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Posted On: June 30th 2026, 08:10 pm
sometimes there's peace
and sometimes violence
then there's me
a coastline
where nights are spent
learning where sand ends
and ocean begins
wondering which stars
are my ancestors
who jumped from the ships
knowing death
was better than bondage
Photo cred: Dhruvin Pandya
Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA
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I started this one with the thougt of duality, living in a non-binary world, where there is beauty in all emotions and in not knowing where something begins and the other ends.
But I struggled to find an ending to this piece right up until the point where I rewatched Black Panther where there was a scene where Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) said “Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.”
That quote hit home and made a lot of sense where there is more freedom in death than in suffering in a life of slavery.
#poetry
#poetsofinstagram
and sometimes violence
then there's me
a coastline
where nights are spent
learning where sand ends
and ocean begins
wondering which stars
are my ancestors
who jumped from the ships
knowing death
was better than bondage
Photo cred: Dhruvin Pandya
Oak Alley Plantation, Louisiana 18, Vacherie, LA, USA
---
I started this one with the thougt of duality, living in a non-binary world, where there is beauty in all emotions and in not knowing where something begins and the other ends.
But I struggled to find an ending to this piece right up until the point where I rewatched Black Panther where there was a scene where Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) said “Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.”
That quote hit home and made a lot of sense where there is more freedom in death than in suffering in a life of slavery.
#poetry
#poetsofinstagram
Comments (1)
25 days agochivalrous.maximus
I started this one with the thougt of duality, where we live in a non-binary world, where there's beauty in all emotions. And beauty in not knowing where something begins and the other thing ends. I struggled to find an ending to this piece right up until the point where I rewatched Black Panther where there was a scene where Erik Killmonger (Michael B Jordan) said“Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ‘cause they knew death was better than bondage.” That quote hit home and made a lot of sense where there is more freedom in death than in suffering in a life of slavery.
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