Cotton Complextion Blackberry Soul: A Poetic Collection of Jaded Confessions

By Gina Ann Larfe Pruett

COTTON COMPLEXTION BLACKBERRY SOUL IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF EMOTIONS,FILLED WITH RAW UNCUT TRUTH,TRUTH ABOUT RACISM, INCEST, ABUSE, LOVE, AND THE LESSONS OF LIFE,THE AUTHOR HAS SURVIVED. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK IS TO SPEAK ON WHAT MOST ARE ASHAMED TO SPEAK ON, AFFRAID TO SPEAK ON, IN HOPES THAT THE ASHAMED AN AFFRAID WILL SPEAK ON IT.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 11, 2012
• ISBN: 9781477257616

Gina Ann Larfe Pruett

I WRITE TO HEAL MYSELF, I WRITE TO SAVE MYSELF, I WRITE TO PROTECT MYSELF. I WRITE BECAUSE LIFE WAS WRONG. SO I WRITE TO MAKE IT RIGHT. I WAS A VICTIM IN MY MOMS WOMB. NEVER DID I STAND A CHANCE TO HAVE A NORMAL CHILDHOOD SO I WRITE. I WRITE ABOUT THE PAIN LIFE HAS FROSTED MY CAKE WITH. I WRITE ABOUT THE HANDS HE SHOULD HAVE KEPT TO HIMSELF. I WRITE TO CHASE THE DEVIL AWAY. I WRITE BECAUSE MY VOICE WENT UNHEARD. I WRITE TO SAVE THE NEXT VICTIM IN THEIR MOTHERS WOMB. BORN AUGUST 18, 1969, TO A TEENAGE MOM, AN A MISSIN DAD, RAISED BY MY GRANDMA, TOUCHED BY MY GRANDPA, OH HOW I WRITE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE SURVIVED MANY OF LIFES LESSONS, NEVER WILL I FORGET THEM. IT IS MY DUTY AS AN INCEST VICTIM TO REACH OUT TO OTHA INCEST VICTIMS, IT IS ALSO MY DUTY AS A CHILD OF THE HIGHER POWER TO HEAL THE LITTLE VOICES THAT GO UNHEARD. THERE FOR I AM A WRITER

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© 2012 Gina Ann Larfe Pruett. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 12/5/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4772-5760-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4772-5761-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012914391

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Contents

EPISODE 1 DEAR MOMMA

DEAR MOMMA 1

DEAR MOMMA 2

DEAR MOMMA 3

DEAR MOMMA #4

EPISODE 2 WHITE HISTORY

COTTON COMPLEXTION BLACKBERRY SOUL

MY CHILDS FACE

BLACK WOMAN

KINGS AN QUEENS OF AFRICA

MY SISTA MY SISTA

SEGREGATION

WHAT AM I

EPISODE 3 THAT’S DEEP

PICKIN OUT COLDCUTS & CASKETS

CONFUSED

DICK RAPE

BAD, BAD GIRL

DA TRUTH

LITTLE WHITE GIRL

WELCOME TO MY WORLD

HOW DEEP IS YO LOVE

FLO-RECTIONS

SOUL FOOD

FREE

SOUL FO SALE

WRITER’S BLOCK

POEM

CERTAIN DAYS

EPISODE 4 BECAUSE I LOVE HIM

SIGNIFICANT OTHA

TEARS

I WISH YOU WOULD

GOOD MORNIN HEARTACHE

HOE

BECAUSE I LOVE HIM

MY MAN

BETTA THANGS TA DO

RUNAWAY

THEY GLASS

MADE

3 SUM

THAT FUCKIN SONG

RISE ABOVE

HE LOVES ME NOT

I WANNA WRITE A LOVE POEM

MISSIN YOU

SHAKE YO LOVE

4 LETTER WORDS

IF I WROTE YOU A LETTER

YOU ARE DEAD

TOTALED

I THANKCHA

HATE

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO TRACY CREWS

TRACY YOU ARE MY

INSPIRATION

POET

PRODUCER

DIRECTOR

FRIEND

FAMILY

YOU ARE MY SISTA MY SISTA

TRACY THANK YOU FOR

ATLANTA

PHILLY

NEW YORK

MIAMI

L.A.

NEO SOUL

AND BELIEVING IN ME

INTRO

OFTEN IM REMINDED OF HOW STRONG I CAN BE.

OFTEN IM REMINDED I HAVE SURVIVED,

YET THE CHILD IN ME STILL CRIES OUT FOR HELP.

YES, STILL TODAY I AM AFRAID,

AT TIMES ALONE, AND I DO HAVE MANY REGRETS.

BUT NEVER HAVE I GIVEN UP ON LIFE, LOVE, OR ME.

I WRITE WITH NO LIMITS TO THE TRUTH,

MY TRUTH. I TELL IT LIKE IT IS.

THERE’S NO SUGA COATIN MY WORDS.

FOR LIFE WASN’T SUGA COATED FOR ME.

NO, I DIDN’T LIVE THAT NORMAL LIFE,

THOUGH AT TIMES, I DREAMED I WOULD.

ONLY TO BE HONEST I LEARNED MORE ABOUT LIFE

THAN ANY NORMAL PERSON COULD EVER IMAGINE,

AND THAT GAVE ME THE TOOLS TO SURVIVE.

THE GREATEST GIFT I COULD EVER GIVE IS MY TRUTH,

TRUTH ABOUT LIFE, LOVE,

AND EVERYTHANG SUGA COATED.

THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF MY SOUL

I HAVE WITNESSED TRUTH.

LOOKIN BACK

MISSPELLED WORDS

A POEM STRAIGHT FROM A CHILDS HEART

A POEM THAT CRIES OUT FOR LOVE –

THAT CRIES OUT FOR HELP

IF ONLY READ BETWEEN THE LINES