Black Poetry : 6 a.m.

toylin

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May 17, 2004
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Michigan
Occupation
Security Guard
as i lay here
watching the sun rise
i begin to contemplate
what is my purpose
for remaining in this
earthly state? is it
to sing i have a dream?
then watch my finest efforts
evaporate in so much
steam and smoke
where's the fire that used to
burn within
the driving force behind
our nation the glue that
stuck us together through
thin and thick alike
right?
it seems so hopeless
this burden i've been
ordained to carry
with no rest in sight
while my brothers push me down
and my sisters turn their backs
and our enemies roam free
living large epic lives
while our blood grows wearker
and weaker
nobody sees the tree
that represents our unity
its leaves are falling
the dirt around its roots is
shaking
it bears few fruit
save the bad apples that jump
to the ground and roll
suddenly revelation
look epiphany!
and i realize this place
is nothing more than a
tortured way station on the route
to hell or greener pastures
does it even matter?
reinforcement of inferiority
assaults in the form of TV
colorful mind drugs that
strip us of identity
the warning comes the bell tolls
but much too late, see?
my life your life
has been sold
to the lowest bidder
who will strip us of our souls
bodies slapped in unflattering
wrist and ankle bracelets
hog tied head bowed
and told we're having fun
dig it?
i feel the wings that they clipped
fluttering in my heart
struggling against the depression of my oppression
to re-grow rejuvinate
while thinking of the sunsets
i'll never see
when the moonlight rushes down
to greet me my wings
will unfurl and i can prove
to my enemies that they
never held me
i was always free......
 

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