Mar 2019
Knee deep
I stepped into the water
Not as a form of surrender
Rather an expression of my power
I could no longer stand
Staying on your ship
Therefore I had to leave
You said leaving
Would be the death of me
Death would be euphoric
Opposed to the torment
I would continue to suffer
At your hands
If I decided to stay on board
In this moment
I rise
Only to sink
Meeting God
While ridding myself
Of the devil
That you are
The demons you attempted
To bestow upon me
Experiencing my final baptism
Knowing that
I am sacrificing my flesh
The oxygen in my lungs
I will finally be free
A slave no more
A slave no more
I stepped into the water
Not as a form of surrender
Rather an expression of my power
I could no longer stand
Staying on your ship
Therefore I had to leave
You said leaving
Would be the death of me
Death would be euphoric
Opposed to the torment
I would continue to suffer
At your hands
If I decided to stay on board
In this moment
I rise
Only to sink
Meeting God
While ridding myself
Of the devil
That you are
The demons you attempted
To bestow upon me
Experiencing my final baptism
Knowing that
I am sacrificing my flesh
The oxygen in my lungs
I will finally be free
A slave no more
A slave no more
Igbo Landing is a historical site on St. Simons Island, located in Georgia. It is noted for a slave resistance that took place where a group of African slaves who were captured and sent to work on coastal Georgia plantations chose to drown themselves in Dunbar Creek rather than live as slaves.
