Refracted Light
Written by: Desdamona
Wonder when the light might ride back

To guide the way for we

Come shine

Bring the light

A child of the elements of speech

Poems placed on my palate

Produced from pure belief

That all these seen should ultimately be free

We have to really get righteous

So we really see

That we are the unfulfilled dream Of history

This ain't an accident or coincidence

Not mere proof of my natural talent

Didn't just walk into this feelin the vibe

The verbs I scribe are the reason I'm alive

You can find me on pages before my form existed

My grandmother wrote me down

And through my parents I got lifted

Turned into a picture Father mother to child Birth descendent ascended branches of this evergreen

Planted and placed the spirits breathe through me

I have no superstars shooting through my rhymes

But I'm bright from the light in my parents' eyes

These are the stories told through my grandmother's dreams

Recollections of peace sewed by my mother's seams

I'm fast and freed by my sister's children

They be bouncin off the walls

And ricochetin to the ceiling

I am the pure proof of my father's teachings

The essence of my mother's capacity

And the strength of her heart reaching

Past the history at my grandfather's fingertips

Past his poem prayers

And his one forgotten wish

The accumulation of shame and submission

To rid my future of these disease is my life mission

To make decisions

For seven generations past my flesh

To realize and be wise to the life beyond my death

We are the mesh that these next children will be sifted through

So it's our responsibility to give them something to hold on to

This is the poem that I performed a portion of was at the opening of power summit on Monday. Peace, desdamona