Missing brother
The brother who once drank and dined with us
Now orders for swords to slay us
He allowed himself to be brainwashed
By the men whose skins are rarely scorched
For a few shillings, he has been purchased
Purchased morally, mentally , I fear even spiritually
Because his morals and emotions are tarnished
Tarnished and farmished from endlessly trying to please
Please the men who delight in the gnashing of our teeth
Running unending errands has periodically calloused his feet
The feet that once moved to rhythms of the drum we beat
The brother that never seized to dream ,
has now achieved all he craved
but instead of this making our faces beam
rather stressing us out ,making us bleed , forcing us to flee.
Remember brother , we never hate , we still know
That one day , the venom injected in you , will cease to flow,
Then you know, you become keen , on finding your way home
Oh our , far gone , missing.
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