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Trapped
(Caution read with an open mind)


As I write these lines
and as they sway back in time
I look through my minds eyes
and by the grace of the divine
I want to say that,
I FORGIVE YOU
Its the hardest thing to do but I do.

TRAPPED

Trapped in my DNA is
a different place
a different time
a different state of mind.

Trapped in my DNA are
the wondering souls of
warriors
kings and queens
tribal leaders and 
the common Men Women and children.

Trapped in my DNA are
the souls of my ancestors that your
ancestors murdered through
your Jim Crow and Willie Lynch
laws that still exist today.

Trapped in my DNA are
the Men, Women and children,
beaten and  hung like pieces
of your renaissance art
as your ancestors treat us not like
humans but as the wild game meat
And as garbage on the street. 

Trapped in my DNA are
the blood and tears that flow
as their pain still we do feel
as the Black Skin mostly
is deemed unfit to your society
as the murderous Laws created by
your founding fathers  still exist today
Like the sun in the blue sky 
Their laws revised they never change. 

Trapped in my DNA is 
 knowing  that what you have today,
and what you have achieved 
Was created by the hands of
slaves. 
Command and conquer
Seems to be the definition 
Of your democracy
Your way or no way 
I see your the pirates
Of the 21st century to this very day.


Trapped in my DNA 
a different place
a different time
a different state of mind

but as human as we are yesterday and today
I FORGIVE YOU
AS I know my history
and that my people are great
as I am my ancestors
and my ancestors lives through me
this is 
a different place
a different time
a different state of mind
only love can defeat hate.

TRAPPED
But by the grace of the divine 
Knowledge of self and my history 
I shall be free 


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Romaine Davy