When We Come

When We Come

A poem by Sonia Sanchez

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Photo of Poet, playwright, educator, and activist Sonia Sanchez, reading her poetry on stage.
© Jim Alexander

When we come
riden our green horses
against the tenement dust,
when we come, tall as waves,
holden our black/brown/
high yellow/tomorrows,
then you will hear young hooves
thunderen in space
and we will rise with
rainbows from the sea
to silence
our yesterday blues

when we come
riden our green breath
against the morning sky.

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