PRECARIOUS
poem by:
Kenvil Atkins
Written
on Jan 25, 2026
PRECARIOUS A narrow pathway that leads to the ocean, where fishermen trod Yonder on the hilltop is a field of hay; the cane field is no more The old sugar mill, now in ruin whisper to me things of the past Echoing voices I hear whisper to me in the cool of the evening Followed by a musky smell of sweat infused by a distant drum beat A precarious situation once existed here, fair Helen of the West A defiant, rebellious descendant of a noble race was brought here Held in bondage by white masters of French & English bloodhounds Chains around their necks, shackles could not dampen their spirit They would live to tell their story, unknown but not left to chance The will of the masters never had firm control, never were they uncertain A field of wheat and barley, a new generation expresses no uncertainty Whips and lynching force fornication, offspring of chance circumstances A new race was born on this Island a melting pot of Caucasian people Those undiscipline uneducated, underdeveloped, and left to chance Infused with a dominating bloodline, those mulitas plough out a history Where there were two, there is but one voice now, the land, the people, the light Kenvil Atkins / Poet 2026
Tags: Faith, Inspirational, Pain, Hope,
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Roxanne Dubarry commented on Feb 05, 2026 at 2:26am
It was a sad tale all about slavery but it existed long before the existence of either France or England enslaved them. The Muslim followers of their prophet Mohammed, enslaved the black Africans long before they did. The Romans enslaved all of the nations that they conquered including the Greeks. Regardless of their skin color!
Slavery existed in the days of the Bible. The Apostle Paul writes about the importance of a runaway slave named Philemon to his master, Onesimus.
The tiny book of Philemon follows the book of Titus that he wrote to another one of his disciples.
Yes the white race enslaved the black race. Hostile black tribes also enslaved one another long before the arrival of the English and the Europeans,
No, I never did believe in slavery, but the white race gets all of the blame for all of the evil that has ever existed in the world. All of the other races are just as equally guilty and to blame!
No, I am not sticking up for them. And her story is compelling but didn't the Spanish also engage in the slave trade for instance!
It was 1619 before the first slave ships entered into America into the English colony of Virginia. When did the Muslim religion first become powerful? Back around the 1500's.
I rest my case. Great compelling story!
