I dream of your freedom
as my victory
and the victory of all dark women
who forego the vanities of silence
who war and weep
sometimes against our selves
in each other
rather than our enemies
falsehoods
Assata my sister warrior
Joan of Arc and Yaa Asantewa
embrace
at the back of your cell.
❝ Prison Culture » Poem of the Day: For Assata by Audre Lorde
https://www.usprisonculture.com/2013/05/29/poem-of-the-day-for-assata-by-audre-lorde/
you’re now one of the ancestors, Assata Olugbala Shakur.
rest in power