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<blockquote><p>(In honor of victims of slavery while it lasted International Day for the Abolition of Slavery)</p></blockquote>
<p>Toiling and thumping in the pains of history<br>
freedom they say was all we needed<br>
we roll and boil in the bloodbath of slavery<br>
our kindred always the sacrificial lamb<br>
it felt so real<br>
the agonies of war we hear every day<br>
echoes and drums of warriors thump the innocent earth<br>
the clatter of iron deafens the ear of unsuspecting babies<br>
mothers flee from the spiral of spoil taking<br>
men speed into their huts to gather weapons<br>
it is time for war<br>
the end is always for the bravest<br>
slavery awaits the feeble<br>
women and children cry for their fate<br>
warriors rejoice at their catch<br>
warlords happy for the white man’s mirror and gun</p>
<p>over seven mountain and seven seas<br>
it was a journey to the unknown<br>
life force drains at the sheer distance<br>
others die from complete abandonment<br>
slavery was never euphoria<br>
freedom became an illusion from the pit of dejection<br>
our lands were naked by we-selves<br>
the white land became nourished green from black labor<br>
we wander from pillar to post<br>
we became fugitives of technology</p>
<p>II<br>
Freedom!<br>
when shall we ever feel your soothing caress?<br>
from where shall the well of choice flow from?<br>
mother nature, father time<br>
look down upon us the victims of development<br>
we wash the earth with our bloody tears<br>
and our lead-riddled body<br>
we nourish the soil with our dead babies<br>
the setting and rising of the sun, our solace<br>
will that time come when our stories are told?<br>
when will the moon rise on our children as free-born?<br>
the dreams we have are of pain and freedom<br>
not for us, but our unborn children<br>
we dream of times when our children go to school without fear<br>
we dream of days where our husbands go to farm without anxiety<br>
we dream of seasons when our women go to the stream without trepidation<br>
we dream of moons where we rejoice at the new moon<br>
we dream of harvests where we celebrate the coming of the new yam<br>
we dream, we dream again, we dream yet again<br>
will there be no end to our dreaming?</p>
<p>citizens of the earth<br>
this is the voice of fear<br>
give ear to our sorrows<br>
they flow inhibited like the Nile<br>
run to the end of the earth and back</p>
<p>III<br>
Do you hear that sound?<br>
gbam, gbam, gbam<br>
do you know that sound?<br>
it is the sound of iron falling from the air<br>
the sound of freedom<br>
free at last<br>
it is the song of freedom<br>
freedom won by the mouth of sheer will and force<br>
freedom fought, freedom gained<br>
the pains and shackles of slavery<br>
soon to become history</p>
<p>tell my native land, home i come not<br>
for from my land I was forcefully ejected<br>
into a land I know nothing of<br>
but for the black blood boiling in my veins<br>
I will make the best out of everything life throws me<br>
so stay I in a foreign land,<br>
to make something out of me-self<br>
by the way, where in the black race do I hail from?</p>
<p>IV<br>
freedom at last<br>
but wait<br>
are we indeed free?</p>
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