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Spirituals and Drums
My ancestors walking in the night
using oil lights and moonlight for guides
while being instructed to Wade in the Water
to camouflage their scents like disguise

The Sweet Chariot awaited 
so they could ride away
Harriet was a soldier
and it wasn't an option to be caught during the day
That's...

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Categories: spirituals, art, bible, black african
Form: Verse
Premium Member Why I Love ***** Spirituals When the Only Way Out Was Death
WHY I LOVE *****  SPIRITUALS   

I know why we sang those songs;
Why I LOVE ***** Spirituals-
I have a spiritual 
connection to
those songs we sang.
We sang out messages to the universe,
and to each other, of how tired we were.
Maybe this God would save...

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Categories: spirituals, daughter, death, emotions, funeral,
Form: Blank verse

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