151 years ago, we were freed,
Fresh off the plantation, there was an overwhelming need,
Searching for a sense of identity,
We had a hard row to hoe,
Writers like Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Defined the modern Negro,
Sharecroppers toiled long hours to raise dough,
Imagine picking cotton, tobacco, and wheat,
Many earned just enough to eat,
Fast forward 100 years, when "coloreds" got rights,
Still, civil struggles caused much strife,
Segregation moved to integration,
Dreams of slaves and MLK, became a manifestation,
Obama's ascension was a result of a culmination,
Of standing on the shoulders of unnamed leaders,
Standing tall with pride like Redwoods and Cedars,
Our roots are strong and nourished us well,
The future is here and now, can't you tell?
WarriorCarryingWater
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after vision says: we are at a time where we need to stand together my poet, it's the only way to keep this thing going foward |
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EmpressRee says: In search of emancipation of the mind escaping the bondage of self self- hate self-destruction self- inflicted wounds that turn to scars covering over oldness there is nothing new under the sun but here eye am shooting for the skies the skies have become mine soaring to emacipate self to become becoming eye *thanks for inspiring this* :) |
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Ezell-Dazh says: Good Vibe. I think of Lupe Fiasco's 'Hood Now'. Oh We goin' raise this doh lol |
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WarriorCarryingWater says: Thank you after vision, EmpressRee and Ezell-Dazh! |
OTHER POEMS WRITTEN BY WarriorCarryingWater
Life.time.water.waves.sand.oneNotice… how time moves in waves Like water at the beach Slow, until the sand shifts That soothing spritz Tickles your feet sink as the water retreats As it always has done You are already one With both the water and the sand Understand?  |
appreciate all of the lessons yet to be learnedThe mistakes that you make today may seem heavy But when you take time to relax and are ready To understand the ways that this lesson will assist Your future perspective, I guarantee that you won’t want to miss The chance to appreciate all of the lessons yet to be learned Do what I say, not what I do, your current error is no reason for concern You like me, tend to overthink things and are way too hard on yourself I hope this wisdom that I’m sharing with you today will be beneficial toward your heath |
Tell me this is real?Tell me this is real? Not a dream or the truth, but how you feel All our time and history can’t be fiction! Memories together just a plot or description Of a cruel author’s pen Characters doomed to paradise or hell, may all depend If I’m awake or asleep, but I only care If you’re really real and I’m actually there. |
They turned ‘DEI’ back into ‘DIE’When there’s no there there, what should you do? When love, friendship, goods and services aren’t equally exchanged, you already knew! After 1865, our ancestors couldn’t get a fair wage or a loan Without chances and opportunities, they made a way on their own! Before the invention of the phone Until their black Wall Streets and churches were burned They said to hell with other cheeks being turned American governments and businesses discourage diversity, equity and inclusion because… Honestly, I don’t even care to know what the oppressor thinks or does They turned ‘DEI’ back into ‘DIE’ Because black, brown, and red bodies are just fossil fuel for America’s engine Centuries of Native America bones and nightmares Misspelled in cities and states as brazen dares Slave labor... |
For real, for real, for real, for real?For real, for real, for real, for real? That’s the cost for just one single pill?! A new house will cost you over half a mill? $300 for a summer month electric bill? Don’t even think about the lifetime price of a thousand fast food ‘value’ meals!? $5,000 for a set of braces $300 for an analog wrist watch faces A dozen dollars for a dozen eggs? $200 for my daughters braids? $50k for a brand new car? $50 for some drinks at the bar? All of those streaming services set me back a grip! $6,000 for a family trip? $60k for a year of tuition? You need $50 dollars to go with this slip of permission? For real, for real, for real, for real? Gas cost me $60 dollars today, just to fill up my tank? The ATM charged my three dollars just to pull some money from my bank? |
See you when the light’s bright!I’m so apoplectic, I'm overcome with anger With the last inauguration, my nation became a stranger Presidential pardons, billionaires bending backs and knees Cryptocurrency and AI, inflation will drive up the price of eggs and cheese The middle class is last, replacing omelets with corn flakes and water My mother and wife’s past was brighter, compared to the dim future of my only daughter Trying to make heads from tails, but my conscience asks why bother? Wild fires burn in California, as snow falls in Louisiana Used to be a fan of Nelly and Snoop, but I deleted Doggy Style and Country Grammar Up is down, wrong is right Our sticks and stones are useless, as America challenges us to a automatic rifle fight! So we’re hibernating for the next 4 years, see you when the light’s bright! |
Time, water, and sandNotice… how time moves in waves Like water at the beach Slow, until the sand shifts That soothing spritz Tickles your feet, as the water retreats As it always has done You are already one With both the water and the sand Understand? |
Make them believe like a fairytale lead!Ideas to reality, work from success Critics first doubted, but now they’re impressed! You had to make them believe Like a fairy tale lead! Years of perspiration and winkles, on worn rolled up sleeves Hands get filthy when one builds impossible dreams! Dirt plus work yields the birth of great things Dirt under your nails And cloudy water in buckets and pails You got it out of the mud Like a worm or a bug Persistence paid off in due time Doubters bore witness once your treasure began to shine! Thoughts sprouted and grew like a tree High in the clouds, though most still can’t see The roots that anchor and nourish reality |
Family separated by slaveryMy last name is Moore Because during the Civil War My Great Grandfather (age 10) was a slave On the Gordon plantation, and some jerk with the last name of Moore paid $500 dollars for a kid that was good with a horse That transaction split up a family in Tennessee and changed the whole course Of my family’s history Beyond ‘emancipation’ the Gordon’s remained a mystery To our family for a few scores and a century! Until my father, our family’s genealogist Did some research online, and discovered historical records at some colleges Birth and death certificates, and DNA cousins on Ancestry.com They had an annual family reunion in Nashville and invited my dad along! Dad said it was so odd to walk around the hotel lobby, where the reunion occurred To meet so many strangers that looked and s... |
The more you knowScientists say that it rains diamonds on Neptune… They must study something more useful soon Sustainable food and clean water for those most in need Discover aquifers and more disease resistant seed How about laws to ban violence and greed? No more gadgets and gossip to consume Less division, more understanding and room Diamonds in space are useless if millions are still starving and cold As the powerful few steal and horde all the diamonds and gold Rebels of the future, know once you destroy the status quo Ignorance is bliss, sorrow grows with the more you know… |