Before we were slaves,

norahs...©

Before we were slaves,
we were kings and queens ruling countries
and deciding the fate of others.
With no credit given to the ancestors.
Their awesome efforts and contributions
to the world at large.
I search the history, and found it
all to be a mystery.

But with persistence found the truth,
resting like a pearl at the bottom of the ocean.
Then eyes were open and minds enlightened to the
beauty, power, and wonder of a generation,
gone but surely not forgotten.

Before the movies, there was the true queen,
a woman of color, beauty and power.
She conquered her world and saved the hour.
Cleopatra was her name, and ruling was her game.
Not to forget The one of riches and her story was biblically told.
The Queen of sheba a woman of color wealth, riches and gold.

And just knowing the plight, and the insight
of their flights, makes my life more promising
and wonderfully lived in the glow of light..

For with the lives they lived
and the gifts they gave, Shown forth a beekin of
and the path they paved.

For me and my people,we strive
as we keep the dreams alive.
we have not yet arrived,
but Freedom came with a price,
but oh how nice it is to look back
with honor and thank the ones who came before me,
for their dreams,
and know that before my people were slaves,
we were kings and queens.