Marvin X poem: Beyond love, beyond hate, beyond mother-in-laws

Life has made us beyond just friends

Charlie Parker With Strings

Milford Graves said Charlie didn't want no strings

but had to eat feed his habit

Charlie just wanted to blow his horn 
wild as the wind

Sonny said My Brother the Wind

X said I am the Wind

a pleasure to my people

I am the sun

a pleasure to my people

Ra Ra

our love

blood mixed with love

beyond physical

love deeper than love

we don't even understand

deeper than Nancy/ Ronnie

Elijah/Clara

Malcolm/Betty

Amiri/Amina

deeper still

Martin/Coretta

go deeper nigguh

deep down to the purple funk of love

love mama taught

transcend  human

divine love

we deny exists

in our terribleness 

Baraka said

let me hold you

Like Verdia held her husband

when he returned for love

she awaited him

arms wide as the sky

embracing  sins

she care nothing about

love is greater than sin

sin is a foolish thing

confounding simple minds

minds of fools

fools rush beyond love to nothingness and dread

what is sin but the beginning of love

love is  drama

the joy and pain of love

sunshine and rain 
Franky B said

no matter 

love came upon us that day
will you deny
miss wonderful
black and beautiful
sucking my soul into yours

when you walked upon me

outside Dwindell Hall

black and beautiful

coming down the hill

a bird in flight to love

and here we are

decades later

still friends

in spite of it all

what power is greater

God is Love

life is simply wonderful.

Think about it, my dear.

Think about the love of Verdia

who taught us both how to love

did we learn the lesson

from the Master Teacher?

think about Verdia

no shame in her love

pure simple straight no chaser

tell me lies all night son in law

spit in my face all night tellin lies

son in law

drink that plum wine and lie

while I tell you the truth of my heart

my life

you real a real nigguh X son

solid don't break solid don't break

youngsters say

solid. don't break.

--MarvinX
3,12,16