I’m still crying

I still feel the pain of licking whips as they wrap themselves across my back.

I still feel the the rope around my neck as I beg for mercy.

I remember my humanity taken from me as I was treated less than a dog.

My honor you soiled when you raped me before the eyes of my mate.

I miss my culture, my history, my...story you took from me.

When at last I thought I was free, even that illusion you took from me.

Stop!

Look at my face!

Do you see me?

Do you see that rich cocoa brown skin shining, those large flat nostrils flaring?

Can you see the anger boiling from deep within my almond shaped eye?

Don't you turn away, don't you dare turn away from me!

Look deeper into my eyes, do you see the faces of my ancestors?

Do you see your doom, your end, your revelation within the tears that I cry?

What you're feeling right now, this very second is fear.

Be afraid be very afraid, because I'm still crying....