Slavery In Haiti

Haiti, the home of voodoo practices Seventeenth Century Spain cedes to France Catholic Spaniards trembled when they saw “Dead” men revived to wander in trances A vile poison can make men appear dead Revival requires an antidote But perhaps there is more to zombie lore An explanation to why these souls woke Brutally treated slaves worked sugar fields Captives from Africa known as “Maroons” As French aristocrats sat and grew fat Blacks sweated for “sweets” in the tropic sun Buried guilt deep at night still festers For conscience is God’s gift to each man Some may suppress it for just a short time ‘Til magical night envelopes the land Spirits of those who were taken in chains Are given by God a chance to rebel Stalking the living in deathly pallor Haunting their captors with visions of hell “Zombifications,” Maroons erected Spreading the horrors of slavery with anger Showing the French what their evil produced And putting their sanity in danger So please put the voodoo dolls back on shelves The needle-sharp pricks of remorse can sting Enslaved Maroons prevail in heaven’s court Our Creator’s eyes aren’t missing a thing Magic, black or white, God sees no color Love is bestowed on men of all races And those who question the Lord’s intentions Should look in the eyes of living-dead faces