Happy Birthday Ya Ya

Through out my life I had the opportunity to meet some of the most intriqing people. Malik and Moon (Luna) to name a few. But there was one that stands out. When I first met Luna years ago all she said was Nettie this and Nettie that and it drove me batty. So when I first met Nettie I didn't like her because everyone else did and she talks about shit that confusses people and most importantly I didn't like her because she was right....But she was different...and we clinged to her so fast that she became our Yeyo, a Ya Ya that's what we call her sometimes. She is known by many names to many people , if you are close to her she's Nettie, if you are still getting to know her she's Ros or Roslyn and some from back in the day still call her Annette. She doesn't know it but she's a mentor to me, maybe even more then she was to Luna. I copy her writing style, her love for music from cllassical to African music. I hoping to be graced with her knowledge and her wisdom. She's the type of Sister that will share a thought or something informative with everyone that she comes across. The type that even if you only met her once you will never forget her because she will tell you something that you will never forget. When I first read her poetry I was like damn she good and I wanted to do it in that same style. Here's one of her poems.

If All In Love Is Fair

If all in love is fair and it's not just a silly game
Why is it not shared by all, or does popularity holds it's claim.
Why does he who wants so badly to be loved, sits waiting patiently,
Yet those who are careless of ones feelings, flock around freely.
So if all in love is fair, yet those who are in love is but a few,
It is our beliefs that the others are still in search of true love,
have been taunted, betrayed and fooled.
Therefor if all in love is fair, love is for more then just a silly game;
It's an embeded thought, an emotion, a way of life,
it's what makes your daily life sane.
Roslyn Annette Nichols