Pourri Pourri - Remember Me
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"Pourri Pourri - Remember Me"
I am not white
I am coloured
A kaleidoscope
of voice and song muted
freedom sold
for the price of a bale of wheat
ground in the white man’s mill
I become pale as sifted flour
lost voodoo ghost
whispered on wind song
gone
walk about
in the Dream Time
with all my
brothers and sisters
chained to drown as anchors
in white man’s boats
I am blood sold and weighed
without home, without doubt
sold for the price of
teeth, skin and enslaved longevity
what is left in my veins
the remnants of a home
fading
the ancestors are calling
this is
not to be forgotten
drained I am
they attempt to make me
something else
white as
the bones that point
I am ignored
my gods hang their heads in shame
For I am lower
than the lowest pet now
kept in a kennel
no power
My heritage,
I am strung up on a tree
displayed
for what I am lacking
I am a lesson for the others
hung like art and burned
By alabaster
hidden hoods
I am
not seen
for who I truly am
Born of true royalty
misunderstood,
barefoot, voiceless, crude
I now dance
with all those who are free
united barefoot
colour bleeds
I dance with
Featherfoot
Pourri Pourri
Freed
You will see
Remember Me
(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
Copyright © Lady Labyrinth | Year Posted 2020
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