Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!

Margarita Engle
Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!
Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!
Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!
Slavery all day, and then, suddenly, by nightfall- freedom!
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A slave is in sad state when he is in slavery, but then is in great state when he has achieved freedom. It is like a person who is in debt who works very hard to pay back the debt, but then by nightfall has repaid the debt. Similarly, it is like a person who is in slavery who works hard to pay back the debt of his slavery, but by nightfall has repaid the debt of slavery.

Source: The Surrender Tree: Poems Of Cubas Struggle For Freedom

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