Freedom Declaration in Recognition of Juneteenth

 


Neither by decree nor propriety

Bigotry disguised as piety.

Redundancies replicated in policies

Misaligned priorities that continually decree’s

That freedom is not free.

 

Enslaved, forced labor, marginalized, and criminalized.

Sanctioned, penalized, justifiably excluded

Repaired, reformed, redeemed, yet rarely remembered

Dependently assigned, arrogantly maligned, strategically designed

To recognize that freedom is not free.

 

Well damn, it is not you but we that declare it

It is not your task but our right to be free.

Neither your views nor your realities determine

How justice will apply to me because you see

I am free by my destiny and my struggles.

 

Born free, live free, earned freedom

From the walk of ancestors to the blessings of God

From the blood of saints to the death of martyrs

Liberty, justice, and equality -we decree

Free at last, Free at last – we declare -  we are and forever will be free.

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