Verlena S. Walker Poet Dramatic Verse

Multilayered - the Cause Is Civil Rights

MULTILAYERED: THE CAUSE IS CIVIL RIGHTS!

How time has changed.
I am a colored woman by DNA living in a country of diversity.
I can remember my first day of school when my teacher asked me to self-identify.
     “I am Native American”, I said.
In truth, my great-grandmother was Native American and I felt it was alright to 
     claim her as my racial identity.
Nevertheless, an N was written on my cumulative record.
Later I found this meant *****.

The third Monday of each January Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday is 
     celebrated.
This poem is in commemoration of his cause.

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I have the right to express myself in the United States of America.
I have the right to self-identify the best way for me.
I am mixed-blood from all borders of this part of the universe.
I have the right to be heard and to seek a meaningful life that is vested in a liberated    
     mind.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is there 
     to eradicate.
This has not been done as to this day.
I have the right to Civil Rights.
Therefore, I shall not be moved when the movement did not breakthrough.

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The tribulations came from slavery time.
History of the white man crimes
Equality, equity, and identity deprived.

Crusaders depicted the cause.
Assembled for their voice to be heard.
Unity was formed.
Sources with civilian purposes
Equality is only the foundation that has been scaffold.

Cause I am endowed with inalienable rights
In a nation of diversity and pride,
Vigorously I dramatize
Issues of my civil rights
Legally being denied.

Right to a fair trial
I represent self,
Government and justice are on my side.
Human rights are in all minds’ eye.
To this country, I bring forth my freedoms... Preamble.

Statue of law exemplifies in that I have "the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of 
     happiness because all humankind are created equally".
Issues today are in a manifold
Sequestered by the lack of applicable law.
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Penned January 18, 2015!
Revised July 1, 2015!

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Kp Nunez January 28, 2015 at 9:10 AM I feel the passion of your cause, the throbbing conviction in your words, the commitment to a universal right. Everyone, after all has the same color of blood. A masterpiece, Verlena. A 7. Kim :) Verlena S. Walker January 28, 2015 at 10:48 AM Thanks Kim for your super-awesome remarks... Verlena

Paul Callus January 24, 2015 at 3:36 AM I stand by you Verlena; civil rights are there for all. We must learn from past mistakes and do our utmost to eradicate racism. Colour is God-given, and He does not give preferential treatment; in his eyes we are all equal. #7 // paul Verlena S. Walker January 24, 2015 at 1:52 PM Thanks Paul for your super-awesome response. Verlena

M. L. Kiser January 20, 2015 at 2:17 PM You are what you are; whom you are and we are all glad of that fact. Beautiful words in appreciation of self and ancestors. We should all take pride in our origins, for it is those origins that make us unique. Uniqueness, lends spice to an otherwise dull world. Verlena S. Walker January 20, 2015 at 2:58 PM Thanks M.L. for your appreciation of my poem. You provided me with a super-awesome response. Verlena

Connie Marcum Wong January 18, 2015 at 9:48 PM The beauty of your poem speaks loudly for itself. Until we teach our children to embrace, by example, the diversity of races, there will always be racial boundaries. I have a multi racial family and my children are all color blind which they have gotten from me! Much love for this inspiring, moving poem Verlena.#7 Verlena S. Walker January 18, 2015 at 9:50 PM Thanks Connie for your response and your support. Verlena