![]() I Challenge You, World!A Poem by Brjden (Bridge-Den) Crewe![]() We live in potential...... I believe that this world can be an incredible place if we didn't put our own personal needs, and greed in front of peace.![]()
“Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery!
None but ourselves can free our minds……” - Bob Marley, “Redemption Song” WORLD!
By Bridgey “SwamiPeaceBringer” McLovin I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD... TO BE GREAT! AND TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE TOMORROW FROM YOUR VOCABULARY! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD… TO STOP DREAMING and BE AWAKE BECAUSE TODAY IS NOW! AND NOW CALLS FOR ME & U TO SEE THE WAY THAT PAST GENERATIONS WEREN’T ABLE TO! TO VIEW EACH OTHER WITH ACHROMATIC IRISES THE WAY THAT CHILDREN DO! TO SEE SKIN COLOR AS PRECISELY THAT BUT EVEN UNDER THOSE COLORS, TO SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS OF OUR SHARED LAND AS YOUR SISTERS AND YOUR BROTHERS! TO LIVE, TO LAUGH, TO DANCE, TO LOVE, TO FIGHT, TO GROW, TO BREAK BREAD, & TO BUILD A LUMINESCENT PATH OF INTEGRATION WITH AND WITHIN ONE ANOTHER! SO I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD... TO VIEW WITH RESPECTFUL INTEREST & INTRIGUE, WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY BLEED THE SAME COLOR HUE AS YOU DO! TO NOT FORGET PAST ATROCITIES BUT TO TREAT SAID ATROCITIES AS SUCH TO ALLOW THE PAST TO METAPHORICALLY AND PERHAPS LITERALLY BRIDGE US OVER A TORMENTED SEA OF ANGER, HATE, CONFUSION, MALICE, FEAR, IGNORANCE & UNSPEAKABLE PREJUDICE! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD… NOT TO ALLOW YOUR GOD TO BE COLORFUL PIECES OF PAPER YOU RECEIVE, AS YOU PRAY ON BENDED KNEES AT THE I CHALLENGE YOU TO STOP WORSHIPING YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE AND COUNTERBALANCE YOUR OWN NEEDS WITH THOSE OF THE NEEDY! FEED THEM NOT ONLY BREAD, BUT WITH GENUINE EMPATHY! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD… TO LOVE WITH A STEADY OPTIMISM THAT BRAVELY & CONTINUOUSLY PULSATES EVEN AFTER REJECTION & DISAPPOINTMENT! TO LOVE WITH THE STRENGTH THAT SOMETHING LIKE FORGIVENESS POSSESSES!! I CHALLENGE YOU, TO LOVE DEEPER THAN THOSE WITH YOUR LAST NAME! TO LOVE DEEPER THAN THE SHADE OF THE SKIN THAT LOOKS LIKE YOURS! DEEPER THAN THE PATRIOTISM DRENCHED WITHIN YOUR NATION’S FLAG! DEEPER THAN THE LOVED ONES RESIDING BEHIND YOUR OWN FRONT DOOR! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD… TO PUT YOUR FAITH BEHIND & TO EDUCATE YOUNG MINDS AND INFLUENCE THEM TO BE OPEN, AND ORIGINAL, AND INDIVIDUALLY UNIQUE! TO ENCOURAGE RATHER THAN DISCOURAGE NOURISH WATCH THEM FLOURISH OUT OF THE NO GOOD, DARK WOODS AND DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU’VE KNOWN US UNDERSTOOD!?!?! AS THE SAYING GOES… You can take the girl out of the trailer park… BUT I CHALLENGE THAT YOU CAN ALSO TAKE THE TRAILER PARK OUT OF THE GIRL!! YOUR STREET ADDRESS DOES NOT HAVE TO DEFINE YOU! I challenge you to take pride in, yet not be defined, REPRESENTED & HELD CAPTIVE INSIDE OF what you had no choice or any VOICE in deciding in! Such as… ENVIRONMENTAL UPBRINGING! OR RACE! OR GENDER! OR CLASS! OR SEXUALITY! OR NATIONALITY! OR PHYSICALITY!! etcetera & all limitations in or between! SO, I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD TO REMEMBER THAT YOUR GOVERNMENT SHOULD WORK FOR YOU! YOU ARE YOUR NATION'S LEADERS AND WORKERS AND SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND FREE THINKERS AND BRINGERS OF TRUE DEMOCRACY! YOU ARE THE WARRIORS OF PEACE & PROSPERITY THE DESTROYERS OF PROMISES & HYPOCRISIES! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD... TO ENTERTAIN DIPLOMACY BEFORE YOU GO DESTROYING THINGS! I CHALLENGE YOU NOT TO FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE BUT INSTEAD, FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHERS!! TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY… TO TRY GETTING TO KNOW YOUR ENEMY!!!! YOU MAY FIND THAT SAID ENEMY THROUGH LACK OF DIPLOMACY MAY HAVE NEVER CAME TO BE! I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD!!! TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE AS TANGIBLE AS A TUESDAY TO SHOW CHILDREN TODAY THAT LIVING IN PEACE ISN’T TOO LATE TO ADOPT LOVE, AND TO TEACH THAT IT’S NOT LOVE WHEN WE’RE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER WHO’S GOD IS UP ABOVE, NOT TO CRUSADE, BUT INSTEAD RESPECT THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR WAYS, MAKE LOVE & NOT WAR, GREET A STRANGER, OPEN DOORS, HUG ONE ANOTHER, HELP EACH OTHER, DIFFERENT COLORED SISTERS & BROTHERS, RESPECT OUR ELDERS, LISTEN TO KIDS & LOVE WILLINGLY WITHOUT AN AGE, TRY TO LOVE WITHOUT SIGHT, & TRY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE CAGE THAT OUR MINDS OCCUPY TODAY, AND WE CAN MAKE IT TO THIS PLACE! I BELIEVE IT! YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE TODAY… CAN ALWAYS BE THE GREATEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE! TODAY CAN DO SOMETHING TOMORROW CAN NEVER, EVER DO! TODAY CAN BE NOW! NOT NOW! BUT RIGHT NOW! TODAY CAN CHANGE TOMORROW, JUST BECAUSE IT'S TO... DAY!!!
SO, I CHALLENGE YOU, WORLD TO BE GREAT AND TO IMMEDIATELY REMOVE TOMORROW FROM YOUR VOCABULARY TO STOP DREAMING and BE AWAKE BECAUSE TODAY IS NOW!© 2012 Brjden (Bridge-Den) CreweAuthor's Note
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Added on April 27, 2009Last Updated on July 30, 2012 Author![]() Brjden (Bridge-Den) CreweWindy to Sin CityAboutMy name is Brjden Crewe from Chicago, living in Vegas now part time. I'm officially bi-coastal(somewhat). I do freelance music and movies reviews for a few nameless magazines and I regularly recite sp.. more..WritingRelated WritingPeople who liked this story also liked..
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