Black History month <br /> <br />A time to remember <br /> <br />A time to remember the struggle of black people <br /> <br />The struggle of my people <br /> <br />You gave us the shortest month of the year <br /> <br />Pretending that you care <br /> <br />Pretending that you regret enslaving my people <br /> <br />Pretending that you regret putting my people in shackles <br /> <br />You forced my people to work <br /> <br />Long hours in the cotton fields <br /> <br />Without a dropp of water <br /> <br />To quench our dying thirst <br /> <br />Without a piece of bread <br /> <br />To relieve our hunger <br /> <br />We worked for you <br /> <br />Not by choice <br /> <br />But by the jagged edges of the whip that watched over us <br /> <br /> <br />Without a heart <br /> <br />You let us work <br /> <br />You watched our close to lifeless bodies <br /> <br />Struggle in the fields <br /> <br />To please you <br /> <br />Not by choice <br /> <br />But by the whip that watched over us <br /> <br /> <br />With little pieces of cloths <br /> <br />We wrapped our hands <br /> <br />Desperately trying to relieve our aching palms <br /> <br />We worked for you <br /> <br />Not by choice <br /> <br />But by the whip that watched over us <br /> <br />And all you gave us was a month? <br />--- <br />Copyright by Mark Dixon,2003. All Rights Reserved. <br /><br />Mark Dixon<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/black-history-month-2/
