Black Poets Society: Follow the Leader

Donalda Brantley
By Donalda Brantley The Black Lens

Healthy example. I’ve never seen one. Maybe it’s something only seen on the screen.

Healthy relationships. It’s not unheard of. Not something that’s only seen in movies.

Healthy people. That’s a different story. Everyone has their baggage. It’s just how you carry it.

Without a healthy example. Many lack skills and experience because they’ve never seen it.

Without a healthy example. Many will lack a healthy relationship. But that doesn’t mean they’ll never be in one. It just means they need work.

Without healthy people. It does not mean a healthy relationship cannot be produced. It just means the relationship will need work.

That creates a question. For both partners.

What does a healthy example look like? Well, they’ve never seen it. Nor have they experienced it.

That creates another question. For both partners.

What does a healthy relationship look like? Well, they’ve never seen it. Nor have they experienced it.

Then comes an answer. For both partners.

Healthy people.

No, it wont be perfect, no it wont be fast. What it takes to see this healthy relationship is two partners working together to be healthy people. Then they can be a healthy example.