7 Generations
Cycle Breaker Poetry
The same abusers have been targeting my family
For generations
As far back as the age of 3 and 4
I remember
Targeting my mother, grandmother, great-grandmother
Great great grandmother
Literally
They also target my children, nieces
Nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins
Anyone they wanted
Even threaten grands
Literally
But I’m the “threat”?
To what exactly?
That’s some kind of imagination
What fantastic beasts
Living in a world
Where predators consume
All that is needed
For sustainability
Morbidly
Dinosaurs
That’s what you are
Like the carnivorous ancestors
Who were wiped away
For a reason
Seven generations of torture
In just one lifetime
In one family
I’m only 47 years old
Imagine making it to 88
I’m DEFINITELY not going further
Here is where it ends
ANYONE who needs to hear that
Swallow it whole!
This is how it ends
There is no excuse for any of it
There never has been
There never will be
NO!
A complete sentence
THIS IS THE END
SO BE IT
However the cycle breaks
The chain remains broken
No is the answer
If you can’t accept this
You don’t belong in authority
Or near any form of power
Learn to control self
If you can’t stand criticism
You don’t belong in a leadership position
If you can’t take having your position challenged
You aren’t superior
You’re literally the opposite
If you can’t exist in a world
Where other people are entitled
To their own lives, possessions, choices
You don’t belong around people
If you can’t accept that
YOU DON’T OWN ME
You pay the price
PANDORA NEVER GOES AWAY!
I’ll keep blowing the whistle
Until the sky turns red!
I’m not a machine
I’m not an alien
I’m not a demon
I’m not stuck in a delusion
I’m not weak
I’m not a toy
I’m a Black American
A woman
A mother
I’m still fighting enslavement
It’s 2023
Not another moment
Will be stolen from me
No, it’s not a mentality
Enslavement is a crime
Against nature and humanity
Whenever crimes are committed
Against Black people
Definitions tend to change in the moment
Not this time
Never again
What Black America has survived
Is worst than labels can define
Atrocity after atrocity
Like a Black Inquisition
Sickness constantly
For centuries
And it’s still escalating
I’m not going to be dismissive of experiences
We all have
Our entire community
Because those who abuse
Demand escape from accountability
I’m going to keep blowing the whistle
LIFE IS A RIGHT
Not a commodity
THIS IS A PLANET
IT IS LIFE
NOT A POSSESSION
I’m not going to dumb myself down
To protect predators
Consuming my family
7 generations or more
Like we were born to be your food
Evolve already!
PANDORA
S/O KALI
SO BE IT
FREE
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