UNTITLED

UNTITLED

A Poem by ROXANE DORSEY
"

death follows da black man through time

"
FROM FIELDS W/LYNCHING
to CORNERS W/GUNS
IT'S NOT MEANT FOR 
A BLACK MAN
TO RUN
RUN FROM
TO WHERE
FROM WHETHER AN UNK TOM
TO A FAVORITE UNCLE TOMMY
OR JUST A PLAIN FAMILY MAN 
WILL DO. IN DUE TIME HISTORY
GONNA CHANGE.
AS DEW WEIGHS IN ON THE 
EARTH, HISTORY DUE TO REPEAT
ITSELF.
HIS STORY REPEATS THYSELF
WITH NEW BORN SPIRITS &
IN A NEW FORM WAY OF
ONE RACE REPEATING A 
MOTHER'S CRYING SONG OF
SALTY TEARS.
"I WANT MY SON, GIVE ME
MY BOY"!
HE WAS JUST A CHILD WAITING 
TO TURN INTO A GROWING YOUNG
MAN.

© 2017 ROXANE DORSEY


Author's Note

ROXANE DORSEY
JUST A POEM, PLEASE REMEMBER I LOVE ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHO OR WHAT COLOR!

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ROXANE DORSEY
ROXANE DORSEY

baltimore, MD



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love poetry since it has been embedded in my mind deeply way back when I was 4 years old. A very good reader in pre-school. Nursery rhymes tuned me in even deeper. more..

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