“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
-Malcolm X
I once read “*The history of the world
is but the biography of great men.*”
I read those words slowly, then paused
so I could take them all in
Show me a great man
and I'll show you a history of lies
historians cleansing blood from hand
muting the truth, no matter how loud it cries
The biographies of the "great" are almost always
inked in the blood of martyrs and greater men
scarring temporal lobes, and obfuscating memory
the sword, falling prey to pen
"*Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings
where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws*"
-Jim Morrison
Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 8:50 PM UTC
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
-Malcolm X
I once read “*The history of the world
is but the biography of great men.*”
I read those words slowly, then paused
so I could take them all in
Show me a great man
and I'll show you a history of lies
historians cleansing blood from hand
muting the truth, no matter how loud it cries
The biographies of the "great" are almost always
inked in the blood of martyrs and greater men
scarring temporal lobes, and obfuscating memory
the sword, falling prey to pen
"*Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings
where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws*"
-Jim Morrison
I wanted to add a sidenote. Just because you find me quoting certain people of questionable character, whether it be in yours or other's eyes, does not mean I condone the individual, I just like a particular quote's message and I can separate that from the individual.
