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But, Not For All

See the emblem waving

Proudly, touted in the sky.

We walk among our brethren.

We recourse, resource the reason why.

 

All, in trepidation...

We cry out for separation.

Could it be our own downfall,

Equality, but not for all -

 

But, not for all?

 

Citizens of the nation,

Before humanitarians,

First comes clicks of locking doors.

Equality does not endure.

 

A man of any land should be my brother.

The whole earth, to us, our mother.

Could it be our own downfall,

Equality, but not for all -

 

But, not for all?

 

See the burden being carried

High upon laden backs,

Tautly stretched, with shoulders bending.

Each fear the other will attack.

 

The words have been the same,

But for intent that's not their own.

For too long, have we been believed.

Equality is just for some -

 

Is just for some.

 

Freedom is only for the free.

The lines that keep the captives buckling,

The doors that keep them let them go.

They have no where to escape.

 

Always there is tyranny

For the landless refugee.

He is no man as worthy as you.

Equality is just for some -

 

Is just for some.

 

All the lessons that teach us to love

The home of brave and free

Are based on notions that could not be true,

If all are not the same as you.

 

And, are they not the same as we,

Who are decorating for our holidays.

Living in our plentitude,

Singing songs of charity and caring -

 

Charity and Caring?

 

Gifts are given and received.

Do we remember the lessons taught

About the kind of men we are,

When another is in need?

 

Do they not rate the same concern

As the presents and the tree,

As we pray in  Holy Spirit,

Singing songs of charity and caring -

 

Charity and caring?

 

See the emblem waving

Proudly, touted in the sky.

We walk among our brethren.

We recourse, resource the reason why.

 

All, in trepidation...

We cry out for separation.

Could it be our own downfall,

Equality, but not for all -

 

But, not for all?

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Written by
cecil-miller
Published
Nov 25, 2015
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Notes

This may not make a lot of people happy, but what I have been seeing a lot of on social media is beyond me. We have been better humans that we have been, before.

I don't think I've ever wished a poem I write make the top of the heap as much as this one. I think it is the most important piece I've ever written.

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