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The Softness of A Shadows
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What About Us (Reparations)

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To heal continental nations
Could never bring back the horrific sorrows unto my skin with monetary reparations
Shall my mind turn away from the greed of man 
Who dipped their shovels within our sacred land

Paid us no wages for labor to dig for their gold, diamonds with our bare hands
Raped the minerals from under our feet where we stand
We were the Kings and Queens of the Motherland, our knees prayed on the bed of sand
Our eyes have seen the atrocities carried out by man’s plans

Once upon a time our water poured from the great Springs to drink
Civil unrest, outcries, pollution of noise, barren to the mind to simply think
 There is peace if you dare not blink
Apartheid driven land riddled with blood stains entrenched the soil
No vegetation to stimulate crop growth, as bodies harvest everyday as they duress takes it toil

Your media exploit our younger generation kids crying eyes
Starvation and pestilence, propaganda soliciting money for the image of mud faces, and skin covered with flies
We are the original North settlers where our feet and the embedded welts have carried our soul
Our bare hands, sought out new frontiers as our wary hearts rested to console

Could voices cry for me who have not felt the stings of my struggles, tell me to forge on
Hatred, bigotry, promotes a dreadful tongue when the mind refuses to atone
Souls are tired of disuniting, racial disparity can we all get along universal song
You do your part and just love yourself
It radiates, it spreads, it comforts where you may share in its comfort at best

This is a vast world of beautiful rainbows
I say that when I give merit to my lineage through my views as my intellectual juices softly flows
My presence has encountered so many variations of hues around the world
Surrounding myself with the peace and love, as divergence around the world daily unfurls


Little History Lesson
The government didn’t keep its promise of 40 acres and a mule. Following President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on April 15, 1865, President Andrew Johnson rescinded Field Order 15 and returned to Confederate owners the 400,000 acres of land, “a strip of coastline stretching from Charleston, South Carolina to the St. John’s River in Florida, including Georgia’s Sea Islands and the mainland 30 miles in from the coast.”

Cited 09-07-2026-Kemymalia™ (K.)(https://www.history.com/news/40-acres-mule-promise)

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love_supreme says:

Excellent write.

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The Softness of A Shadows says:

Well thank you, love_supreme for taking the time to read such a poetic treasure to humanity, which needs to be seen, read, and in the end, positively felt. Please have a peaceful evening and an even better tomorrow. Love and Hugs, always, Kemymalia (K.)

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