I’m deep
Deeper than the coast
Deeper than people at a pig roast
Deeper than Swat
Deeper than those who have and have
not
I’m deep
Deeper than deep
Deeper than Outkast’s song Deep
Deeper than those who say “I’m deep up
in these streets”
Deeper than the knowledge that
speckles the teeth of the meek
I’m deep
Deep like the inability to wake you
from your sleep type of deep
Deeper than the “southern trees baring
strange food” dialect deep
Deeper than Method Man’s “Love Jones
for your body and your skin tone” deep
I’m deep
Deeper than Malcolm’s faith in the Honorable
Eljiah deep
Deeper than Huey P. Newton’s knowledge
of his second amendment deep
Deeper than the March on Washington
and Bloody Sunday deep
I’m deeper than spoken word spewing
from the mouths of the poetic
While pulling people deep into the
knowledge
That was once lost
But now is found
Reveal in me
The deepness that sparks the
passionate souls
Of those with abashed characters
Those who need enlightenment
I say
I’m deep
Come be deep
With me
