Some say,

(sorry, White people say),

we can not judge the residents of the past by today’s standards.

So does it work that way in heaven?

Seriously,

does it?

When those souls stand around in heaven attending on God,

do the souls of the slave owner and the slaves,

have separate areas?

Or,

are they divided by angels?

You know,

to keep the heavenly peace?

.

You would think the slave owners would be burning in hell,

but if you can’t judge the slave owner –

by the standards of today,

they all, we are told,

(again by White people),

believed they would be in heaven,

as they were doing God’s work.

.

So would they be?

.

If,

yes,

does the enslaved mother,

whose husband was killed by the Master,

whose children were sold and taken from her,

except for the one raped and murdered by the Master,

does she,

have to stand next to that Master’s soul…

and not say a word?

Does she have to hold her tongue?

Does she have to be silenced,

even in heaven,

the way she was on earth?

Does her Master’s privilege allow her to be silenced again,

even when next to the Lord?

Can she not beseech the Lord for justice?

Or,

does she have to silently stand,

next to that, I guess, blessed soul,

for all eternity?

Wishing she could be anywhere else…but in heaven.

© words by Daniel DeMarle 10/18/2020