A black seed,
A black pod… Black legume.
Black crawl, Black mail,
Black magic, All blacklisted.
Dicotyledonous of blackness.
A black bird,
Adorned in blackness.
Plucking off,
Each other’s plumage.
Necked black bodies…
What is black, in our blackness?
Blood or mind?
Hearts or thoughts?
Or its just overall blackness?
Dog eat dog.
Others dreams, you annihilate.
Blank of the benchmark rule.
You are me I you.
In our reign of blackness.
My black joy,
Pains black you.
My quests and victories too.
A black seed of slavery,
Born free yet bore,
Black fruits of bondage in bondage.
Your black stems sprout as one.
Yet creeps away from each other.
Your black sobs been loud,
For centuries.
Time to dry up, yet no belief.
In thyself and each other.
Unity is strength,
Yet you have naught
Thus, black weakness.
Black blackness.

By

Englebert Chikodza






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