Hour 2…. The Revolution Has Begun

Patrick Henry said give me liberty or give me death

Harriot Tubman said she would shoot anyone who made a sound or dared turn around

There is a price to be paid to be free.

I do not know who said ignorance is bliss

But I do know this…

Stockholm syndrome is a real thing.

That is not to say I live happily every day under my oppressors thumb-

Only that sometimes the beat of my ancestors drum goes dim

And I wonder if the rhythm is done

The sound drowned out by the incessant noise of the same old wheel

There is a price to be paid to be free.

Can the spirits of my long dead relatives feel

That the revolution has begun?

2 thoughts on “Hour 2…. The Revolution Has Begun

  1. Wow! Powerful poem! Thank you for sharing. ‘The sound drowned out by the incessant noise of the same old wheel’ is incredibly strong, as is your repeating line: ‘there is a price to be paid to be free’.

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