Round And Round The Story Goes
Dom, your words not only express your talent, but the power in which you use them.
Round and round the story goes
One that’s as old as time
Where it stops nobody knows
Causing tensions to climb
These 50 odd years since civil rights
Have made so little change
Hatred between black and white
Festers like the mange
Fear of lynching may have passed
But fear exists no less
While walking the street they’re still harassed
No matter how finely dressed
Ask Sandra Bland or Michael Brown
Oh wait they cannot speak
Too many names buried in the ground
The future seems so bleak
Justify and deny all you wish
Your blindness it won’t erase
200 years by chains and switch
Like animals kept in place
Nothing has changed in modern day
Ask Eric, Tamir or Trayvon
It matters not what any of us say
Because either way they’re gone
~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~
Posted on 01/14/2016, in civil rights and tagged civil rights, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, poetry, Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Dominic, your deeply moving poem is outstanding! Your caring heart is reflected in your well-chosen words.
Thanks for re-blogging Dominic’s poem, Xena.
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“Nothing has change in modern day” As sad as this is, it is so true.
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So true, every word. Thank you for this.
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