Slavery Poem by Colin Ian Jeffery

Slavery

Rating: 3.5


Taken in war or kidnapped
Shackled in irons and sold
Crushed humans in despair.

Seen as servile property
Classed sub-human
Living lives of misery.

Treated as beasts of burden
Worked from dawn to dust
Starved, beaten and raped.

In captivity dreaming of freedom
Spirit never wavering
Praying humanity will set them free.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: freedom,slave trade
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Colin Ian Jeffery

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