scottish Black history
a bitten tongue
a truth that is so often
hidden and unsung
rabbie burns
is your nations hero
when rabbie burns
was planning to aid
in oppressing
your people
to sail from leith
under the belief
of the caribbean’s wealth
under the title of the commonwealth
but luck of the draw!
rabbie could withdraw!
his books sold
so the story went untold
scotland’s Black history
the unravelling of such a mystery
begins in a telling
an act of dispelling