Reflected (in your eyes)

Reflected in your eyes I see 

four hundred years of misery 

the memories of iron chains 

lives spent in captivity 

Reflected in your eyes I see 

the pain and the fear 

of endless famine and brutality 

Reflected in your eyes I see 

the injustice and prejudice 

of those so blind they will not see 

Reflected in your eyes I see 

the memories of your family 

torn open, never more to be free 

Reflected in your eyes I see 

a yearning for freedom 

and the noble fight for equity 

Reflected in your eyes 

I see a hope for future liberty 

for a world set free from misery 

released from inhumanity 

a world set free 

Steve Wheeler © 23 April, 2021

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