Sympathize
9/23/03
Future dreams morphed into nightmares
Present pain engulfs blood clotted veins
Eventually intricate plots were the cause of stunted growth,
like paint on trees, weed stopped the process of goals achieved,
dungeons perceived as lost themes and forgotten theories,
Black History is a long lost mystery, master and slave, raped and caged,
locked shipped and sold away without the blink of a blue eye,
picking cotton in bundles, knees and knuckles numbing, no breaks or luncheons,
only tatters and mustard for nightly supper;
don't tell me sh@t about suffering,
unless when you see cotton fields you can empathize with a Brown man
and sympathizes with the way a slain slave feels….