The Slavery Chains Called Master

Branded by rewritten
history books  
 
scarred by labels  
never lived  
 
your language denied  
in chains of names  
like “master”
 
your voice gagged  
dehumanized  
 
gifts you gave  
branded as debt  
 
or worse yet  
a brazen theft  
 
the pirate power  
blinds your eyes  
 
with a victim  
narrative  
 
You’ve never been  
the oppressor  
 
Yet with words  
like “master”  
 
Your slavery  
is complete  
 
What you cannot see  
you cannot escape