Found+Poetry

What he doesn't know... By: Kailyn Alsup

He doesn't know I love him Aunt Cumsee knows I love him I am only a slave to him I love him because he believes in me

I wish I could tell him It would make life so much easier He inspired me to do what I do He has helped me so much

He got me in the situation I'm in He brings me so much joy It's because of him I know how to be normal Does he know my feelings for him?

**Free Wishes...** **By Gabi Drummond (pg. 194-195)** **Do you wish to be free Phyllis?** **Governor Hutchinson himself questioned me now.** **I drew in my breath.** **Every face in the room was turned on me.**  **My head buzzed.**  **I looked at Hutchinson.** **I had been to his house.** **He had slaves.**  **Likely so did all the others.**  **Except Councilman Harison Gray,**  **who was what they called an abolitionist.** **He did not believe in slavery.** **Again I glanced at Nathaniel.**  **He seemed to be holding his breath.**  <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**His face was about to turn blue.** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I would aspire to be free,** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Yes,**  <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I said softly.**  <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**God has implanted the principle of freedom in every human breast.** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**I have an abiding interest in freedom.** <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**But i should willingly submit to servitude**  <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**to be free in Christ.** __ Love That Can Never Be __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">By: Paige Riggins //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Remember yourself, those eyes said. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Don’t hold him in higher esteem than he holds you. // <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">For the love that you seek can never be. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sweet talk is all u be. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">He is dallying with you because it amuses him to so. // <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">He’ll make you fall in deep love with him, but in the end he’ll destroy the love you hold close to your heart. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">You’re only a slave to him-chattel. // //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Dally back, but no more. // <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">He holds does not hold you close to his heart as you do. There for do not hold him close either. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Or it will come to grief. // <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Heed my words if you don’t you will be hurt, and he’ll the look down at you with no sympathy in his eyes.