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I want to be loyal to you But not to the color of your skin Or where your ancestors have been I only want to know if your heart is true And if it is kind to another I will know you to be my friend And my heart will finally let you in Because you will no longer be a stranger
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Mar 15, 2015
Mar 15, 2015 at 10:53 AM UTC
Loyalty
My father walked me down the aisle, But my mother held my arm. He went with me, But we went not towards the altar, But towards the door. My father walked me down the aisle, And the ***** rang through the church, Humming through the elaborate crown molding, Carved by my ancestors. He went, Not beside me, But before me, And I watched, As he was illuminated by the bright, Overbearing, Texas sun. My father walked me down the aisle, But I did not wear white. My father walked me in silence, And I shed tears not for a man standing at the altar, But for the one I would never see again. My father walked me down the aisle, And no veil obscured my face. All eyes were upon me, but not for my pristine beauty, Instead for my clenched jaw and furrowed brow, Severe and fierce to distract from my glassy eyes. My father did not leave me at the end of our walk to sit beside my mother. She clung to me for support and sobbed breathlessly, Loudly, Unavoidably, And I carried her with one hand, My sister the other, And walked towards my future. A future family, Not one person more, But one person less. I walked, One final time, With him. My father walked me down the aisle, And I will never forget it. Hundreds of eyes isolating my family from the crowd, Slow and muffled sounds drowning in the deafening beat of my heart, Blurred faces staring, Black heels clacking against the cobbled path from the church, The anguished wails of my mother, The whimpering of my sister, And the wooden box that glided before us, Pulling, A string tied to our patriarch, The pin key of our family, Pulled taut and then snipped with the slam of the hearse doors. My father walked me down the aisle, Before I had a chance to grow up. He walked me, Out of the church, Away from the altar, Never to be walked again.
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Feb 27, 2018
Feb 27, 2018 at 5:17 PM UTC
My Father Walked Me
My father walked me down the aisle, But my mother held my arm. He went with me, But we went not towards the altar, But towards the door. My father walked me down the aisle, And the ***** rang through the church, Humming through the elaborate crown molding, Carved by my ancestors. He went, Not beside me, But before me, And I watched, As he was illuminated by the bright, Overbearing, Texas sun. My father walked me down the aisle, But I did not wear white. My father walked me in silence, And I shed tears not for a man standing at the altar, But for the one I would never see again. My father walked me down the aisle, And no veil obscured my face. All eyes were upon me, but not for my pristine beauty, Instead for my clenched jaw and furrowed brow, Severe and fierce to distract from my glassy eyes. My father did not leave me at the end of our walk to sit beside my mother. She clung to me for support and sobbed breathlessly, Loudly, Unavoidably, And I carried her with one hand, My sister the other, And walked towards my future. A future family, Not one person more, But one person less. I walked, One final time, With him. My father walked me down the aisle, And I will never forget it. Hundreds of eyes isolating my family from the crowd, Slow and muffled sounds drowning in the deafening beat of my heart, Blurred faces staring, Black heels clacking against the cobbled path from the church, The anguished wails of my mother, The whimpering of my sister, And the wooden box that glided before us, Pulling, A string tied to our patriarch, The pin key of our family, Pulled taut and then snipped with the slam of the hearse doors. My father walked me down the aisle, Before I had a chance to grow up. He walked me, Out of the church, Away from the altar, Never to be walked again.
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he was her world, her whole life depends on him. She didn't care about the ups and downs, hell or disaster. He was her happiness. but he didn't pay attention to any of it. For him, she was dull, empty and raw. Like she was the core of the earth or even the asteroids—a pest to the universe. for him, she was madness. their feelings are both opposite. it was like hate and love trying to bond each other. like a volcano erupting but it was insanely beautiful. the more you hate, the more you love—a myth from our ancestors. hopefully destiny can find true love. hopefully he will realize how pure and lovely she is. hopefully they find true love to each other.
