The Pain of a Black Man

For hundreds of years the black man has been crying with inner tears, striped from his manly dignity and identity, his self love has been ripped. He witnesses over again his son’s body being lynched in the enemy’s clench,and his daughter suffering great pain from being raped and spiritually slain. The black man harbors a lot of anguish that tugs on his tarnished soul, but his divine love fights to keep him whole. His strength of an ox allows him to stand strong to carry the burdened until freedom comes along. He remains firm in his faith even when he is being whipped as blood from his skin drips. With his limbs decapitated, he is not physically stagnated. The black man endures years of deception and rejection in every place because of his colored face. Yet his will power of determination makes him over look discrimination. Century’s of captivity as a slave have some men scarred from enslaved views that are bound in their minds. In spite of all the hardship he endures, his inner godly peace sustains him from grief. No other race can explain the endurance of a black man’s pain he hides inside where injustice resides. Still the black man’s soul struggles to run free and his humble ways makes his strength a mystery. He exemplifies a true hero of life and unpleasant strife, but his faith continues to rise. Yet he has a spiritual majestic power that shines from his eyes. (c) By Naomi Johnson