Why

BLACK MAN

LATINO MAN

WHITE MAN

            WHITE MAN

            BLACK MAN

            LATINO MAN

BLACK WOMAN

LATINA WOMAN

WHITE WOMAN

            WHITE WOMAN

            BLACK WOMAN

            LATINA WOMAN

Why are their colors

That tends to deny

We are all one race…under God

Who’s your God?

 

What is the question?

What is your ethnicity?

I can’t escape

The suns smile on my face

Can you tell me why?

I can’t hide

 

I don’t have a choice

Others have a choice

A white man said,

If you want to play the game

You must play the way we say

The black man said,

Something is wrong

The Latino man said

They always do those things

The black man said

But we want to play

“NO, WE MUST PLAY”

For the furtherance of our race

The Latino man said that

They always want their race on

The white man said that we don’t

We are sorry that anything like this goes on

“I asked, why do I have to play”

For the furtherance of my race

“I DON’T WANT TO PLAY”

“IAM AN AMERICAN”

“I CAN SAY NO”

I have the inherent right to say no

They all responded at once saying:

 

Your race said “YOU MUST PLAY”

I said NO, I am an American

I don’t have to play

The game is immoral

You cheated and lied

You denied my rights

As a citizen I can say NO

The important people said

We run this country

You have no rights

I refuse to acquiesce

To make this scene law

A tradition for my issue

Giving up our inherent rights

When I don’t want to play!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Viper89 commented on Why

03-12-2011

Preach it Brother!!! You have hit spot on in so many ways! Great Poem!!!

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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