The right hook

Some people play with fire without knowing that the fire is hot.

                                   --George Orwell

(you don’t notice my right hand

but I do.
I can feel it.

you’re too busy trying to stir up shit on a daily basis
on the down-low

to realize

that the palm of my hand is slowly collecting each finger

to form a fist

with your name on it,
on a daily basis.
feeling like a fifty-pound weight.
on a daily basis.

but the fingers on my left hand are peeling back each finger

to shake your hand instead.
on a daily basis. 
you're pretty versatile;
you have  perfected the art of hugging 
while stabbing
but my eyes are open.

&  I’m not about to let everything I worked so hard for go down the drain in seconds,
over you.
and that's all it would take.
seconds-
 5.
that's all.
it's not even a challenge.


so every morning, 
I take a deep breath,
I pray for protection,
&
I continue reciting Isaiah 54:17
until I can smile.

I’m not a violent man-

but I can dream,

can’t I ?

don’t tempt me, though)

Have a nice day!


  :)

--alexgeorge