Bernette Sherman

Resist Persist Bernette Sherman

The Truth Is In You. A Sample from Whisper in the Wind The keyboard does no justice Yet it is where I am My canvas to paint a better world With vivid color, brush the land You scoff, you laugh, you mock Oh, how I pity you That you don't see the prison the cell you share with us that you don't feel the pressure as the walls move in that you can't smell the stench of lies told at your expense African-American Poetry Activist Poetry Feminist Poetry Black Poetry Spiritual Poetry