As well as being activists and mentors, many of the women in Mothers Reclaim Our Children were artists and poets. Some of their words were published in MROC’s newsletter, titled The ROC.
“What about the nO.J.s?”
by Vicky Lindsey (The ROC Nov. 1994 3)
We never even mention. . . . Less known pay attention . . . until the situation hits home . . . then we want to say the system is WRONG. . . Why wait that long? . . . One finds it hard to see . . . that everything may not affect us directly . . . but it affects us all indirectly.What about the nO.J.s? . . . The ones who sit in jail for days. . . The ones who’ve been in there for years. . . . In spite our efforts and tears. . .
“A Two-way Street”
by Ardelphia Hickey (The ROC 1.2, July 1994: 1)
This freedom is a two way street,
I will never be free from you,
Until you are free from me.
Me the serf, you the master is the reality,
Which kept both of us enslaved throughout history…
Right now, let’s rise up with courageous determination,
And totally eradicate this scourge from our great nation.
Completely free from you is my human right to be,
Only then will you be truly free from me.
Lest your superiority complex versus my captivity,
May keep us both in bondage for eternity.
What our posterity needs, ancestors denied you and me,
The freedom to travel on this two way street. Ultimately free, from each other, in peace and harmony.
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