My Crime

Visions of oppression deep in the mind,

Looking for thoughts that I just cannot find.

Shackles of love that won't set me free,

Chains around my neck that won't let me be.



Shining brightly, but it seems so dull.

My heart feels empty; it's supposed to be full.

I wish I could wipe this pain away,

The colour won't go it refuses to stray.



The history will never go; I know it's there.

Back to the days when life wasn't fair,

But today's present is now my past.

We'd thought we'd moved on, finally-at last.



Bind us together. Bind us apart

Is freedom the way I feel in my heart?

I can't sustain my eternal yearning,

This ball of hope keeps turning and turning.



Until one day it shall all be true

The rope falls apart- the barrier is broken through.

The scars slowly fade, the bruises begin to heal.

When I am no longer a dream, the day I become real.



Raise my head to the sky because I know I can.

Gone are the days I have to answer to the man

The day when what is mine is finally given back.

The day it is not a crime for my skin to be black.