Layla Riley-Hill Poet Free verse

You cannot silence, what demands to be heard

Not only did they colonise land 
They colonised history too
They decided to make history a blank canvas 
To start anew
By painting over the colour in white paint
Hiding the accomplishments of tge black race 

They say slavery was in the past
We need to move on 
But continously teach us about the holocaust 
And when a black student ask 'what about my history'
They respond slavery is bad
But that is all the knowledge we need 
Ignoring their pleas
To teach black history 
The teacher turns their back
Not caring how they feel

The extent of teaching black history 
Is learning about Martin Luther King 
Who had a dream
What about Claudette Colvin
Who was to 'dark' to be seen
Or malcolm x
Who was so dangerous, so powerful
That he was the FBI's most wanted
For daring to speak
And making an impact
Holding the oppressors accountable 
He knew he was going to die, he knew what they had planned 
He had died taking a stand 

We did not go through all of this just to be erased 
Our pain and suffering will not be in vain
We will scream and shout, till you say our names 
And for your crimes you will pay
You will not hide our history you tried to Bury in our graves

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