A Path To Freedom: a Black Mans Dream
Today I’m free from slavery
Yet hatred still revolves in my life rev MLK had a dream
it was for darkness of hatred to be freed by the light
Dr king died doing his best so that people like me would have a better place to
live in
A different world than the one he lived in everyday he wanted a change but It
seemed the more change was made the more most things stayed the same
Slavery ended and segregation and oppression began
The only difference was now we were not bonded but our rights as humans still
were. We were free to go wherever we pleased
But not free from disgust and hateful remarks
Signs that banned the colored from certain privileges
If people put as much energy in to love as that did with hatred
The world would be lovely
But it seems as thought that dream is a fantasy and
It seems as though history repeats itself
I’M SUPPOSE TO BE FREE!
With my 40 acres and a mule
Yet I’m held captive by hatred of people who think they can rule me,
Just because my skin was dark brown
It’s not going to happen because we have rights now
Hatred of people like me who think because one generation put chains on our
feet and lashes on our backs called us words that started with the letter n
referring to “blacks”
Listen to me, one bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch
Black and white are two shades of beauty to me
Two five-letter words that mean my skin in darker than yours is light
Don’t try to stereotype me as a person who hates you because of the past
I look in to the future on to my freedom path
I can not be in despair about mistakes and bad judgment
I have to get over my feelings toward things that happened long ago
I can forgive, I just won’t forget or I will make the same mistake as other people
around here
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