I recently revised this poem after some input from the Naperville Writers Group. I think it is much better for it and I thank them for thier input. -Rezib
Here is a new poem that I wrote for the Chicago Freedom Movement 40th aniversary celebration.
It is called "Chicago Freedom"
Freedom
Chicago Freedom
Move Chicago
Find your freedom
Those chains that once bound us are no more.
No more iron heavy upon our arms
That smell of rust and decay and unwashed bodies
No more
We have new chains now
We are free
Free to worship what we have been given
Given by those who lead us
Given by those who deceive us
Free to consume what they give us
Given by those who impoverish
Given by those who profit on ignorance
We have new chains now
We are free
Free to revel in rage and sadness
Rage for desires unfulfilled
Seeds of desire with hidden suicide genes
Free to kill in “Massa’s” name
To kill in the name of profit
To kill in the name of freedom
Freedom
Chicago Freedom
Move Chicago
Find your freedom
Let those chains bind us no more
No more heavy illusions on our minds
That mind set firmly in the hand of our oppressor
No more
-Rezib Tutsanai