Poem- To the past & present
Hanging from the shame
Of my privileged supremisist height
Choking on the knowledge
That until now
I didn't fight
Eyes silenced hard
From systemic white view
All lives don't matter
Until your lives matter too
A product of white history
I wish I could reverse
Where all mankind are equal
For real not just in verse
Anger and great shame
come banging on my soul
Prejudiced leden centuries
and inhumane forms of control
I promise from today
Your fight becomes my fight too
I pray you'll accept from my heart
This apology to you..........
- I am sorry
I am sorry on behalf of my ancestors and the part of history that affects you.
I am sorry for any part I may have played through being only Non-racist instead of Anti-racist.
I am sorry that I didn't educate myself earlier.
I am sorry that it has taken yet another death, for me to stand up and fight.
I have always shot down racism with my words, but I have failed to completely understand it.
For these and more that I still have to learn, I am sorry.
Jun 6, 2020
Jun 6, 2020 at 1:04 PM UTC
Poem- To the past & present
Hanging from the shame
Of my privileged supremisist height
Choking on the knowledge
That until now
I didn't fight
Eyes silenced hard
From systemic white view
All lives don't matter
Until your lives matter too
A product of white history
I wish I could reverse
Where all mankind are equal
For real not just in verse
Anger and great shame
come banging on my soul
Prejudiced leden centuries
and inhumane forms of control
I promise from today
Your fight becomes my fight too
I pray you'll accept from my heart
This apology to you..........
- I am sorry
I am sorry on behalf of my ancestors and the part of history that affects you.
I am sorry for any part I may have played through being only Non-racist instead of Anti-racist.
I am sorry that I didn't educate myself earlier.
I am sorry that it has taken yet another death, for me to stand up and fight.
I have always shot down racism with my words, but I have failed to completely understand it.
For these and more that I still have to learn, I am sorry.
