April Is National Poetry Month!
THE LOVE AMIE
(Dedicated to Mrs. Amy Jacques Garvey)
MARCUS GARVEY
I wandered far in life's stern way
To seek the good of every
day;
But fell among the thieves of Thane,
Who tried to rob
my honest name.
I found no brotherhood in man;
But here and there a vicious
clan;
No truth, no love, no justice find
Their way into
these groups unkind.
But you have been a light to me,
A fond and dear, and true
Amie;
So what care I for falsest friend,
When on your love
I can depend.
To steal one's wealth is always trash,
O'er which some men are
ne'er abash;
But then to steal and blot a name,
It takes
the courage of a Thane,
But all they do is only nought,
Because the battle has been
fought,
And I have won your love, Amie,
The greatest
treasure I can see.
October 31 1927
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