Speaking out



I am speaking out
speaking out for those crying out.
Why do you persecute or hate me?
That melanin in my skin scare you so
that you want to strip me of my human right or kill me.
Brother, sister
 we have the same ancestors
If we don't care for one another why should the rest of the world care.
Brother you heard my agony and you just turn around.
Sister you saw me crying and you just kept on staring.
Brother sister you stripped me of my birthplace
you forgot we are on the same plate ...
Hear me from where I'm standing
Feel what I'm feeling
This is what I'm saying
I am American but grandma is British
I am Trini but grand dad is from guayana
I am Canadian but grand ma is French
I am Brazilian but grand pa is from Spain
I'm Italian but grand ma is Dominican
I'm Dominican but grand pa is Haitian
You can't get rid of me and I Can't get rid of you.
The air you breathe is the same that  I breathe .
You burn me
my ashes scattered the atmosphere and air you breathe.
You slaughter me and let me bleed.
I'll bleed on the ground you walk every day
The ground you cultivate
And produce the food you eat.
Gone but there in spirit because
I am a human being...
whatever shape of form
 I’m part of you as you are mine
God made who we are for a reason.
If we were all look the same,talk the same ,think the same then
Robot world is what you seek.
Diversity  made this world what it is today.
Being black, white, Hispanic,Asian, European,Pacific Islander, Caribbean
Our differences help us bring something different to this world.
Brother ,sister
give me a hand when I'm down
not hang me and watch as I bleed.
Brother sister
 give me a hug not stab me
 cut me and toss me like a dog.
If all fruits were the same will this world be better.
Love me,hug me support me,sing with me ,
dance with me,eat with me,cry with me,
Pray with me, be happy with me,laugh with me,progress with me
That’s how human being should be
We are capable of making this world greater but only brother sister if you want it better.
No more violence I ssomeoneay
No more hatred
No more bad decision that can hurt  
No more words that can cut someone
No more stare that can humiliates
someone
No more I say no more

About this poem

In the world where hope is slowly fading , reminding mankind that we are all brothers and sisters from the same family humanity.

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Written on March 01, 2010

Submitted by tamdori94 on November 11, 2023

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Scheme aabcbDefghijhhhklmlllnobopqjrshtllluqlvDlpDbwdbbbbdlxylzl1
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 2,203
Words 473
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 58

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