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Sleigh bells

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Can't image  ...you... As a tiny baby child...

In the days... After the time...

When the ...ownership... Of human beings...

Brought… some perverted sense of pride

To those whose fortunes were made...

On the backs of the enslaved...

While those who endured ...the black holocaust...

Paid the cost... By being born

...into the condition...

Suffering …for others gains

And again...

Forced ...to assume the position...

And in the countryside   

...where 2/3 of the population were black...

Once freedom was attained...

Sudden change came

The numbers ...of the mistreated, running free

Raised the alarm... 

Of those whose hands were dirty...

Fearing retaliation... from the oppressed

Caused distress …no, FEAR…

By those same...

Those …whose heavy handed bands

Struck down mothers, fathers, sisters …brothers…

Sons …and daughters…

Beat down, raped …lynched or killed…

Miscarried the very law …that promised…

Something, else…

Swore …on the Holy Bible…

Then lied like hell…

WE WILL ALL

…BE CALLED UPON

TO TESTIFY …OUR LIVES

ON THE EARTH

SOMEDAY…

 

Moment by moment

Heaven …waits…

Prayers for forgiveness …cheaply made…

Comfort few …whose bill of suffering

Has long sat on the table

…of divine justice

 

Marked …returned to sender…

Still unpaid

 

C2

 

 

 

 

 

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mrmelody7 says:

A solid Amen to this enjoyed the historical influences and depth of this
 

Tali says:

What a beautiful tribute
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Charles2 says:

infinite ways to look upon the forces where this people have passed... perhaps having not seen the last of this... love strong, made stronger... applied to the task...
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Charles2 says:

mrmelody7, thank you... dimensions of this ...resonate, still...
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Charles2 says:

tali_sosweet, thank you... have just lost my mother and father, in the last 9 months... makes me think... takes me back...

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Tali says:

Charles2 I am very sorry for your loss. You honor their legacy, and energy never dies, it is only passes through.

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mlowe5 says:

Beautiful write Brother. Let the ears of the heart hear the sleigh bells of the spirits continuing ringing with echoes of survival. Peace and Love, mlowe5

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