Generations

 

 

Generations

 

A rainbow filled with colors

Causes no negativity.

Put it on a human

And it causes anarchy.

 

But a color is not a thought

It’s not a living, breathing being.

Are you reacting off of feeling,

Or only what you’re seeing?

 

We’re you educated to tolerate,

Exposed to difference, to embrace,

Or just ignorance & hate?

 

Do you think it doesn’t exist?

Or maybe it’s just cause you can’t relate!

 

Inside we’re the same,

Made of the same human parts,

But we all don’t grow up

With the same open hearts.

 

That’s your individuality, your personality.

You think we can’t own up to this together?

Is one under, are you over?

Is she less, and she is better?

 

We’re all wrong, everyone of us

And blaming color isn't the way.

Color is what makes us beautiful,

And the ugly is what we do and say.

Generations with the same story

Yet it terrifies, and also bores me.

Taught about it in schools

And still see it on today’s news.

 

How do we erase the divide?

Break Down the sides?

Come together,

Unify?

How do we stop the mother’s cries?

 

We need to find the answers

Before our younger generation dies.

 

 

Author's Note

If you enjoy this one check out my other poem "Innocence & Ignorance".

Comments and Constructive Criticism are always welcomed!

Reviews

[aLittlePain]

Hello,
A smartly crafted piece with fluid and easy rhyme. The weighty content resonates beyond your fair shores...the questioning straight forward and necessary. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you for dropping in on mine. Ngā mihi maioha (warmest regards) Rach x

[Drama Child]

Thank you for your very kind words! Very much appreciated! :)

[Ian Chris]

I Ian chrisreally enjoy the ideas in this poem. Good luck for the competition.

[Drama Child]

Thank You kindly!

[Indra Neil]

Great depth and wisdom in this profound and powerful write! well done!

[Drama Child]

Thank you for your kind words! Very much appreciated!

[Paul Bell]

Nobody's born racist. You put 10 different races of under fives together, and they'll happily play together.
So racism is learned. Will it change, probably not.

[Drama Child]

Yes, it is learned! Thank you for your review/comment Paul, much appreciated!

[mattavelli]

Hello, Drama! :)
Great question - "How do we erase the divide?"
There are people chanting decisive slogans. They create and perpetuate division. Maybe we should quiet them.

[Drama Child]

Yes, quiet them! But how? Thank you for your comment Mattavelli! Much appreciated! :)

[costa siwale]

race, always a thorn in the paw. I like your articulation of it, true that the younger generation will suffer more than we are today if we condition intolerance.
well penned

[Drama Child]

We have more questions then answers, but we have to keep pushing to, "be the change we wish to see in this world"...
Thank you for taking the time to read my words and I appreciate your review/comment.
:)

[costa siwale]

you are welcome

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree and I wish I knew the answers.
"How do we erase the divide?
Break Down the sides?
Come together,
Unify?
How do we stop the mother’s cries?"
In my lifetime. I saw starvation, dead cities and the damage done by war. In the nineties for President Bill Clinton. I went on water, food and medicine missions to Asia and Africa. I learn the strength of people living with death near. Thank you for sharing the powerful words. Need to be read by more people.
Coyote