A Man Was Lynched Yesterday

 

 

september 21, 2011

 

 

 

at 11:08 pm, eastern
a brutal murder happened in georgia
state sponsored homicide--a legalized lynching, southern-style
at 8:09, 9:09, 11:09, eastern, pacific, central and beyond...
tears and outrage mingled like thunder and lightening
traveling miles and miles across the land
across the sea, across the sky
even god was crying somewhere
perhaps everywhere...
at 11:08pm eastern
a life was deemed unnecessary
truth was deemed unreachable--a thing too loose to grasp
justice was deemed served. . . . a man was lynched yesterday
and the tears and outrage, the aftermath of losing someone you love
continued to flow, continued to spread
until it was united in one voice, one belief, one sentence...
we are/i am troy davis
and we/i will remember
and we/i will continue to fight
and we/i will know that he and other freedom fighters
will be leading the way from their resting places
and so the struggle continues...

Healing the Sacred Feminine (A Poem for My Sistas)

                                                    Artwork by Latisha Baker
                                                    
We Are the Sistas of the Sacred Feminine
We seek liberation------always
We lift our voices
in song and solidarity
We are awakened to who we are
Beautiful
Diverse
Talented
Spiritual
Passionate
Defiant
Strong
Resilient
Worthy--------------------Fierce!
We are Sistas of the yam
Healing ourselves-------Loving ourselves
Being ourselves---------Honoring ourselves
and our ancestors