THE NEW MIDDLE PASSAGE...
Unlike ancestors,
with their coffles
chaining them to ships’
bellies and bowels---they
volunteered to be packed
like sardines; to be
rescued at sea
to be free of old tyranny---
happy for the new that awaits---
fortified in the future
by the cruel injustice of home.
Thus, armed with the weaponry
of steel faith, they chose
to challenge the sea to be free---
floating on the waves of hope---seeking
the possibility of a morsel of liberty.
What a pitiful irony---they paid for the journey
the ancestors had no choice in taking:
maybe one day---their children
will be able to pay---returning home willingly.
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Beautiful Sir!!! Enjoyed every word of this, always inspired by your work and it educates me!
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Alway edifying and special are your pieces... I'm always tuned in brother... We will return home, we are that generation.. The Prophecy will happen with the most wicked generation..great write..
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Thank you my Brothers. I am always humbled and encourage by your instructive feedback. Also, I am always energized and spiritually move by the poetry you Brothers write. Peace, Love and Unity with each other and The Most High!
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