Gambian Princess

(3) Adopted the name of a slave ship as her first
And the last was from 'massa /
A Gambian princess sparked a revolution
For the conformity of the masses.

Sold as an insignificant piece of chattel
With only expectations to work /
Was this Gambian Princess - and the seller was masked from her worth.

His intentions were quite different than what the Lord had in mind /
He wanted to make boldness, and valor
A woman who could stand and fight!

And she stood the test of time
And was taught to read and rhyme
Admonishment from Latin, the Holy Bible -
And the hope of the divine.

After half a decade of learning
You took the feather to the paper
And put the literary techniques to work for you -
I can still taste it's remnant vapor.

Yet they challenged you again
And said "You can't be a true author!"
"Prove to us now you have the capacity of a Rhodes Scholar!"

So you stood in the judgment pew
And sang your heart like a canary
Bold as a lion -
A servant of the Son of Mary.

Even the commander and chief
At the spark of the Revolution
Said your writing's complete and solve -
And gives America the correct diplomatic transfusion.

Though you died young - And lost two of your children
And had a husband that fled..
We remember you as a patriarch of words unsaid...

Gambian Princess live in our memories - vividly -
And show us how to let the caged bird sing!
And understand that, to the table -
Everyone has something of value to bring.

South of Sierra Leone is your birthplace - area's were robbed here - stripped of it's diamond's
But we were given another precious jewel
That was brought in the right timing.


.Gambian Princess.
.Phillis Wheatley.


.marcus..christopher..hollinger.
SPRING OF 2009