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All Lives Matter

When will the day come when all lives truly matter? I’m tired of the hate and the self-righteous chatter? Why do some kill while others protect? This legacy we leave will have ill effects. There are monsters who kill, power hungry and wrong. We need a society in which we all belong. The color of skin, the clothes on our backs. Will the future bring peace and stop such attacks? Organized religion, skin color and dress. We are leaving our kids in a terrible mess. This all starts at home we must teach them young. We must teach them love before hate has begun. We are all on this rock till the day that we die. Too many lose their life in the blink of an eye. We are all brothers and sisters, all children of God. We must come together, both here and abroad.

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Besma Riabi Dziri

Date: 6/14/2020 4:55:00 PM

Indeed, we are children of God.. we belong to Humanity breed.. we share the same planet.. Why are there divisions? Superior brand and inferior one! Why hate and grudge is infecting the Human heart and mind? Isn't high time we all lived together in harmony?! No violence, no killing! You have raised a great poetic voice, Mark! A great message in a so beautiful poetry! Thank you so much for sharing.. My deepest regards and blessings.

Mark Koplin
Date: 6/15/2020 12:43:00 AM

Thank you so much!

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 5/27/2020 1:04:00 PM

Amen my friend. xomo <3

Maureen Mcgreavy
Date: 5/27/2020 1:31:00 PM

It runs so deep. From the top down and the bottom up. Not even my little city is immune. I want to fly all the flags, black lives matter, the rainbow, all of them. x

Mark Koplin
Date: 5/27/2020 1:11:00 PM

If I would have been there I probably would have been shot because I would have gone straight for the cop who had him pinned down by the neck. I'm very disappointed that nobody did anything to help him. Nobody deserves this kind of treatment. When will this crap end

Jan Allison

Date: 5/27/2020 12:59:00 PM

It is so sad to see so much hatred and bigotry in the world and your story of the police beggars belief:-( thanks for bringing this to our attention my friend:-) hugs jan xx

Mark Koplin
Date: 5/27/2020 1:09:00 PM

It's really sick to watch the video of it and the person who had his knee on this poor mans neck didn't even care. You can hear the man saying that he can't breathe and the other three cops just let it happen.

Mark Koplin

Date: 5/27/2020 12:30:00 PM

We just had four white cops in Minneapolis Minnesota handcuff an innocent black man and kneel on his neck while handcuffed until he died. It was all video taped.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 5/27/2020 9:59:00 AM

Well said Mark, there are those who thrive on hate who try and inflict their twisted ideology on others. Tom

Tom Cunningham
Date: 5/27/2020 9:24:00 PM

Sadly we do have racism in the UK, there has been a few cases of suspects dying in custody, as usual any enquiry finds the culprits not guilty of any wrongdoing. UK is no better than a third world country, but wears a pin striped suit and bowler hat on the world stage, trying to look respectable.

Mark Koplin
Date: 5/27/2020 12:55:00 PM

Are you guys having a lot or racial issues going on?