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Is this,'Our World!' Really?
Contributed by
northernlights
on
Thursday, 28th February 2013 @ 05:42:30 AM in AEST
Topic:
toughstuff
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Man stood before the Acceptance Commitee
And ignorance ensured he had no voice.
No beliefs, no opinions, no rights.
Judgement perused his appearance and loudly
Declared that the clothing he wore was not the
Same as theirs, so stripped him of his identity.
Man stood shivering and exposed
Intolerance declared that Man’s hair was not
An acceptable colour so shaved the crowning
Glory given to him by Nature, leaving man in
The company of Miss Understanding.
Quirkiness and individuality were not on the committee
So they removed his large misshapen nose and
Realised he didn’t see the world in the same way as they
Did, so left large empty sockets.
Man wouldn’t listen to their speeches of hatred and division
So they left him in a world of silence.
His skin was the wrong colour so they stripped him of Nature’s
Protection and left him to bleed.
His sexuality was unacceptable so they drained him of his hormones
And cut out his heart.
His kidneys removed defiled with sharing the same cup as those
who do not walk the same way.
His liver full of the poisons from sharing the food of those who do
not talk the same way.
His lungs blackened from breathing the same air as the rest of mankind
removed because?
They couldn’t stop his thoughts!
And there lay the remnants of Humanity
too late for tolerance to put back
The pieces.
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northernlights
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2013-02-28 05:42:30]
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Re: Is this,'Our World!' Really?
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by spud on
Thursday, 28th February 2013 @ 07:30:57 AM AEST
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Hi Anna,
WOW!!
The Acceptance committee wouldn't reside
somewhere near Westminster, by any
chance??
Oh yes, offtimes we are restricted, constricted,
evicted and afflicted, and too often
apathetic and apologetic and short on the
Poetic!
A fine piece, once again.
Tommy
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Re: Is this,'Our World!' Really?
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by Former_Member on
Saturday, 2nd March 2013 @ 01:11:22 AM AEST
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Holy crap Batman!!! Or as Faith might say, "This is wicked powerful."
Sadly, in places, this is our world, really. :(
Awesome poem, my dear. |
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