Gogyohka
late arrival…
had you come here before
you would have found your soul
but life detours much of truth
sending many on journeys
that have no destination
repeatedly raped…
history of degradation
denial of family rights
rejection of equality
covert systems of bondage
black life in america
mankind…
we are dead stardust
catastrophic remnants
orphans of the universe
perhaps that explains
our inhuman behaviors
for the time you were…
footprints upon the shore
shadows of existence
sea caresses your memories
folding them into time
and grains of sand
the grinding stone…
western winds have subsided
death’s grinding stone lies idle
but as always hate’s winds will return
grinding racism will once again
turn innocent lives into funeral dust
10 to 6…
clock’s been locked
in that position for years
thought about rewinding it again
but it always stops at the same spot
like the history of racial freedom
before breathing…
know that you are
that love is possible
know that dreams are more real
than life’s nightmares
now inhale the love of life
american fables…
a large collection
school mandatory readings
with simple morals
that apply only to those
destined to be excluded
steady as a rock…
all those marches
for folks murdered by police
can’t sway the scales of justice
the fulcrum’s rusted
nothing can move it