Sacred Rebellion
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
While Protestants prayed in pews,
Their tattoos labeled them as heathens.
Another morning, a fresh offering
Of discrimination and prejudice.
Yet they refused to be silenced,
They refused to bow
To the crushing weight
Of religious bigotry.
Their spirits tethered to ancient wisdom,
Chanting,
Dancing,
Celebrating
Their sacred connection to earth and sky.
Is it blasphemy,
Or freedom,
To worship the divine in red sunsets,
In the rivers that carved the canyons,
In the howling winds of ancestral lands?
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Written on July 01, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on July 01, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 93 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
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