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Juneteenth Day

No need to tell me
that I am free
As still I sit here
In these chains

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Isolation

Isolation is not good for no one
Isolation is the killer of affection
One against another grows out of
a detachment born of a separation
born from misunderstanding.
Isolation kills our humanity…

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More Than A Hashtag

Black Lives Matter is more than a hashtag…
More than a movement. More than a conversation…
We are not to be complacent with the systematic racism and
Social injustice in this nation…

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Hidden Within the 13th

One word killed the Eric Garners and George Floyds of America. 
One word deprived them of life and happiness. 
One word hinders African Americans from the sweet joy of liberty. 
One word denies us our equality. 
One word allows injustices to go unchecked. 
One word permits the violation of our rights. 
One word created mass incarceration. 

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Amongst the Broken Men

By CB I’m living in a world where you’re called By numbers and not your name On lockdown, behind a wall in rusty chains My hands and feet are in…

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