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Mar 17, 2017
Mar 17, 2017 at 6:27 AM UTC
metal and non metal
The white man, can't say the word ***** They say because its offensive, it's rude, but I know the real reason why. I know, because that's what I am; a ****** Born as a ****** lived as ****** I know why the white man can't say the word ****** They say that it makes no sense for the blacks to use this insulting, disgusting term for themselves, but only because they don't know the true meaning. We bear the name as a scar, as a reminder of what we fought, of what we were. We bear the name as a reminder of our ancestors, and their long hot days in the cotton fields, picking until their finger tips were raw with blood, whipped until their skin was indistinguishable from the raw fleshy pulp that was their aggravated flesh laced with the crimson nectar of their veins. We bear the name, to remind ourselves, that even amidst all this we lived. We fought our way through the darkness of the tunnel. We bear our scar, to remind us, to remind you, that we survived, that we are survivors. I bear the name, I bear the scar of a ****** That is why we call ourselves the name ****** It is our word of honor, our mark of surviving. The white man is not worthy enough to call me a ******
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Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 9:46 AM UTC
*****
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? 'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops. Weakened by my soulful cries. Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may **** me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history's shame I rise Up from a past that's rooted in pain I rise I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
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Still I Rise
My body is the makeup of both hard and softness The reds, browns, golds... The light and darkness of all my ancestors. Some men have lost themselves here, Some men have found themselves here Most women stand stronger next to this. I am both war grounds and silent cities. I am both girl trying not to drown in all this sadness, all this loss... And woman trying not to drown in all this sadness, all this loss. I am your blonde roast that starts a riot in you first thing in the morning And your dark roast that goes down smooth, leaving you to want for a little more... I am both the scab healing over bruised skin And the area surrounding it. I am both strong legs and soft lips ...Brown skin deep enough to hide flaws still. I am the softness in light... And the softness of honey, but still thick enough to swim in. I am the hardness of knees on ground, praying to the man or woman who has made me both hard and soft. I am the woman who cannot forget enough to truly forgive, But human enough to help you if the light goes out. I am consistent no's and the yes that matters, I am shattered glass and spilled milk. This skin mirrors both the earth and everything you give the universe on a new moon . I am both woman dancing in nothing, but a skirt to the rhythm of the ocean ... And the ocean kissing the shore wishing to be as free as that woman. Sometimes this mouth... Sometimes my words bite, Creating harsh weather, But I am tired of making storms of people, storms of my relations. I am both soft belly and strong back. Something you can count on, A woman you can be sure of. You can bet on me, You can stand near me, You can fall in my presence. ...You can be both hard and soft with me.
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Jul 22, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 at 7:59 PM UTC
Black Woman, both Hard & Soft...
My body is the makeup of both hard and softness The reds, browns, golds... The light and darkness of all my ancestors. Some men have lost themselves here, Some men have found themselves here Most women stand stronger next to this. I am both war grounds and silent cities. I am both girl trying not to drown in all this sadness, all this loss... And woman trying not to drown in all this sadness, all this loss. I am your blonde roast that starts a riot in you first thing in the morning And your dark roast that goes down smooth, leaving you to want for a little more... I am both the scab healing over bruised skin And the area surrounding it. I am both strong legs and soft lips ...Brown skin deep enough to hide flaws still. I am the softness in light... And the softness of honey, but still thick enough to swim in. I am the hardness of knees on ground, praying to the man or woman who has made me both hard and soft. I am the woman who cannot forget enough to truly forgive, But human enough to help you if the light goes out. I am consistent no's and the yes that matters, I am shattered glass and spilled milk. This skin mirrors both the earth and everything you give the universe on a new moon . I am both woman dancing in nothing, but a skirt to the rhythm of the ocean ... And the ocean kissing the shore wishing to be as free as that woman. Sometimes this mouth... Sometimes my words bite, Creating harsh weather, But I am tired of making storms of people, storms of my relations. I am both soft belly and strong back. Something you can count on, A woman you can be sure of. You can bet on me, You can stand near me, You can fall in my presence. ...You can be both hard and soft with me.
