Soft Chains - Cold Steel

Soft Chains – Cold Steel cold steel and darkened hold bound for destinys untold asea in darkened misery a towering flame – laid cold. unbound in aftermath of strife adrift in memories of life fading in the pain of emptiness the faces of a child, a wife. dreams, forbidden wants and need reduced to wooden ploughs and seed subsistence farming sharing crops hearts stolen by land owners greed. time and generations still oppressed rebellious music of the Afro tressed fists to signify a races pride marches to force the past redressed. movement to the front from buses rear courage to face oppressors fear those who dared not lift their eyes believing the dream one held so dear. soft chains of manipulations dread attempting to control a movements head unable to comprehend the truth that millions believed the words he said. nurtured the seeds that he had sown on freedom’s winds as they were blown demanding that now must be the time to face down the clubs and hatred thrown. sadly the tone of skin and voice still affect the definition of each choice succumbing to the psyche of the bonds re-emerging in an unforgiving noise. 2/24/2015 submitted to – Writings in a Black Perspective… - Poetry Contest sponsor – Verlena S. Walker