Assata
“Woe to the downpressor,
they eat the bread of sorrow”
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
most do not acknowledge
our internal war –
a continual domestic dehumanization
racism, class and collusion
to keep the rich – rich
and the poor – poor
black and white slaves of politics and wage
from the womb to the grave
as the debts of this system,
the primordial debtor,
are perpetually ignored
this system
is unconcerned with healing
trapped in a sick, psychotic mindset
believing
that it has an unnatural birth rite/right
for killing
and stealing
it does not matter
the endless hurt
and pain it causes and imposes
upon others –
upon those who fight back
against its evil
its oppression
its spiteful supremacist direction –
this world it seeks to smother
thank you, Assata
for loving us
when no one else does
thank you, Assata, for your love
when we, ourselves,
are so lost in woes
a million dollars
upon your head
does not save these hungry ghosts
in this reality version of The Dawn of the Dead
a million dollars
upon your head
does not hide the truth –
does not bury our history
of the repression and misery
we experience daily
on this planet
of ignorant, global racists
who ever fail to evolve
or overstand
or expand
as true spiritualists
or true universalists
thank you, Assata,
for your love
and we will all go down
to lift you above