Black History Month Reflection: When We Come by Sonia Sanchez

Black History Month Reflection: When We Come by Sonia Sanchez

and we will rise with / rainbows from the sea

A rainbow connecting the blue sea to big, white clouds in a blue sky.
Photo by Meina Yin on Unsplash.

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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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