{"id":3084,"date":"2017-09-24T19:21:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2025-03-27T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T16:51:43","slug":"blacksmith-named-gabriel-scars-of-injustices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"blacksmith named Gabriel ~ Scars of Injustices"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I\u2019m this artist
who likes to tell a story
of words with an image
captured in time
~    today with
Smartphone in hand
I begin my
photographic journey
along the Slave Trail
in Richmond
Virginia
a somber place
representative of
cruel and hard endings
for some
of us human beings …..
hung from
the once was
hillside gallows
for instance
a 24 year old blacksmith
named Gabriel
aroused with
the spiritual vision
that in the eyes
of the creator
all people
despite color of skin
are a part of
The Human-Kind<\/strong><\/em>
equal with
every kind of
man and woman
~    however
such a righteous revelation
to evolve The Human-Kind<\/strong><\/em>
beyond the defining of race
by skin color
was put to death
due to ignorance
and ill perceived
sanctimoniousness
\u2018cause some
of a certain skin color
blinded by the trade
of slavery
were not yet
so enlightened
about the benevolent ways
of God Almighty
for all    ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

but to the unmindful
passerby
~    driving down
Broad Street
over a bridge
this place appears to be
a green grass
park like lawn
next to some
railroad tracks
not long ago
a paved over parking lot
~    sleepily awaiting
a full resurrection
of remembrance \u2026.   for
all those buried there
now a parcel of land
with a shrine
known as
the Negro Burial Ground
but more ethnically
named
the African Ancestral
Burial Ground   ~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

like the blacksmith
named Gabriel
this experience
emerges forth
a spiritual vision
within me
this everyday
human being
no better than anyone else
where the color of \u2026..
a person\u2019s skin
shines on the beauty
and rich character
of their ethnicity
and yet
in the light of    ~
equality for all
skin color does not
determine Kind
\u2018cause the human
belongs to only one KIND
The Human-KIND<\/strong><\/em>
if not \u2026.
then resurrect
the Richmond gallows
and hang me on the hillside
it would be an honor
to be buried
next to my fellow
human beings
especially
that blacksmith
named Gabriel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

eternally a part of the shrine
to the Scars of Injustices<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

~peace out~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art by Helene Ruiz
Words by   ~Keith Alan Hamilton~ (~KAH~)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dedicated to my sister and art mentor Helene Ruiz<\/a> ..   A revision of a poem called – blacksmith named Gabriel – a part of my Slavery in America Image with Words Collection ~ Virginia Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m this artistwho likes to tell a storyof words with an imagecaptured in time~    today withSmartphone in handI begin myphotographic journeyalong the Slave Trailin RichmondVirginiaa somber placerepresentative ofcruel and hard endingsfor someof us human beings …..hung fromthe once washillside gallowsfor instancea 24 year old blacksmithnamed Gabrielaroused withthe spiritual visionthat in the eyesof the creatorall … Continue reading “blacksmith named Gabriel ~ Scars of Injustices”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-redwhitebull","category-wissocialactivism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10757,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions\/10757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}