ve pretended to love me

While proving to be an enemy

You’ve killed off my kin

You’ve stolen my joy within

You’ve swallowed up my soul

And spit me out at your control

I thought my struggle you respected

But hopes and dreams you neglected

You rejected and infected

One pain to another

Laughing at our brothers killing each other

To you I’ve been mere entertainment

While the life you claim was built on my back bent

Pulling and singing and trying to make due

Nothing I could ever do would be pleasing to you

I feel betrayed and often dismayed

Help me find a better day every night I prayed

I’ve called you home

You’ve left me alone

I’ve shed blood and cried tears

Drenched in pain for 30 years

I still fight to make you love me back

Still with every win yet another attack

Will you ever love me as I have loved you

What more must I do myself to prove

Since my first breath, I have belonged right here

Yet you continue to fight me and still I fear

I say, I’ll stay, I will never leave you be

All I want in return is for you to love me.

~QueenFolayan~