Slave Ship Sink Deep:
A poem and prayer inspired by the middle passage and the hulls we have yet to escape

By Reza Clifton

Slave ship
Sink deep
Or I shall throw myself
Overboard

Slave ship
Sink deep
Or I may never see again
My family

Slave ship
Sink deep
Or I may never feel joy or love
Again

Slave ship
Sink deep
For even in this era, now
Enslavement awaits

Slave ship
Sink deep
Or send the spaceship

Humanity awaits

It must