<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438494" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Kept Integrity</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember early in my expressions as a writer, <br>I was told I did not represent my plantation roots.<br>I didn't depict those sufferings, <br>My ancestors experienced in the fields...<br>As they plotted to set themselves free from slavery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well...<br>All Black folks weren't shackled and chained.<br>Quite a few Africans sailed the seas with the Chinese, <br>Long before claims were made and history re-written...<br>By the 'others' who say to have discovered what they didn't.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I come from a long line of pioneers.<br>And there is nothing in my heritage, <br>That keeps me tied to paying an annual homage...<br>To being oppressed and grateful, <br>While I address this on a daily basis.<br>As I display a disrespect for myself.<br>And express a lack of identity.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">None of my ancestors, <br>Would have never allowed me to reflect...<br>That kind of ignorance.<br>They may have been tricked and deceived, <br>To abandon their palaces and kingdoms...<br>But a kept integrity will never be diminished.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=438494" data-title="Kept Integrity de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="I remember early in my expressions as a writer, I was told I did not represent my plantation roots. I didn't depict those sufferings, My ancestors experienced in the fields... As they plotted to set themselves free from slavery. Well... All Bla..."></div> </div> </div>

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