History Teacher
I am me, I am everyone,
I am no one,
a chameleon without
a color.
I have no history,
I am everyone's history.
I see Rasta man and
I AM Rasta man
vibrating to a reggae beat,
moving past tin roof shacks,
moving through a sunlit world,
more than happy to leave
my own.
Suddenly I am pulled
to rolling plains
and a sweet water river.
Out alone, there comes a vision,
a people stranded
in a winter nightmare of,
Gatling guns and frozen leaders.
The steady drums fade
into celestial drums and clashing cymbals,
a dragon dancing, families strong
and celebrating. While in a prison
far away women are forced fed
for defying an archaic system and win.
Suddenly it is 1943 and here
is where I want to be,
on Central Ave in L.A.,
in late night sessions with
Nat, and T-Bone and Charles Brown.
My chameleon soul
keeps turning me around
and taking me to sights and sound
that I cannot claim
to be my own.
I am me, I am every one,
I am no one.
Copyright © Ahellas Alixopulos | Year Posted 2017
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