Modern Day Slavery

My heart raged like a black sea over shore;
 then anchored he in the depths of an unsure land,
a bleak morrow trickling from the neck of an hour-glass
unto the bottom of a slave - ship. 

I breathe in the stench of whipped pride,
at sun set beyond the Atlantic, 
as breeze of pines and autumn birches
 flog nostril hairs; and stiffened gazes,
trod the white screens day and night
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Toluwalope Gideon Avatar
December 23, 2016 at 10:36 AM
Great use of words, Deborah. I love the art in this great piece!
Dambani Avatar
December 23, 2016 at 1:07 PM
thank u
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