THOSE CHAINS, THEY KEEP ON RATTLING…

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Working all day, never making headway

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Desires more, but finds the pathway filled with hurdles

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Seeks the confines of boredom where all remains the same

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Challenges the ghosts of valor, yet cannot absorb their winds

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Bears the internal core of diamond hardness, but cannot solidify its external essence

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Loves with a depth of unyielding commitment, often blinded by the nobleness of loyalty

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Forsake not the beating of heritage drums, ancestors calling hauntingly

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Restore the dignity of humankind and elevate self to greater glory

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

Remember where we’ve been, achievements galore, horizons yet to conquer

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling…

As long as racism, prejudice, discrimination, intolerance, paternalism, inequity, and inequality exist

Those Chains, They Keep on Rattling for Everyone!

LWJ

©2016 Dr. Lana W. Jackman