Harry Seymour
Known simply as Esther / A runaway slave in 1743 / Sought to be free / By riding the “freedom train” / Where fantasy meets reality / Of a Harriet Tubman dream.
Doors open wide / To horizon’s illusions / Of noble ideals / “Independence,” equality,” / “Freedom,” and “justice”
Juneteenth and Father’s Day
Third week of June
A double celebration
Of fathers we know
Wonders of pollination / Bees buzzing to songs / Hummingbirds sing / In harmony / To the percussion / Of butterfly wings
At my age / Spring makes me wince / At all the rebirth / Of nature’s renewables.
As another black history month comes to an end, I think about what it has meant, and will continue to mean moving forward.