THE
VISION OF THE SHADOWLAND FALL(The self caused fall)©
I looked
into a mirror and what did I see
An image,
picture, a shadow of me
I saw
generations of labor and pain
A type of
tear drop that keeps one from being sane
I saw hard
labor, long faces, weary eyes
I saw ache
and pains to a point its was hard to cry
I saw such
horror, but then so much sadness
I saw so
much bitterness, unjustified madness
I saw
bruised skin from the back to the legs
I saw
mercy being pleaded but deafness to that beg
I saw
humans like chattal, commercial industry borne
Serving
and toiling until their very hearts were worn
I saw a
body hanging, because of the color that brought the sin
Then I saw
that very hanger, turn and tell him he was now his friend
I saw
desperate people, once so mighty and tall
Enter into
a lowly state, so far that they couldn’t fall
I saw a
struggle of a people who wanted to be sovereign and free
But then
through tricks and treats, wanted to live with their enemy
I saw them
fight to be just like those of whom they were hated and disdained
And once
they united, I saw generations ahead being mercilessly slained
I saw no
identity, not leader to truly lead their way
Only
social reformers and politicians who only did what their masters told them to
say
I saw no redemption,
no future, no joy in the near end
I saw no
victories, no true fights, and only battles that they would never win
I saw less
resistance, more weakness, and lack of true faith
I saw
great poor health, no history, and the daily wasting away
I saw no
land where they could truly call their own
I saw no
nationality, no place to call home sweet home.
I saw them
rapidly and constantly falling into a ditch
So fast
that it could beat the rush of baseball pitch
I saw vanity,
division, and religion eat at their souls
I saw no
one in their fold have a mind that was whole.
I saw no
glory, no spirit, no aim from any woman or man
I saw only
a people who lived in a Shadowland
A Shadowland that only taught them to hate themselves
To a care
for only their masters land and look nowhere else
I saw them
willingly finance their own demise
Not one
time rise or give a freedom fighters cry
I saw only
the votes of their enemies at hand
But none
of their own to lead their shadowland
I looked
hard into this mirror, and this is what I see
A picture
of my people, and all of humanity
A people
called black who are corporately owned
And the
rest of humanity, by corporate vultures being picked to their bones
Their
enemies are their leaders, the governments that they themselves support and formed
Who reject
the Messiahs and Prophets that rise daily and in Spirit forewarned
But the
world won’t see that they are digging their own graves,
and
like modern black people, they are making their own selves slaves.
This
Vision I saw Can’t be found in a news paper or the
final call
It has no
discrimination towards white, black, Asian, short or tall
The
Tragedy I saw, was not in the mirror on the wall
I just saw
humanities own self caused FALL!!!!!
BY Kohane
Shalomim Halahawi©
Copyright 2003. All Rights Reserve “Without Prejudice”
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part of this poem my be edited, copied, reproduced or distributed
Without
the express written permission of the Author!!!!