Not to fly away / If I were a bird / With a panoramic view / I’d see a paradox / Throughout the ages / In mankind’s inability / To reconcile / Hypocrisy with hope / Knowing what’s right.

An open-air walking event / Not at all pedestrian / Organically home grown / Authentic to its core

Black cargo in shackles / The bondage of slaves / Willing to die to be free

Holding hands in public / An overt sign of affection

A perennial question / Asked of Islanders / Is for the birds / Who've flown the coop.

To believe one vote / Can make a difference / Is an act of faith

Driving while Black/Shopping while Black/Realities of being Black.

Boom, Baam , Bang, Boom, Each earsplitting sound, Meant to arouse.

Oh, to be a child again

Rag dolls by definition / Are symbols of submission / A bully's push over / A child's playmate / Lying abandoned.