Right now I'm reading about 4 books, 2 have to deal with Dr. King (A Knock at Midnight, and Parting the Waters: American in the King Years 1955-1963 by Taylor Branch-yes that bad boy is over 900 pages!), 1 is dealing with the Black Panthers (Waiting'Til The Midnight Hour: Black Power In America by Peniel Joseph) and the other 1 is a book about how to find your inner Black self (Know Thy Self by Nakim Ak'bar). Yeah, I'm a book worm kinda sistah, but there is one book that none of us should be living without, and that book is "A Knock At Midnight", a book of Martin Luther King's sermons, and that very title is the name of one of his most powerful sermons. This book has changed my life! Actually, it has brought light into my life when the sun wasn't shinning, but my mind goes off into distant lands every time I learn something new. For instance, in history class, if we're talking about the Civil War, I will more than likely try to find a book about Slavery. Right now, I'm trying to learn more about the Black Power Movement, and so far I don't agree with what the Nation of Islam was teaching our Brothers and Sistahs back then. Anyhow, with this whole situation with SG, I have to read Martin's book because he always reminds me of my purpose on this Earth every time it becomes a little cloudy. I got this book right from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, and this has to be the best investment that I had my Mom make on me (yes, I was broke at the time. Still am.)! Every time I read this book, I pretend that I can actually hear him making the sermon and am pretty good at it. And I remember so many of his quotes from the book till it's crazy, like this book has become my bible! But I think that the most powerful of his sermons was "A Knock At Midnight" and in that sermon he talks about all the things that a church is there to do for the common folks of America, but the most powerful quote in that sermon; the one that anyone of us can use is the one I used in my blog "Lady sings the first week blues". Man how I needed that quote today because I was even thinking about SG when I woke up this morning! Ugh! But lucky for me, my old crush from last year came back to school, I'll call him Mr. Vest because boy how I loved the way he looked when he came to school in a body hugging sweater vest. Well I was so happy to see Mr. Vest because he is the best eye candy at that school, and here are the things that are working in his favor: he's smart, he's tall, he's cute, and respectful, but there was a reason why I stopped liking him in the first place: unlike SG, he's a playa (well as far as I know because SG never talks to me about girls). He used to be hugged up on one girl after the other and that stuff got on my nerves so bad, but I was still friendly. So now that he was back, I could at least keep SG off my mind while I was at school. But I do like to think about BGF because he makes me feel as if there is some boy out there that wouldn't do me wrong. I mean, we do mess wit each other and make fun of each other, but we mean it in good fun and still love each in the end cause we got each other's back. Still on, I think that the only guy I can trust is Martin because he steps in when BGF can't be there, as he did today. I mean, a sistah was pumped up! I was reading my spoken word poem like the contest was tomorrow, and I read part of my TOP SECRET story really good too, which gave me this reminder that I was not put on this Earth to please any boy, so sorry my brothas. I still love you though, and I'm pretty sure that by tomorrow, I will be thinking about SG again.
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