Layla Riley-Hill Poet Free verse

Maybe

The whisper of a promise 
The hope of a new dawn 
The sun rises with curiosity 
Of what might come along 
Of who might change the world 

An elderly black woman sits 
Basking in the sunlight to reminisce 
Of a life far from bliss
Where pain was embedded in her blood
And childhood was an unfamiliar experience 
Where she yearned for innocence 
In a world that chased her with guns

From young she learned 
That struggle would claim her
Mark her so peace couldn't touch her 
The screams of death echo in her silence
Of family lost taken by violence
Funerals became routine 
Dead bodies had become her new reality

She survived the statistic of death
She was the last one standing 
The last one left
And even though she kept her breath
She became a shell of a person once known
Hoping this nightmare would end 
She lived a life of regret
Wishing the world took her instead

Embraced by the warm beams of the sun
Who had sensed a woman broken
By a world that denied her freedom
And stole everyone she had loved 

Though her tunnel dark 
Filled with the shadows of painful memory 
She had reached a point where her pain less heavy
Her children the light 
In her world so dreary
Watching them grow made her oh so happy
Watching them walk a path
Writing their own ending
Clearing a path to make room for their homemade legacy 
Built from the hope of creating a brand new world 
Where every little black boy and girl
Won't be burnt by the danger of racism

Where flowers bloomed all year long
Hoping pain would not linger 
Where darkness would be freed of all monsters
Where equality would become a new normal
Forged by the strength of black people 
Where discrimination wasnt a part of the dreamworld 
A nightmare turned story of a world long gone 
Of hope, of peace, of a world illuminated by the stars 
Our ancestors proud of a job well done

Change in the air one everyone could feel 
A newfound hope a newfound dream 
The ending of the day 
The sun begins to rest 
Hoping the world the woman dreamed of 
Would finally come to fruition

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