Danielle Rigby Poems

I not see you long time now, I not see you long time now.
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During the war I tried to have a better life.
I went to school, showed my face to the world
But that was against the rules.
They tied me up, hit me fast.
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dedication: for all black women taken from their mothers
is this what you’ve done to us
took us away
from the warmth
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She’d known him since she was very young,
The older brother of her friend Heather.
After school she’d come to Heathers home.
They’d play and spend many hours together.
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