Tag Archive: Civil Rights Movement
1.
when rancid racism strikes,
in cocooned fungal minds, narrow, superficially deep,
an insidious venom begins to seep,
into the consciousness of the chattering ones as they sleep.
2.
beliefs held so true, so deep,
stripped of feeling,
empty, hollow, feigned, designed, branded compassion,
feeds conceit in chests swollen with righteous passion.
3.
the racism once firmly entrenched,
enveloping all, a comforting shawl,
needs little to fester, to mutate,
into doctrines of superiority, bigotry, hate.
4.
are we guilty of succumbing to this virulent plague?
sipping martinis, shovelling more, always more onto heaving plates,
falling, slipping into inebriated moments, without care,
as the stench of hate, prejudice, racism,
floats in the evening air.
_______
Amandla!
The Struggles Continue … … …
Comrade Chris Hani
you marched your dream
in Selma Birmingham
Soweto Khayelitsha
and they shot you down.
you marched your dream
for dignity respect freedom equality
and they shot you down.
today
now
still
you march on!
from Mamelodi Harlem
KwaMashu Atteridgeville
Jozi London Washington Cape Town
for
though they killed you
you live
&
you breathe
&
you march on
for
your dream breathes
thrives
lives
as our common dream
&
that
that
that
is a truth they can never shoot down.
Amandla!
The Struggles Continue …
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