<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=574158" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sultry Summer's Evening</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A frail…old Negro lady<br>…Born…in Lincoln's day<br>Who knew the taste of freedom<br>Only… when… she passed …away</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Imprisoned… by the hatred<br>Which gnawed… within her soul<br>Agony written upon her face<br>… From the story…that she told</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Of a sultry......summer’s evening<br>She was but…a child…back when<br>Her sister…was dragged away…in the dark<br>…By a group of sullen men</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On horseback…silhouetted<br>Against…a glazed…moonlight <br>…And White folk...until her dying day<br>Reminded her…of…the night</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the cabin…in the clearing<br>Where the slaves called home<br>Was violated and desecrated<br>As she stood there…all alone</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In the yard…and wept<br>…And silently…prayed <br>A vigil…with a purpose<br>Through the night…she stayed </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Returning late…the next morning<br>……Of a sweltering day<br>They heaved a box…where she stood<br>… Without a word…rode away</div><div style="margin:10px 0">...Though...they disappeared...forever...<br>Yet…their faces plagued her mind<br>…There…beside…her sister’s body…<br>Lying in the box…<br>.................................They made <br>............................................. ......................Of pine</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Dedicated to my paternal grandmother, Sallie Virgie Earley 1855 -1948.....who was born into 'Slavery'...during...the 'American Holocaust, ' witnessed this moment...as a young child, and was consumed with a bitter hatred as a result of the experience. 'Sultry Summer's Evening' is a tribute to her memory....with the prayer...that she has...in death...found that measure of peace...which was so tragically elusive....during her sojourn.....on this earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+B.+Earley">James B. Earley</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=574158" data-title="Sultry Summer's Evening de James B. Earley" data-description="A frail…old Negro lady …Born…in Lincoln's day Who knew the taste of freedom Only… when… she passed …away Imprisoned… by the hatred Which gnawed… within her soul Agony written upon her face … From the story…that she told Of a ..."></div> </div> </div>

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