An anonymous contributor to the Washington Post wrote an article in 2009 about “slavery and its legacy of present-day racism”, and from it found that he, “[a] foreigner, it seemed, had exposed an issue rarely faced here...of the nation's capital or elsewhere in the white media. [That] aft...
Why can't you hear my scream
Pleas for you to return
My cry for help
Am I truly invisible to you, all you see is my mask
Plastered smile
My “I'm fine, how are you?”
I am struggling
Drowning in life
Breathing in toxic lies
Can you not see my tears?
Feel the sobs coming from my sou...
The sweet song they sing longingly awaiting sunrise
OR the drops dripping from the sky
If you listen quietly you may be able to hear the
wind moaning in morn as it whips around the tree tops
Never stop moving as it does
To hear the drops of dew slipping across the great green plains
The ...
Expressions of the inward mind.
Chalk to board; scrape
Marker to board; squeak
Listening to the the resolution, Mine, yours, theirs.
Connecting to form a rudimentary resonance.
The common wishes, goals and pursuits.
Unnoticed but close enough to touch....
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