The President of the Virgin Islands II

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Remember What We Did? If Our Past Could Talk.

Remember the stain on our hands from this act of disdain?
Do you remember the names of each person affected; considering a more permanent and qualifying power than that of a stain? 
Unlike our twice removed stains in the natural, our hand is drenched in a past that was cruel to humanity. 

Those that were affected by the institution of the Transatlantic Slave Trade weren’t black, and they weren’t even white, they were simply human. While their genes may code for these specific phenotypic traits, each person is simply a human being worthy of living a life with freedom and not materials subjected to psychological and physical conflict. Remember this acknowledgement that was set forth after the body floating plague business? Well you’re right in the way you remember it; it never happened! 

To dispel some of the ignorance though, there’s a move, there’s a “heard voice,” there’s a force that is concerned with the aftermath in: healing, acknowledgment, and awareness of this dark past.

I Will Never Be President

It's hard for me to see any sign of which I want to see.
These signs are mere shrines of a badly broken harmony.
No hope, no dream, all  I have is dependency;
I'm unable to be my own citizen, so I trust others to do it for me.

Growing up is hard when you live in America without access to a slight site of the dream.
We can surely see ourselves as doctors and lawyers, but as president never stitched at the seam.
I will never be a to serve in the highest level of government; nope, not as commander in chief.
To think that no matter how smart, how talented, how insightful, in the race for that position I'm way below Kanye, Minaj, and my boy, Keef.

100 Years A Slave

100 years as unincorporated and here is what it means,
I means that we are "out of sight" because we are not seen
We're not seen until something bad happens, that is the real truth.
At least on this road to the "promised dream" we would be like Ruth.

Statehood, incorporation, all far-fetched to me.
Independence may be the answer, but many are too afraid to see.
Hear me loud, hear me clear, I am a reckoning voice,
But for the entire population and its thoughts, I do not hold their choice

Denmark Wasn't Right: The United States Isn't Right Either

Ignorance should never be an excuse for the continuing of inhumane practices;
We should all know the contentions of the past so as to not ignorantly forward the malice.
For as long as we live we must strive to do better than we did yesterday.
Today we are charged to go far beyond our stance of constant dismay.

This year we went on a far-away journey.
We went, not to vacation, but to provide some kind of support for our part of the story.
Under Danish rule we weren't given our freedom by Gen. Peter von Scholten;
It was the forceful outrage of Gen. Budhoe and other slaves that freed us from slavery.

No one thought that by curating a museum exhibit on this horrible past we'd be pushed into even harder conversations.
Our encounters with locals, the amount of progress we made, it was far beyond the parameters of our self-constructed pre-conceived notions.
As I stood in the court of my former master,
I was even more embarrassed to be carrying the passport, representing my future forecaster.

                                                               

I mean, who did I think I was bringing up such a topic to a young crew?
But wait, let's just appreciate that it was conceptualized by this little few.
If these kids are able to repeat the truth of slavery's past as we've said and not keep it hidden up on the shelf,
History would have too hard of a time trying to repeat itself.

What if America came to this same realization;
What if we all sparked this kind of conversation?
Human trafficking in the United States doesn't stem far from slavery,
but if the you really think about it, its colonial rule over U.S. territories makes the point of freedom weak and very weary.

Why are the territories worth mentioning, talking about, or being recognized?
Let's start by saying it'll save our mother country from a cruel demise.
The prize goes far beyond being able to vote,
It's not about having leniency longer than any size of rope.
We exist and we are people, we are oppressed, so don't expect us to continue to cope.

The President of the Virgin Islands

I feel like I've said this over and over again,
Are we enemies or more like un-close friends.
I'm lost in this past that has been made present,
Lost in a limbo, one very unpleasant.

Please know that this is the year of our centennial.
100 years as a U.S. territory, yet the thought  hasn't hit the country's cranial.
We want to believe that we aren't in this alone,
But really all we have is each other, this relationship is what we refer to as "home."

First, he refers to our governor as president,
And yes, it's really what he meant.
Test after test, I guess we're failing them all,
Is the 100th going to be the year we fall?

Independence or penance for our differed history?
Should we try to add more to an already sad story.
We are tired and at most, weary.
Our blue skies are constantly getting teary.

Trouble in Paradise

We cried and we cried, but no one heard
We cried and we cried, but no one saw our hurt
We saw the news casts that Irma and Maria wouldn't hit the U.S. 'till 4 tomorrows,
Meanwhile the people in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were in pain and sorrow.

                                                                           

We spent days and weeks calling news stations, begging to be covered,
CNN, Fox, and CBS, they never acknowledged the level of crisis the locals had discovered.
For being known as a mother of mothers the U.S. did such poor job choosing a care so mild
The news, our president, the entire cohort, they treat us as the neglected middle child. 


What if I told you that 2 Category 5 hurricanes hit the islands over the span of two weeks?
What if I told you that many haven't been able to get their normal eats?
Although the local positivity towers,
Many have not been able to at least take cold showers.

While there is devastation all around, there are some spots that maintain the glory of the island,
We still maintain our community values towards each other in love and,
There is hope growing on each branch of our now barren trees,
Hopefully we jump back fast enough, before our industry leaves.