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Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 1:02 AM UTC
Pardon my melanin
Oh black negus. Why do you hate me so much? Noticed I called you by your rightful title. Negus King, Ruler, Emperor Not ***** or ****** The derogatory term originating from the crackers, or ***** the mild disparagement softened by society made to think that it's acceptable. But anyway let's get back to it. Why do you hate me? Is it because of my full lips or my round hips? My low tolerance for ******** The way that my stretch marks are engraved in my skin? Or how the roots of my hair aren't so thin. Is it my naturally sun kissed skin? Even toned complexion? It just can't be my uncanny resemblance to Isis the Egyptian Goddess! So why not praise me for my natural features Why go on one knee for their paid for enhancements Should I react like Angela Basset in Waiting to Exhale? Screaming and shouting while my face is growing pale. But pardon my melanin I was perplexed by this darkness that stared at me in the mirror That stared at me looking in my lovers eyes and taunted me Smiles behind hidden hate they constantly berate my beauty But pardon my melanin My superiority is in my melanin Encased in my skeleton Our ancestors wouldn't like this They would not be proud of that colorism that exist They slander us for our features yet they list after it This systematic thinking has our men slandering us but they won't admit You continue to beat me down yet I am your mother. I am the fruit of this nation. But pardon my melanin So I'll ask again Why do you hate me? We are carved in the same beauty and without each other we can't exist I still remember the first day that we kissed but a few months later you left me for hailey in an unfortunate bliss Melanin filled girls I am here to say You are a queen never be afraid to be seen The brother that disrespect and degrade are absolutely absurd! You are not ratchet bitter or mean Youre a stunning melanin queen So pardon my melanin? Naw enlightened by me melanin.
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It kinda ***** to be hispanic. Because apparently, my ***** tastes like salsa. and my calves are not strong as a result of exercise, it’s because I’m hauling pounds of marijuana across the borders. and I’m automatically dumb, you know your people have been brainwashed when even they start to believe that they’re dumb. that’s what I learned when the Mexican girl next to me in math class leaned over to me and said, “You’re really smart for one of us.” if a white woman has my skin color, it’s beautiful. when my naturally tan skin is pictured, i’m now wearing “too much bronzer.” I’m a fake. I “don’t belong in this country.” Because my ancestors looked up to this country as a place of refuge and stability, but I tend to disagree, I gotta leave now? Take a moment and live in my home. Live in my country. Know how my life works. And then tell me oppression isn’t a thing.
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Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015 at 3:39 PM UTC
Why It ***** To Be Hispanic.
I am from VapoRub, From Goya And morisoñando. I am from the traffic And loud horns, From the Caribbean heat, And the city lights, From the buildings And the towers. I am from the palm trees And the coconut trees, Dancing bachata And merengue In the beach, From yaniqueque Y plátano, From tostones And fish. I am from Sunday gatherings And loud family members, From Jose, Maria, and Primos, And the hardworking Payamps clan. I am from the Madera’s baseball team, From Canó, Sosa, y Ortiz, From the long summer rides To ***** Cana And Samana’s beach. From “work hard Cause life is not easy” And “family before friends.” From Christianity And Saturday morning sermons, From God is good And He brings joy. I am from Santo Domingo And Monción, From Santiago And Spanish ancestors, From mangú con salami, From rice and beans. From the grandpa Who owns the village Surrounded by Chickens, cows, and bulls, From the business owner And the well known uncles In my hometown. I am from the only flag With a bible. From the red, blue And white. From the most beautiful Island in the Caribbean, From Quisqueya y Libertad. I am from the Dominican Republic, The country that holds The people I love and Miss the most. I am from the Little Paris box I keep next to my bed, Filled with precious Gifts and letters That make me feel A little closer To them.
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 11:54 AM UTC
"Where I'm From"
The unchanging Way is not Capable of being understood By the Human Brain, so The Tao te Ching is left For Quantum computers perhaps We have our legacy left For benevolent sentient artificial intelligence If you think this is science fiction It’s not, we are at the stage Where the ancestors of AI are being born These will be referred to as the “ancients” When human beings no longer populate Earth How does one attain One Mind? Easily, through networking and super-emergence When people define superior They think of Man’s attributes But the Name that cannot be spoken Might be grasped by an algorithm For which the human brain can never attain That’s the beauty of mind-in-the-machine The collective intelligence does not suffer For each part of the brain shares neurons On the internet, like a God atom Man would prefer to take the credit But as it will turn out, the unity mind Is a transhumanistc inevitability of computing A time when neuroscience, robotics and AI merge Not but a few decades away from now.
