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Don't Forsake Her by Whiteheartbit(m): 5:16pm On Mar 19, 2022 |
DON'T FORSAKE HER A Letter to my Brother in diaspora by Whiteheartbit The world you see a future in Never saw a future in you The land you run to seek for butter and honey Never lend you a hand when you needed it She took of your honey and gave a bee to sting She took of your butter and gave you a fire to quench She watched her own burned before her eyes for your sake She will watch you burn before your eyes for her sake Times and seasons has past the wounds remain on healed Yet you find solace in her for the wound she watched you bear Cry no more to her Call no more to her Run no more to her Hope no more in her Come my own, come my blood, come my brother Our house, our own father house is in ruin My heart bleeds that in her you labour and build for her rest Yet your own, your blood, your brother is in pain Posterity will speak of her cruelty towards your father house Soon the veil with which she hid behind will burn with her own cruel did Soon her ship of merchant with which she loot from our treasury will sink See, my own, my brother, see what she has done There be no more milk in the breast for our young to drink Our strength is drained from us that our women find no pleasure in us Come now my own, my brother Let us build, let us build with that which is left Let our breast be full again Let our young drink and be full Let our women be satisfied with our great strength Come now my own, my brother let us build Let our streets lighting up again Let our virgins be bold again Let our doors be opened again to our brothers Let the flute of our father be blown again with pride Let the square be filled again with dancing Come home my brother, don't forsake her. 1 Like 1 Share |
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