Transported: 15 Year Old Poems and Older Number 4

TRANSPORTATION, A POETRY LESSON OF HISTORY Transplanted, unwittingly, an invasive plant Transported – the ship itself – to foreign port Far, far away from welcome, the known – So far and foreign, I’d never own a home Volunteering because tears are jeweled nothings Often teaching, as I did in my own land; not reaching Those infatuated with fears, violence, violenteering – When not teaching, I land at a Crisis Center Reaching now the people without face and place Helping by using my ears twice as much As my mouth. “I am here. What made you call tonight?” No,not long-lost love line: best practice to break the ice! Yes, making a difference, myself homeless and shiftless A transplant, neither black, white, nor female – categories liked and known Those like me, BEIC victim, “To Company’s tea plantations in Bengal,” Was the lie unveiled in South Africa, Guyana, Fiji.Freedom Lover still?