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…AND THEY CANNOT STEAL IT
understand my Afrikan brothers and sisters
that they have stolen our history and culture
desecrated our tombs and temples
claimed all that we had that was right and good
as their own
understand that they have set the world upon us
branded us with all manner of derogatory names
and things
and we labor under these things each and every day
they have said they are our god
the whiteness of their faces deem it so
and said we shall bow to no other god
they have mentally chained us to the toys
of materialism
and said these things are what we should strive for
they have shackled us to everything outside ourselves
and we are in pain and suffering
in all of this horror, materialism and greed
there is one thing they cannot touch
cannot destroy
it is our Spirit…
it is our Spirit and the Spirit of our Ancestors
which cannot be
touched
destroyed
desecrated
or defamed
it is our Spirit and the Spirit of our Ancestors
that holds us as high as the stars
beyond the stars and into infinity
for all eternity
our Spirit is our home…our foundation
our Spirit is the core and essence of our being
our Spirit will always sustain us, guide us and guard us
our Spirit is perfect yesterday, today, tomorrow and
for all eternity
…And they cannot steal IT
Aita Diop, II (aka Gloria B. Edwards)
Expressions in Poetry
