Fate

Court-ordered busing cornered
so many kids
into exiting public school for private
changing everything
changing our collective dreams
our so called fate
to change
because
somewhere along the line of existence
people decided before our births
and we paid for it,

But if you could see Balduck Park at night
in 1979
in October after a football game
Then you’d see spirit of unity --

of displaced kids from those private and public
schools believing in themselves
in Detroit.