Can’t Be Broken

Written by C Hues

October 21, 2022

Empires enlarge when color is currency
Britain never acknowledged its darker descendants
Children of the plantation orphaned by their nations
Those who build are cut down to keep power ascendant.

One person’s dream is another’s nightmare
Yet the world is loud—and we cannot sleep
There’s not enough history and there’s too much time
But we can’t be broken 
Because our branches grow long, and our roots shoot deep.