FORWARD INTO A DREAM

I lean and let gravity

play its music,

play its role in crafting

my destiny,

a purpose that I celebrate.

In my head,

a kingdom lives

with stones shaped

in an innovative design.

I breathe for those that sacrificed.

I climb for those that didn’t have a chance

to realize their potential.

This is much more than a slave song,

a ballad that circles in air

from the coast of West Africa

and makes a home on

a street corner.

I lean forward into a dream,

with a clenched fist.

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