THEY  CAME WITH THREE SHIPS

(... Nigeria @ 60)

At the sound of the splash of water beneath their ships,

They created a ground for slavery and us, a relationship.

They said we were in chains of black minds even though they met us not in chains,

So since we couldn't even identify ourselves correctly, we ended up in pains. 


The first ship was Civilization, rubbishing our primitive orientation,

Turning our station to their attention, showing us television, saying that was their vision for us. 

And since we didn't even have a channel to tune ourselves to, they channeled us straight into Slavery of the Mind. 


The Second ship was Education, saying we had no knowledge of our own,

They capitalize our minds on the Capital Letter and Small letters of their alphabets making us forget that we had a language we once used to communicate. 

The question I asked myself when I grew up was "Why didn't they come down to our level back then to teach us the alphabets of our language?"

Then another inner part of me answered "What they termed Education is actually ejaculation of mind's slavery into us".

Yes our brain is like a womb very fertile, so all they did was to have sex with our brains and make us have kids of extreme Knowledge.

And the products of the copulation were taken abroad for further education (they say) and retained for their own benefits.

That was another slavery of the mind.


The Third ship was a Mirror that showed themselves Superior than us.

That 'white is God and Devil is black' teachings they taught our grandfathers. 

And presenting to us bleaching creams of the brain and skin to pull off the beautiful black we were born to embrace. 

Telling us we are apes and before we can be humans, we  need to embrace their chains.

They really took us with this and one by one we begin to crave for everything they have, neglecting our own up till now.


And now, even though we gained independence from their physical slavery,

What about the mind slavery we still are? What about the mind chains that seems would never go off?

What about the orientation they've given us before this In dependence induction?

What about who we are that we've lost to who they are?

What about TOTAL FREEDOM WHICH LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT NEVER GET! 



I am THEBARDBOY

Jahismine