Something to Think About

The Grand Rapids Times
9-4-2009
Adult's Walk
By Marcel Gamble

Little girl little girl your boyfriend loves you
He wants to display his love
In your mind you behold
But under his clothes he holds that unconditional love
He has that I love you but I don’t want my friends to know kind of love
He has that to your face you’re my everything
But to my boys you’re my hoe kind of love
Little girl just sit back and smile because that’s all you can do
You should be enthused that your boyfriend loves you
Little girl give him your heart
Your soul
Let him admire your physical attributes
Let him take you behind closed doors
Let him show you what real lovers do
Little girl little girl you are six months pregnant
Where is your man
Little girl his seed continues to grow but you lost his hand
You no longer are a little girl
Love transformed you into a woman
Little girl there is no time to cry
You have to prepare for the seed you have inside
Little girl just because there is conflict
Doesn’t mean you should convict
The seed that you are blessed with
Your seed shouldn’t need a good lawyer to receive the verdict
Of drop charges because it is innocent
Little girl it is no longer all about you
You are not a private investigator
But you should already have a clue
Everything equals two now
Like gravity you have to hold it down
It should be a bright day
Everyday
Because you have a son now
Little girl little girl
Think about the definition of love
Think about how love can’t defined
Think about how love is emotions, compassion, and bullshit intertwined
Little girl wipe your eyes
Because you must see clear
The past is old news
Your new news is 18 years

Today is filled with ambitious and misguided generations that wish to become adults to soon.
Like the little girl, some believe they are ready to take on life changing task but consequently reality sets in.
Reality sets in when a teenage girl has to trans¬form into a full-time mother.
Reality sets in when a teenage boy has to drop out of school and pick up a full-time job to support his child.
It’s fine to want to succeed in life; however it’s not okay to take on more then what you are capable of handling.
As a young man who has been immersed in world filled with life changing consequences, I believe I am able to say be careful.
I am able to say be careful of allowing others to decide your fate for you.
I am able to say be careful of being involved in numerous activities; don’t stretch your body too thin.
A person can make a bigger change in the world by giving a 100% to cause rather than 10% to seven different causes.
I am able to say be careful of those who are placed around you to bring you down and not lift you up.
I am able to say be careful to all of the follow¬ing things because I, or someone that I know, has personally experienced these situations.
If everyone were to reach out and say, “Be care¬ful,” then there would be a greater possibility of the little girl in the poem not becoming pregnant.
If everyone would take the time out to say, “Be careful,” then the little girl would know enough not to let her boyfriend take advantage of her.
The world honestly would undergo a massive transformation if everyone reaches out to say, “Be careful”.
Blog with me at this website and share with me how you are going to warn someone to be careful.
One for the week: God is able to do much more than we ask or think through His power working in us. Ephesians 3:20