too much blood . . . will you bleed for me Poet ?

too much blood . . . will you bleed for me Poet ?

too much blood has been spilled

by our ancestors

for us to adorn the cloak

of indifference

too many tears

have watered the garden

of our tomorrows

for us to cast the fruit

of our forefathers sacrifices

back to the ground

to rot

as if it had no meaning

too many of our siblings

were strung up in trees

to set an example

for our stupidity

of this day

have we no shame ?

too many Mothers

have gone hungry

that their children may eat

too many Fathers

have humbled themselves

below that of the shadows

that they may provide shelter

and substance

that we may come

arrive

alive

without this damn

meaningless

shuck and jive

of an unempowered life

and this day

offers no obesience

or reverence

or thankfulness

though pussy

and copulation

is important

that procreative process,

are we even aware of the test

we now are indulged in

i wonder

the children of the Creator

our Creator

are still being laid

upon the soils of bias

to bleed their retributive anguish

upon the consciousness

of their Brothers and Sisters

woe be me

woe be you

too much blood

has stained the Garden

stained the planks

of the Cargo Ships

Cargo ?

our forefathers

were naught but that

a commodity

that somebody

saw fit

to shackle and chain

upon the refrain

of civility

and here we are

the indentured servants

who willingly labor

for naught

but a few prime morsels

from the tables

from that Big House

we still vie for

die for

while denying

our greater destiny

to become the Kings

the Queens

we once were

hear me

feel me

that sovereignty

within me

within you

too much blood

continues this venue

of the Sleeping Beauties

we are

wake up

wake up

for too much blood

is still being let

upon our Streets

Humanity

our Families

and within us

as we bleed this ink

beckoning

a reckoning

that can only be

when i see

that too much blood

is

too much blood

will you bleed for me Poet ?

© 15 April 2012 : William S. Peters, Sr.