Happy Vacation indeed.
(Or a sort of a cleansing)

I had to learn a hard lesson this weekend
my Easter weekend.
Turned Easter into just another day
I'd like to forget.
In all my 48 years I can barely recall
another black man
filled with so much rage against me.
So hard to believe mere hours before
we were all laughing and full of joy
then
one stupid argument
fueled by paranoia
and possibly helped by
that head injury
that changed your life
not so long ago
turned you into
someone I scarcely recognized
and ever fucking word I said
was like throwing gasoline on a fire.
So funny how one little thing
can blow up into a major terror.
Still can't believe
in the middle of the night
without a care for my safety
and with a devious glint in your eye
you'd put a friend out in the street
in the middle of the night.
I asked you
how would you treat your enemy?
Because nothing I said to you warranted your actions towards me.
I realize you are sick
perhaps thats why I can't  bring myself to hate you
but on my way back to LA this morning
I made a promise to myself
as I sat there scrunched up on a bus
I barely caught
after having to haul all my belongings thru a dark neighborhood
in the middle of night.
A young middle Eastern man hailed a Lyft for me
A middle aged sister made sure I got on that last bus
so for all the evil mankind has done to me
two of mankind will come along and save my ass
therefore I can't abandon the fact there is good in this world
yet from now on
when I take my trips
(Just like my $30.00 taxi driver said)
stay in a hotel
so you won't be in that position again.
That was the promise man
See you have changed my life.
Taught me a valuable lesson.
Actually several
as my instincts warned me to leave before the argument escalated.
I paid the price for not listening
and now I see first hand
why you are so very alone and unhappy.
I just became
an enemy you could see
and hurt.
In your hurt and paranoia
you completely misunderstood
the question about your weight
from
the person who thought of
possibly becoming your roomate
and becoming your workout partner.

You got me wrong bruh.

I will survive
as I told you when I left
you tried to reduce me
tried to make me feel less tahn
your moment of power is done
as my immune system recovers
as my nerves calm down
I know
I promise.

Never again.