Bones of me lie in the open seas Wrapped in sheets from southern trees Bones of me pave the ocean floors Sprinkled and buried along seashores Bones of me are in shallow graves Dark and dusty hidden caves Bones of me are in river streams Lost hope and shattered dreams Bones of me decay in the urban street Pierced arms, legs and feet Bones of me scatter in a musty cell Beatings, lynching, a common hell Bones of me are in desert lands Rest in peace in the scorching sand Bones of suffering, tears and slavery Walk, ride, sail, on the Bones of Me.
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