Poetry Slam Challenge 11: ( a message from 1492 )


I'm releasing this note to the ocean

secretly hoping it is never found

how would I sound if I admitted

how little faith I have in this mission?

The powers that be stuck me in this position

before I knew it I was on this ship and -

on my way to discover new trades

they tell me to gather gold and slaves

and hide my ambitions with talks of religion..

but their real god is war and the earth is a prison.

I have made my decision to take orders and listen, 

survival is synonymous with submission.

I can only hope that one day I may be forgiven

fore, I did not volunteer for this mission!

-- Christopher Columbus



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