Concrete Kids by Amyra León

Author:Amyra León [León, Amyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2020-10-13T00:00:00+00:00

Met with the memory of birth

Before they forget

All that they were

* * *

legacy

We write our names in the concrete

Just in case mourning comes early

Just in case we start disappearing

Just in case the moon don’t shine

And there ain’t no melody in our cry

Just the absent ache of becoming

We write our names in the concrete

To claim what is rightfully ours

To manifest a legacy

They said we could never know

To reclaim the history

They tried to silence

The revolution was

Jazz in response to violence

They could not

Take the rhythm

From our bones

They could not

Disintegrate the

Melody in our marrow

Brass and Gospel

Funk, Rock ’n’ Roll

They may steal the land

But they will never capture the soul

We write our names in the concrete

Line the track with our heartbeat

Beat beat beating the life

Into the ground where

All our kin seem to be

We write our names in the concrete

Dreaming of the day

We are finally free

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