Lament
Awake! Awake! O' Israel Awake!
Our house has fallen.
And we've become like the scattered debris.
A divided people, are we.
Our fathers have abandoned us, and left us nameless.
A bastard complex that taunts our conscience.
And a contenance of deep sorrows.
We're still wandering the wilderness.
But it has become the land of gallows.
As I walk through the valley of death.
I hear the wails in the winds, as I see the dry bones.
Their flesh has been devoured.
A SCATTERED PEOPLE AMONGST THE HEATHENS THAT VIOLENTLY RAGE!
Even through the dawn of days,
The shadows of darkness brings times of mourning.
Do you hear what I hear?!
The mothers of Zion are still weeping for her children.
WHILE THE SPIRIT OF CAIN POSSESS HER SONS...
As he slays his brother, like the ways of a treacherous enemy.
Her daughters are left unprotected and vulnerable.
Hungered and naked... while begging for bread.
A house divided, will never stand.
They have stolen our identity, and have sold away our heritage.
They have cut us off from being a nation,
And have killed our prophets.
But the prophecies are still written upon the wall,
With the blood of our ancestors.
And still... you refuse to heed the warnings!
A stiffed necked people!
Bound to the wicked desires of your hearts.
Repent!!! Turn from your ways and come from amongst them!!!!
Awake! Awake! O' Israel!
Arise! And rush from your burning beds!
Before your sleeps... becomes your deaths!
-Jen'uwin Mor
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INDEED...INDEED...INDEED! When will we, the oppressed, stop participating in helping the oppressors doing their job on us. When will we come back together and realize ourselves, "Black Lives Matter", and stop taking our own lives? When is when we wake up and realize the ancestors left working unity for us to complete! May our poetic lamentations of Umoja continue to ring loud! Thanks for the share, Jen'uwin Mor. Peace and Love, mlowe.
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Thank you so much. It is always a pleasure to hear your feedback. How are you today?
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We hear you O daughter of Zion! For my people perish for the lack of know, because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you also! Powerful pen you have sister!
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@Kingqadardwon Thank you so very much. likewise to you Dear Bruh!
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Strange fruits hangin in the trees The Willie Lynch letter still rules today still a divided people Poets like your self remind of the hear and now and the future of humanity
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Eloquent Capture and Call to Consciousness....the forces of evil are determined to make it "seem real" (IsReal??)....Timely Share, Thank You.....ONE
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I like this poem.
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