Tuesday, August 25, 2020

BORN OF PAIN / STOLEN NAME

Born of pain cursed to live that way
A forgotten name marked with shame
Guilt by association becomes your fame

A stolen name becomes the scares on the back of a forgotten man.
Fading away to become the dust of another land
Bitterness replaced by forgiveness justice is a slap of the back of a hand.

Born of pain the mind struggle the mental slaying 
The community broke apart day after day.
Families striving for a better way

A stolen name becomes a nations bitterness
Contempt for the past without forgiveness
Celebrating a heritage of hatefulness

Born of pain crushed by the inhumanity 
No matter how sharp the knife we still bleed
Reparations will not make you free

A stolen name becomes the bust on the history page.
A platform of uneducated political rage
Fact and feeling become the moves of this game.

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2020
  

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