Why They Came

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…From across the seas

America their destination

…Waves upon Plymouth Rock brought their migration.

to a beautiful land beyond their imagination

Bi..Bible in one hand…gun in the other, they forged a federation

to this day they claim it was over taxation

…Thus, begun the journey of colonization.

cleansing the land of its indigenous population

almost to the brink of annihilation

…King James Bible meant salvation…The gun domination.

…Imperialism being the corner stone of their foundation.

Church and State…no separation

…Dominance resides in the spirit of their deliberation.

on the backs and lives of millions created a great nation

…Desecrated Native lands by erecting great plantations.

for those who were God’s dark creation

…Under veiled emancipation

cursed and subjected to exploitation.

…After 500 hundred years of inhuman classification…degradation

humiliation…I still hold out hope we as a people of this Nation.

use our past as an inspiration.

to force the supremist into assimilation

or become the product of deportation

Donnie Ray Young Sr.

Donnie Ray Young Sr. is an incarcerated poet whose work is part of a collection aggregated by Zo Media Productions.

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