Written piece
Island Breeze and Shackle Free
Jennifer Jordan
Guyana
About this piece
This is a reflective piece that, tells us of our historical journey as Commonwealth countries. Though we are different in many ways, like the threads of a quilt, we have a bond that transcend generations.
*Island Breeze and Shackle Free*
Island breeze and shackle free.
The calmed of the ocean's changing melodies.
Waves that reveals our ancestral history,
and bridges for continued victory.
Stones scattered at sea,
yet we call them home in the West Indies.
Though the sizes vary as the roll of our tongues,
we are one Commonwealth, one Caribbean.
All sown together by our bonds,
like a quilt through history, ever strong.