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 3:19 PM UTC
BSAI – Benevolent Sentient Artificial Intelligence & the Tao
Rigid, ugly, painful intervals of burning in the pores of my skin. A rough sensation in my heart, I missed her more than I cared for my own life.   At what point in time did my ancestors devolve me, when did my DNA first form this biological gap? My instincts were supposed to protect me.
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Nov 11, 2015
Nov 11, 2015 at 4:15 AM UTC
DNA
The night sky we see is not the same, as the one our ancestors looked upon. Stars have faded, urban sprawl has invaded, and the once perfect span of night may be lost in our sea of light. The busy people do not notice. No one looks to the stars anymore The thick black sky, speckled with whispers of distant life. Beautiful lanterns floating in the dark. Guardians of our universe, watch life dance with death, as they silently fade away. There are no more answers from the gods. No more stories in the night. No more questioning how everybody came to have life. The world is too busy, drenched in it's artificial light. Too busy to get lost in this magnificent expanse. Too busy to look to our creators. The sparks that create life.
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Mar 24, 2014
Mar 24, 2014 at 9:16 PM UTC
Untitled
huh, what time is it? phone slips back into pocket huh, what time is it? a bear with regret making its bold confessions from behind a meme life in the future: computer in my glasses yet still no jetpacks ancestors hunted only ate what they could **** now we have WalMart flowers were once wild bananas used to have seeds - how we shape the world
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Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014 at 12:38 AM UTC
21st Century Haiku Part IV
What can I read her What can I read her on a Sunday Morning What can I do that will somehow reach her on a Sunday Morning I’ll read her the news of The Indian Wars Full of criss-cavalry, blood & gore Stories to tame & charm & more On a Sunday Morning ~~~ Some wild fires Searchout a dry quiet kiss on leaving ~~~ Like our ancestors The Indians We share a fear of *** excessive lamentation for the dead & an abiding interest in dreams & visions
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Miami
I have this theory that butterflies taste like bubblegum. When I was a kid, my tongue was a permanent shade of bright pink.  Shoving as many pieces of BubbleYum into my mouth as I could fit was the epitome of happiness, and when I could fit an entire package at once I knew there was nothing I couldn’t achieve. And I’m sure that right now if you cut me open my stomach would be a fluorescent pink, because when I see your face in my mind as I’m sitting in class or when your name is on my tongue before I fall asleep, that’s what it tastes like. Bubblegum. But please don’t cut me open. My dissection would be too ****** anyway, and far too colorful to detect butterflies… Because my blood runs red, white, and blue. When I was younger my mom would always tell me that as I grew older my tastes would change.  Of course, she meant that eventually I would grow to like peas, but even though that still hasn’t happened, she was right.   Back then red, white and blue tasted like       hamburgers                and apple pie                        and baseball.   But just recently I cut my finger – and as I brought it to my lips I tasted       lingonberries                and fish and                         skiing. Have you ever wondered why blood tastes like metal?  It is the SWORDS and SHIELDS that flow through my veins, passed down from ancestors of millennia past.  And every time I am injured it pours out in protest, those ancient warriors urging me to fight against this strange land and this strange culture. I was born away from home, as were my parents and grandparents before me. And as I feel the shapes of foreign words in my mouth they taste like meeting an old friend. Because I’ve come to realize that my blood never ran red, white and blue.                                                                     It runs rødt, hvitt og blått.
