By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr.
A new day is born to the masses
Darkness becomes light shone down from most high
Fighting to survive in the earthly realm of violence and prosperity
Warriors and thinkers converge to change the times
Thought processes altered controlled by what we see and not what we feel
Standing on the mountaintop trying to touch the sky
To open up the glory revealed by what we read
The light shines upon the freedom promised by the past
The future revealed in small increments of knowledge spit out by pastors and politicians
Just enough to calm the mindset of the people who hear but not listen
Upon this land we stand Strong, Tested, and Prepared
To protect what we deem ours
Words
The beautiful creation of the gifted
Censored by the eye in the sky
The man behind the mask
The false prophet
Change
New
Different
Think
Common sense
Destroy
Create
Words of revolution
Words of power
Scare the fabric of old thinking
Embraced by the new generation
Together we rise
Divided we fall
Revolutionary
Thinking
wow, deep
All I can say is that there my friend is deep. The part that really caught my attention is where you say “The future revealed in small increments of knowledge spit out by pastors and politicians
Just enough to calm the mindset of the people who hear but not listen”. This is so true.
I have read a lot of your work today, and this poem is my favorite. What you are doing with the language, especially when you move from thoughts to individual words (and all the meaning they carry with them) is powerful.
Your writing is evocative. Thank you for sharing it.
This is my first time meeting your work, i thank your efforts its very inspirational