SEEDS...

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Granny said that every kind of thing

Has a seed and that each and every seed

Produces its reaping own: be it good or bad;

At the time, it was hers and Sunday’s School

Lesson to be taught and remembered, but I never

Got the allegorical message of it:  the good or the bad;

Now, that I’m old and gray, I am aware that we all sow

Scattering seeds not just for self, but also for others

To reap as well:  be the reaping brings good or bad.

Now, I know that many moons ago, evil scatters

Ran through our neighborhood fields throwing

Strange seed everywhere: burdening seeds.

Some fell on the streets and were wheeled infertile;

Some fell in the gutters and were washed wayward;

Others fell between sidewalk cracks onto fertile ground

Germinating and bearing strange fruits ripening evil woes:

Today, we reap and weep black-on-black crime;

Today, we reap and weep black families falling apart;

Today, we reap and weep bigotry, racism and all its evil

Today, we reap lynching knees and hot bullets in our backs.

But also, many moons ago there were those wise Grannies

Who sowed dominant mattering-seeds blooming flowers

Who fruits have become powerful ripen fruits with nourishing

Sweet juices of awareness, determination and liberation;

Let’s get ready freedom farmers; the harvest season is coming;

Let’s get ready freedom farmers; the coming harvest is plentiful;

Let’s show the whole world we are prepared and more than ready;

Let’s show the whole world we are as plentiful as is today’s harvest.