Freedom from oppression

      I turn my face to the heavens and curse at the wind, swearing and screaming. Cursing the religion that was forced upon me by those whom hoped to further enslave me. Hoping tht my people's incompetence would pressure me into falling in step with the rhythm of the slave master's drums. Praying that the cries of truth from my spirit would be drowned out by the loud thrums or by the swaying hums of my tortured brethren. Have they not realized that you cannot silence the truth no matter what you do to or with it? Beat, maim, tear, kill and destroy the truth but there will always be one. One that seeks the truth out like dehydration seeks out water. The truth that you tried to bury deep beneath the aching feet of laborers; beneath the bones and tombs of my ancestors whom you could only silence by riping out their tongues so they could no longer speak the language of freedom and justice and eyes that could no longer see injustice and tyranny.
       Though I can never learn the tongue of my past lives, I can scream out in my own tongue saying,"Damn thee, religion!! You poisonous snake and wretched killer!! You give those who are wrong and afraid of my melanin a way of justifying their acts against my people!!" So whenever I am asked if I go to church, my response is simply HELL NO. For the body is thine temple, in which thy soul, spirit, and flesh can comune in peace and destruction. I refuse to let false prophets taint and corrupt my soul, nor will i allow false teachings to poison and contaminate my spirit. These things were created by man.
      I will not trust in a religion that usez its teachings as a justification tool of abuse caused upon my ancestry. How can you tell me a just, caring and loving God would allow you to harm a people without any repurcussions and all you have to do is ask forgiveness on sunday as you put a couple dollars in the collection plate as it passes? How can you say to my face and believe that your "almighty God" would punish me for being exactly what HE CREATED ME TO BE??? How DARE YOU try to use "the wrath of God" as an excuse? As if hurting someone or something that you don't and won't try to understand is anything close to Godly.
      Fear of the unknown is the root of all of that which has happened and is happening to this country. Fear of the unknown will be the death of this country that was called a melting pot of unmelted cultures.