Summer Be Free
An ode to Juneteenth
This is my Independence Day. In with the heat and out with the cool.
Like every summer beginning it means the end of school.
The school where Blacks were always taught to hate ourselves.
Now we emancipate and elevate ourselves from lies told to us.
Broke the chains off our minds from lies they sold to us.
We dare not buy it back now that we’re on a brighter track.
Our right to freedom was under attack, but we were fighting back.
With peace like Martin and Nelson and force like Malcolm.
Black excellence is always the sought after outcome.
African America unchained. Self explained and not in vain.
We look up to every one of our ancestors without a nod of shame.
They told us one day we’re gonna be free. Liberty wants you and wants me.
That’s what they’d love to see. Every June 19th for Black children means summer be free.
About the Creator
Joe Patterson
Hi I'm Joe Patterson. I am a writer at heart who is a big geek for film, music, and literature, which have all inspired me to be a writer. I rap, write stories both short and long, and I'm also aspiring to be an author and a filmmaker.
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