Forsaken

Written by, Angela Khristin Brown

I

We have been taken as an enemy of all

In prison our ability to communicate with God

We have mistaken our old tired lies

Creating fear within our delicate skin

II

Drugged addicts holding us back

Alienating a rafters dark steps

The ghettos furious life sentence

Devious of the calm waters

III

We entrap our minds in dissolute times

An image of a storm perturbs warm waters

A roots bough underneath the soils foil

A shadows emerges a hallow path

IV

To taste its breath of poisonous air

Hovering silence embrace for peace

Time’s client is an admissive stare

Ghostly hands deplete death entrapment

V

Ghastly sign of escape of insanity

Trying to vacate his unsought welcome

The river trails defeat and defile voices behind

His huge plow hands hold in singes of dirt

VI

His back hold gashes of violet sups of blood

His heart meditates for a savior

The dark night encloses desire to be free

Lord, grant me strength

VII

Perilous dreams deferred

Envious puppets emulate denial

If tears could speak

It speaks of fear

VII

Align the dark shores

To compromise life in deception

Hammering light conspiracy

To position for failure

VIII

A quilt made of old tired jeans

A sewn patch from each generation

A coveted patch woven in gayety

A smoldering vintage kept hot

VIIII

And in the middle of the day

We would all exit

The storm

Amongst a clay of dust

X

And mother will bequeath love

And nature will provide fruit

And prayer will be inevitable truth

And the new born will never speak in silence