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bravenak

(34,648 posts)
Thu Dec 11, 2014, 02:19 PM Dec 2014

I'm on my way to America [View all]

I’m on my way to America
To such a place
Where nostalgic dreams
Mix with primal screams
Of dead liberty


I’ve found the road to America
The long hard stretch
Where bones and blood
Mix with Adobe mud
Of Pilgrims Progress


Here’s the way to America
The middle passage sea
Where Black Ivory wealth
Mix with slaver’s stealth
Of antebellum nobility


Make your way to America
In cargo holds
Where potato blight
Mix with breadline fights
Of futures sold


Come you all to America
Through desert lands
Where bitter thirst
Mix with memories of hurt
And bloody hands

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I'm on my way to America [View all] bravenak Dec 2014 OP
Thank you. elleng Dec 2014 #1
Thank you!! bravenak Dec 2014 #2
Voila! elleng Dec 2014 #3
Yay!! bravenak Dec 2014 #4
Good! elleng Dec 2014 #5
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