🐈‍⬛ More Black Poetry 🐈‍⬛ Poem by James McLain

In the velvet hush of evening's fall,
Where shadows weave a gentle thrall,
The whispers rise, a sacred call,
From hearts that wear the night like shawl.

Beneath the moon's soft silver veil,
Their voices strong, their spirits frail,
Yet through the dark, they will prevail,
Their truth, a quiet, mournful wail.

In every line, the pain takes flight,
A dance of words through endless night,
They pen the wrongs, the desperate plight,
Yet find in dark, a spark of light.

The stars above, a thousand eyes,
Bear witness to the tears, the cries,
But still, their songs of hope arise,
A testament that never dies.

For in the ink, both black and bold,
Are stories that are seldom told,
Of chains unbroken, dreams unsold,
A history of strength, controlled.

They sing of skies both vast and free,
Of oceans deep, an endless sea,
Where hearts and minds, though bound, might be
Released through blackened poetry.

And so, they write, through endless night,
Their words a beacon, burning bright,
In every verse, they claim their right,
To be, to live, to shine in light.