vacationland
but since little kid listening
intently
growing
they taught me
there was nothing
no beauty
before being set free
from slavery
I lived side by side with this
but where I was taken from
where my people live
is the most sought after
beautiful places in the world
the comfort of a repeating sun
equator
the *** and blue ocean
the warm oceans and sand
smoothing out differences
those islands used for sugar plantations
loved by kings and queens
traded us for *** and sugar
to slave ship owners
in New England
tell the children that you do not need
to be isolated in the factory of America
you don’t need to change it
your land where skin became dark
all day everyday
is the most beautiful
worth while place to be