Black Woman: Choose The Struggle That Will Benefit You Most

A picture speaks volumes.  What do you see?

Please realize that each time the black community does something to create cohesion and unite, the efforts are dismantled by the old "divide and conquer" tactics. 

In the 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement was overshadowed by a Women's Movement that seem to come at a time when national focus was finally being devoted to our cultural struggle.  When the Black Panthers were at their height of effectiveness, it was largely run by women.  Women ran the free lunch and WIC programs.  Women outnumbered the male membership as many of the males were incarcerated or slain.  Sadly, these same women would be enticed to abandon our movement in order to join their voices with yet, another Women's Empowerment Movement.  When the buses were loaded and the Million Man March took place in Washington, almost immediately, a Women's March took place and removed the focus from the plight of African Americans and the accomplishment of the dialogue created that could begin to heal our communities. 

A Black Mother's Milk

Recently, I was looking through my InstaGram account and I stumbled across what I thought to be an interesting picture.  Putting aside the obvious celebrity factor of it being a photograph of Blue Ivy and Beyonce, I saw a poetic transition of wealth, power, and might.  Because of this, I was immediately inspired to write this poem.  

You see, a picture speaks volumes, but it's interpretation is always up to the viewer.

Please enjoy this observation in iambic pentameter, but be sure to  let me know your thoughts as well....

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A Black Mother's Milk

Sean C. Robinson

A Black mother's milk is an amazing thing;

It nurtures the soul, it empowers the brain.

It is a natural, sweet nectar of pure DNA,

It connects the past to the future, don't give it away.

For 2.5 centuries, this black nectar was used

To feed master's children: making them strong, wise and infused.

But, at the same time, we were told to stop feeding our own;

Leaving young minds to be altered as enslavement built clones.

You see, our captors knew the importance of connections through health;

How vital those stem cells are to strong mental wealth.

Instead, they convinced you that drugs in chalky, white paste

Can replace your true nurturing when you're consumed with haste.

But still, the most beautiful thing that there ever could be

Is the passing of knowledge to a branch from a tree,

So, let's return to old ways and nurture our seeds

Because a Black mother's milk is all this world needs.