Election

Why should my eyes wail with rivers of tears

While people like me fill the air with cheers

Celebrating a President that looks like me

A feeling that my people are finally free

Could it be that Dr. King’s Dream was really true

Equality and justice for Black people too

Through Non-violence and Black Power, the White House we gain

Yet, floods of hatred, bigotry, and prejudice still rain

Iron chains to prison cells, it’s all the same

Constructional freedom, yet enslaved the brain

Chattel, Contraband, Collateral, contained

Brainwashed identity, Conscience proclaimed

A country divided, birth certificate in hand

Glimmers of Dr. King’s Promised Land

“Your people have made it” un-melanin distain

Is it just slavery by another name                                          ~Moffett~ 3 Jan 2018