"Oriflamme" - A Beautiful Poetry
"Oriflamme"
I love poetry and I found this beautiful poetry by searching on web and thought to share this with all poetry lovers on steemit.
“I can remember when I was a little, young girl, how my old mammy would sit out of doors in the evenings and look up at the stars and groan, and I would say, ‘Mammy, what makes you groan so?’ And she would say, ‘I am groaning to think of my poor children; they do not know where I be and I don’t know where they be. I look up at the stars and they look up at the stars!’”
I think I see her sitting bowed and black,
Stricken and seared with slavery’s mortal scars,
Reft of her children, lonely, anguished, yet
Still looking at the stars.
Symbolic mother, we thy myriad sons,
Pounding our stubborn hearts on Freedom’s bars,
Clutching our birthright, fight with faces set,
Still visioning the stars!
END
Thank you to read, With love from @radhikapatel
Source:
https://books.google.se/books?id=imdjmLx3tWAC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=%22I+think+I+see+her+sitting+bowed+and+black,+Stricken+and+seared+with+slavery%E2%80%99s+mortal+scars,%22&source=bl&ots=wwLW8WEIuL&sig=BvmFtNw0-g7ZQPcSHAxd8QRK0eg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_nbrc2MPZAhWwiaYKHUNuD70Q6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=%22I%20think%20I%20see%20her%20sitting%20bowed%20and%20black%2C%20Stricken%20and%20seared%20with%20slavery%E2%80%99s%20mortal%20scars%2C%22&f=false
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lol at first i thought the cosmatic company oriflame, but your poetry was so emotional.
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