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Jan 2020
Hi, saw movie last week, it made an impression, so I wrote this one.
Good movie by the way called Just Mercy.

DANCING IN THE BREEZE (Johnny D)

I lie in death rows fear
a place of no human dignity
the injustice that put me here
waiting for the horror
old sparky, the electric chair

in my prison cell
I close my eyes
when I look up to the sky
I can see the trees
dancing in the breeze

a ****** off the street
arrested because I'm black
treated like a piece of meat
in a white manΒ΄s world
justice trades Alabama style

with all hope now lost
he came an Harvard Angel
a savior who took no costs
into that hornets’ nest
our brother in search of truth

their cold hearts I see
my appeal was truth in sight
freedom shone for Johnny D
these men who lied
send them down deaths row

in my freedom cell
I open up my eyes
when I look up to the sky
I can see the trees
dancing in the breeze
Written by
Brian Mackenzie  70/M/Spain
(70/M/Spain)   
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