runaway in a heavy fog of gunfire survivor of the whirlwind decades down but never silent they thought they caged you i want to mention forgiveness ask if we deserve any in this life for not shooting the gates til the doors fell to their knees til the solitary hole echoed your absence so loud the prison imploded can we say you’re free now or that you haven’t always been how dare we say rest in _____ when you got so much retroactive livin to catch up on now with all the chains of mortality melted away brother they think you left us you rebel who cried freedom toward an audience unwilling to fight back how dare we not scorch earth leave ashes of your name everywhere with less than half of your courage we could swim directly into the stomach of an antarctic whale build a life for 67 years in captivity then waltz out smiling with guns drawn
for Ruchell “Cinque” Magee
Published -