Don't You Be Claiming It

Don't you be claiming it...
If it's gonna make you moan.
Don't you be claiming it...
If it's not yours to own.
Don't name or label it...
You just leave it there all alone,
To be...
Somebody else's boo-hoo to grief.

Don't be the claimer of it...
If it's gonna ride your back.
Don't claim a shame of it...
You just leave it where it's at.
Don't play a game of it...
If it gets you heated steaming mad.
Just leave it,
To be...
The one done with that!

Just leave it,
To be...
The one done with that!

Don't feel defeated,
To be...
The one done with that!

And if it gets you heated....
Steaming lava out your back crack,
Leave it...
To be,
The one done with that!

Just leave it,
To be...
The one done with that!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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