Telling

This history has been a mystery

Slavery to bravery to what lies in store

Telling our youth who only seem bored

How do we connect to how far we’ve come

The origin of black history touches everyone

More than the will of man more than the reason we fight

Humanity has to rise above seeing beyond black and white

Secrets buried and history reeling time to unearth the true and start telling

Speak aloud to the powers that be division is rooted in hatred and secrecy

Lives have been lost marred by pain if we do not learn there will be nothing to gain

A voice in the crowd amidst all the yelling speaking truth can be so telling

We are the vessels to carry forth our histories remains

we must share more than just our history’s pains

Let each memory of our ancestors wash over us like a wave

Let it be the power to drive us forward for every life we save

For all who were beaten and forced to be slaves for all of those buried in unmarked graves

With sorry we remember the horrific price you paid we strive so your sacrifice was not in vain

History teaches us of all this miss dealing the reason we must learn from the things we are telling

Life’s seasons change just like the weather to change our history we must work together

The traits of our heritage are buried within

We must learn to see each other as a brother or friend