Refugees of Truth

So many are self-contained.
Wanting freedom agonized by pain.
They want democracy and equality which encourages hope and pride.
To give up your rights and your opinion is suicide.
I don’t encourage violence.
But a voice without words will be silent.
Salvage and educate the youth.
Please don’t hide the truth.
Never a pessimist but always a realist
Nothing more nothing less.
Do you know where our future is headed take a guess?
Over the past decades our leaders have dissembled.
Well I mean they’re invisible they just fled.
Let’s look at the indisputable facts.
There will always be disagreements with whites and blacks.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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January 6, 2012 at 8:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved featured poem this week Jeffery. Love, Carol
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