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Nigdaw Jan 2022
opinions and thoughts die
like unwanted infants in the womb
beautiful but doomed
never to see the light of life
shunned by a world
looking the other way
I feel sad, I really do
for never knowing the truth
lies perpetuated by a cruel world
always knowing better
than those under fire
better
than true desire
politicians oligarchs
self inserted gods
in their houses of cards
time for us to rise and shine
a velvet revolution
from the velvet underground
OpenWorldView Oct 2021
independent minds
and critical thinkers
led to the gallows
and burnt on stakes.

but without dissent,
valid or not,
there is no progress,
just stagnation.

life is too easy
and people complacent.
numbed by gimmicks
that steal our time.

a downward spiral
of mediocracy ensues.
all leading to a
tyranny of the few
and ****** revolutions
when their lies collapse.
Jay M Sep 2021
We are
The new generation
The younger ones here
The new faces of the world
The new, the unknowns
The future of the world

We are
The youth
The people
The voices
The souls

We are
The learners
The students
The watchers
The unconsidered
The underestimated

We are
The inspired
The dreamers
The knowing
The open minds
The open hearts
The newest era

We are
The broken
The bruised
The beaten
The silenced
But we don’t have to be

We are
The fighters
The believers
The understanding
The new wave of change

We are the warriors
The advocates, the activists
The protesters, the soldiers

We are the people
The voices of the unheard
The bringers of a new dawn
The beginning of a new age

We are the future
The hopes of the world
The fears of the world
The newest force of nature

We are the change
The ones to turn the tide
The ones to stop the war
The ones to heal the world

We are the new generation
The ones to bring justice
The ones to bring peace
The ones to bring acceptance
The ones to change the world

We are
The revolution

- Jay M
September 28th, 2021
We are the youth, the future, the new generation. We are the hope of the world, the ones to change it. We are the revolution.
Big Virge Sep 2021
Now People... To My Mind... !!!

... It’s About That Time...
For The Masses To RISE... !!!

But I DON’T Mean...
By Using Protest Lines... !!!

If That’s Your Scene...
Well Okay That’s Fine... !!!

But I’m Thinking More Like...
By... DEFYING The Vibe...

That Money Makes Your Life...
A Thing That Sheds Light...
On Doing What’s Wise...
And Living Life Right... !?!

Because I’m Really Not Sure...
That This TRULY Supplies...
A Way To Really Live PURE...
And With RIGHTEOUS Vibes... !!!

When What You ADORE...
Is NOT Being POOR...
In Financial Terms...
Within This Modern World...

Cos’ Corona’s Quickly Turned...
And Has Shown The Herds...

That Those Who CONTROL...
Will Really Get Quite BOLD...
And Will TELL You Where To Go...
And When And How To Do So... !!!

So I Think That It’s Time...
For Heads To RECOGNISE...

That Life Is PRECIOUS... !!!

Which We...
Should NOT Be Forgetting... !!!

Infections Have Brought Lessons...
That Certain Things Are Spreading...
That Don’t Give Us Protection...

Like Conscious Thought Collecting...

There’s MUCH That Needs Inspection...
In Government Collectives...
And Those We Call Detectives...

Because Police NEED VETTING...
BEFORE They’re Out UPSETTING...

Instead of Out PROTECTING...
ALL People From The EVIL...
That’s Sadly Now INFECTING...

Our Youth And Misdirecting...
Like Ships WITHOUT A Heading... !!!

Or Captains Who Are Guides...
Who Help People Live RIGHT... !!!
With WISDOM BY THEIR SIDE...

INSTEAD of TAKING LIFE...
And Causing PAIN And STRIFE... !!!

... It Really Is That Time... !!!

To CUT OUT These Divides...
That Are Based On Colour Lines...

If Colour Is The Thing...
That Makes You Think You’re A KING...
You May Need To... RETHINK...
The Way You Choose To Think...

... Are You A SUPREMACIST... ?!?

Whose Chain REFUSES Links...
Because of Someone’s SKIN... ???

Of Course Racism STINKS... !!!

So Those Who STILL PERSIST...
On Killing Based On THIS...
Should Basically... NOT LIVE... !!!

But DON’T You Be TOO QUICK...
To Let Your Anger Flip...
Your Mind To Think Like Crips...
Or Bloods Who Give Hatred A HUG... !?!

Now Those Words Are NO DISS...
They’re Meant To Make You THINK... !!!

Before You Choose To Give...
Somebody Their Death Wish...
By Leaving Them EXTINCT... !!!

Is A Gang Life What You Want...
Do You Think That’ll Make You STRONG... ?!?

If So Then What Is WRONG...
And What Will STOP Problems... ?!?

The BIGGEST Gang We Have...
I Thought Was Us... HUMANS... !!!

YES SOME Will NEED...
To Be REMOVED With SPEED...
From Living In Societies... !!!

Like Those Whose GREED...
Leaves People Living In Poverty... !!!

And Those Who Go On Killing Sprees... !!!
Corrupted Breeds Like Thieves And Fiends...
Who Will NOT HEED Our Need To AGREE...
And Breed..... UNITY..... !!!

The Type of Peeps...
Who CURRENTLY Lead... !!!

From Presidencies...
To Big Business Chiefs...

They Need To Be Held...
... ACCOUNTABLE...

Before They Make Economies STALL...
And Make The Masses Walk...
Towards Their... Downfall... !!!

It’s About That Time... !!!
To... Make The CALL...
For The Type of War...
That Breeds Something MORE...

Than Causing Blood To Pour... !!!

