He was never one For their Minstrel Shows Have you ever heard Of a shadow calling an unknown name? As daydreaming in and out of time He once escaped from those With slave and plantation mentalities A place of paper tokens They never liked the silence around a prayer They never enjoyed a single whisper He hid from their stump speech The blackface clown Pranks of a lost society A drifting thought of breeze From grey to dark green To moorish tones One could be never seen A whispers were as close as a dream One whisper was as close As the wind that blows The shadows of the clouds Were once racing by so Boldly under the governed moon light A slumber of peace A single rain drop Once ran down his face and such was to tease a tear He was once the sand so Scattered by the wind that blows There no pretentious person Could hid nor find As vintage ice His hands were from ancient nights As time passed by His hands became tender or loving A glacier that became slowly liquefied A cold unfermented drink Poured so sweet and dear Which formed cold gentle streams Beside a village green A single Dandelion