Unequal AmericaA Poem by ShadowBard“We Hold These Truths To Be SELF-EVIDENT; That All Men Are Created Equal...” But not in The United States of America! Not today, Not in 1775, Not after 620,000 American souls were snuffed out In the Civil War; Not after Brown v. Board; Not after the (supposed) death of Jim Crow; Not after two terms of a man wearing a Brown suit in the Oval. If not now, when? When will the life of one HUMAN BEING robed in a BROWN SUIT Be worth The White, The Blue? When will: Black lives, Brown lives, Female lives, Be EQUAL Be RESPECTED, Be fully AMERICAN? When will it be SELF-EVIDENT to White men that all Americans OWN our Republic; All American have a stake All American deserve the right to pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness on EQUAL footing to them?
© Copyright 2015, Vincent E. Martin, All rights reserved. © 2015 ShadowBard |
Stats
49 Views
Added on January 4, 2015 Last Updated on January 4, 2015 AuthorShadowBardChicago, ILAboutBlack man, poet, lover, passionate, educated, opinionated, logical human being! more..Writing
|