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Message to my feet

Message from the beat

Rhythm of my heart

From my homeland apart



Letters written in ink of blood

Smuggled in

Hidden within

The language of spirit, and feet

pound of hyde skin drums

Steps to freedom

Jiggles to

Wiggles to

Hope

For a better day

Sways of direction

Swishes of correction

Claps of alarm

Warnings to run away from harm

Dances of strategy

Prances of information

In circles round enemies head

Sometimes they caught on

We lost hands, arms, legs

Even left for dead



But the thumping lives on in me

The pulse of resilience defies extinction

And throbs on, lives on, moves on in me.



Now we can dance free

Not shaking bodies gingerly

But presumptuously

For liberated are we

No rhythm lost

We paid the cost

To dance free

To play our drums aggressively

Come dance with us

Come walk and live conscious

Of your identity

Aware of your liberty

Come,dance free!