Tuesday, April 8, 2014
IMAGINE ME-- O.S
Imagine me a greater being.
Not a christ-like image, a symbolic figure
splattered in your thoughts.
Pulling you towards adventure
showing you my own art-like picture,
hanging up for the world to see.
Imagine me, tied down or living free
a creative employee of successful worldwide refugees.
Saving lives of the innocent
dreaming infinitely ,articulately -- respectfully.
The shit you want to say as a kid
but god forbid you speak out-- you'll get whipped.
Whipped like slaves of our words, trapped in.
The consequences of playing to win ,
run before they switch up the stories,
horrors turning into non-fiction glories,
but its real.
Imagine me breaking free from stereotypes,
its a horrible site.
Looking back, people changed history for life,
yet we settle for what isnt right,.
Dr.King, Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela--
A better bedtime story than Cinderella.
They sacrificed more than shoes,
gave up everything and still didnt lose.
It's a lost cause-- we are lost, killing our own brothers.
Behold a modern day dangerous world ,
just look at your hands-- its history untold.
As African- Americans we need a tight hold
on our possessions ,
take whats rightfully yours with aggression.
Imagine me changing the lives of the younger ,
giving opinions to the youngsters
a brighter future amongst us.
The ones starving of hunger, now feasting.
Successful black people increasing.
Imagine me and see change.
-Omorefe Slayton
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