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Boy Sitting

If you have not read my "Girl Rising" poem please read it first. Thanks I appreciate it. Rise up from your chair Do not be complacent Do you not hear your sister She cries out for justice Are you being raised to be her jailor Who has fed you a pie filled with lies Baked in the pit of hell Coated in religiosity Served with justification The contents poisoning your mind Destroying your soul Rise from your chair Stand with your sisters Beside them Not above them You were not born to be master Their time is now Stand on the side of freedom Education Equality That time is now One day You will raise daughters Give them a new world Filled with possibilities Limitless Strength A world you helped create All because You stood You said Enough The time for change is now

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Vicki Acquah

Date: 7/7/2015 8:15:00 PM

SORRY COULD NOT FIND "GIRL RISING"

Vicki Acquah

Date: 7/7/2015 8:14:00 PM

UVX

Vicki Acquah
Date: 7/7/2015 8:16:00 PM

SEND ME THE LINK PLEASE

Caleah Buil

Date: 6/27/2013 10:02:00 AM

*Claps* Another incredible write from you...not that I expected nothing but the best from you! That was so inspiring. There's a time for everyone to shine.. :D

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/27/2013 6:29:00 PM

Hi Caleah You flatter me. I'm okay with that*lol*

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/27/2013 6:28:00 PM

Thanks again Jack.

Jack Jordan

Date: 6/27/2013 6:09:00 AM

Sory... I got yh tile wrong earlier. Equally powerful, perhaps even more so. Fine writing, Richard... Jack

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/27/2013 7:09:00 AM

Thanks Jack

Manel Gunatillake

Date: 6/26/2013 11:14:00 AM

Well said. I should rate 7. "ONE DAY YOU WILL RAISE DAUGHTERS" There are so many countries where women are treated like dirt even now. They just have to follow the man's foot path. In Sri Lanka there was an era where women dominated society. women made the decision of the family matters. That was before English became our rulers. Thing changed. Now our women have equal rights. Thanks to FEMINISM!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/26/2013 8:35:00 PM

Thank you Manel, you are most kind.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/25/2013 4:24:00 PM

'awesome, you are on a roll, my friend. also puts me in mind of the ignorant guys that would not rise to let a poor black woman sit on a bus in Montgomery one day in '55. or maybe they just told on her for sitting there regardless!!

Richard Lamoureux
Date: 6/25/2013 6:02:00 PM

Yes a quiet woman names Rosa Parks who spoke volumes with a simple action and sparked a revolution.