It is seeing the good
where good exist
and the bad too
without regard
to person or persona
It is passion
existing
in a universe
where truth is the only color
that matters
it is black balled fist
into the air
minus
the badge
of branding black power
to legitimize blackness
it is denouncing blackness
as a nation
it is a color
not a nation
it is nations
going underground
and bringing back a people
before slave ships
before slavery
before Africa
and America
before crack
and crooked laws
before history erased black Moses
and biblical laws
outside the box is back then
way back when
before the messiah’s eyes turned blue
back in the day
when his skin was brown
like you
It is keeping Saturday
when the world is Sunday
Sabbath
It is bible
outside religion
Faith
without being Christian
it is restoration
of a people
who ain’t been living
it is valley’s of dry bones
it is without waving flags
It is not expecting me to
celebrate freedom
in a land
where I ain’t never
been free
outside of the box
is honoring heroes
who were never
presidents
celebrating holidays
that ain’t on the calendar
it is rocking a fro
while penning proper English
it is nations brought in
while praising black skin
it is dred locs
without forged signatures
it is spitting salvation coated similes
to all people
without loosing sight
of who you are
it is sight
beyond the norm
call me anything but normal
this is life
outside the box
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