Rise and Fall
The sky was never the
limit for those who sook
to defy the norm. They
soar to the highest
heavens like eagles and
become one with the
storm. The staffless
Moses of the black
parliament never
beheld gods in nude
form. We never beheld
change in the days of
warriors that might
make humanity
transform. Spiritists and
scientists war amongst
themselves to try and
bring about a god of the
new age. We collided
with the soul of an
atheist and met a nude
man in his rage.
Parliament became a
harlot of the nation and
sold itself to foreigners
for free. Poetry and
song became the
struggle as bullets
ripped through the
hearts of Apartheid
slavery. Sons and
daughters were
imprisoned more than
they were educated.
Freedom ended when
Mandela was set free
than when he got
incarcerated. Souls
were purchased for the
wealth of pimps in
armored suits. Rapist
pastors were
government spies who
daily anointed
brainwashed recruits.
We became the sheeple
believing we were
faithful followers of the
wolf in cow skin. And
everyday we witnessed
the rise and fall of our
blackness than the rise
of Satan through sin.
We. ran away from
victory than chicken
legs in a pot of gold.
God wanted to talk to us
yesterday and we all
put him on hold. We
rapidly sold to the idea
of becoming fables and
had our stories untold.
God took our glory like
a thief in the night of
our falling and replaced
it seven fold. Now gays
legalize marriages and
priests rape their
daughters. We've
allowed our hearts to
feel more pain than
lesbians slain in
Zambian slaughters.
The world bore arms
and lost the war before
they fought us. Our war
with drugs was the vain
battle of the new era.
Black tore itself apart
like bad partners, and
thanked the man in the
mirror. Caught up in
these shackles trying to
relieve myself of these
battles with self. More
multi-faceted in the soul
than African culture and
Indian wealth. Everyday
in hospitals and prisons,
my brothers and sisters
fight for their health.
The knowledge of
power and wisdom
never gave a black man
his own strength. Never
saw the change of
history before it
metamorphed before
us. The generals of the
satanic age had a
monumental plan to
slay us. The Dutch gave
way to parciality than
racial agendas through
color. The poor fight for
their meals like dogs in
a cage and die for their
valor. Media
misrepresent the
disenfranchised and
legalize their deaths.
The unity of the
unemployed poor was
shaken by a Tsunami of
jealousy. God give us
this daily bread,
because we stole it
through burglary.
Copyright © Nokturnal Poet Raymond Letsitsa | Year Posted 2014
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