“Amygdala”
With revolution on your tongue
you tell me
you’re tired
But
I look into your eyes
and i know.
I know
it is not the kind of tired that sleep
can fix.
It is the kind of exhaustion that is passed down generationally
The mark of suffering
And oppression
that links you to your great great great grandmother
and the sugar cane on that island
you hold so dear
Perhaps it binds you to the scars
on her hands
the beating, draining heat of the sun
who on every occasion gives life
it is conditional.
But you
You, who is tired
and weeping and
cannot see rest for miles through those glossy eyes
You
a stronghold
una fortaleza
This crusade on injustice will guide you to victory.
From above you will look down
as they have for centuries
And we will be triumphant.