quite by accident, I have been dropped into this heaven
pinpointing when, the specific incident,
spiraled me through millions of unexamined suppressions
you see, for hundreds of years, the hue / beige, russet, midnight blue
defined the parameters of the protective organization
the haven, the safe place, the desired configuration
this focus on skin: das ist a fictionalized story,
a fallacy, a catastrophic miscalculation,
One Moment In Time, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,
An Imitation of Life, an urban legend, a ridiculous notion
for through the lens of race
we lost the propensity, the willingness, to define social wrongs
as it alone was the bait that kept a nation lost, unable to find its pace
generations wandering, unknowing, trapped in the past amidst ghostly, vicious throngs
but – today – in this historic moment
we learn there are mutual interests, agreed-upon dimensions,
common expansions, natural, easy-to-see conventions
among beings, not tones, come clear intentions
complex, thoughtful motivations spark and ignite
and, finally we are driven!
