CourageA Poem by C. Monique Langston I am using this poem to express my frustration with my people's tendency to be content with racism or not even recognize it until it becomes personal. This is a call for courage.
colorful and blind to ignorance
inclined to speak loudly in small places we whisper in the crowd justice knows not the sunlight warmth can never touch the muddy waters dreams do oblige the stint in desperation -- tensions build and the cords snap life outweighs its enemies © 2013 C. Monique Langston |
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C. Monique LangstonBaltimore, MDAboutI have been writing since I was a little girl. I used to study grammar after school (by choice); then I would begin to write a short story. This was every day. Later on, I earned my Bachelor's in Engl.. more..Writing
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