So bold in fields of cotton
Clad in trousers of a poor man
It's those times
Fire on his back
Hands callused with toil
He bends like a bow
Pulled tight across the horizon
The sun sets low
No dinner tonight
Hunger the diamond motive
Freedom the faintest dream
Awareness frightens him
Hope beaten out
Long ago
I got these scars
But they still burn
Marks to wear until death
Take me soon
Buried
*Freedom came at that price
Segregation and slavery are horrible things. It sickens me to believe this was a custom.