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    BLACK (BERRY)

    Slavery

    Hoping against hope

    true love can weather the storm

    in a universe void

    an earth without shape and form

    closing our eyes

    in tears yes we shall mourn

    alight in the borealis

    the messiah dies

    head adorned

    with a crown of thorns

    sacred love lost in labour

    lifeless and stillborn

    survivors scorned

    on a morn

    in the midst of october

    many left 2 perish in fields

    of crimson and clover

    if unborn

    love remains

    we cannot hope 2 crossover

    a river of hatred and pain

    to shout 

    here we stand and shall remain

     

    the demon looks on

    in complete satisfaction

    as the motherland suffers

    pre labour contractions

    her beautiful face ashen

    as she strains against time and space

    helplessly watching as her newborns depart

    upon an ark

    an evil covenant

    forever lost without a trace

    her children 2 face

    the horrors of slavery

    in a land that was once 

    a european auxiliary

    facing whips and chains

    with sub saharan bravery

    abducted initially

    by north africans

    speaking the language of kashmiri

    and still 

    they will be 

    the children of the risen

    despite being pelted with stones of derision

    out of bondage

    but still languishing in the bowels of prisons

    yet 

    with the red black and green

    america will be given

    a new history of african american revisions

    for

    2 live and die

    is the creators decision

    and live we shall 

    singing freedom songs

    together we stand

    upon this land

    we belong

     

    from pestilence

    2 president

    in the blink of a historical eye

    metaphors 

    we abhor

    only justice we justify

    once left 2 die

    in the wastelands of north america savannahs

    but the bears

    bowed their heads in prayer

    the birds sang hosannas

    at one with native spirit

    given life sustaining water

    a bond forevermore

    african sons

    cherokee daughters

    once led like innocent lambs

    2 an inevitable slaughter

    but the pirze

    we always realized

    and if the sun continues 2 rise

    we will fight the racist tide

     

    a collage of hues

    from light caramel 2 native dark

    a diversity of views

    from those who once embarked

    upon the middle passage

    in the hulls of slavery arks

    acts of contrition

    heeding 

    the apostles creed

    we believe in one god

    4 the red black and green we bleed

    from emancipation

    through segregation

    through the lynchings

    and our children slain

    amreica here we stand

    upon this land we shall remain

    for 

    2 live is christ

    2 die is truely gain

    our blood contains 

    the absolute proof

    the blacker the berry

    the sweeter the juice

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    • 5 February 2011
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