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My Savior
January 1, 2017
His shadow kneeled down
floating down the sidewalks of Harlem
renaissance of gentrification
cursed him
But not like the curse
placed on his great grandmother
Mabel King
by the weak men
with un forsaken
power
The pedals on my bike
spin on around
reminds me of
her lovers neck
bent and bound
She prayed
but God
acts like those
officers
with a badge
of criminality
We in need of
a Godess
A True Crisis
Calls for a
Woman?
© Sarah M., Phoenix, AZ
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I wrote this after going to Harlem with my family last year. I have always been a huge Langston Hughes, fan so being able to compare modern day Harlem to back then during the renisaance was an eye opening experience for me. It was the first time I saw obvious discrimination, through gentrification and police brutality.