Mwatabu S Okantah
1619 to 2019
Updated: Aug 24, 2019
we return,
not in holds of
slave ships
but in jetliners
high above
Atlantic Ocean graves,
feeling the ancestors anguish
just the same.
names discarded,
memories stolen yet hidden
in plain view,
black lives did not matter,
restless spirits
shattered
in the dank dungeons
of our psychic
pain.
yes,
we are returning,
we have
a long
lost birthright
we must reclaim.
from GUERRILLA DREAD: Poetry for Hearts and Minds
©2019
http://africaworldpressbooks.com/guerrilla-dread-poetry-for-hearts-and-minds-by-mwatabu-okantah