I Really Don’t Know If...
We All Can Live If We Don’t Think...
... BEYOND Money...
And The Colour of Skin... !!!

... Hate Is UGLY... !!!

As Are The SINS...
That Fuel Racists...
And Ignorant Minds...

Which Is Why These Rhymes...
Are Those That Imply...

That We NEED To Find...
Ways To Be HUMANE...

And To Find BETTER Ways...
Than We’re Living Nowadays... !!!

Which Means Taking AiM...
At Those Who LIE...
And Choose To DENY...
FREEDOM And Vibes...
That Help Us ALL UNITE... !!!

Because I Really Think...
That It’s Time To Fight...
Against CORPORATE Guys...
And CORRUPTED Designs...
From Government Types...

So Please Heed These Rhymes
Because Modern Day Life...
Keeps Giving Us Signs...

That...

..... “ It’s About That Time “.....
I think that it really is folks....
Francie Lynch Sep 2021
How will we progress today?

Will we risk life attending Mosque,
Or have an affair with our spouse's boss?

Will we take the dog out for a walk,
Step on a landmine, use plastic straws?

Perhaps we'll play with our kids today,
Or call Amber Alert, wait scared, and pray?

Will we defy with a righteous tone,
Or leave, tails tucked, like a dog with his bone?

Will we gauge goods for our Vegan menu,
Or show distentions as millions do?

Will we drive around town for cheaper gas,
Or choose pickings from picked-over trash?

Do you sling eggs and sausage for sub-minimum wages,
Or attend visitations in a MADD rage?

Will you tee off at eight, or do a spin class,
Or sit solitary watching a sandless hourglass?

Did we place our script with the shiny drugstore,
Or wade across to Jordan's fair shore?

Will we question the teacher at our kid's school,
Or play Avatar falling off bar stools?

Did you set a reminder on your AI phone
For chicken delivery to your suburban home?

Will you lift copper tubing from construction sites,
Proclaiming your station gives you right?

Do I recline in my La-Z-Boy for a nap with a book,
Or teach someone to live with a line and a hook?

Will you take out your family,
Are you last on your list,

Will you reciprocate a handshake
Or raise a gloved fist?
Our words can't bind all our wounds;
Few are born with silver spoons.
We're not wrapped in silk cocoons.
A metamorphosis is coming
To this world of gloom,
A rousing street flight,
That can't come too soon.
NefariusHD May 2021
Warriors  

Those who try to hurt others only end up hurting themselves, my love, passion and kindness is too strong.

I am a warrior, I am the sword, I am the shield & most importantly the voice of reason,
If you can relate then you too are a warrior, it is a revolutionary time and if you cannot relate then perhaps it’s a time for change and or a reconsideration.  

Money, fortune and fame is not what we seek, it makes the heart weak, there is not enough space in my own or a fellow warrior’s heart for greed, pride or anything alike,
Hence,  
Those who hurt others only end up hurting themselves.

We look to leaders, prophets & gurus for answers yet lose ourselves in the process, we forget that they are just people, and at times become unaware that they aren’t all that different from us, the answers lay within each and every one of us and we must remember that everyone is a teacher.

The fight never stops, we must push ourselves every day, so, keep fighting, keep that fire going and try not to lose yourself in the process but if you do, don’t be scared because there’s always help, you just need to reach out.  

Don’t forget that we are not survivors, we are not animals nor are we predators or prey, we are human, we are warriors.

Hope you feel a little less alone,  
Thank you.
Gabriel Apr 2021
She plays mother,
wraps a scarf around her neck.

Red, once,
a proclamation of this,
of who she is.

In her letters,
she writes of little strong hands
taking her
up and up to the end of the world,
the breathlessness
of love, in which she thought,
and afterwards wrote,
and afterwards danced.

The world takes her
and she paints her neck
with something beautiful;
there’s a lot here
about getting to the roots
of it all.

And from this,
something grows.
Something, now, is cultivated
in the passive tense,
and then poets flock to her,
their little strong hands
grasping against her neck
for a taste of the bruises
and the colours.

But she is a spiral in herself,
a coil waiting to snap,
she is the roots of it all.
And the world wants
what the world wants;
to dig it all up
and plant something acceptable.

Still,
the silkworm woman
will not yield,
caught in the effervescence
of spider webs and champagne
she sings,
she shouts,
opens her mouth,
and silence pours out
of the wound.
From a collection of poetry I wrote for a creative writing portfolio in second year of university, titled 'Spiral'.
The entitlement to our existence.
There is no room to breath,
the very oxygen in this room,
they only see how to monetize it,
how to groom it
for consumption,
irrespective of its destruction,
no concern for its disruption.

The entitlement to our air.
How can I reform that which seeks to destroy me?
That seeks to own me?
To own my wares,
shows no care,
demonstrates no sympathy for my racial
and colonial history.
No empathy to put himself in my shoes,
to see the trauma of the generational injuries
wrought by his ancestors.

The entitlement to our space.
Reform sounds nice,
but more than thrice,
I've been told revolution is the only way
to recover what's been stolen from us.
Reform is their message, palatable, told to us
so that they can keep their wealth, money, and resources.

The entitlement to our bodies.
They sold to us a lie
they would work with us
And we believed it because we wanted
to believe in their redemption.
Redemption is the lie reform embraces.
Revolution is the only way to break out of the cages
they set for us.
At its heart, it is counter to their goals,
and so it is labeled as dangerous,
increasing their fear of us.

With revolution they will be entitled no more.
Em Mar 2021
Rise up
Rise like the tides
Rise like the winds
Rise unmoving
Like mountains
If we die
Least we die with
Valour kissing our hand
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