Best Spirituals Poems
Spirituals and DrumsMy 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
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spirituals, art, bible, black african
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Why I Love ***** Spirituals When the Only Way Out Was DeathWHY 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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spirituals, daughter, death, emotions, funeral,
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