IN MEMORY OF ALTON STERLING (TRIBUTE POEM) BY TONY TOKUNBO  FERNANDEZ

 

From the break of dawn,

The morn unfolds with a dirge of new tears,

The “Gentle Giant” has gone,

Silenced . . .

By the developed dogs of of and underdeveloped world,

Bleak music fills the air with repeated gunshots,

Another day, Same old story

 

From the break of dawn,

The Eyes of justice turns blind to the rhythm of old and new voices,

And the hopes of brothers are shattered, by the fresh tones of more triggers,

Yet the uncivil eyes of a civil world just watch,

proclaiming false poetry of first world notions

lost in the grades of 5th world motions

 

From the break of dawn……..

 

We shall rise ..

aimed with hope,

blessed with love

And a brand new song

 

Written by Tony Tokunbo Eteka Fernandez