women of colour run with a million dreams on their backs…….

they run

from scripts of silence

from hands that hinder

with dreams of dreams

with the regrets of their grandmothers

they run.

they run

trapped in prisons of love

sounds of screaming singing in their ears

decades of doubt in their hearts.

yet they run

they run

they run

all they have is hope

hope of the possible

so they run

carrying a million dreams

they run

till their breath runs out

still they run

run

till their strength gives out

still they run

run

till their life runs out

and then

they fall

and the dreams they carry take flight

to be caught by a new set of women

a million million dreams to be carried

on a million million backs

we run

with a billion dreams on our backs

we run.

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