Hello friends, lovers and faithful followers! Today is a wonderful day in my country and homeland Jamaica!!! It's out Independence Day whoohoo!!! We have officially survived 49 great years as a nation and will live see many more! So in honour of this great day I'd like to share with you a poem I wrote called Freedom Call!
Freedom Call
A journey of a thousand miles
Begins with one step;
But,
What of a journey through your life?
A journey through the streets of your memories?
The question ricochets through my mind
Amplified by the immortal pain
Of each blistering step
The crisp whistling of crumpled leaves beneath my soul
A shallow walk
A deep journey
The silent song of an adventure
Drowned out by the voices around
When I see the pain of my brother
Hear the screams of my sister
Listen to the cries of my mother
Touched by the sound of the lost voices
"Help me! Save me" comes the screams
Yet I am helpless to their pleas
The fruitfulness of a voice
Can leave the martyr unsung
Still martyrdom requires sacrifice
To free the wronged
And give salvation to the broken
Solemn tears fill the eardrums
Dissolved in pain-stricken eyes
Washed away a faded smile
Broke the titanium seal that covered the heart
Return thyself to the dreams of yesteryear
Dreams lost with each step
"I have a dream" recited Martin Luther King Jr
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery" sang Marcus Garvey
Those dreams of the tomorrow
Alive in the tales of the present
A journey in the delirious direction
A direction of equality and equity
Instead,
A symbol of things left undone
Forty-nine years and counting
A footprint left as a reminder
Each step an inch to destiny
But,
We have yet to complete our marathon
So,
Until the eternal race is won
"Up ye mighty race"
Remains the eternal freedom call
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY JAMAICA!!!
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