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The captives

Held as captives in a ship
Chains binding us together 
Hunger, but we could not starve
Tears but we could not cry.

We were warriors of our land 
Children of the soil
May the gods forbid that our ancestors would look us in shame.

And so together,
We ambushed our captors
And sank the ship

It was better to die 
Than be slaves in a foreign land.

Copyright © Chelsea Chinweokwu

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