Take Up My Rope and Follow Me
Response to James Cone's "The Cross and The Lynching Tree"
I have the faith to hang upon Calvary
but would I hang upon the Poplar tree.
If by it I may set my sisters free
From the chains set forth by the enemy.
Would I take up the rope
if by it I may set her free?
Or would I only take up the cross
if it looks like me?
This poem is about:
Me
My community
Our world