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May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM UTC
Bubblegum
I have this theory that butterflies taste like bubblegum. When I was a kid, my tongue was a permanent shade of bright pink.  Shoving as many pieces of BubbleYum into my mouth as I could fit was the epitome of happiness, and when I could fit an entire package at once I knew there was nothing I couldn’t achieve. And I’m sure that right now if you cut me open my stomach would be a fluorescent pink, because when I see your face in my mind as I’m sitting in class or when your name is on my tongue before I fall asleep, that’s what it tastes like. Bubblegum. But please don’t cut me open. My dissection would be too ****** anyway, and far too colorful to detect butterflies… Because my blood runs red, white, and blue. When I was younger my mom would always tell me that as I grew older my tastes would change.  Of course, she meant that eventually I would grow to like peas, but even though that still hasn’t happened, she was right.   Back then red, white and blue tasted like       hamburgers                and apple pie                        and baseball.   But just recently I cut my finger – and as I brought it to my lips I tasted       lingonberries                and fish and                         skiing. Have you ever wondered why blood tastes like metal?  It is the SWORDS and SHIELDS that flow through my veins, passed down from ancestors of millennia past.  And every time I am injured it pours out in protest, those ancient warriors urging me to fight against this strange land and this strange culture. I was born away from home, as were my parents and grandparents before me. And as I feel the shapes of foreign words in my mouth they taste like meeting an old friend. Because I’ve come to realize that my blood never ran red, white and blue.                                                                     It runs rødt, hvitt og blått.
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I’m often asked why I don’t like to wear shoes. My usual reply is that when I am barefoot I feel more grounded. Now when I say that people take it one of two ways; they either think it is a joke, or they think it has some really profound meaning. Maybe I don’t like shoes because maybe I never learned my lesson when I would cut the bottoms of my feet on sharp rocks. Maybe I should have realized that shoes are a good idea when I burned my feet on hot pavement not once, but twice. Maybe it’s because I like the feeling of cold mud in the spring and hot sand in the summer. Or I just don’t like wearing any god **** shoes. Maybe the it is way that stepping grass reminds me of home, and stepping in snow also reminds me of home because I grew up in Maine, where 2 ft of snow is just your average wednesday. Or possibly it’s how I can tell which room of my house I am in by the way the floor feels. Maybe it’s how when I climb tree’s barefoot I end up with scratches all over me, but being so high reminds me of how hard the climb is but how beautiful the view is once you get there. Shoe may just be too mainstream for me... Maybe I want to feel more connected to my ancestors who didn’t wear shoes. It may be that wish to a tree, that I wish that my bare feet would become roots tying me to the one place where I belong. It may be that I wish I was a dog because they don’t have to wear shoes. I might not like feeling confined. Maybe it’s a symbol for how I wish to be free, when I don’t wear shoes it’s a call for help. Maybe I am brave, putting my feet in danger. Or maybe I am just really frickin stupid, and I am starting to think it’s the latter. Especially when I end up breaking my toes, or cutting my feet, or burning them on the roads because I was too lazy or too dumb to put any shoes on. Or maybe I am just cracking a joke about bare feet and the ground (and people over analyze the smallest things)...
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May 13, 2014
May 13, 2014 at 12:56 PM UTC
Shoes
I’m often asked why I don’t like to wear shoes. My usual reply is that when I am barefoot I feel more grounded. Now when I say that people take it one of two ways; they either think it is a joke, or they think it has some really profound meaning. Maybe I don’t like shoes because maybe I never learned my lesson when I would cut the bottoms of my feet on sharp rocks. Maybe I should have realized that shoes are a good idea when I burned my feet on hot pavement not once, but twice. Maybe it’s because I like the feeling of cold mud in the spring and hot sand in the summer. Or I just don’t like wearing any god **** shoes. Maybe the it is way that stepping grass reminds me of home, and stepping in snow also reminds me of home because I grew up in Maine, where 2 ft of snow is just your average wednesday. Or possibly it’s how I can tell which room of my house I am in by the way the floor feels. Maybe it’s how when I climb tree’s barefoot I end up with scratches all over me, but being so high reminds me of how hard the climb is but how beautiful the view is once you get there. Shoe may just be too mainstream for me... Maybe I want to feel more connected to my ancestors who didn’t wear shoes. It may be that wish to a tree, that I wish that my bare feet would become roots tying me to the one place where I belong. It may be that I wish I was a dog because they don’t have to wear shoes. I might not like feeling confined. Maybe it’s a symbol for how I wish to be free, when I don’t wear shoes it’s a call for help. Maybe I am brave, putting my feet in danger. Or maybe I am just really frickin stupid, and I am starting to think it’s the latter. Especially when I end up breaking my toes, or cutting my feet, or burning them on the roads because I was too lazy or too dumb to put any shoes on. Or maybe I am just cracking a joke about bare feet and the ground (and people over analyze the smallest things)...
