Mumia Abu Jamal

“Words are my weapons

Words console, comfort and calm me when all else fails me

♥ Father
of Jamal

"I spend my days preparing for life and not death"

Father of Jamal
Convicted on the year I was conceived; 1982
I struggle to drape my head around the legacy I was born into
and you forcefully inherited as a free thinking black man.
Allow me to use this taxi chit,
to take a few minutes as I attempt to ride the broken wheels of justice
that lead nowhere.
Through the alleyways and backhanded doors
crawling with crowning prostitutes they took to convict you.

My brother, prince Mumia
Your script is very familiar to me
It spins several spectrum's of race, class, injustice and the political power structure of America.
Your life is a movie I saw, a book I read, a black man’s circumstance I witnessed
and do not wish to relive.
You are a unanimous guilty verdict deliberated swiftly in three hours of deliberation based on hatred and racism.
You my brother are guilty of two things;
being an outspoken, intelligent black man effective in reaching the masses
and having been at the wrong place at conveniently the right time.
For big brother aka the FBI aka the CIA is always watching
and would never let a Black Panther youth brew into his full potential.

Although they may have your flesh falsely confined in 6x8 frame
I shall never accept the picture they paint and attempt to perfect before my eyes
May your spirits strive to reach the distance your voice has carried you thus far.
Across continents, races, hurdles, into intellectual abyss.
In your own words, may you continue to "spend your days preparing for life and not death"
For your truth although delayed,
derailed,
is still determined to reach its destination insh’allah (God willing)

Mumia Abu Jamal: Humanitarian, author, journalist, activist, father, freedom fighter, icon, husband, honorary citizen of 25 countries worldwide, example of unwavering persistence.


xoxo
Lyfe