Reneé Drummond-Brown writes

Easy like Sunday Mourning

Life ain’t been so easy

for us, since the time we

came-cross

belligerent-boisterous-battered seas.

Since bondage.

Since brandings.

Since slavery.

Since beatings.

Since laboring.

Since moaning.

Since breastfeedings.

Since rapings.

Since hangings.

Since bombings.

Since killings.

Since marching.

Since pleading.

Since penitentiaries.

Since existing.

Life ain’t been so easy.

Dedicated to: There’s a difference between living, and existing.