I found this poem in Volume IV of The New Farmer’s Almanac (2019). It touched me deeply.

Though my own circumstances and that of the poet’s differ greatly, I can no less relate to the spirit of the author’s wish: To kick the bucket in a free land. It’s just so beautiful to imagine.

F.E.W. Harper was a poet, teacher, and abolitionist of African-American descent (1825-1911).