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Being Black in Corporate is hard. -JBH
Today I am gun powder
Dry hot volatile.
Not for the scary neither am I for the amateur.
Today I am gunpowder
ready, quiet, and steady.
Today I am gunpowder–
loaded and full of heat
to the point that my feet are hot
when I walk on every piece of ground
fortunate of my reign
of my frame houses
Today I sit at my desk
wondering is today
the day I realize
my own power
and use that–
launch out of here
until I get to
where I’m supposed
to be at!
Today I am gunpowder…
Let the rebellion of
my ancestors with
a rifle in hand
ready and willing
and able to die for
such freedom
so that my children
will never know
the lack
Or wait
Or doubt
of what it is to be
Free-
Today I am gunpowder.
let my own pride be
the fuse–
refusing to bow
refusing to be shaken
and destructive
and all the tries to box me in.
-JBHarris, 7.12.2021
I Breathe Fire 