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Black Beacon of Hope by ~servistre:iconservistre:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Philosophical > Fixed


Black people hold to your beacon of hope
and break hold of of oppresion's rope.
Don't let ignorance define all thy people.
Allow knowledge to be your life's steeple.
Refuse the world's deadly vices.
Don't forget your forefather's sacrifices.
Don't let the past set the future's precedent
Disregard the mockery of us in the present.
Allow oppressor's to be your steppingstones
as you reach your royalty and are coronated on your throne.
Don't let hope pass you by
because you can overcome before you die.
Overcome your ancestor's torture and pain
so the golden age of Africa shall reign.
©2006-2009 ~servistre
:iconservistre:

Author's Comments

stresses the importance of black people continuing to have beilief in overcoming their oppression

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!synod14 Feb 1, 2006, 3:51:49 PM
Very good. I like the idea of teh oppression being broken. Is this a tribute to old times?

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Jacob's old signature was silly. Claire changed it.
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~servistre Feb 1, 2006, 3:56:15 PM
times of present and past actually, thanks
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=KalbaxEcnailla Feb 1, 2006, 7:51:42 PM
"Don't let hope pass you bye"

**should be by =D

Good job, though.

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Y fyn Duw a Fydd
=signlanguage*macrophoto~Sepia-Club~scottish~mormons~Railway=flower-club*Nature-Club
:shamrock:
[STOCK ACCOUNT: ~kalba-stock]
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful...
:iconsynod14:
!synod14 Feb 2, 2006, 5:19:57 AM
Oh well, I kinda see equal racism in present times.

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Jacob's old signature was silly. Claire changed it.
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~servistre Feb 2, 2006, 2:15:22 PM
thanks, out of curiosity, why don't you like as much as my other poems, I thought it was one of my better works but I don't know.
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~servistre Feb 2, 2006, 2:16:16 PM
I can agree with that statement to some extent, but minorities catch the brunt of it though.
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=KalbaxEcnailla Feb 2, 2006, 4:38:23 PM
I do like it as much as your other ones... did I forget to :+fav: it? I actually liked this one better than most of yours. I loved the passion.

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Y fyn Duw a Fydd
=signlanguage*macrophoto~Sepia-Club~scottish~mormons~Railway=flower-club*Nature-Club
:shamrock:
[STOCK ACCOUNT: ~kalba-stock]
To me, you're strange and you're beautiful...
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