More Black

Good day Steemit citizens, this is not an introductory post but I feel like saying who I am for the sake of relevance in poem to follow.

My name is Jurgen Namupira, penname is Troy. I was born in Africa and proudly Black, brought up in a Black Community and most importantly I have an African heart coupled with a black mind. So here is what I have to say today:

I am sick
but not tired
Promised myself never to tire
and never will my color fade...
yet still sick
and sometimes closely give up,
this is enough I tell you.

I have given enough dry tears to the earth
weeping for that kid,
the black kid
stuck in a black street,
smoking black cigarrette
heading towards a dark future
when a black parent went M.I.A
and a black sister was given her black baby...
And they are all stuck in this lower black class.

I love the black,
yes I do!
Only when it is appreciated,
given credit of intelligence
renumerated for their resources,
recognized for their abilities
and promoted for their worth.
Just then,
my dry tears will disappear.