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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