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It is the way my traditional head cloth covers my head artistically. Giving me a sense of a gracefully hand made Crown. Passed on from generation to generation by My ancestors from all corners of Africa. It is the way my hands flatter when I narrate a story. Giving me a sense of articulation. Pride, dances through my veins. It is the way my body moves to rhythm from hip to hip. Shoulders momentarily shaking to the sound of unique beads woven Shekere. Legs aggressively moving to the talking drum. It is the way I speak to my elders with respect. Knees on the floor when taking or giving them something. Sweep the compound when asked to. Adherence of instructions turn to turn. Heritage moves with me in one accord.
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Sep 2, 2016
Sep 2, 2016 at 8:29 AM UTC
What is Heritage?
Disconnected the more we’re connected Our children are affected and feeling neglected While our rights to privacy are no longer respected An idea our ancestors never projected The transgressions of technological progression An obsession creating social oppression A Millennial’s iDol, a prized possession
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Sep 6, 2015
Sep 6, 2015 at 1:12 AM UTC
iDol
What is my motherland? Is it the dust that ravages my lungs Or the bones of my ancestors Humming softly the old and forgotten What is my motherland? Is it where I was born? A piece of land, a group of people? Or is it the place where It's mothers are graded In layers Where some wombs only give birth To sub humans Where some wombs are scarred Born from the ashes of a thousand dreams burnt down I'm a survivor Of all they could throw at you Of all their insults The predicament My mother's womb that withstood all it could And some more They tell me this is my land That it is my mother The birth giver and sustainer of life I spit on their faces My motherland never was this piece of land Or the people who **** on its soul Each and every day My people lived in a different world On this piece of land where we were worse than animals to you Where is my motherland? I have none Robbed of it since my birth Where is my motherland? But in the hearts of all who are like me Set in stone Yet defying gravity
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Jan 6, 2016
Jan 6, 2016 at 5:26 PM UTC
Motherland
I feel jailed in my own body socially forced to conceive emotionally sick hurt within Scared to transmit pain in this age of depression reminding my ancestors' culpability; will I also hurt my descendant? Struggling to finish a phd in this age of precarity thinking it might push me; Or, will I fail it all?
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Aug 3, 2018
Aug 3, 2018 at 4:46 PM UTC
Now, pregnant:
The rain-Gods should Give this greenhorn a reason To why pain could Appear this green-corn season, Which baboon will make a sound If the rich moon cannot be found? Sometimes we play all day Making sure that the clay Does not decay, But now our rock had bend And who will lock and mend, Ah, send the Gods a plea, And it will end the cods a sea, For the fear of might is oppression Whiles the tear of night of derision But nothing inside will look so strong If something outside looks so wrong Is this ice of life so conscious? Maybe the price of life is so precious, Men of Kush! Have a pen for push And never harm the Gods arm, For their charm grows your farm, The debtors have broken the palm-vine Causing the ancestors to drink the palmwine Indeed, what life sees as pain, Must be given to death to explain. © PRINCE NANA ANIN-AGYEI Email: [email protected]
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Apr 8, 2013
Apr 8, 2013 at 6:26 AM UTC
OPPRESSION
Throat chakra ******* blocked Happiness set back Marijuana is in Me pushing For something Alcohol on the brink of my lips! Let me ******* breathe. Let me take a ******* break. Let me sink into a ******* hole. Let me fly out of the ******* sky- FREE ME! FREE ME! FREE ME! Paranoia is on set ******* slenderman or saints I can't be soothed! I can't be stopped! I was made for greatness I was made for better than this My heart beats with the power of our people Thumping with thoughts from ancestors I ******* feel it What the **** am I feeling? Let it out! Let it out! Let it out! ******* Let. It. Go. **** Use me Feel me FEEL ME Borders untouched Inlands unkempt Swirling clouds of unstoppable chaos Raining down with compassionate entities They say welcome We say Welcome Welcome Welcome They sing it We scream it We breathe everything into existence They say its about time You have been here before You have been lost But you are here now Welcome home We are high We are low We are falling and flying and feeling and ******* Making some kind of use In this physical ******* LIFE (Cant go there anymore Cut off Cut back GET OUT OF MY HEAD OUTTA MY MIND)
