I Had a Dream…

I Had a Dream.

I had a dream

That I lived in a nation

Where I was only

Valued

By the color of 

My Skin.

My Skin

Had no 

Value.

I had a dream today!

That one day on the red hills of

Georgia

A white father and son

Killed a young Black man in

Cold blood

All in the name of

….Justice

I had a dream today!

Up in The Twin Cities

A Black man’s

Life

Slowly ebbed from his

Limp body

By the weight of his oppressor’s knee

Crying to the heavens for

Mercy.

I had a dream today!

That a little

Black Boy

Falsely accused

Had enormous

Electric currents 

Course through

His body

Destroying his nerves

Destroying his

Life

Only to be acquitted

When he no longer had

Life 

I had a dream today!

That having a hood on my head

Became a crime

That in this land

There is never

A right place

Nor a right time

Candy and beverage

Spilt on the pavement

Poured out

Mixed with his blood

Next to his lifeless figure.

I had a dream today.

They said to have

Hope

To keep up the

Faith

Why should we hope?

When will our faith turn

The harmonious cries for justice

To a symphony of true freedom?

I woke up from

The Dream

Screaming

Crying at the top of my lungs

Filled by the pain of

The souls of those who came before and

The spirits of those to come after

“Still not free!

Still not free!

If God even hears our cry

Why are we still not free!”

But,

No one could hear me

No one can hear us….

I pledge forced submission 

To the flag

Of the Divided States of AmeriKKKa

and to the Oligarchy

For which it falls

Many nations

Covered in blood

Purposely divided

With bondage and injustice for all

.........Unless you’re white that is

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