You Was Born Free
Written by Alethea Jimison previously published by Ariel Chart
“You are the light-always remember this.
Keep shining even through your darkest hours. Even the stars shine in the dark, because there is always light in the world..”
Alethea the Wordsmith
“Wake up!”
I waited between the cusp of a rock and a hard place.
I was a child, and a woman lost between spaces.
I was sixteen, and I said what I meant, but the world told me I was innocent… but I wasn’t.
I was made of youth and dreams poisoned by the toxicity of a sick society who told me that saving the world was a pipe dream.
So basically, purity of consciousness was a disease of reasoning that created conflict while I was facilitating healing.
My mother was calling me.
I was born clean.
I was created to bring divinity.
They told me the earth was crying
so I gave up my wings
on a karmic chaotic spiritual swing.
I said, “I will come here to sing
against the cacophony of oppressive screams.”
I came here to sing.
We were always free.
“But chile, you got to sing!”
Sing like you got wings.
Sing above the screams!
“Sing like you was born free!”
My ancestors cried to me,
“remember, chile, you was born free.
You is Godly.”
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