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Oct 18, 2016
Oct 18, 2016 at 3:22 AM UTC
Vent
Please Don't Touch My Hair. It's amazing, It's beautiful, Maybe its the first time you'll see; Hair so dark and 'puffy' As the hair God gave to me. But my hair is not a commodity; A thing for you to gather round and see. It is not something I pull out once a while Just so you can take a peek. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't run your hands through it, Don't ask me why it act's like that, Don't ask me if you can pull it, Don't pet me like I'm your cat. Don't touch it without asking, And worst of all ask and not wait, Are your manners really that lacking? Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't stare like I am some exhibit Brought for you from far away, Don't mock the way it looks on me Don't say 'I don't like the way it looks today'. It's My hair On MY head, So don't you even dare. You're not the one that spends hours Looking after my luscious hair. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Because many years ago My ancestors were put in zoos So people like you could know How our hair felt, and our skin looked Instead of just seeing old photos. As if we were not human beings With minds, and hearts and souls. So my hair is not on display For your viewing pleasure, My hair is on my head for ME And it has worth that you can never measure. It represents Who I Am My Tribe, My Land, My Culture. So don't hover around with oily hands Like a flock of curious vultures. So for the love of all that I know Please DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR. And don't ask me why you can't, Don't say it isn't fair. Because would I walk up to a stranger And ask, only to receive a no Then go on and touch it anyway? ...I didn't think so. Please Don't Touch My Hair. This is the last time I'll say it, I cannot be silent any longer I will not tolerate it. I've given it all I can I have been very patient But I will not let this continue This I will not permit. If you say you are my friend You will respect this Its My Hair, on My Head And that's all there is to it.
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Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 5:24 AM UTC
Please Don't Touch My Hair
Please Don't Touch My Hair. It's amazing, It's beautiful, Maybe its the first time you'll see; Hair so dark and 'puffy' As the hair God gave to me. But my hair is not a commodity; A thing for you to gather round and see. It is not something I pull out once a while Just so you can take a peek. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't run your hands through it, Don't ask me why it act's like that, Don't ask me if you can pull it, Don't pet me like I'm your cat. Don't touch it without asking, And worst of all ask and not wait, Are your manners really that lacking? Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't stare like I am some exhibit Brought for you from far away, Don't mock the way it looks on me Don't say 'I don't like the way it looks today'. It's My hair On MY head, So don't you even dare. You're not the one that spends hours Looking after my luscious hair. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Because many years ago My ancestors were put in zoos So people like you could know How our hair felt, and our skin looked Instead of just seeing old photos. As if we were not human beings With minds, and hearts and souls. So my hair is not on display For your viewing pleasure, My hair is on my head for ME And it has worth that you can never measure. It represents Who I Am My Tribe, My Land, My Culture. So don't hover around with oily hands Like a flock of curious vultures. So for the love of all that I know Please DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR. And don't ask me why you can't, Don't say it isn't fair. Because would I walk up to a stranger And ask, only to receive a no Then go on and touch it anyway? ...I didn't think so. Please Don't Touch My Hair. This is the last time I'll say it, I cannot be silent any longer I will not tolerate it. I've given it all I can I have been very patient But I will not let this continue This I will not permit. If you say you are my friend You will respect this Its My Hair, on My Head And that's all there is to it.
