bLACK
I’m black, I’m hurt, I’m scared not burnt
I wake each day,
You look away,
Come look at me,
My skin, you see,
Your scared, me too
Not me, but you
Who looked away
And kept me slave
“Your free” you said,
“Except that bed
That door, that floor” ,
“No blacks?” I asked
“Your free, can’t see?
Your land I took
I tore the books
I took your name
Now help me pray.
O God above, send me your love
They’re free today.
Your free, go play
..matter of fact
I take that back”
About this poem
This poem starts with the internal thoughts of a Black Individual and concludes with a conversation between a Black and Caucasian person. Readers should think about the discussion between the two. Is the poem set in the past, or could the time be closer than we first thought.
Submitted by ace_o on November 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABBCCDDBEFFGHCIJKBLBBMN |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
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