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Dance Free
Message to my feet
Message from the beat
Rhythm of my heart
From my homeland apart
Letters written in ink of blood
Smuggled in
Hidden within
The language of spirit, and feet
pound of hyde skin drums
Steps to freedom
Jiggles to
Wiggles to
Hope
For a better day
Sways of direction
Swishes of correction
Claps of alarm
Warnings to run away from harm
Dances of strategy
Prances of information
In circles round enemies head
Sometimes they caught on
We lost hands, arms, legs
Even left for dead
But the thumping lives on in me
The pulse of resilience defies extinction
And throbs on, lives on, moves on in me.
Now we can dance free
Not shaking bodies gingerly
But presumptuously
For liberated are we
No rhythm lost
We paid the cost
To dance free
To play our drums aggressively
Come dance with us
Come walk and live conscious
Of your identity
Aware of your liberty
Come,dance free!