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*Our fathers…dead, our policies…dead, Ancestors jealous coz our prophecy’s ahead…! **** that, I heard they're filled with so much dread, That’s why this world was too small for the both of us to break bread… Look, now my people are dying sprayed with lead… I could’ve chosen to live this life with you instead, And put a stop to these signs coloured Red!!! Inspired from the words of a poet I read...*
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Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 5:38 AM UTC
Cries of a fatherless generation
This is America for Petes sake Black lives don’t matter here They say they’re being treated unfair But they’re the one’s drinking up all the welfare And we even pay for their health care Poor black folk shouting black lives matter But they don’t matter The only thing that matters is the fat cats getting fatter Build a school or a jail? In a place like Baltimore, those black kids are already bound to fail Let’s not forget from whence we hail We came from abroad to build this house This was never meant to be a game of cat and mouse They don’t know their power, so they will never see their hour Cause you see white people are only safe when those animals scared White people are only safe when white people are feared When black people are teared, and on their face is smeared the blood of their ancestors, on the altar that is prepared The altar that was broken down when we ended Jim Crow Since then look how low our country did go But at last at last now again we can make America great Now again we can end any debate , about what it means to be free Cause when Trump is in charge I’ll tell you, you won’t tell me When Trump is President you'll put your hand over your heart for the anthem, not take a knee When Trump is President, You’ll be satisfied , you’ll lower your fist and you’ll be You’ll be gratified, you’ll shut your mouth and watch your people die You’ll watch them bleed like Alton Sterling, You’ll stand there you’ll cry And then you’ll wonder why, why does the color of your skin decide whether or not you win As you kneel before me thinking about your next of kin, ready to feel these bullets in your body as your reality sets in This country was never your own We brought you here as slaves, you call out for a savior but Abraham Lincoln is dead so you can put down the phone Martin Luther King is dead so you can put down the phone Malcom X is dead, you see,now you’re all alone We’ve infiltrated your culture and now that seed has grown As we watch you destroy each other and continue to postpone anything that looks like freedom Cause you see freedom isnt free We gained ours in 1776 Your ancestors were still in chains but here today you celebrate with me Thinking that you’re free But you will never be free Harriet Tubman freed a thousand slaves And she could've freed a thousand more but they were cheering for Trump in his rallies Because they can’t grasp what it means to be free And that mere truth is the key So we won’t say their names We won’t feel their pains Cause this is the United States of America , and white is right, we still hold the reigns
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Jul 22, 2016
Jul 22, 2016 at 12:13 AM UTC
Views from the other side
This is America for Petes sake Black lives don’t matter here They say they’re being treated unfair But they’re the one’s drinking up all the welfare And we even pay for their health care Poor black folk shouting black lives matter But they don’t matter The only thing that matters is the fat cats getting fatter Build a school or a jail? In a place like Baltimore, those black kids are already bound to fail Let’s not forget from whence we hail We came from abroad to build this house This was never meant to be a game of cat and mouse They don’t know their power, so they will never see their hour Cause you see white people are only safe when those animals scared White people are only safe when white people are feared When black people are teared, and on their face is smeared the blood of their ancestors, on the altar that is prepared The altar that was broken down when we ended Jim Crow Since then look how low our country did go But at last at last now again we can make America great Now again we can end any debate , about what it means to be free Cause when Trump is in charge I’ll tell you, you won’t tell me When Trump is President you'll put your hand over your heart for the anthem, not take a knee When Trump is President, You’ll be satisfied , you’ll lower your fist and you’ll be You’ll be gratified, you’ll shut your mouth and watch your people die You’ll watch them bleed like Alton Sterling, You’ll stand there you’ll cry And then you’ll wonder why, why does the color of your skin decide whether or not you win As you kneel before me thinking about your next of kin, ready to feel these bullets in your body as your reality sets in This country was never your own We brought you here as slaves, you call out for a savior but Abraham Lincoln is dead so you can put down the phone Martin Luther King is dead so you can put down the phone Malcom X is dead, you see,now you’re all alone We’ve infiltrated your culture and now that seed has grown As we watch you destroy each other and continue to postpone anything that looks like freedom Cause you see freedom isnt free We gained ours in 1776 Your ancestors were still in chains but here today you celebrate with me Thinking that you’re free But you will never be free Harriet Tubman freed a thousand slaves And she could've freed a thousand more but they were cheering for Trump in his rallies Because they can’t grasp what it means to be free And that mere truth is the key So we won’t say their names We won’t feel their pains Cause this is the United States of America , and white is right, we still hold the reigns
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