Dear Breah…
I’m jus’a young lad on an
adventure wit my ole pal enjoying our freedom of redemption. Been away from my
folks from some time and honestly I ain’t ‘shame. Truth is I need a lil ‘ssurance
concern’n my deeds. See, “a couple of men were tearing up the path as tight as
they could foot it. I was about to dig out from there in a hurry, but they was
pretty close to me then, and sung out and begged me to save their lives-said
they hadn’t been doing nothing, and was being chased for it” (page 130). So I thinks
to myself that “ I was a goner, for whenever anybody was after anybody, I judged
it was me-or maybe my pal” (page 130). Thing is I left my home, and now I’m ‘venturing
down South; and, my heart only ‘llowed me to help. I let them tell their lies
to both me and my pal. I queried these varlets ‘course, and they not bad. Actually,
one seems pretty frugal and t’gether they’re quite witty. However, “it didn’t
take me long to make up my mind that these were liars who warn’t no kings nor
dukes, at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds. But I never said nothing,
never let on; kept it to myself; it’s the best way” (page 134). Reckon I made
the right decision deep down by letting ‘em on the raft cuz they were in
trouble. Can’t stop wondr’n though if I’m wrong sense I know ‘bout these guys
and not saying nothing but tolerating it? “If I never learnt nothing else out
of my pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with these kind of people is
to let them have their own way. Maybe I’m contemplating my decision because of
my pal. See he’s a Negro, and I’s not. In this era I’m livin’ in, they look at
yah skin for they see anything else. Though I know I’m wrong it jus seems right
at the same time. Should I stick with these frauds, and continue the journey on
the raft with my pal, or should I just dump everyone and continue my own adventure
alone to prevent trouble? Whatcha think?
~ Valiant One
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