Bravery Not Slavery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFF GGHHIIAAJJKKLMNFOOEE PPQNRRR MNFOOEEPPQNRRR SSJJJSJTUVVWRXYZJ| With creaking boards upon our heads | A |
| Our stomachs and rats chased after the same bread | B |
| The very brave black self | C |
| Was packed on deck like books on a shelf | C |
| We couldn t breathe there was no air nor space | D |
| No light so we hardly moved open space | D |
| And inside the belly of a vessel | E |
| We were their precious vessel | E |
| being sailed away | F |
| Then to the highest bidder to be sold away | F |
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| With our bodies bathed in salt | G |
| The Black s dream comes to a halt | G |
| Even in our anguish and dying pains | H |
| We served to nourish your gains | H |
| We re the reason your system is considered the best | I |
| For you depended on our robustness to build your nest | I |
| So why put out our courage before it spreads | A |
| Tying us up in rusty threads | A |
| Why has racism and stereotyping been our only honour | J |
| And our deaths stirring up your sense of humour | J |
| A rope at the neck has been our only way to freedom | K |
| To a place to fantasize as a free kingdom | K |
| A place of no lords nor slaves | L |
| No Whites nor Blacks to be enslaved Blacks are human too | M |
| Bleeding red and never black | N |
| No more mental slavery I say | F |
| Why stick to everyday torturing | O |
| As a way of ensuring our nurturing | O |
| Taming another man as if an animal | E |
| Amassing our talents and resources to minimal | E |
| Hey you there stop bleaching your skin | P |
| for being black is never a sin | P |
| It may now seem we re far from luck | Q |
| Yet know that blacks will never lack | N |
| for black absorbs light | R |
| So surely it shines back so bright | R |
| And our people will live right | R |
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| Blacks are human too | M |
| Bleeding red and never black | N |
| No more mental slavery I say | F |
| Why stick to everyday torturing | O |
| As a way of ensuring our nurturing | O |
| Taming another man as if an animal | E |
| Amassing our talents and resources to minimal | E |
| Hey you there stop bleaching your skin | P |
| for being black is never a sin | P |
| It may now seem we re far from luck | Q |
| Yet know that blacks will never lack | N |
| for black absorbs light | R |
| So surely it shines back so bright | R |
| And our people will live right | R |
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| Being black is never wrong | S |
| for the black is strong | S |
| A time is coming and it s here | J |
| When black will never lack nor fear | J |
| And will be the hero of her story | J |
| Like Jack and the beanstalk | S |
| our beam will stall high to glory | J |
| And bring luck to utilize our resources | T |
| for the black do have | U |
| The black has what it takes to be great | V |
| Regardless of what history told us about our fate | V |
| it s high time to unite and re write our fate in faith | W |
| Because black is right and bright | R |
| And can never be left behind | X |
| Black is melanin | Y |
| And the black will certainly survive | Z |
| Those periods were bravery and never slavery | J |
Dacosta Kofi Aboagye
Poet's note: Ghana is the first country to gain independence and also lead the freedom drive of all African countries under colonization. They became a beacon of hope to all lands, A happy Independence Day Mother Ghana!
More is to be done to ensure Africa unites as one.
Enjoy this piece as we celebrate Ghana's 66th anniversary.
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