Linford Sweeney Biography

A truly special and wonderful gift,
entered the world one fine day
a truly loving and special friend,
sincere and devoted to the end,
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Long time ago you invaded our land, took our land, not your land
You disregarded our welcome and our traditions
Remember me
I was there
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He was so happy that day since the rains had gone
and the shimmering sun hanging over the August day
was smiling once again - as it had done in Africa.
Yet it hadn't always been that way, he thought
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Partially clothed in resplendent fineries of moonlight beams;
silhouetted as if by movements from still recurrent dreams;
warriors of ancient times stand before the chosen path to go
beyond where weary plantation owners were fearful to know.
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European ways are not African ways,
no respect for the traditions of ancient days,
not this logical, restricted and stagnant flow
I crave for that spiritual freedom and creative glow.
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